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recorded @ cod 1201 w. Devon Ave.
February 14, 1986
recorded by Frankie Knuckles for PG Ltd.

Frankie Knuckles Recorded Live @ COD Valentine's Day  1986

Zepherin Saint's first release, 1988's Give Me Back Your Love as Boyz in Shock featuring Carol Leeming, was one of the first soulful house records to hit the UK. Saint played a key role in the UK's dance music scene, but as journalist Marcus Barnes highlights in this week's Resident Advisor Exchange, the influence and value of his work over the years has often been overlooked. 

Saint grew up in Harrow, North West London. His earliest experiments with music happened at school, playing the drums in a band making music that he describes as "Spandau Ballet funk, soul and pop tracks." The tunes were so good that their teacher organised studio time so they could make a demo. 

Handed down one of Harrow's key soundsystems from his older brother, Saint would go on to build rigs, and recording studios, of his own, supplying the sound for many acid house nights as the scene exploded. He worked at legendary London shop Black Market Records and spent time in the US managing R&B artists like Terri Walker, before returning to the UK to launch Tribe Records, bringing dance music from South Africa and establishing the blueprint for what is now the Afro house scene. Today, Saint is based in Melbourne, where he's started a new label, Inner Sauce, to celebrate the live house sound bubbling there. 

In an enlightening conversation with Barnes, Saint discusses Melbourne's return to partying post lockdown, building soundsystems, finding his identity in London as a young West Indian man, working at Black Market Records and how he's now turning his focus back onto his own productions.

EX.607 Zepherin Saint

Recorded live at House of X for Le Freak w/Demuir 4.23.22

Rissa Garcia-Live at House of X 4.23.22

Ron Trent - Fresh On Your Love (Jay L's Extended Edit)
Space Ghost - Inner Focus
Fred Fades & Jawn Rice feat. Dreamcast - Show Me How (Chmmr remix)
N.Y. Connection – The Push
Jerzzey Boy - Maad Busy
Loop 7 - The Theme (The Legend)
Nathan Haines feat. Verna Francis - Earth Is The Place (DJ Gregory & Julien Jabre Voxy Pass)
Donnie Tempo -	 N-Haler
Kerri Chandler  - Love Will Find A Way (Instrumental)
Kareem Ali - Black Energy
GU - Detroitism
Paul Johnson - Hour Glass Figure
Japanese Telecom - Mounting Yoko
Dave Angel - Timeless
Jon Sable - Endorphin Loops
Oneiric Vortex - Oasi
Stefano Di Carlo & Mauro Ruvolo - Magic Staircase (Reload 2k20)
Sentinel 793 - Skuffle Dub
Steven Julien - SSS (90s Cut)
Michael J Blood - FRKYSHT
Dillinja - Sovereign Melody
Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction

WOLF Music Balamii Radio July 22 - Exercise Your Demons

https://www.nts.live/shows/ash-lauryn/episodes/ash-lauryn-11th-august-2022

Underground & Black w/ Pressure Point - 110822

Toolate Groove @ Djoon for Happiness Therapy 07.10.22

Faced with shrinking margins and higher rents, event organisers are finding new ways to keep the party going.

As the cost of living crisis continues to eat into club land, promoters around the world are increasingly being forced to adapt to shrinking margins. This new episode of Source Material, our documentary-style podcast series, shines a spotlight on Glasgow, Taipei and Chicago, where local organisers are testing out unconventional forms of inclusive promotion in response to widespread economic uncertainty. 

In Glasgow, Han Read runs a monthly night called Events Research Programme that operates off a Patreon subscription model. Bonjour, meanwhile, is a queer venue in the Scottish city that runs as a co-op, sharing a minimum 50 percent of its profits among staff in an effort to acquire more financial freedom. In Taipei, venue 23 Music Room is using its non-traditional business model to bolster the next generation of promoters while RA contributor Steve Noah describes the state of DIY parties in Chicago.

Listen to the full conversation for details on each of these scenes.

Producer: Rose Manson
Executive Producer: Martha Pazienti Caidan

EX.637 Source Material: Sustainable Promotion

Byrell The Great is a name synonymous with New York's ballroom scene. The Harlem native is known for his story-telling prowess and cheeky edits that span hip-hop, pop and meme culture, all of which are on full display in his seamless production, spirited DJ style and his high-energy mix series, Vogue Workouts. Live from Resident Advisor's 21st birthday celebration at Nowadays, the ballroom don discusses his involvement in the Kiki scene and the genre's growing popularity in mainstream culture.

Speaking to staff writer Kiana Mickles, Byrell describes how he attended his first ball thanks to Teyana Taylor. He then goes to elaborate on the nuances of ballroom music, what sets New York's Kiki landscape apart from the wider scene and DJ etiquette during a ball before venturing into his production techniques. Finally, Mickles and Byrell flesh out what it means for the culture when artists such as Beyoncé and Madonna incorporate ballroom references.

For more details on each of these topics, listen to the conversation in full.

EX.638 Byrell The Great

Dance music deepened its presence in pop culture this year, expanding into TikTok's nichest corners as well as Billboard Hot 100 charts. For the December edition of the Critics' Roundtable, staffers Chloë Cochran, Whitney Ajayi, Martha Pazienti Caidan and contributor Vanessa Maria reflect on the major milestones of 2022.

Electronic music was part of global conversations on gender disparity and sexual violence, the group noted. Women's safety in clubs was a particularly concerning issue this year, they continued, highlighting incidents of needle spiking at clubs. On a more positive note, they applauded Butterz cofounder Elijah, RA's guest editor from earlier this year, whose efforts to educate on issues in the music industry led to a staff position at SOAS University of London.

To hear more about these topics, as well as the popularity of higher BPMs and definitive tunes like "B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)," listen to the chat in full.

EX.639 Critics' Roundtable [December 2022]

Since at least the 1970s, artists have composed music for plants. From Mort Garson’s Plantasia to dublab's Plant Music compilation, albums recorded with nature in mind often intend to stimulate growth or simply entertain leafy creatures. This episode of Source Material, a documentary-style series, explores the symbiotic links between electronic music and house plants.

Diving into the world of frequencies and root systems, @martharadio speaks to various experts to learn how nature responds to ambient tunes and synthesisers. Among them are biotherapeutic musician Imka, Joe Patitucci of PlantWave, an app that translates plants' biorhythms into music, sound artist Karine Bonneval and composer Erland Cooper.

To discover how bass frequencies mimic bees and why festivals are adopting sonic soil pollution, listen to the episode.

EX.641 Source Material: Plants and Electronic Music

Slimzee is a legend in every sense of the word. He launched Rinse FM alongside Geeneus and Uncle Dugs in 1994, running the station for three years out of his bedroom. His shows, focused on garage and grime, paved the way for the genres' current architects. As a member of Pay As U Go Cartel alongside Wiley and Flowdan, he also helped lay the foundations for early grime.

Speaking to @martharadio, the East London veteran discusses the specifics of the Rinse FM compressor, explaining how he learnt to fine-tune frequency levels through trial and error. Back then, it was normal to focus on a specific sound in mixes and DJ sets but now, genres are more fluid, he noted, describing how he currently plays hybrids of dubstep and grime. The duo then go onto discuss the dos and don'ts of DJing with an MC, Slimzee's favourite festivals as well as his mental health journey.

Listen to the conversation in full for more details.

EX.640 Slimzee

Chicago's boogie don live at DISCOVERY in January. 

https://soundcloud.com/rahaan

Next DISCOVERY Party

Rahaan @ DISCOVERY 1.2014

Natureboy_House tape '93 Dj.Nature (bicep podcast)

lots of acetates, acapella action, maybe even edits?

update 2022: I found a slightly longer version with some more info now...

Walter Gibbons Live @ Yellow in Japan (xx.xx.1989)

Boo Williams I Miss The 80;s

Find Your Rhythm  Radio Show #23 w/ special guest mixes from Glenn Davis & Soul Renegades 13.01.2021

The weekly RA Exchange is a series of conversations with artists, labels and promoters shaping the electronic music landscape.

EX.607 Zepherin Saint

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