Few people have explored UK dance music from as many angles as Om Unit. This was writ large across his set, as the Bristol-based DJ, producer and educator treated the Siren stage to bags of excellent house, jungle, dubstep and more.

@omunit

RA Live - 25.09.21 - Om Unit ft. SGT Pokes, Waterworks Festival, London

Live recording of @tim-reaper and @dwarde's massive b2b set at Parameter 2024 in San Francisco on May 11th.

"Mayhem", "Insanity", "Madness" - a few words we heard used to describe the loft when Tim and Dwarde put on an absolute clinic for 90 straight minutes. Tune after tune of pure, heavy jungle perfection.

Mastered by @mark-pistel

Tim Reaper b2b Dwarde at Parameter 2024, San Francisco

Introspekt at our 24th birthday. 2 hours of UK Garage & Bass focussed music.

FABRICLIVE - Introspekt - recorded live from fabric

LILA B2B Felix CW - 27 February 2025

A new studio set from one of the foundational icons of drum & bass.

Few names in drum & bass carry as much history as Peshay. Paul Pesce came up in the crucible of early rave and left fingerprints on labels like Mo' Wax, Good Looking and, most obviously, Metalheadz. By the time drum & bass was surging in the mid-'90s, he was bolted as one of the scene's most distinctive voices. 

Where others were pushing clinical austerity or waves of dark pressure, Pesce's ear drew him to featherlight, jazzy chords instead. The atmospheric drum & bass movement—or intelligent, as it's sometimes known today—cohered in his hands with timeless staples like "The Piano Tune" and "Miles From Home."

To a contemporary generation, he may now be best known for Studio Set, which caught alight as a prime slice of algorithm fodder on YouTube in the late 2010s, racking up millions of plays. Alongside Bailey’s Intelligent Drum & Bass, the mix has taken on a second life as a seminal document of a genre in flux. All of which made its removal from the internet, based around a spurious copyright strike, a hot concern.

Although a little tad reserved than some of the scene's most dominant names, Pesce has remained a loyal custodian and historian of the sound. While Studio Set was down, we offered him a crack at making something fresh, and though it's thankfully back up, the Kafkian nightmare galvanised his commitment to preserve recorded history.

Known as a DJ for his dynamic way with a groove, extended blends have long been Pesce's signature. You’ll hear plenty of those on his RA Podcast, as golden-age rollers and contemporary vocal cuts push in and out for up to four minutes, painting a portrait of the genre’s vitality from someone who helped define its terms. True to form, RA.993 carries the touch of a jazz conductor and the assured cool of a veteran who's been deep in the culture for over 30 years.

@peshay-official

Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/993

RA.993 Peshay

Sounds from the grass roots of jungle and drum & bass with London scene heroes Rupture - featuring selections from residents Mantra & Double O. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/rupture/episodes/rupture-24th-june-2025

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Savannah Blake presents Sol Sessions with Lolitah - 22 July 2025

Trips through the breakbeat portal with Tim Reaper, one of modern jungle's most vital talents. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/tim-reaper/episodes/tim-reaper-27th-august-2025

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Not sure if it's the over-commercialization of everything, but I've been thinking about edits a lot lately. I used to make a ton of them and they were fun, but as they've become more and more the standard for what gets played out, I've more or less stopped making them.

When everything is an edit, what is the point. Do we really need another version of "My Neck, My Back"? Probably not, but here's two more. I feel like 'Some Edits & Shit' might add to that problem, but for me, it's really just turning a page and leaving some things behind.

Looking back, some of these are embarrassing, and some of them are really fucking cool. There is something to be said about allowing yourself to grow as a human while understanding that it is ok to come from a place. Even if that place feels embarrassing or alien years later. Maybe there was something interesting about the time or place or just the way I threw ideas together back then.

My only regret is not making a Creed edit. Maybe next time.

Free DL

Beatking - Crush (Wheez-ie rmx)

Back It

Closing off today's broadcast at Manifattura Tabacchi Firenze it's Ilian Tape's Zenker Brothers.

RA Live - 25.09.21 - Om Unit ft. SGT Pokes, Waterworks Festival, London

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