Dj Red at Floresta - Waking Life '23

Back in the day, drums were used as signals for festivities and war because their sounds travelled the furthest. Azu Tiwaline has long understood that. A master in the dark arts of percussion, she makes deep and profound percussive music that seems to communicate forgotten rituals from centuries past. Her sound is dense, as if pulled from the depths of the Sahara desert in Tunisia, yet still feels spacious thanks to polyrhythmic contortions and sparse, elegant melodies.

Her productions largely fall into the confines of percussive techno, but unlike the genre's springier variants, her dubby textures and psychedelic rhythms command seriousness and move with immensity. Her Livity Sound debut, the Magnetic Service EP from 2020, connected Amazigh music with dub and techno and is a masterclass in restraint and hypnosis. Her latest release, The Fifth Dream, continues to showcase her skills in balancing light and dark tones using field recordings from her home in Tunisia's El Djerid desert, minimal ambient techno and haunting notes.

Mirroring her discography, this RA Podcast features plenty of twisted rhythms, trippy techno and straightforward club cuts. Created for movement rather than hypnosis, these selections show off a different side of her drum palette—perky breaks and syncopated kicks—wrapped in her usual weighty atmospheres.

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Interesting mix here, the 1st 50 minutes is Donato, then after Mathew. Does anyone know who Brancaphonic (maybe Andrea Filosa & Filippo R. Travaglio) were at the Brancaleone club in Rome, Italy around 2004 or 2005? If so, contact us. See also our comment on https://www.discogs.com/label/553629-Brancaleone.

Original mix location: https://www.mixcloud.com/B_bootlegs/dozzy-mathew-jonson-dj-set-microhouse-space-edition-20-nov-2004/

Mix description text on that webpage: 

‘1 of the microhouse events, that took the name Space Edition, and hosted the Canadian Mathew Jonson, a member of Cobblestone Jazz, and 1 of the founders of Wagon Repair record label. That evening, Mathew divided the music area with Donato Dozzy, a resident DJ and famous today in the international electronic scene. In this recording, Dozzy is playing at the opening, while the set of Jonson, is in the central part. There are 3 or 4 jumps in the track, because that night the recorder had some problems’.

Donato Dozzy
• Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/202097-Donato-Dozzy
• Bandcamp 1: https://donaotodozzysm.bandcamp.com
• Bandcamp 2: https://dozz.bandcamp.com
• Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/donatodozzy
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donato_dozzy/
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/donato-dozzy
• MixesDB: https://www.mixesdb.com/w/Category:Donato_Dozzy

Mathew Jonson
• 2000 Underground Music: https://2000undergroundmusic.com/mathewjonson/
• Bandcamp 1: https://mathewjonson.bandcamp.com
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mathew-jonson
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mathew-Jonson/30624791775
• MixesDB: https://www.mixesdb.com/w/Category:Mathew_Jonson

Donato Dozzy (Elettronica Romana) and Mathew Jonson (Wagon Repair) at Brancaleone club, Rome, Italy, microhouse.org Space Edition, 20 November 2004

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05. Kyrkogaard by Johan Skugge. Mitek, Sweden 2003.
06. Destination Eskimo Pt. 2 by Donato Dozzy & Brando Lupi. Elettronica Romana, Italy 2005.
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13. Accidentally Brilliant by Crackhaus. Mutek_Rec, Canada 2004.
14. Contact by Claro Intelecto. Ai Records, UK 2003.
15. Strange Attractor by Alex Smoke. Vakant, Germany 2004.

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16. Joana by Bogger. digital gadget, Germany 2004.
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37. Mono On Mono by John Tejada. Palette Recordings, US 2004.
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If you know any of the tracks, send me a message through SoundCloud and I will add them to the list, thanks.

Donato Dozzy and Mathew Jonson at Brancaleone club, Rome, microhouse.org Space Edition, 20 Nov 2004

Neel at Floresta - Waking Life '24

Donato Dozzy has long been a revered figure in the global electronic music scene, known for his rare ability to craft hypnotic soundscapes that linger in the mind. Whether in contemporary clubs or classical settings, his sets consistently conjure deep moods and immersive atmospheres.

With this being his first mix release in over 5 years, we’re treated to an early insight into what he’ll bring to Continuum on February 1st. 

RA tickets: https://ra.co/events/2051095

051 - Donato Dozzy - fabric podcast

Regis and Function's first mix in over 10 years is a unique paean to Silent Servant, heavy on unreleased material.

When it came time for RA to compile our Albums of the 2010s, one record with a tauntingly limited availability of 500 copies was never in doubt: Sandwell District's era-defining 'Feed-Forward'. Encompassing Karl O'Connor (Regis), Peter Sutton (Female), David Sumner (Function) and Juan Mendez (Silent Servant), Sandwell District had the underground in a vice grip for over a decade.

The collective imploded in 2013, with Sumner and O'Connor's relationship appearing beyond repair. And yet, an unlikely second phase is here, featuring imminent comeback LP 'End Beginnings' and their return to the RA Podcast after 16 years. In 2023, the trio of Function, Regis and Silent Servant had been performing and laying down new material before the latter's shock death last January. It's in the shadow of loss that this unique mix was forged.

Founded in 2002 as a spiritual sister to seminal Downwards, Sandwell truly began to hit its straps in the late '00s, as shadow-stalking cuts sliced through clubland orthodoxy like a switchblade. In parallel, the label's artwork—a noir recombination of Burroughs cut-ups, DIY zines and arthouse amour that Silent Servant made his own—helped fortify a movement which placed an aesthetic premium on grit, grain and sadism.

By the early 2010s, this fixation on the dark arts had utterly permeated the mood inside techno's masonic temples. Labels like Blackest Ever Black, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Avian and Modern Love were in their pomp, razorwire legends like Severed Heads and Chris & Cosey benefited from second winds, and it was briefly a jailable offence to not have a press photo in black and white. 'Feed-Forward' was the exceptional coronating statement.

RA.978 features a stack of unheard recordings from each of the trio, as well as close allies Stefanie Parnow and Tropic of Cancer, while also gathering many of Silent Servant's all-time favourite songs, including Psychic TV, Grace Jones and Galaxie 500. It's a strikingly vulnerable listen, one without many parallels on the Podcast. We're glad to run it. – Gabriel Szatan

Read more and find the tracklist here: ra.co/podcast/978
Read our new feature with Sandwell District here: https://ra.co/features/4426

RA.978 Sandwell District

Erika is a DJ/producer from Detroit who is also one half of Ectomorph. Additionally, she is one third of Interdimensional Transmissions…a record label and event series known globally for Return to the Source @ Tangent Gallery every May.

Train Wrecks #086 - Erika

To mark the upcoming release "Several Streams of Thought" - Steve Bicknell's new album, due out on May 9th on double vinyl, with a limited edition including a 7-inch, KR3 joins forces with the British producer to deliver a mix that shares the album's title, capturing its spirit and essence.

This journey chronicles Bicknell's decades-long exploration of electronic music, reflecting his deep roots as a collector, DJ, and producer. Drawing from a wide palette of tones and inspirations, it offers a raw and honest snapshot of his constantly evolving sonic identity.

Over the course of 75 minutes, the mix shifts from bright atmospheres to textures of pure power, ultimately entering a dark, low-ceilinged tunnel before reappearing in blinding white, taking a deep breath, and continuing. 

It’s an intricate processing of various dimensions, featuring exclusive unreleased tracks from the 2x12" and 7" editions of the album.

Album Pre-Order via KR3 Bandcamp Account: 
https://kr3stevebicknell.bandcamp.com/album/several-streams-of-thought

Resident Advisor feature on S. Bicknell's new album here: https://it.ra.co/news/82511


MIX TRACKLIST:
1. Steve Bicknell - The Eye of The Invisible World.1 [Extract]
2. Jam Breaks - Funky Funky Time [Steve Bicknell • backtotheparty edit]
3. Liquid Liquid - Lock Groove In & Out
4. Strafe - Set It Off
5. Boogie Down - Haven't Been Funked Enough [Steve Bicknell • backtotheparty edit]
6. Kevin Starke - Jaws
7. K Alexi - Relax With Chicago PT.2
8. Lil Louis - Club Lonely [Steve Bicknell • backtotheparty edit]
9. Pitched Black - When Stars Collide
10. Steve Bicknell - The Eye of The Invisible World.1 [Extract]
11. Steve Bicknell - The Concept of Practopia
12. Steve Bicknell - The Reassurance Ritual
14. Steve Bicknell -  Scene Two [Extract]

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Tresor Expansions - Erika & Chloe Lula - 15 Apr 2025

Full tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-299-broken-english-club

Following his latest album Songs Of Love And Decay for Dekmantel, Broken English Club serves a mix of furiously scrubbing bass and strutting and stomping rhythms. The swirling signal scratches of Russell Haswell combined with Sunn O)))’s continuous pummel of guitars are folded into coursing industrial techno beats from Ansome as BEC layers four tracks on top of each other for an intense opening salvo of rhythm and noise. What follows is no less unrelenting: the electricity of Scalameriya zaps and groans like the pulverising kicks and thumps are eviscerating the track’s machinery, and Samuel Kerridge’s ‘Propagates Of Desire’ is an obsidian trip through thorn-riddled electro, with visceral, ominous, foreboding spoken word from Aaron Turner.

RA.978 Sandwell District

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