Extended Curations of Electronic Music Vol. 2

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

Ah deep sea journey through breaks and mistakes

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ILLUMINATOR w/ Afra @ Operator Radio 03.04.2025

Shed - Reichenberger
Rhubiqs - 5 Hope's Canvas
Raven - Gnosis Theme
Ocean Moon - Souls Fall Away
Michal Wolski - Star Gaze
Buttechno - Amb November
Khotin - You Made My Weekend
Rhubiqs - 2 Sleep  Forget (ft. Robert Farrugia)
Fracture - First Aid Kit (Slow Ambient Mix)
Mumdance - Dangerous Youth
Surgeon - Dying
Clark - Alyosha Lying
Aphex Twin - #17
Om Unit - Lonely Cities
Vril - Atraxia
MPU101 - racheINV60
Ceephax - Waystation
Arcanoid - Time To Die
Dopplereffekt - Quantum Zeno
ASC - Song For Christine
Phaeleh - Last Light Of A Dying Star
Skee Mask - Terminal Z
Djrum - Showreel Pt 2
Ben Frost - Permcat, Ки́їв
Andrea - Texture End

Nez Gravitational Drift Vol 1

One of the most enjoyable sets I ever played. Thank you for this amazing ride. Enjoy my Intergalactic FM festival 2025 set.

Tracklist:
1- Pong’s Run - I-F ft. Intergalactic Gary [Viewlexx]
2- Suck My Electro - Taly & Smith ft Locked Club [NoService]
3- The Assembly Line - Anthony Rother [Psi49net]
4- Trappist (The Mover Rmx) - Cassegrain [Arcing Seas]
5- The Third - Djedjotronic [Italo Moderni]
6- The Only Sh_t - Cosmic Force [New Flesh Records]
7- They Come in Twos - Alonzo [Cultivated Electronics]
8- Lost Star - Rapha [Dalmata Daniel]
9- At Night - The Hacker [KLAKSON}
10- I Want You - The Exaltics ft Egyptian Lover [Solar One Music]
11- Quantum Drift - Franz & Shape [Bass Agenda Recordings] 
12- Drunken Badger - Alonzo [Cultivated Electronics]
13- Toxic Piss - L.F.T. [Mechatronica]
14- Synthezatory - Robodrum [No Photo Policy]
15- Analog Activity - Fabio Vinuesa [Distrito 91] 
16- Phoneme - Djedjotronic [Juicy Gang Records]
17- Asche - Rove Ranger [1Ø PILLS MATE]

INTERGALACTIC FM FESTIVAL 2025 [29/5/25]

Tania Atyabi - CROP Radio - 13/06/25

Aurora Halal, DJ set recorded live at Planetarium on March 10th, 2023. Best listened to lying down in the dark, through some good speakers with some friends. 

Aurora plays a deep listening set at Planetarium: A Weekend of Deep Listening at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck on the weekend of October 24-26, 2025 alongside Drumloop, Judith Grodowitz, Rena Anakwe, Justin Carter, Laraaji and Arji Oceananda. More info is here: 

https://www.eomega.org/workshops/planetarium-weekend-deep-listening 

Mastered by Michael King.

Aurora Halal, DJ Set from Planetarium, March 10, 2023

Legendary UK producer/DJ, @plant43, delivers a diverse set recorded live from the Globus floor at Tresor's 34th Anniversary party March 14, 2025.

https://soundcloud.com/tresorberlin/plant43-live-at-tresor-14032025

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About Tresor Berlin
At midnight, on March 13th 1991, a basement door opened at Leipziger Strasse 126, Berlin. Through this door, many passed, on their way to defining new terrains in electronic music. There they found a dance floor in the vaults of a closed-down department store, with a unique sound bound to dense fog, building night after night a history that was also a vision of the future.

This history has seen in Jeff Mills’ first sets on three turntables, Underground Resistance's first live appearances in Europe, grandiose Tresor Park parties, to various chapters of the Loveparade with Sven Väth in the 90s and since then countless generation-spanning parties. These moments represent the highlights of infinite personal clubbing experiences. It is the manifestation of the Berlin spirit, emerging from its considerable strife. This history is not without its complications - from temporary closure by the authorities and several raids in the early years to closure and demolition of the old location in 2005. What followed was years of wandering in exile and, finally, resurrection in the new home in Kraftwerk Berlin.

These stories, conversations and shared experiences within our walls forge a resilience that drives towards a shared ideal, the Tresor sound: community, resistance, and the world to come. This was observed in the newly re-unified German youth, who danced and celebrated together from the club’s inception, and into the present day through ongoing community work in Detroit.

To those that have danced before, and to those that will dance in the future: the light at the end of the long Tresor tunnel is a signal. A flicker amidst the fog. This is our future. This is our place.

Plant43 | Live at Tresor - 14.03.2025

Lapetus

Light speed techno and electro.

@galaxian

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.584 Galaxian

Back in 2016, Skee Mask and Zenker Brothers spontaneously attempted to play together at an afterparty in Prague, but after ten minutes the electricity failed. Two years later they finally had the opportunity to play a joint extended set for the first time - at Unsound Kraków 2018. The three DJs closed Saturday night in Hotel Forum with an expansive set building on adventurous forms of techno, jungle and broken beat, combining the collective interests of Ilian Tape. The set kicked off at 4am in the Ball Room.

Unsound Podcast 39: Skee Mask b2b Zenker Brothers

Interview + Download:  http://truantsblog.com/2018/truancy-volume-232-stenny/ 

Soundcloud: @stennyyy

Stenny is an essential producer in driving forward the sound of Ilian Tape. He has remained loyal to Ilian’s sonic aesthetic while carving his own musical path with incredible finesse. We can confirm, having seen him play at Herrensauna in Tresor and the Backdrop party in Newcastle’s Cosmic Ballroom, that his DJ sets are as exceptional as the records he releases. A versatile, adventurous and tough approach allow for constant forward momentum and a truly unrelenting energy on the dancefloor. Though the beats may be broken, his flow is anything but. His Truancy Volume proves just that - it is gripping at every turn with the energy and flare he channels into the set going some way to demonstrate his almighty capabilities when at the helm of the party. From playing football in the parks of his hometown Turin, to touring the world’s most respected clubs from his new home in Munich, his fast paced ascent is hard earned and well deserved.

http://truantsblog.com

Stenny

Truancy Volume 232: Stenny

Arys, born in Almaty, Kazakhstan found a new home in Tbilisi where they could immerse themselves in a flourishing dance music community. We are honored to share this mix under their alias Aresibo. "A playful mix of Chicago and Acid house with a slight Spanish touch  – the type of music I would normally play at the queer raves here in Tbilisi."

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Acid Camp Vol. 99 — Aresibo

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Lauren Flax - 10th June 2019

House and techno from the Midwest's new wave.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=682

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