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Mixes I Josh Caffé

From acid and '90s rave to growling jungle, Hannah Holland & Josh Caffé sent the FM Tent spinning as part of Dalston Superstore's Sunday night takeover at Field Maneuvers 2023.

@hannah-holland @josh-caffe @fieldmaneuvers

Find out more about Field Maneuvers 2024: https://ra.co/news/80472

RA Live - Hannah Holland & Josh Caffé - Field Maneuvers, UK

Coming in hot with the latest OK mix! DJ, Producer, vocalist and performer Josh Caffé serves up some deep & sexy house and techno - pulsating drums, propulsive rhythms - touched with vocals, dominated with sass and licked with groove. 


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Josh Caffé has spent the last decade on a breathless trip through the fringes of London’s shifting house and techno continuum. As a DJ, singer/songwriter, producer and activist of British-Ugandan descent, Caffe’s influence has been felt everywhere from institutions such as Panorama bar and Adonis to his own Love Child party, curated at Fabric, where Caffe holds an influential residency. Collaborating with international icons of dance music and fashion such as Honey Dijon, he has become an even more visible and respected presence in recent years. Recently delivering his debut album 'Poppa Zesque' on Erol Alkan’s label Phantasy, Caffe has made his boldest statement yet. Two singles, ‘According To Jacqueline’ and ‘Do You Wanna Take Me Home?’ (remixed by Steffi & Virginia) effortlessly captured Caffe’s vision of queer liberation and sensuality. Working alongside both Quinn Whalley of Paranoid London, for whom Caffe has provided memorable vocal turns, and saxophonist Alex White of Fat White Family, Caffe’s solo material is charismatic, frenetic and rich in inspiration, from classic Chicago house, UK acid culture, 00s rap and his twin heroes, Prince and Grace Jones. All of these influences, be they sensual, jackin’ or sexually playful, echo through Caffe’s selections as a DJ. Mixes for Honey Soundsystem, Beats In Space, Naive and Love International speak for Caffe’s standing in the queer and wider dance music communities. Having forged an intimate connection with dancers across the sphere of underground house and techno, whether on the dancefloor and on record, on the mic or in the booth, in the grimiest of clubs or owning festival stages, Josh Caffe’s attitude and talent continues to inspire radical freedom.

@josh-caffe

OK026 - Josh Caffé

Field Maneuvers said it best: "Tasha brings out the techno in Josh and Josh brings out the sleaze in Tasha!" The two staples of London nightlife came together on the Friday of Field Maneuvers 2024.

@josh-caffe
@dj_tasha

RA Live: Tasha & Josh Caffé - Field Maneuvers, UK

Octo Octa b2b Tim Reaper at Draaimolen Festival 2024

London-based DJ, producer and vocalist Josh Caffé steps in for Moxie this week.
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-29th-january-2025

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SUCHI invites Ams - 15 February 2025

Will Hofbauer - 17 February 2025

Josh Caffé welcomes us to paradise on SonarMix 063, a luxurious two-hour session of “deep, sexy and genre-bending” club music. Ahead of a pair of live shows at Sónar this year - you can catch him in Lisbon in April, and then in Barcelona this June - the multi-talented artist works up a sweat with this deeply seductive session. 


@josh-caffe



Tracklist
Aaron Carl - For The Money
DreamrDreamr - Escape Into
Sidetrax - Off Track (On The Right Trax mix 3)
Terrence Dixon - Return Of The Speaker People Kaustos Sudden Aphasia mix
Vulvareen & 1905 - Get Your Head Bust
Huey Mnemonic - Technician 3 (Max Watts Remix)
Skee Mask - A14 Vs Cb
Liano & P2P - Baile Duro
Malin Genie - Skump
DECIUS - So, So Strong
DJ Split - Agogo 4424
WTCHCRFT - 1 4 U
Eden_Burns - Xoh_dub
Dede - Actress - Typewriter World (DEDECUT)
MoMA Ready - SOUL DIVIDE
G-Emerald - 2-Dance
Vromo - Burn Up
Leftfield - Double Flash
CalvoMusic, DJ Glo 410 - Ga$ton Rasta feat. DJ Glo 410
Josh Steers - 100 PROOF
MCR-T - Top Shotta
Parris x Untold - Lip Locked
Marcus Mixx - Looked Down Upon By Rehabbed Butterflies (Multi Journeys In The Fog Mixx)
Materie - Landscapes Kaval Remix
Retromigration - YB
The Groove Room - Drift
DJ Bruce Lee - Jack Trak 1
Regal86 - Temperature (Hot mix)
James Ruskin - Mutate And Survive (James Ruskin Version)
G Flame - Da Wallz
G Flame - OGH
Soft Pink Truth - Soft on Crime

SonarMix 063: Josh Caffé

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Ploy B2B Victor - 26 April 2025

A rare club mix from the ever-evolving artist, with 90 minutes of shadowy, atmospheric pressure.

Music's therapeutic value is often linked to relaxation—gongs, singing bowls and the like. Dense passages of foggy droning and eerie static aren't traditionally considered restorative, but Laurel Halo makes a pretty good case for it.

The Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based musician's abstract, often improvised productions are heavy on sound design and emotional climax. Driven by atmosphere rather than rhythm, they push listeners to grapple with their innermost insecurities, fears and dreams. "I'm lucky my music has helped people through crises," Halo once told Discwoman. It's easy to see why.

Since her 2010 debut King Felix, Halo has built a stunningly diverse catalogue of classically-informed records. A multi-instrumentalist—piano, violin, guitar, keys—her sharpest instrument is arrangement. Inspired by the surrealism of Italo Calvino and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, her releases, from Atlas to Behind The Green Door, unfold with slow-burning narrative and dense emotional weight. Her soundworlds are layered and labyrinthine—an architectonic space where self-reflection happens almost by force.

Even in the club, the sought-after composer excels in immersion. Her sets extend the expressionist palette of her records, trading traditional rhythm for tension, space and surprise. It’s no wonder she takes a genre-agnostic approach to the dance floor—her deep roots in freeform radio began at WCBN-FM in Michigan, followed by Berlin Community Radio, Rinse FM, and now a regular show on NTS.

RA.992 stitches foggy ambient loops, propulsive techno, mutant percussion and heady left turns with care. Tracks from DJ Rush, Octave One and Eddie Fowlkes nod to her Midwestern heritage, balanced out by deeper, psychedelic fare from the likes of Polygonia and Cousin. It's the mark of an artist revealing both deep curiosity and a precise hand as a selector. Rare, indeed.

@laurelhalo

Find the full interview at ra.co/podcast/992

RA.992 Laurel Halo

One of the enduring powerhouses of our era returns for RA.1000 with a riotous mix.

When Helena Hauff made her first RA Podcast appearance back in 2013, she was on the eve of releasing her debut production on Actress' Werkdiscs imprint. In the 12 years that have elapsed, she's become not just a household name within electronic music, but the kind of rare talent that lives in seclusion from industry tumultt.

(Hauff, enviously, has never even owned a smartphone.)

Her calling card continues to be her penchant for rough and ready EBM, electro and new wave. Her unique ability is creating a singular listening experience from disparate or out-of-favour tracks, with a raw immediacy that functions as a redress to over-choreographed modern DJing.

Her outsider approach is on show once again for RA.1000. Threaded together by strobe-lit DIY electronica, old-school acid house and corrosive machine funk that chews up the ear, the nearly two-hour set raises the bar once again.

In the sci-fi themed first half, Hauff drops two Cybotron tracks, nodding to Juan Atkins' blueprint for electro. You'll also hear "Riot" by Underground Resistance, the definitive mission statement for a world ablaze. This is musical anarchism, executed to the highest degree.

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1017. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at 1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Helena Hauff

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