Just love a minimal groove like this...nothing else needed...

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As he'll happily tell you, Eddie Fowlkes has been DJing for 42 years. That's a long time for anyone, but especially for someone who never really stopped. From his early records on Juan Atkins' Metroplex record label through to newer releases on his own labels City Boy and Detroit Wax, he's been doing his thing and staying true to himself and his timeless combination of Detroit dance music genres. He doesn't always get his dues alongside his fellow Detroit techno pioneers in the Belleville Three, probably because his sound was always more hybrid, a blend of techno and house that he would come to call techno soul, including on his landmark 1993 album with Moritz von Oswald and Thomas Fehlmann, The Birth Of Technosoul.

But Fowlkes is still a force of nature, and a master at mixing too, having four decades to hone his craft. You'll hear that skill on his RA Podcast, which comes in the wake of two more prominent releases, for Rekids and Classic Music Company/Defected, that might help (re)introduce him to a wider audience. Touching on soul, jazz and funk, this is functional but deep stuff played by a master selector, whose hands you can always hear in the mixing—a personal, human touch that defines techno soul.

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RA.877 Eddie Fowlkes

One of the true pioneers of live disco and dance music in Britain over the last 15 years gets its grips into our mix series. Off the back of their excellently selected curation 12" series on 2020 vision and the banger filled remix series(featuring Gerd Janson, DJ Nature and more) of their seminal "Age Of Ego" album from back in 2019 it has proved that Crazy P show no signs of slowing down. We had a chat with the band about the mix and and what they have been up to lately:

Phonica Mix Series 106: Crazy P

For the second episode of our fresh mix series we have one of our favourite producers Tilman coming in hot with a summery mix filled with house anthems both old and new!
With a steady stream of records coming out on his own imprint Pleasant Systems as well as releasing his music on a wide variety of dope labels, Tilman continues to be a source of high quality output in the realm of dance music! 

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INPL-MIX #2 Tilman

Piano house, euphorics breaks, and soft trance rollers all inside this month's Black Loops show, featuring special guest Tatie Dee.

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Black Loops w/ Tatie Dee - May 2023

A little mix I recorded ahead of Hidden Door Festival for my friends at EHFM

House Mix for EHFM / Hidden Door Festival

TASCAM DR-05X

Daniel Avery B2B Richard Fearless "GOO" 26.10.24 @TheBerkleySuite

DAYTIME DRIP w/ Carlos Valdes
For Carlos, the dancefloor is a languag - a space where music dissolves boundaries. Find his full set from our 27-hour exploration on our platform.

Carlos Valdes |  Shoulder 2 Shoulder by Monkey Shoulder | April 2025

IKKE Sant with SUCHI invites Tomoki Tamura - 17 May 2025

Rhythm Section Radio was founded in 2009 and moved to NTS in 2012, and has since pulled out the stops breaking new music, promoting independent labels and paying homage to the greatest music from the past, through a perhaps unhealthy obsession with record digging. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/rhythmsection/episodes/rhythmsection-28th-may-2025

Rhythm Section Radio - Bradley Zero b2b Erol Alkan Live at Peckham Audio 280525

Roman Flugel - 21 June 2025

For RA.1000, we take it back to the source with two never-before-heard tapes from Frankie Knuckles's private collection

There is no house music without Frankie Knuckles, literally or figuratively. The queer icon's luxurious DJ sets at Chicago's Warehouse gave a rising movement its name. From there, countless offshoots splintered and travelled the globe. But what did the genesis and growth of the sound really feel like?

The Godfather of House left behind not only timeless records, but personalised cassettes with hand-drawn liner notes handed out to friends and family. Two of those, dated to 1989 and 1996, have been digitised especially for RA.1000. (Thank you to the Frankie Knuckles Foundation.)

To put that in context: the first tape predates not only many of today's active clubbers, but the entire existence of jungle, drum & bass, UK garage, French touch, Jersey club, Afrobeats, IDM, baile funk, hardcore, footwork, dubstep, dub techno, tech house, breaks, minimal, maximal, gqom, gabber, grime and hyperpop.

In short… that's a very, very long time ago. The world of dance music was much smaller. DJ culture was functionally unrecognisable from the one we see in 2025. 

And yet, to some degree, what you'll hear on RA.1000 hasn't changed at all. It's a capture of not only what made Frankie Knuckles one of the beloved pioneers of first-generation dance music, but what draws people to club culture in the first place.

The mood on these Frankie Knuckles sets outlasts even its creator: a spirit of optimism that floods the world's best dance floors and keeps dance music pulsing on into the future, nearly 40 years later, in spite of it all. We end our 1000th mix celebrations here because it all starts there.

Find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1018. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Frankie Knuckles

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Athina Mou x CACHOEIRA (Dimi Mashup)

This week on the pod: A mix straight from Chicago's Boompty HeadQuarters by Derrick Carter.

RA.124 Derrick Carter

RA.301 Floating Points

Recorded in advance of the instore session at Rush Hour, Fall 2015. Limited edition of 50 pieces. 

Ben UFO & Pearson Sound - Rush Hour Tape 15 Oct 2015

recording from the Warm and Electric Minds party at BeCool barcelona in june

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