The maestro DJ Masda recorded live at the Olive Grove, Dimensions Festival 2021. We had a lot of requests for this one - enjoy.

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DJ Masda - Live At Dimensions 2021

Recorded live at back to basics at The Garage in the Waxwerks - 2013.  
This is part one of a 5 hour mix that started at 95 bpm and never got faster than 118bpm.  
A pure Weatherall masterclass in mixing indie dance, balearic beats and tripped out slo-mo at it's best.

Andrew Weatherall Live at Waxwerks Part 1

an excerpt from the middle of a four hour opening set. enjoy.

photo by willem mevis

Richard Akingbehin @ Draaimolen x Sustain Release, Tilburg - May '24

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DaRand Land, who hails from the post industrial confines of Buffalo, NY was one of the leading figures of Deep4Life, a cult label known for submersible oriented, yet dancefloor-friendly productions. With ambient synth-driven tones and heavy funk basslines being at the center of his sound, DaRand Land’s music often evokes an introspective quality, without losing its groove fundamental. DaRand’s works, which span decades on deep house labels such as Downbeat, Confluence and Pulp have been described as “uncompromising” and has afforded him a passionate following of listeners who seek a more emotive, thought-provoking brand of underground music.

Teaming up once again with Scissors and Thread - the perfect fit for his sound - DaRand Land drops an album full of crafty, trippy house for the heads. Wander Being contains 10 tracks on the double vinyl release with a pair of additional tracks for the digital release. The vibe is deep and sleek, with a rough, bumping edge. The title track sets the tone, a smattering of percussion accompanying a thick, round kick drum and Rhodes chords, giving off a classic Detroit feel. Tracks like Turn to The Music ramp up the energy somewhat, but overall the tracks sit in the sweet spot between dancefloor burners and soulful, jazzy, deep cuts. 

Noticeable is the space given to each element across the tracks - the hi-hats sparkle, the snare snaps, and the basslines roll and rumble. Add to this the magic melodic flourishes provided by the pads and synths, reminiscent of the late Mike Huckaby in places, made this whole album a thoughtful, joyful experience.

„The genesis for the Wander Being LP”, says DaRand “was a desire to return to the essence of some of my original Deep4Life productions. How was this accomplished? Principally, through the exclusive use of hardware components, minimalist arrangement, and a minds-eye approach to source the musical elements. In particular, the single, The Nature of Reality was written to convey a sense of what it feels like to be in a state of suspended animation. There is a natural tension introduced via the organic, swirling pad progression juxtaposed against endless vocal echoes and the low-end groove of the bassline. Thematically, I wanted to carry this forward through the entirety of the album.

Wander Being

Passion Motion

DaRand Land - Passion Motion

Listening Session w/ Matthew Halsall
Based in Manchester, Halsall is known for being one of the leading artists of today’s UK jazz scene. Starting off by playing the trumpet in his early age, he has evolved not only into an extraordinary trumpeter, but also into an outstanding producer and composer whose distinct sound draws on foundations of spiritual jazz, meditative music, sample-fuelled electronica as well as global percussive influences. After releasing nine delicately composed albums and founding his label Gondwana Records in 2008, Halsall and his band headlined London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall last year - a manifestation of a career spent transcending boundaries and always bringing a singular, and yet ever-changing, perspective.

In our conversation, Halsall shares how his musical journey began as a passionate listener, and how the first instrument he experimented with was not the trumpet.

Watch here the Kasheme Conversations of Matthew Halsall:
https://youtu.be/qW1G9A2e2t8

Stay tuned for more!
Kasheme Conversations next month with Neal Sugarman

TASCAM DR-40X

Listening Session w/ Matthew Halsall

Welcoming the lovely Refuge Worldwide co-founder and dub-master @richard-akingbehin to the Animix series this week, with a beautiful journey of minimal house infused with his signature dub styles.

Clear in his DJ'ing, but also his work with @refugeworldwide, and his immaculately curated label, @kynant-records, Richard is an all-round classy selector, and a champion of community. Through his various outputs, his deep & considered knowledge and taste shines. 

Richard always impresses me with the diversity of moods he presents via his DJ'ing, hybrid collaborations with legend Tikiman, b2bs with other legends like livwutang, and his label - a diversity that's always strung together with his incredibly distinctive psychedelic, soothing dub formula. 

Thanks for the mix Richard <3

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Animix One Hundred & Seventy Three: Richard Akingbehin

@swisherman

Hailing from the depths of the Pacific, swisherman has since adapted to life as a land based DJ & producer, whilst not forgetting his roots below sea level. 
swisherman brings a considered approach to his selections & productions, with over a decade of experience in soundtracking warehouse parties, abandoned spaces, dusty dancefloors & the occasional legitimate venue in & around Eora/Sydney in Australia, as well as recent gigs in Japan & New Zealand. No stranger to outdoor festivals, swisherman has also brought his unique blend of deep, minimal & meditative dance music to gatherings across Australia and NZ, including Twisted Frequency (NZ), Dragon Dreaming, Rabbits Eat Lettuce, Earth Frequency, Subsonic, Psyfari, Armada, Art Valley, Zenith Gathering, Origins Of Entropy, & many more.

swisherman is a core member of DUNJ, a crew who throw parties all over the city, from abandoned and unused spaces all the way to iconic venues like the Opera House. This is where he gets to show off the deeper and darker side of his music collection. He also works full time as a post production audio engineer, so he knows a thing or two about making audio sound as good as it needs to be for maximum absorption.
swisherman is inspired by misty mornings, home built sound systems and plants that grow in the gutter.

Tracklist:

swisherman - untitled elements intro
Batu - Built On Sand
Versa & Rowl - Theory Of One
Brainwork/mnml - Cache
11th Hour - Levitation
Drew's Theory - 595
Sorrow - Acedia ft. Beau
swisherman - ONSET
Cartridge - Ol' Skipper
WZ - Chord Oasis
FLY - Lucid Dream
Ourman - Looking Out
Ebb x Texture - Enmesh
Ome - Ta
OAKK - The Low w/ TF Marz
Commodo - Widebody
Josi Devil - Horn Switch
Hotcut - Sneakers
WZ - Dainy Rayz
Criso - Marked
Cimm - Deep Red
Data - Leaves
Quasar - Sound System Addict VIP
Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire (skeler Remix)
Argo -  Liberté Refix
Unkey - Roll Up
Two Swords - Zero Eye Contact w/ Kursa
Vide & FLY - Ultraviolet
Unkey - Listen VIP
Argo - Radio
Marble Elephant - Bliss
Josi Devil - Madness 2 Long
Taiko - Sea Pimp
Rareman - Raisington
Dopplershift - Mlungu
Cheadx - Temperature (Steppaz Dub)
Eva808 - You Don't
latesleeper - Skeletal Dub
Mystic State & NINA - Wired
Mythm - Dead City
Unkey - Sleepwalker
Drone - My Way ft. Emz
Synkro - Hornz
Sepia - Before Dawn
JFC - Love Dub
Skee Mask - Waldmeister
Scarlet House - Drive U Crazy
Chmura - Time
Comisar, Chmura - Imagine Nothing
ØZ x Ourman - Loosey
Hijinx - Slum
Daggz, Comisar, Chmura - Magicians
skeler - LIFESTYLE (skeler x Sage remix)
Drumterror - Sun Go Down
VCTRE - Arrainged
potions, hunter - Old Weather
Lithe - Fall Back (Instrumental)
Of The Trees - The Owl Song
Khromi & Kercha - Sentient
Chmura - Leave My Mark on This Planet
Macroblank - Mystic Haze



swisherman - Sub Chakra Mix - 057

Andrew Weatherall's first official posthumous mix. The only b2b DJ Harvey ever agreed to. Six hours at Trouw. This one's special.

When mulling which direction to go in for RA's 1000th mix celebrations, many options came to mind. Some shadowy character 2-stepping around the fringe of our collective consciousness? An impossible-level IDM icon?

All tempting. But, ultimately, we are a DJ-forward publication and this is a DJ mix series. It felt truer to the history of the RA Podcast to release deep vault material from a time when the world of niche records felt different, tighter, more discrete.

The fourth-longest mix in the series' history is an unrepeatable masterclass, recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. (2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000, and if we have to clock it, so do you.)

It's the coming together of one British icon who passed away in 2020, and another whose time on the road has scaled back considerably as of late. DJ Harvey agreed to exactly one b2b set in his life: this one, with Andrew Weatherall.

The night took place at Trouw, an Amsterdam club already considered legendary before it shuttered its doors in the opening hours of 2015, as part of an RA series anchored around rare combinations playing start-to-finish. Harvey was at the peak of an irresistible career second act, which dovetailed with a disco revival that dominated clubs for years. Weatherall, with infinite brownie points stockpiled from the '90s, remained everyone's favourite debonair psychonaut. 

What follows is a 385-minute marathon of arpeggiated chug and slow-cresting climaxes: a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than any comparable point in the 21st century. 

If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who plays what. Disco-dub covers of Echo & the Bunnymen? Smart money's on Weatherall. Exuberant EQ'ing of The Isley Brothers? Gotta be Harvey. As for the low 'n slow, lightly spangled house that was all the rage in the early 2010s (think Maxxi Soundsystem, Disco Bloodbath, Rub & Tug, C.O.M.B.I. and Full Pupp), it's anyone's guess. 127 BPM practically feels like an F1 car.

When we kicked off our RA.1000 campaign, we outlined a few full-send goals: tick off long-awaited dream guests, honour architects who shaped the world around us and deliver recordings you truly can't hear anywhere else.

DJing and the mythmaking around it has undergone a quantum leap since 2012, let alone 2006, 1996 or 1989. For those of us who were kicking around in the former, there's a creeping melancholy that our prime is fast becoming a matter of historical record. The killing moon really did come too soon. 

Where will electronic music, DJ sets or any of this be in 2044? Hard to say. Best not to overthink that one. Instead, we want to say thanks to all contributors on the series so far. Now enjoy luxuriating in the company of two of the greatest to ever do it, together, for the first and last time.⁠ – Gabriel Szatan (Editor, RA)

@andrew-weatherall

Read the interview with DJ Harvey and Andrew Weatherall's family at https://ra.co/podcast/1016. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall

part one of a six hour loft party session 
recorded live in Manchester at Versions 
May 13th 2017

lost in the loft

lost in the loft (vol.1 part one)

Strap yourselves in as Post Pluto takes flight with French duo, RBDP, on their fresh self-titled EP. The record features four tracks of high altitude cruisers, soaring through the elements of acid, deep house, breaks and dubbed out synths. We depart the troposphere with “Acid R”, a mellow and low-end fusion of dubby textures and acidic lines. “Like Dat” follows, with moody pads, percussive grooves and celestial tones. On the flip, “St San” takes the record into an acidic journey of 303 sequences and saturated 707 drum patterns, with a sublime zero-gravity remix by Red Ember Records bossman Ewan Jansen.

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Post Pluto is a Sydney based record label. We release small run vinyl records with a focus on music that is soulful, deep and more human than machine.

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