this is a cool interview.  learning a lot (FL user here :)) 

never used fruity myself but this was quite interesting. finally something different ...

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Launched over ten years ago, SeekSickSound is first and foremost a webzine dedicated to electronic music, from bass music to ambient, from 85 to 170BPM. Their monthly show showcases this musical vision by offering a selection hosted by Background, alternating between SSS residents, guests from their events, and artists highlighted on their website.

Tune in for Seek Sick Sound every 2 Sunday of the month from 20h to 22h [CET] on rinse.fr

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SeekSickSound invite Anna Morgan & Farix - 13 Février 2022

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

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Bassinä | Portes Noires  - Radio Bollwerk - 27.08.2022

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

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soundcloud.com/kerzn

this year artists r asked 2 develop a story around the keyword: REBIRTH. what will it sound like? - in a year we’ll have 6 sonic interpretations 2 compare.

kur8ed by:
soundcloud.com/dj_flashdrive

springs 002 w/ Kerzn

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

@blackringsundermyeyes

Black Rings Under My Eyes est le projet solo de Baptiste Malgoire (Supernaive, Standard). Influencé par l'IDM et la culture UK tout en restant très libre, son univers est éclectique et coloré. Il a sorti son premier album ""Unknown Phenomena"" sur Standard Records en 2021 et l'EP ""GAMBLER"" chez Luud Disc il y a un mois.
Il nous propose ici un set composé d'une sélection de morceaux (dont plusieurs unreleased) sur lesquels il a travaillé au cours de ces 3 dernières années.

Terra 86 invite Black Rings Under My Eyes

SUARA AKPRIND

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Rolling (μ-Ziq Remix)

Bochum Welt - Saint (Heinrich Mueller) [Z Version] - preview

https://staticsystem.bandcamp.com/album/voltage-ep

Voltage

E.M.M.A., Pearson Sound and Blackdown on the software that democratised electronic music.

For more, visit Resident Advisor: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=507

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EX.507 The Hour: Fruity Loops

Insect and fluid electronics on the second EP from Melbourne’s Third Space. Six IDM-tinged forceful grooves, straddling the intersection of smoke-choked nightclubs and homebound speaker stacks.

‘Zones 1 Through To 4’: Chaotic modular workouts and uneasy time signatures meet drum ‘n bass. Swirling and hypnotic, catch your breath.

‘Six at 148’: Peak-time, neon-haze confusion with an oozing bassline. Third Space finds the perfect kick and adds four more.

Resonant experimentation, ringing ears and broken steel – uniquely honest, deliberate and effective.

Mastered by Joseph Buchan
Album Artwork by Hector Clark, Image Direction by Phoebe Pendergast
Oblique EP synopsis by Henry Rowe

Special thanks to HJR and EH

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EX.507 The Hour: Fruity Loops

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