Living, breathing, banging techno from an artist defining the highly-textured new frontier of the sound in 2024.

Lindsey Wang, AKA Polygonia, has an amorphous style you could call organic—or, better yet, harmonious. She interweaves unfamiliar elements with a mercurial touch. Wang can make something completely otherworldly sound totally, well, natural. It's made her a fixture everywhere from Munich's BLITZ to major festivals like Sustain-Release and Draaimolen.

Unsurprisingly, Wang is not one to be pinned down. Be it the sound design-anchored side project Lyder, her own label QEONE, or co-producing an album's worth of experimental percussion alongside jazz drummer Simon Popp, it's fair to say her personal output matches the feverish energy of her mixes. There's multidisciplinary, and then there's Wang: Poly-disciplinary, you might say.

Wang's entry into the RA Podcast series is no different, another stellar emphasis of her artistry. RA.955 is a voyage into wild variations of texture, rhythm and feeling, guided along by the principle of endless metamorphosis. Supple driving grooves meet crinkled surfaces, scuttling hi-hats meet chattering sonics, and good luck keeping hold of a consistent drum pattern for long. Behold a living organism raised by the club and the great outdoors in equal measure.

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RA.955 Polygonia

A regular at London party Neighbourhood, Discos Atónicos label honcho Alienata stepped up for its Friday night takeover of the main stage at Field Maneuvers 2024.

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RA Live: Alienata - Field Maneuvers, UK

To close out his annual Machine takeover of Sputnik, Ben Sims tapped Josey Rebelle for a debut back-to-back. Strap in–this one goes wild.

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RA Live: Ben Sims & Josey Rebelle - Field Maneuvers, UK

This year the Field Maneuvers lineup featured several debuts. This hardcore set from Manix, AKA Marc Mac of breakbeat pioneers 4hero, was up there with the best.

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RA Live: Manix - Field Maneuvers, UK

Field Maneuvers is one of Nick Höppner's "all time happy places." This set, recorded at peak time on Saturday, does a good job of capturing why.

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RA Live: Nick Höppner - Field Maneuvers, UK

Field Maneuvers said it best: "Tasha brings out the techno in Josh and Josh brings out the sleaze in Tasha!" The two staples of London nightlife came together on the Friday of Field Maneuvers 2024.

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RA Live: Tasha & Josh Caffé - Field Maneuvers, UK

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NTS 11.10.24 With COURTESY

Effervescent club cuts from one of Southeast Asia's rising DJ stars.

In Indonesia, the term santai (relaxed) is more than just an adjective—it's a lifestyle, one endearingly embodied by DITA. The New Delhi-born, Bali-rooted DJ's breezy attitude to life is reflected in dreamy, blissful euphoria.

DITA's RA Podcast is a window into both her disposition and sound, blending wiggly breakbeat into tweaking acid, Detroit house into Spanish electro, Balearic to '90s house and some grittier club fare, too. Her sets are rooted in a feel-good philosophy that allows her to freely play with energy and mood.

Don't just take our word for it: DJ Harvey hand-picked DITA to be a resident at his new club Klymax, nestled within the world-renowned Potato Head Bali, where DITA is also Head of Music. With gigs at everywhere from Panorama Bar (the first Indonesian woman to play) to Rainbow Disco Club and Dekmantel under her belt, the world is now taking notice of DITA's killer groove. A breakout 2025 surely beckons.

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RA.959 DITA

2024 2 0 2 4 2024 is the first album by mighty mad KOOLMFL.
Selected non ambient works from 2024-2024 straight out from their chaotic but strangely comfortable studio.

COMMAND 4 is a zone-r track with fragments of voice rhythm and harmony slowly form into words, the beat goes ahead during the saga.

for full listen :
thinnergroove.bandcamp.com/album/2024-2-0-2-4-2024

KOOLMFL - COMMAND 4 (THINNER007)

A new record for the longest RA Podcast ever: Ten hours from the powerhouse duo sweeping techno, Chlär and Alarico.

Both commanding performers in their own right, sparks fly when the Swiss-Italian duo of Funk Assault combine. The buzz surrounding their productions, DJing and their label Primal Instinct is at fever pitch, and short wonder: when it comes to gritty, high-impact sets that barrel through multiple shades of techno, few are in their league right now.

RA.960 was laid down at Watergate this March during a signature Funk Assault marathon. The pair ramp up incrementally, and even before they hit top velocity, you can hear them ripping through records with tenacity and verve. You don't need elbows in your face to tell the place is rocking.

We're informed that ID'ing the set would probably take longer than playing it (fair enough), so no tracklist for this one. Instead, fill in the blanks at your leisure. As well as 150+ BPM stompers and groove wormholes, there's everything from tribal to ballroom, electro to bassbin rattlers, and plenty of classics. 

As an encapsulation of a night out's full arc, RA.960 does the business—and best of all, you won't even need a trip to the bar for water. The gauntlet has been thrown down.

@primalinstinctrecords @funkassault_og @chlaer @alarico_katana

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RA.960 Funk Assault

One hour of dub techno, cut out of my warm up set at the party "Heftig Herzlich" at the club 130bpm in Kassel, Germany, on 4 November 2016.

Patrick Boltze at 130bpm club, Kassel, on 4 November 2016

Occasionally playing music to people since 2006.

Patrick Boltze at 130bpm club, Kassel, on 4 November 2016

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