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Sara' - Single di Linda d

https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/sara/id876181550?i=876181587

SARA'" Un brano decisamente forte, figlio del miglior pop-rock nazionale. Nel testo, un' analisi introspettiva di una donna disillusa dalla vita ma che non ha perso la voglia di viverla in ogni condizione sia di serenità che di difficoltà con uno spirito pero' molto più realistico e semplice, attraverso un' ottica che le permette di assaporare in pieno il gusto di ogni attimo dell' esistenza in tutti i suoi aspetti. Questa persona non la freghi ma cio' non significa che non sia disposta a sognare con te in un rapporto sincero e concreto.
Regia: Osmel Fabre
DOP: Osmel Fabre Photographer
Costumi: Lucrezia Farinella
MUA: Ilaria Di Lauro Makeup
Editing e PostProduzione: ProduzioniMusicali.com

SARA': Produced By Maurizio Verbeni 

Edizioni Warner Chappell
Written By Enzo Rossi & Linda d 
Arrangend by Fabio Vaccaro
Mixed by Luca Cherchi Black Diamond Studio.
Official Web Site www.lindad.it
Website e Marketing: www.sitiweb.us
Ufficio stampa ELFA Promotions
Francesca Molon

LINDA d   Sara'

The producer best known as Huerco S. accompanies One Day, our record of the year, with two hours of minimal and dub introspections.

This summer, Kansas-raised DJ and producer Brian Leeds released One Day under his revived Loidis alias. Enamoured with the restrained, loopy sounds of early '00s dance music, the album’s eight tracks linger in the air, luxuriating in dubbed-out chords, swung beats and sub vibrations. It's our favourite record of 2024 for a reason. 

It's a sound he's coined, in his typically teasing fashion, "dub mnml emo tech." All winks aside, it’s no wonder One Day became the soothing balm we all needed. In a scene overwhelmed by hard and fast trends, the softer—and Leeds might argue, more sincere—stylings of minimal and dub techno enjoyed a welcome second wind. 

Not only was One Day one of our favourites of the year (more on that this week), but it also inspired us to break our usual no-repeats rule, inviting Leeds back to the RA Podcast under a different alias after his 2019 turn as Huerco S. 

"The prevailing trends in dance music are more and more maximalist," Leeds noted. "I missed restraint, subtlety, and sensuality." Clocking in at just under two hours, RA.965 embodies that ethos in spades.

@huerco_s

Read more at ra.co/podcast/965

RA.965 Loidis

A wintry collage from one of 2024's breakout stars.

As far as crossover electronic success goes, Barry Can't Swim's 2024 scorecard would take some beating. His singles have racked up hundreds of millions of streams, he bagged a Mercury Prize nomination and has the range to both pack out festivals as a DJ and sell out tours worldwide with a string-accented live show. 

Barely 12 months on from the release of debut album "When Will We Land?", it's fair to say Josh Mannie is one of the most in-demand artists working in dance and electronic music right now, with a follow-up LP nearly done, he says.

For RA.968, he pulls in the complete opposite direction from any of that. Sure, there are nods to Mark Leckey and late-night jazz haunts throughout his catalogue, and the ruminative clouds drifting across his signature golden-hour glow do suggest an artist with a sharp grasp on meteorological melancholy. But a beatless collage featuring Suso Sáiz, Slow Attack Ensemble and Lorenzo Senni? It's a surprise, and a welcome one at that.

Speckled with exclusive airings of brand-new ambient material, Barry Can't Swim's RA Podcast charts a path from This Mortal Coil to Ryuichi Sakamoto, with a detour through some Linkwood and Anthony Naples deep cuts we've not heard for a good while. (He even includes a Stars of the Lid favourite which namechecks Fulham's home ground, an act of mid-table grace for the diehard Everton fan).

RA.968 has the crackle of a frosty night walk set to tape—a holiday gift from one of the most popular acts in the game. 'Tis the season.

@barrycantswim

Read more at ra.co/podcast/968

RA.968 Barry Can't Swim

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Little Dragon - Twice (LSB Remix)

Another Barker masterclass.

Sam Barker asks more from techno. The artist known simply as Barker is one of electronic music's most consistently conscientious and curious producers, challenging listeners to question the norms we accept about our shared culture—whether it's the music that fills the room, the process behind it, or the purpose of the space itself.

British-born yet based in Berlin since 2007, Barker forged a connection to many of the city's leading institutions, including Ostgut Ton, and over the course of a long and fruitful relationship, he carved out one of the more singular paths on the club and label's roster.

Not one for orthodoxy, Barker challenged four-to-the-floor techno framework in favor of melodic experimentation. By decentering or completely stripping away the typical trappings of kick drums and claps, his productions are both light and immersive, buoyant in low-end presence and shimmering in weightless space.

Six years after Utility, his sophomore album Stochastic Drift arrives this month. Shaped by pandemic-driven reinvention, it burrows deeper into harmonic twists and freeform drift. "At some point I became conscious of the process," he wrote of his latest album. "The only thing you can do is embrace the uncertainty and see every change as a potential positive.”

Consider his RA Podcast another sequel. Like his much-beloved 2019 mix for FACT, it's a collage of live recordings and a fitting expression of the artist's own internal spring. RA.982 radiates wide-eyed optimism: percussion cloaked in foggy, swirling pads and trance-like chords, neatly synched in synthetic glimmers. 

All in all, it's an hour of music crafted for contemplation, collective euphoria, or heads-down epiphany—or for that matter, any moment, really, its emotive depth seemingly endless.

@voltek

Find the tracklist and Q&A at ra.co/podcast/982

RA.982 Barker

Part two of RA.996 comes from a modern-day house luminary. 

As part of our countdown to RA.1000, a milestone in the 24-year history of RA's weekly mix series, we're switching up the usual format. The next few editions will pair two acts who compliment each other's strengths, offering a fresh take on a particular community, scene or style.

This week, we're zeroing in on two names who fly the flag high for old-school, US  house—a foundational pillar of the electronic underground. The first half comes from Ron Trent, which you can read more about here. 

On the B-side is Ash Lauryn. Hailing from Detroit, she's a modern-day house savant. Her comprehensive understanding of the genre's history—knowledge gained from the Detroit greats who that inspired her—and her own inimitable blend of old-world soul meets new-school grooves make her a force to be reckoned with. 

A former RA contributor, Lauryn keeps it <i>real</i>, whether in the booth or beyond. A role model to a new generation of DJs, she can just as easily be found teaching workshops at Underground Music Academy in Detroit or sharing tricks of the trade in the green room at some of the best clubs in the world.

An unwavering champion of Black dance music, the Atlanta resident makes it a point to play as much Black American music as possible, as she told us in her 2019 podcast. Not much has changed since then. Her contribution to RA.996 spans favourites like Larry Heard, Mood II Swing, Byron The Aquarius, Moodymann, Ron Trent and plenty of Detroit heavy-hitters.

Listened to together, both mixes are a powerful snapshot of house's timeless elegance and, most importantly, understated yet innately euphoric joy.

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/998

RA.996 Ash Lauryn

Part two of RA.999: two NYC Downlow favourites go back-to-back for the first time with a jubilant homage to classic house.

The RA Podcast launched 19 years ago in 2006, making it one of the world's longest-running online mix series. As we gear up to celebrate the 1,000th episode, RA.999 lands with five mixes across five days with a cohort of artists who've left a singular mark on electronic music over the past few decades. The chemistry and legacy of these duos make for something very special—and worthy of such a huge milestone.

First up was 1morning and Regal86 with a live recording from New York's Bossa Nova. Next up? We move to NYC Downlow, and who better to capture Glastonbury's beloved queer utopia than Prosumer and Peach, going back-to-back for the first time.

If house is your thing, then Prosumer and Peach going one-for-one on the decks is nothing short of a treat. With Glastonbury still just about in the rearview mirror, this mix captures the spirit of NYC Downlow. If you're familiar, you'll know this means steamy euphoria all-night long, sweat dripping from the ceiling and an intoxicating feeling in the humid air.

And Prosumer is a true Downlow darling—a treasured custodian and storyteller of dance music who delivered his first RA Podcast way back in 2007. "If a record doesn't move me emotionally or physically, I won't play it out," he said at the time, befitting of the impeccable curation and irresistible body groove that became his trademarks. He is, in the words of the Johnny Dangerous track in the mix, the "King of Clubs."

For Peach, RA.999 marks a full-circle moment: Prosumer's 2019 closing set in the Downlow is one of her all-time Glastonbury memories. Since her first RA Podcast in 2021, the London-based artist has only grown more in-demand, with sets that typically traverse the house and techno lexicon—and occasionally R&B—with a distinctly peppy energy. "Neither of us are afraid to go deep," she said about playing with Prosumer. "We just had fun with it."

@ohpeach
@prosumer
Read the full interview at ra.co/podcast/1006

RA.999 Prosumer & Peach

Weird Science is Sunday afternoon monthly event series at Magick City, for local and guest dj's to showcase their personal tastes beyond regular club environment.

Presented here is Antenes set recorded live on Sunday February 9th, 2020 in Brooklyn NY.

She is a New York-based DJ, producer and electronics artist that operates a laboratory of self-made sequencers and synthesizers using vintage telephone equipment. Known for her inventive soundscapes and eclectic vinyl DJ sets. She dives into acid-laced techno, shimmering electro, shadowy atmospheres and beyond, with a particular ear for odd percussions and syncopations. Her releases on LIES, The Bunker New York and Silent Season showcase her talented and unique approach to music making. 

She also makes her own switchboard synths: www.meridian7.net

Enjoy the recording.
@antenes

MC20: Weird Science With Antenes

A day in the sun

Western sahara, roots/dub, afro beat, electronica, hawaiian vinyl selection by Luca Bacchetti



Lee Perry ‘Dark Room’ - Clock Tower
Derrick Harriott ‘The Loser’ - Crystal records
Mwenge Jazz ‘Kizunguzungu’ - Doromy
John Sitora ‘Amangana Ense’ - Rigesa
Batunga & The Subprimes ‘Man in the field’ - Matasuna Rec.
Charles Songo ‘Gzinumanze’ - Doromy
Dennis Peart ‘Mouth of the wicked’ - Iroko Rec.
Ranking Dread ‘Africa’ Tuby’s dub plate mix - Freedom Sounds
The Mombasa Vikings ‘Mama Matotoya’ - Beach Rhythms
Tony Allen ‘Moyege’ (Mark’s disco dub) - Honest Jons Records
The Invisible ‘Wings’ (Floating Points remix) - Ninja Tune
King Tubby & The Clancy ‘Garrison’ - Pressure Sounds
Flammer ‘Lørdag Kveld’ - Lyskestrekk Records
Niama Makalou et African Soul Band ‘Kognokoura’ (Daphni’s part 2 edit) - Sofrito
Ahmed Ag Kaedy ‘Adounia’ - Sahel Sounds Records
Maalem Mahmoud Guinia & Floating Points ‘Mimoun Marhaba’ - Eglo
Abstand ‘Opek’ - Fazer
Tony Allen & Africa 70 ‘Discoafrobeat’ - Comet Records
Jah Warrior ‘Dub from the heart’ - Jah Warrior
Luca Bacchetti ‘After the silence’ - Endless
Kana King & His Hawaiians ‘Hawaiian Paradise’ - Air Mail Music

A day in the sun

A blistering all-originals mix.

https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=729

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.729 Slikback

Hackney based producer DJ Hoshino brings us a lovely half hour of lofi house this week. I first came across DJ Hoshino with his releases: 'Things I'd Never Dare' and 'A Real life' and was hooked. These deep, dark and emotive grooves perfectly encapsulate Hoshino's style . With such a perfect grasp on the lofi house sound it is no surprise that he has featured time and again on the Houseum, EELF and Palm Structure labels. This mix brings the energy with some disco and funk influenced house tunes, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Lighthouse Mix Series 06 - DJ Hoshino

Uplifting house from Detroit and beyond.

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RA.753 Whodat

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