A deep dive into atmospheric house, cinematic electronica, and Balearic textures.

This week's mix moves through dusty ambient soul, dubbed-out grooves, and melodic techno shades—showcasing new and future-facing music from labels like Compost, Innervisions, Studio Barnhus, Stay True Sounds, and more.

Tracklist includes:
Mark Barrott & Michael Conn / Charles Petersohn / Charles Webster & EMAMKAY / Urbs & Cutex / Echonomist / Random House Project / Eftersom / Subverse / The Light Brigade / Carli / Greenman

In the Basement 054: with Paul Inflyte

Yousef - I Operate in Purple

The arena-conquering duo glide from gritty rave to skyscraping arpeggios on RA.1000, a mix many years in the making.

A new name undeniably entered the pantheon of major electronic live acts over the past decade: next to Faithless, The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers, now sit @feelmybicep.

The Belfast duo's music doesn't half reach for the stars: a melodic blend of ambient, breakbeat, trance and tech house, able to turn the biggest arenas into intimate affairs.

If anything, mainstream success, BRIT Award nominations and mammoth dance crossovers like "Glue" have only hardened Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar's resolve to keep innovating.

Their prized blog, running for nearly as long as the RA Podcast, regularly platforms upcoming artists. And you won't find many festival headliners releasing climate change-themed records with Indigenous artists, as they did recently on Takkuuk.

RA.1000 exists in that spirit. After many polite declines, and before a year off to usher in the next era, Bicep come through at the last: from dub techno and screwface breaks to São Paulo garage, before a tide of signature synths floods the zone. Stadium-sized intimacy at its finest.

@feelmybicep 

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1015. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Bicep

For RA.1000, we take it back to the source with two never-before-heard tapes from Frankie Knuckles's private collection

There is no house music without Frankie Knuckles, literally or figuratively. The queer icon's luxurious DJ sets at Chicago's Warehouse gave a rising movement its name. From there, countless offshoots splintered and travelled the globe. But what did the genesis and growth of the sound really feel like?

The Godfather of House left behind not only timeless records, but personalised cassettes with hand-drawn liner notes handed out to friends and family. Two of those, dated to 1989 and 1996, have been digitised especially for RA.1000. (Thank you to the Frankie Knuckles Foundation.)

To put that in context: the first tape predates not only many of today's active clubbers, but the entire existence of jungle, drum & bass, UK garage, French touch, Jersey club, Afrobeats, IDM, baile funk, hardcore, footwork, dubstep, dub techno, tech house, breaks, minimal, maximal, gqom, gabber, grime and hyperpop.

In short… that's a very, very long time ago. The world of dance music was much smaller. DJ culture was functionally unrecognisable from the one we see in 2025. 

And yet, to some degree, what you'll hear on RA.1000 hasn't changed at all. It's a capture of not only what made Frankie Knuckles one of the beloved pioneers of first-generation dance music, but what draws people to club culture in the first place.

The mood on these Frankie Knuckles sets outlasts even its creator: a spirit of optimism that floods the world's best dance floors and keeps dance music pulsing on into the future, nearly 40 years later, in spite of it all. We end our 1000th mix celebrations here because it all starts there.

Find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1018. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Frankie Knuckles

Franz Scala stands as one of Italy's most compelling electronic music visionaries, carving out a
distinctive sonic territory that bridges the gap between nostalgic Italo disco reverence and
forward-thinking club sensibilities. With his roots deeply embedded in the rich tradition of Italian
electronic music, Scala has emerged as a vital voice in the contemporary underground scene.
He delivers "In The Basement" guest mix, a carefully curated mix that showcases his
exceptional ability to weave together diverse electronic textures into a cohesive underground
narrative. The mix serves as both a showcase of his curatorial vision and a window into the
sounds that inspire his own productions.

In The Basement 064: with Franz Scala

Live recording of my set on Pikes Plaza Mayor for Melon Bomb in August here. Such fun on that terrace, left and right turns everywhere plus a medley of favs treated to those who went the distance with me. 

TIMMY STEWART - LIVE FROM MELON BOMB - PIKES PLAZA MAYOR IBIZA - AUGUST 2025

In The Basement 065 is a deep dive into cosmic grooves, hypnotic rhythms,
and emotive melodies.

From sun-drenched Balearic beats to late-night disco, this week’s episode
flows through some exclusive edtis, lush downtempo cuts, and dance-floor
friendly club workouts featuring Mike Salta, Cerulean Soundsystem, Hot Chip,
Gorillaz, and more. Paul Inflyte is at the controls.

In The Basement 065: with Paul Inflyte

LEATHERETTE #012 - The Hacker & Phil Kieran 06/09/25

This week’s In the Basement with Paul Inflyte slides you straight into low-
slung cosmos, dubbed-out disco, and off-kilter house, anchored by standout
moments from GusGus, Sim Fossil, Shook & Legowelt, Eden Burns and Quiet
Village & Vanessa Daou.

In The Basement 066: with Paul Inflyte

In the Basement this week comes with new music from the likes of Butch, Yousef and Eden Burns. While Jean Jacques Smoothie returns for 2025, with an upcoming album headed up by some wonderful remixes of his classic 2 People. Paul Inflyte is your host.

In The Basement 067: with Paul Inflyte

Sixty minutes of largely 90’s & 00’s retro party starters and classics recorded live at the final Shine event on July 28th in it’s spiritual home of the Mandela Hall at Queen University in Belfast where it’s been for the past 23 years.

Psycatron - Live At One More Time - The Final Shine - July 28th 2018

Booking:
Paramount Artists
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E: tom@paramountartists.com
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Berlin:Detroit - a musical alliance that resonates deeply with electronic music lovers around the world and has done for the past two decades. Add Belfast to this equation and you have Irish duo Psycatron who have dropped releases on both sides of the Atlantic through Carl Craig's Planet E Communications from Detroit, as well as Berlins' Tresor imprint, while also finding time for the odd excursion on the likes of Scuba's Hotflush Recordings, R&S Records, Cocoon and their own upcoming Inflyte Records, which alongside being a home for their own output, is set to feature material from the likes of Francesco Tristano, Dave Clarke and Kirk Degiorgio in it's opening year.
Their touring schedule has followed a similar global trajectory, touching down everywhere from Fabric to Berghain, The Rex Club and Barracca, to Movement Festival in Detroit, I Love Techno in Belgium and many more of the best clubs and festivals worldwide. In between tours they continue their long-standing residency at Ireland's longest-running techno institution, Shine in Belfast.
With musical influences ranging from Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk to Underground Resistance and Jean Michel Jarre, it's easy to see where the raw emotion, tension and energy prevalent in their music stems from. Being born less than 12 hours apart and subsequently growing up hitting the same techno parties in Belfast, is another common bond that has helped shape the Psycatron sound, where the past clearly influences the future but has an entirely different slant on it.
Touring with Carl Craig and Planet E, ending up on Fact Magazines Top 50 Tracks of the year and performing on London's infamous Boiler Room TV are some of the recent highlights of this duos career who among their fan count you'll find the likes Depeche Mode's Martin L Gore, Francois K and Dave Clarke.