As a club music producer/label we release music to be played in clubs for masses, not for individual listening at home, as is usually a case for lets say pop albums. Yet, there are organizations and artists claiming that if their music is being played in clubs and festivals by djs (who either bought the music or even received it a promo), who also get paid, they should get royalties from it because for some reason it is not fair that djs earn money by playing other peoples music. Sometimes more money than those producers. To me this is not making sense simply because: 1) you have already paid for the music once or you received it for free to actually play it to the crowds 2) this music was created for that exact purpose (or have you released your EP to all digital dj shops just for bedroom djing and private listening?)

This as well as the 1st episode are brilliant - thanks so much for highlighting this topic!

Documentaries

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

I wanted to make a mix that embodies what I listen to both while cooking and during eating dinner which can be starkly contrasted. When cooking I like to listen to downtempo or techno but when eating I like to play classic songs. There's some moments of bliss and chaos and I embrace it all just like when in the heat of the kitchen.

I like to drink wine while I cook sometimes so there are some sipper style tracks present in this mix as well as biters and cookers. Shouts to my boo Emma for always cooking with me!

XXXTRA CRISPY SKIN SALMON

Acquire a nice hunk of WILD CAUGHT salmon skin on. 

-Salmon
-Salt
-Pepper
-Olive Oil


1. Pull out bones with tweezers and pat fish dry with paper towels
2. Place fish *skin side up* in the refrigerator for 30 minutes up to 3 hours to remove moisture / ensure crispy skin
3. Rub fish with a small amount of olive oil to help seasoning stick and season liberally with salt and pepper. This layer also helps from the skin crust.
4. Heat 3-5 tablespoons of oil in a cast iron skillet on medium heat (amount of oil will differ depending on size of fish and skillet but the idea is to have the skin submerged in oil, gas stoves for the win)
5. Place fish in skillet skin side DOWN first ensuring all parts of the skin are touching the pan and sear for 7.5 minutes. (A metal fish spatula is your friend here)
6. Turn off heat and flip fish over to meat side for 1 minute. Even less time for thinner fish. Remove and serve!
7. I like to eat the fish with short grain rice and furikake as well as greens like broccoli or asparagus. Pairs well with Tedorigawa Yamahai Sake

Secret Sauce 14 - DJ Eft

Rinse FM Podcast

Violet - 10 April 2023

Audio Explorations with Escaflowne @ The Lot Radio 04-25-2023

Otari invite Messes Basses.

﻿Despite his love for bass music, @otarisealion's taste is not just limited to it : hip-hop, RnB, house, IDM, funk, ambient or techno are all part of his large catalog. In his monthly Rinse France show, he delivers a diverse selection of new tracks, classics and exclusive unreleased songs.

Rinse France Podcast

Otari invite Messes Basses - 21 Mai 2023

https://www.nts.live/shows/nts-10-dopplereffekt/episodes/dopplereffekt-20th-april-2021

DOPPLEREFFEKT - NTS 10 200421

Listen in for positivity and light as Anu broadcasts through the afternoon.

https://www.nts.live/shows/soup-to-nuts-anu/episodes/soup-to-nuts-anu-25th-july-2023

Soup To Nuts w/ Anu 250723

Rinse X Field Maneuvers Takeover: Monika Taneska - 29 July 2023

Stephan Laubner/STL's Homework LP was one of the first records I bought when I started DJing 'properly' back in 2007. 

If u don't know STL - very lofi, brittle, dubby, wooden, not overly bassy, discordant, minimal, scratchy, lush, strangely funky stuff, beautiful in its own way. And he does these locked grooves on most of his records, which I've mixed up here into a two hour special at 133⅓bpm. I recorded it with a new rotary EQ mixer (thanks Dean!) and then ran it through my Roland RE-201 Space Echo (thanks Maciej!)...

U might be surprised (if u listen) how organic and varied u can make a single loop, with the right EQing, cutting, boosting, fader tricks and so on - it was a lot of fun to mix, but I don't think this is a DJ thing just for other DJs.

Hope u enjoy... most of these locked grooves are on Stephan's label Something, a couple on Perlon, Echocord and so on.

STL - Loop 1
STL - Loop 5
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 6
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 12
STL - Loop B
STL - Loop A
STL - Loop B
STL - Loop 5
STL - Loop 4
STL - Loop 6
STL - Loop 7
STL - Loop 3
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 4
STL - Loop 9
STL - Loop 3
STL - Loop 14
STL - Loop 3
STL - Loop A
STL - Loop 5
STL - Loop 8
STL - Loop 1
STL - Loop 2
STL - Listen Up! Loop
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 25
STL - Loop 10
STL - Loop 9
STL - Loop B
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 22
STL - Loop 10
STL - Loop 13
STL - Loop 1
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 4
STL - Loop 16
STL - Loop 17
STL - Eternalized Fiction 

Mosca NTS Show: 3rd February 2016 (STL Special)

Patrice Bäumel, Gunnar Haslam and Telefon Tel Aviv discuss the financial challenges facing music producers.

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EX.483 The Hour: The Changing Economics Of Electronic Music pt.2

As 2019 draws to a close we’ve asked artists we have admired greatly this year to interpret the year in some way. Check back daily until 2020.

More info here → https://crackm.ag/2F2orHX

2019 Mix: Joe

late upload again but hope you enjoy :)

tracklist:

bill mango - inflight sample
420 - 06 420
cygnus - vaporwaves
active surplus - ambrosia
motoko & myers - plover (perko remix)
haron - pantala
tammo - it is easy to see 
a psychic yes - 200427
mr beatnick - orion 
super drama - one is enough (feat. kuntessa)
squallfront - kev's spacey 
wheelman - slight out of hand
8ULENTINA - BODY 2
perko - connection 
oceanic - live at de school (club version)
elias mazian - nooit meer een einde
leaving - finding inner shelter 

<3

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

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