John Talabot dj set @Nitsa (17Dec21)

Detroit dance music thrives on intergenerational connections. In the late '70s and early '80s, the late Ken Collier mixed disco, soul and early electronic dance music in eye-opening DJ sets that left a mark on up-and-coming artists like Delano Smith. Once Smith established himself in the city's explosive techno community, he, in turn, influenced soon-to-be legends like Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, Jeff Mills, Norm Talley, Mike "Agent X" Clarke and others.

Now an elder statesman, Smith is etched into our history books as a crucial contributor to Detroit dance music, both house and techno. He's known especially for the Detroit beatdown sound he pioneered alongside Talley and Clark—slower, sexier records than what Detroit techno is generally associated for. (The trio even put out an RA Podcast under the name in 2010.) 

It's more recently that Smith has become known as a producer. He started his own label, Mixmode Recordings, and became a regular on Berlin imprint Sushitech, where he released many of his albums, including the jazzy deep house masterclass An Odyssey. His style has evolved over the years to incorporate ambient, dub and more contemporary techno influences.

More recently, Smith's career has been sidelined by an ongoing battle with a rare and untreatable form of cancer. He's hosted livestreams throughout his ordeal to keep in touch with his fans. His RA Podcast, which he calls his "Legacy Mix," is a celebration of his favourite sounds: euphoric chords, jacking drums and deep-space melodies, the elements that have and will continue to reverberate through Detroit and beyond. It also marks the beginning of a more hopeful period for Smith, as he gets ready to travel again, especially with his Legacy Detroit series, which celebrates the lineage he's an indelible part of, and always will be.

@delano_smith

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/914

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RA.914 Delano Smith

Ivan Smagghe B2b Craig Richards - Recorded at fabric: Andrew Weatherall 60 (06/04/23)

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Ivan Smagghe at Floresta - Waking Life '24

DOMENIC CAPPELLO WARM UP FOR JANE FITZ SUB CLUB  APRIL 2025

Exclusive mix by @danaruh
Described by Resident Advisor as “one of the grooviest and most elegant house DJs,” Dana Ruh embodies a pure passion for music. A versatile artist, she moves effortlessly between house and techno, equally at home in Berlin and Ibiza.
Founder of the Brouqade label and the independent record store 60waves, she has released standout tracks on Underground Quality, Slices of Life, and Cave Recordings. Always on the move, following a 2023 album on Smallville and the launch of a new live show, she continues to write her story without ever slowing down. She signs our 262th mix.

TRACKLIST 
Danny Daze, Jonny from Space - Slither  
Volume Channel - Insi   
Primitive Needs - High Brow, Low Tech 
NA - Stick Around 
Tom Carruthers - Alfunction  
Darren Roach Bass Ready  
Dana Ruh - KMA54  
Igaxx - Sub Space
Orlando Voorn & Paul Donton - Arabian Funk
Fred P - St. Marks Casettes 
DJ Qu - No Poetry
The Hacker - Laser & Smoke  
Martine - Nicetruller  
Anderson - While i’m Chillin  

DURE VIE
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262 • DANA RUH

A memorable all night set at London's Night Tales Loft 
Big thank you to all the dancers!

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Yoyaku instore session with AV1 (Chris Carrier & Le Loup)

The German minimal DJ returns to the spotlight with two hours of artfully subtle house and techno.

There's an old German proverb that goes "Der stete Tropfen höhlt den Stein." Literally, it means a constant dripping wears away the stone, but the point isn't about force but patience: slow, steady repetition can leave the deepest mark. It's an apt metaphor for the career of Kosta Athanassiadis, better known as XDB.

Active since the early '90s, first as a DJ and then producer by the decade's end, Athanassiadis has built a career less on hype than persistence. His catalogue spans labels like Dial, Metrolux and Echocord, alongside a steady trickle of EPs and remixes that have quietly cemented his reputation as one of minimal house and techno's undersung heroes.

That patience carries into his sound and production ethos. Where many of his peers embraced software upgrades and new workflows, Athanassiadis has long stuck to Cubase, a handful of trusty instruments and 30-year-old speakers he claims to have run "hundreds of thousands of tunes" through. He also still prefers to use inexpensive, straightforward gear—what matters, he insists, is not the tools but the feel. The result is a sound that’s stripped back, direct and enduring.

Lately, Athanassiadis has found himself back in focus. With minimal enjoying fresh attention, his calendar has filled, and with it a run of back-to-back sets—most often alongside PLO Man, a regular sparring partner this year. True to form, though, you won't find that his style has changed much. Over 30 years after his first gig, you can rest assured you'll still find him playing with patience, carving out long arcs rather than sharp peaks.

His RA Mix captures him in a reflective mood. Running just over two hours, RA.1003 is a hushed yet absorbing affair, moving seamlessly from the delicate atmospherics of Valentino Mora and Caldera to the machine funk of Robert Hood, Solid Gold Playaz and Marcellus Pittman. There are left turns folded into XDB's patient narrative arc, too: John Carpenter's brooding scores here, DJ Sprinkles' melancholic work with Will Long on "Acid Trax N (Acid Dog)" there.

It's the sound of a DJ who has been quietly chiseling away for three decades, and who understands the value of persistence as much as restraint.

@xdb

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1021

RA.1003 XDB

Deepro - Blessing Nature (Original Mix)

The fabric resident drops three hours of heat.

Read more: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=554

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