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Smokescreen Soundsystem 30th Campout 9th - 10 July 2022

Smokescreen 30th - Campout - July 2022 - Da Sunlounge Mix

DJ VINYL RICHIE - OSU 09-09-23.mp3

Paul Murphy - NYE 2015

Tracklist:
Inner City – Pennies From Heaven [Virgin] 00:00
Inaya Day – Keep Pushin’ (ATFC Good Times Vocal Mix) [Peppermint Jam] 04:58
Sound Support – Strung Out [Toy Tonics] 08:47
Frankie Beverly – Before I Let Go (M+M Mix) [BBE] 13:21
Norman Connors – Once I’ve Been There (TDMC Edit) [Buddah Records] 17:58
Flight Facilities feat. Jess – Foreign Language (Will Saul & Tam Cooper Remix) [Future Classic] 23:15
James Curd – Disco Fool [Exploited] 26:48
Loleatta Holloway – Heart Stealer (The Freddy Bastone Mix) [Rams Horn Records] 31:22
Wh0 feat. Anelisa Lamola – The Power (Mason Flint Remix) [Sweat It Out] 34:46
Gledd – Get Back [Kaninchenbau] 38:53
Jerry Ropero, Denis The Menace & Sabor feat. Jaqueline – Coracao [Vendetta Records] 42:27
The Thompson Project feat. Gary L -  Messin With My Mind (Crackazat Remix) [Soulfuric] 46:32
2 Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer (Dave Lee Disco Fantasy Mix) [Z Records] 51:09
Inner Life – (Knock Out) Let’s Go Another Round [Salsoul] 56:15

Glitterbox Radio Show 388 Hosted by Melvo Baptiste

Mousse T. steps into the hot seat this week… he also joins us at Drumsheds and Defeceted Malta!

Tracklist:
Revival - Take Me To The River (Sophie Lloyd Remix) [Revival Records] 00:00
Mainline - Heat Up The House [Pleased As Punch] 05:59
Anane - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Mousse T.’s Fantastic Shizzle Mix) [Nervous] 09:36
Bobby & Steve - Let’s Go All The Way (Moplen Mix) [White Label] 14:27
Never Dull - Beverley Disco [Never Dull] 20:30
Mick Jackson - Weekend (The Reflex Mix) [White Label] 24:23
Joy Anonymous - Follow Me (Joy Anonymous Bootleg) [White Label] 27:56
Mousse T. - All I Want Is The Bass [Peppermint Jam Records] 31:59
Ciccio Merolla feat. Clementino & Hellen - Tereketè (CASSARA’s Remix) [White label] 36:46
Towa Tei - Luv Connection (Mousse T.’s Club Mix) [Elektra.] 41:38
Mellow Man - Ghettoblaster (Original ’79 Version) [Peppermint Jam Records] 45:44
Mousse T. - Horny (Juiceppe’s “If It’s Nice, Play It Twice” Remix) [White label] 48:17
Marco Faraone & Greeko - Armaghetton (Aeroplane Remix) X Selace - So Hooked On Your Lovin’ (Mousse T’s Edit) [White Label] 53:31
Donna Summer - Je T’aime [Casablanca] 57:14

Glitterbox Radio Show 389 Mousse T. Takeover

Nova Casa Jazz Live on Dogglounge - 26 September 2024

Track Listing As Follows;

Neil Smith mix

Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach (Hot Toddy mix)
John Beltran - Yangu Milele (Xiquie -Xique mix)
Soul To Sound & Kako Martinez - Wait For Me (Philly Lounge mix)
Jago Alejandro Pascua - El Coral (Alex Raider mix)
Jago Alejandro Pascua - Some Guys
Even Funkier - Sax On The Beach
C-BlacK, CEF Pico & Ndabezinhle - Ancestral
Jago Alejandro Pascua - No Way (Alex Raider mix)
Larss, Papa DJ & La Vive En Rose - Napoli Underground mix
HAFT - The Shaoors (Hrag Mikkel Pambouk mix)
Jago Alejandro Pascua - Satisfy (Alex Raider mix)

Dave Jones mix

Mark Jackus - All I Want
Den Macklin - The Sunbeam
Devaloka - Tracery
Juan Sapra - Greatest Gift
Kuhl - Mobiltat
SIS M.E.M.O - Chaman
Thom Rich - Sweet Drift
Arina Mur - Bulkowa (Wassu mix)
Teemon & Poomba - Dreams Driver
Ssandro - Desiderno
Cortex Power - Italo Modernism
Corren Cavani - Solutions

'Love In Space' Radio Show For Soul Roots Radio #1 Neil Smith mix (06/10/2024)

Rick Wade is one of those electronic music producers who deserves the honorific title of "maestro." Listening to his music unlocks vibes, sensations, triggered by a deep knowledge of music that is impossible to reproduce without doing the work. The same, I think, goes for his DJ sets. 

This mix series, Sanctify, was created with a sound like Rick Wade's in mind: warm, analog-sounding deep house. "Late Night Basix" could be an alternate title. Though we started with others, Rick Wade drew the blueprint for this.


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A journey through 35 years of house from the godfather of UK rave. 

In popular mythology, the '90s are without question, the halcyon days of dance music—an era of free raves and unadulterated hedonism. It's a myth that Matthew Nelson, AKA Slipmatt, knows better than most–he was there. 

During the late '80s, as the rave scene in the UK began to boom, Nelson began moonlighting as a DJ. He would land his first residency at Raindance, the East London rave that launched in September 1989 and would become the UK's first legal rave. By 1991 , he'd reach number two in the UK charts with "On A Ragga Tip" as one-half of SL2 and two years later, sell over 10,000 copies of the first pressing of SMD#1.

Nelson has got a lot to share (as you'll see in his interview) so we'll let him do the talking. He's been variously called the godfather of rave and happy hardcore, but what you'll hear on RA.958 is as "a journey through my 35 years of house." A DJ with this much pedigree brings much more than that, of course: touching on the breakbeat, jungle and acid house that soundtracked that golden age, as well as nods to the rich cross-pollination with scenes beyond the UK, from Joey Beltram's "Energy Flash" to Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You."  

@slipmatt-1

Read more at ra.co/podcast/958

RA.958 Slipmatt

The arena-conquering duo glide from gritty rave to skyscraping arpeggios on RA.1000, a mix many years in the making.

A new name undeniably entered the pantheon of major electronic live acts over the past decade: next to Faithless, The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers, now sit @feelmybicep.

The Belfast duo's music doesn't half reach for the stars: a melodic blend of ambient, breakbeat, trance and tech house, able to turn the biggest arenas into intimate affairs.

If anything, mainstream success, BRIT Award nominations and mammoth dance crossovers like "Glue" have only hardened Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar's resolve to keep innovating.

Their prized blog, running for nearly as long as the RA Podcast, regularly platforms upcoming artists. And you won't find many festival headliners releasing climate change-themed records with Indigenous artists, as they did recently on Takkuuk.

RA.1000 exists in that spirit. After many polite declines, and before a year off to usher in the next era, Bicep come through at the last: from dub techno and screwface breaks to São Paulo garage, before a tide of signature synths floods the zone. Stadium-sized intimacy at its finest.

@feelmybicep 
Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1015. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at 1000.ra.co.

RA.1000 Bicep

One of the enduring powerhouses of our era returns for RA.1000 with a riotous mix.

When Helena Hauff made her first RA Podcast appearance back in 2013, she was on the eve of releasing her debut production on Actress' Werkdiscs imprint. In the 12 years that have elapsed, she's become not just a household name within electronic music, but the kind of rare talent that lives in seclusion from industry tumultt.

(Hauff, enviously, has never even owned a smartphone.)

Her calling card continues to be her penchant for rough and ready EBM, electro and new wave. Her unique ability is creating a singular listening experience from disparate or out-of-favour tracks, with a raw immediacy that functions as a redress to over-choreographed modern DJing.

Her outsider approach is on show once again for RA.1000. Threaded together by strobe-lit DIY electronica, old-school acid house and corrosive machine funk that chews up the ear, the nearly two-hour set raises the bar once again.

In the sci-fi themed first half, Hauff drops two Cybotron tracks, nodding to Juan Atkins' blueprint for electro. You'll also hear "Riot" by Underground Resistance, the definitive mission statement for a world ablaze. This is musical anarchism, executed to the highest degree.

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1017. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at 1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Helena Hauff

A four hour document of dance floors in the 2020s, from one of modern club music's most passionate advocates.

One major shift since we went 5 for RA.500 ten years ago has been the rapid adoption of anything-goes DJing. What goes us there? Upgraded technology, audience appetite for thrills, instant access to music from every corner of the globe: take your pick.

To corral the infinite possibilities of our age, glide seamlessly across lanes and be a trusted conduit in a sea of over-saturation takes chops. And few do it with more gusto and charisma in the 2020s than Jyoty.

Recorded at a raucous Nowadays party just a few weeks ago for maximum freshness, Jyoty's RA.1000 finds room for 122 tracks dotted over the clubbing map (although, when you tally up all the blends, you can probably round up to 150).

From aya to Logan Olm, Hardhouse Banton to DJ Babatr, Busy Signal to Baalti, a delicious double splice of Kelela and a staggeringly unlikely remix of Noir & Haze's "Around" (yep), it's an audacious statement from a DJ who has made borderless selection their calling card.

With a heavy lean on bubbling and the far frontiers of Brazilian club wares, long passages of the set are maze of microgenres and regional movements worth getting lost in. Jyoty's RA.1000 is a reminder not just of her dynamism in the booth, but a reminder to keep ears open and expose their audience to as much of the future as possible, as quickly as possible. And what could be truer to the foundations of DJing than that?

@jyotysingh

Find the tracklist and interview at https://ra.co/podcast/1014. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at 1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Jyoty

Andrew Weatherall's first official posthumous mix. The only b2b DJ Harvey ever agreed to. Six hours at Trouw. Full send — this one's special.

Gabriel Szatan, Editor (RA): When mulling which direction to go in for RA's 1000th mix celebrations, many options came to mind. Some shadowy character 2-stepping around the fringe of our collective consciousness? An impossible-level IDM icon?

All tempting. But, ultimately, we are a DJ-forward publication and this is a DJ mix series. It felt truer to the history of the RA Podcast to release deep vault material from a time when the world of niche records felt different, tighter, more discrete.

The fourth-longest mix in the series' history is an unrepeatable marathon set recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. 2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000... if we have to clock it, so do you.

It's the coming together of one British icon who passed away in 2020, and another whose time on the road has scaled back considerably as of late. DJ Harvey agreed to exactly one b2b set in his life: this one, with Andrew Weatherall.

The night took place at Trouw, an Amsterdam club already considered legendary before it shuttered its doors in the opening hours of 2015, as part of an RA series anchored around start-to-close combinations. Harvey was at the peak of an irresistible career second act, which dovetailed with a disco revival that dominated clubs for years. Weatherall, with infinite brownie points stockpiled from the '90s, remained everyone's favourite debonair psychonaut. 

What follows is 385 minutes of arpeggiated chug and slow-cresting climaxes, chronicling a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than potentially any comparable point in the 21st century.

If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who plays what. A disco-dub cover of Echo & the Bunnymen? Smart money's on Weatherall. Exuberant EQ'ing of The Isley Brothers? Gotta be Harvey. As for the low 'n slow, lightly spangled house that was all the rage in the early 2010s (think Maxxi Soundsystem, Disco Bloodbath, Rub & Tug, C.O.M.B.I. and Full Pupp), it's anyone's guess. 127 BPM feels practically like a racecar.

When we kicked off our RA.1000 campaign, we outlined a few goals: tick off a handful of long-awaited dream guests, honour architects who shaped the world around us and deliver recordings you truly can't hear anywhere else. We sought to render an accurate picture of DJ culture in 2025 for the longhaul.

DJing and the mythmaking around it has undergone a quantum leap since 2012, let alone 2006, 1996 or 1989. For those of us who were kicking around in the former, there's a creeping melancholy that our prime is fast becoming a matter of historical record. The killing moon really did come too soon. 

Where will electronic music, DJ sets or any of this be in 2044? Hard to say. Best not to overthink that one. Instead, we want to say thanks to all contributors on the series so far. Now enjoy luxuriating in the company of two of the greatest to ever do it, together, for the first and last time.⁠

@andrew-weatherall

Read the interview with DJ Harvey and Andrew Weatherall's family at https://ra.co/podcast/1016. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at 1000.ra.co

RA.1000 DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall

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

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 1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Frankie Knuckles

Here is the second installment of my mix collection "rotary sessions" recorded September 2018. A vinyl only underground house selection with lots of fresh releases and a few classics thrown in for good measure. Please feel free to download and share. Timed comments much appreciated. X

RA.958 Slipmatt

Resident Advisor