TAKAAKI ITOH-Live At <KLUBNACHT>Berghain.Berlin.Germany.13.7.2013

Travelfactory - Trigal, No Trigal (Sandro Voice Remix) FINAL EDITION

Detroit dance music thrives on intergenerational connections. In the late '70s and early '80s, the late Ken Collier mixed disco, soul and early electronic dance music in eye-opening DJ sets that left a mark on up-and-coming artists like Delano Smith. Once Smith established himself in the city's explosive techno community, he, in turn, influenced soon-to-be legends like Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, Jeff Mills, Norm Talley, Mike "Agent X" Clarke and others.

Now an elder statesman, Smith is etched into our history books as a crucial contributor to Detroit dance music, both house and techno. He's known especially for the Detroit beatdown sound he pioneered alongside Talley and Clark—slower, sexier records than what Detroit techno is generally associated for. (The trio even put out an RA Podcast under the name in 2010.) 

It's more recently that Smith has become known as a producer. He started his own label, Mixmode Recordings, and became a regular on Berlin imprint Sushitech, where he released many of his albums, including the jazzy deep house masterclass An Odyssey. His style has evolved over the years to incorporate ambient, dub and more contemporary techno influences.

More recently, Smith's career has been sidelined by an ongoing battle with a rare and untreatable form of cancer. He's hosted livestreams throughout his ordeal to keep in touch with his fans. His RA Podcast, which he calls his "Legacy Mix," is a celebration of his favourite sounds: euphoric chords, jacking drums and deep-space melodies, the elements that have and will continue to reverberate through Detroit and beyond. It also marks the beginning of a more hopeful period for Smith, as he gets ready to travel again, especially with his Legacy Detroit series, which celebrates the lineage he's an indelible part of, and always will be.

@delano_smith

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/914

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RA.914 Delano Smith

Whoever Client_03 is—their official bio says "neither human nor machine"—they certainly love electro. In the interview below, they say making it is "all I do." The stubbornly anonymous project has been making waves across continents and scenes, introducing audiences used to dubstep, drum & bass and trap to the distinctive joys of electro. Through a series of self-releases dating back to 2019, Client_03 has earned a fanbase with simple graphics and wonderfully jargon-y titles—"Prosperity Stream Divider," "Interpersonal Relationship Assessment"—that more than live up to the genre pastiche with genuinely funky electro grooves. Pitched between loose and robotic, their tracks are what we call rollers: stackable, interlockable and reliable.

This RA Podcast was recorded live at last year's Bass Coast Festival, where the masked producer's set was among the most anticipated. They—or it—didn't disappoint, and here we've got 60 minutes-plus of smooth and occasionally raucous electro that eventually mutates into dubstep, jungle and beyond. There are several spinbacks, tons of Client_03 material new and old and a few select tracks from artists like Sam Binga, Nikki Nair and Fixate. It's the sound of a certain kind of future, as refracted through its past.

@Client_03

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/920

RA.920 Client_03

As IN2STELLAR, Naarm locals Sarah Morgan & Georgia Bird have their eyes firmly on the international stage. Listen back to a sort-of-homecoming set off the back of an extensive European tour last year.

@in2stellar

RA Live - IN2STELLAR - Strawberry Fields, Australia

Reclaim Your City 581 | Takaaki Itoh (Sendai)

Active for nearly three decades, Japanese DJ and producer Takaaki Itoh has been carving out a niche truly his own in the realm of deep techno. Pumping out multi-sensory DJ tools for breakfast, Itoh champions a sound highly dynamic yet infused with the kind of minute textural work and layers of modular complexity one can not but marvel at. Punching in with a wild two hours of electro-magnetic hardware funk and entrancingly immersive brainwaves, the Sendai-based wizard elevates us to a whole new world where hi-tech submersion and atmospheric club music reign supreme. A work of art. 

Soundcloud: bit.ly/takaaki_sc
Facebook: bit.ly/takaaki_fb
Instagram: bit.ly/takaaki_ig
Bandcamp: bit.ly/takaaki_bc
Resident Advisor: bit.ly/takaaki_ra

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Reclaim Your City 581 | Takaaki Itoh

Reclaim Your City 587 | Philippa Pacho (Berlin)

Born in Sweden but operating out of Berlin, Philippa Pacho has been making waves in the scene as of late, notably amassing a stream of incendiary performances at some of the world’s finest (and most demanding) clubs, including Bassiani and Fuse. Herald of a fast-paced, no-surrender type of DJing, all eyes set on bringing crowds to a simmer thru and thru, Philippa muscles her way across various techno sub-genres and rhythms with conviction and poise, alternatively pushing classic Detroit-influenced material, Nordic minimalism and more Continental European-informed expressions, as she harnesses the very best of these through uncompromising selections with a pristine mixing technique. Shockwave incoming. 
 
Soundcloud: bit.ly/philippapacho_sc
Instagram: bit.ly/philippapacho_ig
Bandcamp: bit.ly/positivesource_bc
Resident Advisor: bit.ly/philippapacho_ra

Reclaim Your City 587 | Philippa Pacho

Takaaki Itoh - Live at <STOCK 5 X COUNTERWEIGT WORLD CUP> Rote Sonne Munich Germany  06.7.2018

Dasha Rush @ Paral·lel Festival 2018

Two and a half hypnotic hours from a pioneer of techno at the top of her game.

RA Live - 09.03.19 - Dasha Rush, Pitch Music & Arts 2019

Apartment Music Single (Free Download)

Apartment Music (Original Mix)

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contact and booking:

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Apartment Music (Original Mix)

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