The beloved German producer talks about finding inner peace, overstimulation and his new album on Pampa Records.

Mental health is a topic that comes up frequently in the music industry, but it's still not discussed enough among electronic music's top performers. In this RA Exchange, Stefan Kozalla—better known as DJ Koze—opens up about his battle with anxiety, self-doubt and rising expectations that come with being a long-standing, high-profile name. He talks about overstimulation, music as rest and the compromises artists need to make to have relevance and staying power.

Kozalla, a beloved and eccentric German artist who has developed a cult following over the course of his career, has productions on esteemed labels like XL, Kompakt, Cocoon, Warp, Ninja Tune and BPitch, which garner praise as soon as they're released. "Every time DJ Koze comes out of the woodwork to drop a 12-inch—or even just a remix—we usually end up hearing it everywhere for months on end," wrote former RA editor Andrew Ryce.

Kozalla talks to RA contributor (and former editor) Matt Unicomb about his production process and early influences—an uncanny combination of Basic Channel and Public Enemy—as well as his forthcoming album, Music Can Hear Us, coming out on Pampa Records on April 4th. Listen to the episode in full. -Chloe Lula

EX.758 DJ Koze

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Matthew Herbert - DJ Set - Tempel Radolfzell - Groove Tour 30.06.1997


Matthew Herbert - DJ Set - Tempel Radolfzell - Groove Tour 30.06.1997

Eyowa - Deep Down Deep Love

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Bridge

The third Resident Advisor podcast comes from Jay Haze.


RA.003 Jay Haze

In this week’s RA Podcast, DJ and remixer extraordinaire Ewan Pearson manages to catch the sound of the late summer.

RA.027 Ewan Pearson

This week Âme spin classy deep house in the RA podcast.

RA.042 Âme

A wonderfully composed selection from the breakthrough duo.

RA.283 Tale Of Us

► Live At Robert Johnson and Ostgut Ton regular @massimilianopagliara making his BR debut at our ADE party with the @IsBurning crew.
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Massimiliano Pagliara | Boiler Room x Is Burning ADE

A section of the night recorded live in Brighton, April 2014.

RIP to the greatest of all time. Thank you so much for everything
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Andrew Weatherall b2b Daniel Avery, Brighton (2014)

By popular demand, here's my live set from the Moodmusic party at Panoramabar Berlin as featured by the lovely folks at Pulse Radio as their podcast no. 124.