A live recording of Hamish & Toby opening the Earthling stage on Friday at Houghton 2023.

Recorded at Houghton - Hamish & Toby (2023)

The Semi Delicious label head, DJ & producer Demi Riquísimo takes us on an extended journey, pushing the energy just shy of 3 hours. 
Travelling through disco, tech club sounds, power house, acid and more it shows the skills and musical knowledge that has seen Demi play sets at some of London's most esteemed club nights and beyond including all over the EU and Australia to name a few. We had a brief chat with Demi about the mix and what he has coming up on his labels Semi Delicious and A Lifetime On The Hips.

Phonica Mix Series 113: Demi Riquísimo

A fairly large mix by @liquidearthmusic recorded live at Oil Shenzhen

The Sizeable Mix Vol. 14: Liquid Earth

Deep and dreamy house. 

Tracklisting and download: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rpodcast_SeanLaBrooy

XLR8R Podcast

Tracklist & Download

XLR8R Podcast 828: Sean La'Brooy

The Phonica artist and innovative house producer Harrison BDP steps up for the next edition of our mix series with a tipping of the hat to the many sounds of the clubbing 90's.
Having released on an array of big labels like Haŵs, Shall Not Fade and Lost Palms over the years Harrison has cemented himself as one of the solid names in UK house in modern years. We had a chat with Harrison about the mix and what he has coming up below:

Phonica Mix Series 114: Harrison BDP

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

RA podcast

RA.914 Delano Smith

Dr Banana is a name that commands a lot of respect in certain corners of the dance music world. The man has his Ph.D in record digging—not literally, mind you, but play along—and key to his success is the sense of fun, joy and ecstasy he brings to his DJing. UK garage historian? Sure. Blinding DJ? Definitely. He likes to play records you've never heard before, records that not only make you dance but might remind you of some of your favourite, formative records of yore.

The UK artist started out with a fashion line and some records and ended up an influential label boss, collector and DJ. He made his name with skippy, retro UK garage—sometimes from new producers and sometimes unearthed from the archives—and nicely coincided with the genre's explosion in popularity. Since then, he's highlighted everything from old-school German garage to new-school producers like K-LONE. His DJ sets have only become more adventurous and, crucially, even more bumping. Jungle, R&B, tech house, you name it. His RA Podcast zeroes in on a vintage-sounding, rollicking kind of house music, full of seismic disco basslines and quirky vocal samples. It's as celebratory as it is mysterious.

Once, Dr Banana was a not so well-kept secret for the heads—the kids in Berlin and London who were starting to realize the similarities between UK garage, minimal and tech house. Now, he's for everyone, and starting to earn the wider recognition he deserves.

@dr-banana

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/916

RA.916 Dr Banana

Rinse FM Podcast

Anna Wall - 23 December 2023

Seven hours recorded from the all night b2b between Christoffer aka C.K and myself. There isn't a lot of recordings from marathon sets up online, so thought this would be a nice one to share for those of you who like a long uninterrupted ride.

C.K and I are both from Denmark, and our friendship goes a long way back. We worked together on a vinyl only podcast in the late 00's on blogspot.com for those of you who remember those times digging through blogs and Myspace. Since then C.K has been producing amazing records and doing fantastic mixes on his Safe Radio series (highly recommended!) as well as help the local scene with a wonderful voluntary-run venue 'Super' in the city of Aarhus in Denmark.

It has been a long enjoyable ride to run my label Delaphine for 10 years, a ride of surprises, and this night was a such a ride as well. A fun back-to-back ping pong of followups, layups, and curve balls. We hope you enjoy the ride.

Thanks to the always amazing Aether Club team that consistently throughout the years have provided such an amazing space for electronic music in the heart of Budapest.

Link to C.K's Discogs for you to dig through his amazing records: www.discogs.com/artist/4554933-CK-2

And a link to his Safe Radio mixes that are personal favorites of mine: on.soundcloud.com/QVfrt

Also check out the Delaphine Bandcamp: samofdelaphine.bandcamp.com/

Happy New Year!

(published Wednesday Dec 27th 2023)

S.A.M. b2b C.K (DELAPHINE 10 YEARS!) @ AETHER BUDAPEST 24.9.2023.

@Prosumer's beautiful set from The Beach on Friday, now available for your listening pleasure. One of the OG residents of P-Bar, for us very few play house as deep, classy and downright sexy as Achim.

He joins us again this summer in Tisno - hips at the ready 🪩

Prosumer - Live From Dimensions 23'

For the first time in our 25-year history, we are releasing a live solo recording by Craig Richards from the club. 

“This mix was recorded on the second of December at a Continuum party. I commenced just after five and finished at nine. The heady combination of nostalgia coupled with the past, the future and more importantly my daughter dancing next to me, resulted in a mix that I felt happy with. Historically, I have been very self-critical and have chosen not to release many mixes. Across nearly four hours this one seems to encapsulate the twenty five years of playing at fabric. In 1998 I was invited by Keith Reilly to play weekly at what was an imaginary nightclub. I had no idea that experience would continue for so many years. Playing vinyl on that sound system and mixer is highly exciting and a joy in itself. I am delighted that this has been my method of sonic communication and remain deeply grateful for my ongoing residency.” - Craig Richards


Craig will be joining us at the club on 30th March to celebrate his 25-year residency with a 25-hour Continuum party.

Event and tickets: https://ra.co/events/1801886

018 - Craig Richards - Recorded live from fabric

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Phonica Mix Series 114: Harrison BDP

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