It's good that we talk about it, sometimes I feel that the whole industry has lost sight on everything, like come on, all the Techno movement today has an aesthetic where the world has basically collapsed into an old abandoned industrial wasteland where we should put some black synths, take MDMA and act like if that was the happiest moment ever...  I would rather look to the newer projects in the Folktronica/Downtempo scene such as NOMADE in Chile working hand by hand with the natives or projects like El Buho's ¨A Guide to the Birds of South America¨ that helped endangered species in South America, just to name a few. The Techno/House industry seems completely overrun by the dark side of capitalism and until today, it'll play on its terms without caring for the environment at all...

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Familia, primera entrega de nuestro especial por el podcast 100.

La primera parada es en Madrid, en la Calle Palma, número 39. El podcast 100.1 lo firma el gran Ideograma.

Ideograma también conocido como Dj F es una figura clave de la escena subterránea madrileña y de toda la península.

Destreza y conocimiento definen bien el trabajo tras los platos de este artista tan respetado y querido por tod@s. Muy influenciado por el sonido Detroit de los 90 en clave Techno, Electro o House y el IDM, Flavio ha sabido crear su propio universo musical, ofreciendo como Ideograma su versión más Techno y Electro, y como Dj F su faceta House, Soul, Funk y Breaks.

Este virtuosismo y bagaje musical le han hecho pasear su maleta por infinidad de salas, provocando el goce del personal. Y es fácil pillarlo girando discos casi cualquier finde.

Como productor, F no se queda atrás, tracks llenos de alma, donde se aprecian los matices de su extenso conocimiento musical y que no han pasado inadvertidos para sellos como Semántica, Titan’s Halo, Freebeat, Eleve, A Harmless Deed o Frigio Records. Ahí podréis encontrar trabajos suyos como Dj F, Ideograma o Acid Future Overdose.

En 2015, Flavio arranca su propio sello Prayers For The Long Life y ya lleva 5 referencias muy recomendables.

Además de todo esto Ideograma es conocido por ser uno de los dueños de la mítica tienda Palma 39, un espacio donde conviven 2 tiendas Recycled Music Center, del mismo F, e Industrias Mekanikas. Esta simbiosis hace que Palma 39 disponga de uno de los stocks más interesantes que te puedes encontrar, con cubetas cargadas de novedades que puntualmente reciben y con un old stock medalla de oro. Sin duda, tienda de visita obligada para todo buen amante del vinilo.

Sin más, os dejamos con el gran Ideograma y esta pedazo de selección que nos ha preparado.

Electro de altos vuelos y pinchado de forma magistral. ¡Ideograma manda!

Disfrutadla familia, ¡UEMA os quiere!

https://soundcloud.com/ideograma-djf

https://www.discogs.com/es/label/862495-Prayers-For-The-Long-Life

https://www.facebook.com/palmatreintaynueve

https://www.facebook.com/recycledmusiccenter/

UEMA Series 100.1 by Ideograma

The 600th episode of the Exchange marks a pivot in Resident Advisor’s audio coverage. Source Material, one of our new series, moves towards in-depth, documentary-style reports on the electronic music community and beyond. For the inaugural edition of Source Material, we invite perspectives from Ukraine following the country’s invasion by Russia, which has sparked a humanitarian crisis with over 1.5 million displaced refugees.

Starting in 2014, Kyiv became a global dance music destination, due to its world-class venues and festivals, plus the government’s relatively hands-off approach towards enforcing social gathering regulations during Covid. Many flocked to its dance floors during a time when other countries operated under stringent lockdowns, and interest in the city only continued to grow. But the promise of Kyiv’s fertile club scene has been completely decimated by the war.

Those who made the community so vibrant are now faced with  the unimaginable decision to either flee or fight. The voices within this episode include Timur, known as the producer John Object, an affiliate of CXEMA, who is defending his country as part of the Territorial Defense Force, and Margareeta, RA’s City Manager for Kyiv, who discusses the emotional toll of fleeing from the war. Woven throughout are also interviews with anti-war protestors in the streets of Berlin and the volunteers helping refugees at the city’s main train stations.

Guests: John Object, Margarita Evi
Interviewer: Whitney Wei

Tracklist: 
John Object - Draft (2010)
John Object - Xanax & Silk (Live) (2016)
John Object - Kiss (2018)

EX.600 Source Material: Kyiv’s Club Community, Fractured By War

Collaboration is intrinsic to creative jobs. Whether you're a lone wolf or a team player, it's impossible to avoid partnerships and group coordination. But working with other people can get messy, especially when ego is involved. As part of Resident Advisor's ongoing collaboration with Black Minds Matter, this episode of the Exchange explores how alliances affect an artist's craft and wellbeing. In separate conversations with UK singer-songwriter Aluna and Hamburg-based DJ crew SLIC Unit, host Vanessa Maria asks them about the challenges of building collectively versus individually.

For SLIC Unit, being part of a network is all about mutual trust. Each person brings different talents to the table so it's important to reinforce each another while streamlining the decision-making process, founding members Nissa and SENU describe. "Being together or being in a collective always means more work," they say, referring to the need for clear communication, empathy and making time for everyone's projects. SLIC Unit practices what they call "radical solidarity," a support system that reduces chaos and stress while enabling them to have fun while working.

Aluna, on the other hand, has a solo career in addition to being one-half of the duo AlunaGeorge. For her, going solo meant confronting her relationship with fear. Being in a band provided her with a sense of safety but that ultimately became a warning bell, she explains. "I knew that I was using it as a safety net from a place of either displacement or fear," she continues, alluding to her issues with racism and sexism. At the end of the day, it's important for artists to establish stability and security within themselves before they can join a group, she notes.

For more insights on how creatives can preserve authenticity and self-worth in a team environment or on their own, listen to the hour-long podcast.

EX.612 Source Material: Collaboration & Mental Health

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

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

In honour of World Radio Day—which landed on February 13th—this week’s RA Exchange celebrates the power of radio in a documentary-style deep dive. UNESCO inaugurated World Radio Day in 2011 in order to commemorate its efficacy in reaching remote communities, connecting with people everywhere regardless of their education level, and providing a platform for positive and democratic discourse. It's also critical in spreading critical information during times of crisis or emergency. According to UNESCO, "increasing radio's journalistic standards and capacity should be considered as an investment in peace."

On a more modest level, podcasting and radio, especially in the world of underground music, can help forge in-person and virtual networks and celebrate and spread new and lesser-known music. During the pandemic, it also held together underground music scenes when people couldn't be together in the club, and sustained a kind of intimacy and connection by letting people share music over the airwaves and community platform chat rooms. 

In this episode, we hear from various radio producers around the world—including Jamz Supernova, Hana Walker Brown, Dublab Barcelona and Hong Kong Community Radio, among others—about why radio resonates so strongly with them. "Good radio is always an exercise in connection, especially host-led radio,” says Rory Bowens, NTS’s Head of Radio Production. “The fact that it's a live experience is really crucial. People can listen to something in real time with a huge audience of other listeners at the same time, and that intrinsically connects them to each other." Take a listen to the episode in full.

EX.648 Source Material: The Power of Radio in Times of Crisis

•Clan: Rangers de Dan Reid
•Ocupación: Llanero solitario,Ex Ranger
•Naturaleza: Enigmático justiciero enmascarado.
•Delitos cometidos:Atesorar discos de diversos estilos since los early 90s-2000es,hacerse selfies de mierda en sus ratos libres, formar dupla con ripley-b ya sea tras las tornamesas o en las canchas de Downton Babylon con el objetivo de derrocar a Eddie “El Rey¨ Faroo y "Duck" Johnson.
•Habilidades: rastrear discos como se rastrea a la banda de "Butch" Cavendish,depurada técnica de la mella con el estilo del ¨dedo cortado¨ enciclopedia musical,maestro del disfraz.
•Weapons:Pareja de Reloop RP-7000 MK2 ,Allen & Heath Xone 23,UDG, 
antifaz.
•Visto por última vez: Kommune #10 Special 10 parties.

bso by @kekohmusic

Beyond The Wall #036 Kekoh aka Cut Finger

01. Aquarius - Touch Me [Speak Easy - 1994]
02. Paradise Connection - Source Of Emotion [High Society - 1995]
03. Air Liquide - Stroboplastics [Harvest - 1995]
04. 2 B.U. - Back In Space (Plectron Mix) [Beat Box - 1994]
05. T'N'I - Anecdote [Force Inc. Music Works - 1991]
06. Felonia - Seductive Smile (Cosmico Mix) [Beat Box - 1994]
07. Smooth & Simmonds - Hooked [Wax Factory Productions - 1994]
08. Trybet - Belong [Defective Records - 1994]
09. John Stage - Waiting For Venus [Javelin Ltd - 1996]
10. The Desintegrators - Perfumes Of The Deep (Part 1) [Trance Mission - 1994]
11. Subconscious Aurists - Aural Flush [Pulsewave Records - 1997]
12. Makusa Inc. - Africa (Acid Jungle Mix) [Oscillator - 1994]
13. Speedy J - G Spot [Warp Records - 1995]
14. Outline - Chinese Juice (Bamboo Kitchen Mix) [BooM - 1996]
15. Texas Audio - Mystery Cafe [Zoo Entertainment - 1993]
16. Agent Orange - More Acid [Loop Records - 1995]
17. Unreal - Replicants [Formaldehyd - 1994]

Hjärngymnastik 230: Transitorisk Ormtjusning

Alex visits Olin's world featuring Garage, House, Breaks, Downtempo, and more!

Olin's World ft Alex Burkat - 17 Jun 23

Going deep with pretty much all new music with a few locals in the mix.

1, Tongue-Twister, Jordan GCZ
2, Exiled 2, Jacob Ohrberg
3, Tulip Dub, Billus, Dust In Bloom
4, Sacred nights, OHM / PHILIPP PRIEBE
5, Static, Norken
6, Purple Planet, Enzo Leep
7, THX Assassin, Rings Around Saturn
8, Wild Shore, Ewan Jansen
9, Hiero, Alec Falconer
10, Kiez, P Relief - Dusted
11, Nostaligia Submission '23, acidalius, 兆丰嘉园 Tracks
12, OSC, MPU420
13, Wild Ride, John Tejada
14, Norm Talley, Cosmic Waves (XDB Remix)
15, Surface Wave, Dublicator
16, Reviver, Skee Mask
17, WantU, MPU420
18, Maintain, Cybotron
19, Computer Power, The Egyptian Lover
20, dyLAB, Leave You Far Behind
21, Gloom Rider, LOIF
22, Exiled 3, Jacob Ohrberg
23, Goose Step, Rings around Saturn

Generative electronics deep mode

P0lyRhythm - Techno Rebels

A dance music deity delves into his craft.

For more, visit Resident Advisor: http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=261

EX.261 A Guy Called Gerald

Zen At Ten w/ Dust-e-1 & Lis Dalton

This month, we look into the environmental impact of the vinyl industry and the delicate art of posthumous releases. 

For more, visit Resident Advisor: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=465

RA Exchange

EX.465 The Hour: Vinyl sustainability, posthumous releases

DJ Linkwood XLR8R mix May 2019

Another Sunday session.  Took me a few records to find my feet (so to speak) but ill leave it all in as the music is top drawer (in my opinion. Obvs)

Records 

Duplex - Molecular
Automatic Tasty - You’ll Never Work I that Town again
Low Tape - New Horizons
Reptant - Phasic Rephlex 
Carl Finlow -Boolean
Caron Haunted Memory
Silicon Scally - The Silent Years
Junq - Lila’s Dream
AFX - London
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Zobol - Creeper
Zodiac Childs  - Faction
Plant 43 - CPU
James Shinra - Meteor ep
Corporate Mindfuck - The Mindfuck ep
Sonar Base - Dark Matter
Low Tape - Road Valley
Random Factor - On the Air
Chris Barg - Stillest Plage
Mat Carter - Dan Sing
Versalife - Soul of the Automaton pt 3
Armec - Spirograph
Morphology - Mind Stealers

All done in one hit on two technics 1210

Electr0 M1ss10n - Placid Livestream - Electro n plenty of 303. SS03

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

EX.465 The Hour: Vinyl sustainability, posthumous releases

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