"Soundscapes reveal a lot about how people think and behave." The field recordist and musician talks about listening culture, repatriating African sounds and his new album with The Bug.

Today's conversation moves away from the dance floor, focusing instead on the soft, ambient soundscapes of the Berlin-based musician Joseph Kamaru—AKA KMRU—whose work has been featured at festivals like CTM, Mutek, Atonal, Horst Music and Arts, Dekmantel, and Unsound; concert halls like The Barbican; and major galleries and site-specific installations around the world. 

Kamaru moved to Europe from Nairobi, where he first became interested in music production, and field recordings specifically. As a graduate student in the sonic arts, he learned that the majority of the discourse around sound art practices is specific to Western Eurocentric or occidental ways of thinking. He's since embarked on a mission to use field recording as a means of repatriating African identities that are often left out of institutional archives and grapple with the legacy of colonialism. 

In this RA Exchange, Kamaru reflects on the sociopolitical angle of his work, and his observation that listening, by its very nature, is never neutral. He also talks about how civilisation and technology has changed our collective listening habits; how sound sources beyond the human hearing range make their way into his work with the use of electromagnetic microphones; and his new album, Disconnect, made with the musician Kevin Richard Martin (AKA The Bug). Listen to the episode in full.

EX.723 KMRU

Last summer, I was fortunate to play a string of gigs in various clubs around Berlin and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. To be honest, I hadn't had so much fun behind the decks since the pandemic: it rekindled my love for Deejaying and reminded me why I was doing it in the first place.
This mix is an attempt to somehow catch some of the magic that transpired through these summer sets and I'm very happy how it turned out!
Featuring tracks that span 30 years of dance music across various genres (although with a strong emphasis on House), "Summer of 24" is my personal snapshot of this moment in time. Thanks to @mensch-booking for releasing it!
Playlist in the comments

Summer Of 24 (Mensch Mix 026)

https://soundcloud.com/max-essa
https://soundcloud.com/nathan-dawidowicz
https://soundcloud.com/coyotesounds
🛒 https://www.juno.co.uk/products/max-essa-when-im-homeward-bound-feat-nathan-vinyl/1033800-01/
🔊 https://youtu.be/yzzRoqeynhs

Max Essa returns to Is It Balearic? for his 9th release on the label. ‘When I'm Homeward Bound' brings us that classic Essa sound with a hint of Tears For Fears for good measure! The pads are delightfully gooey and subtly uplifting over gently percussive and stuttering beats and the whole thing is rich in lazy poolside energy. Nathan Dawidowicz remixes the original into a hypnotic, percolating piece of deep and tribal disco, while Secret Soul Society brings out the early evening house grooves ready for those sunset sessions. The record finishes with the closing cut, 'Chasing Horses’,  a super sweet late night groove with heartfelt chords and instrumentation.

Tracklist: 

A1. When I’m Homeward Bound
A2. When I’m Homeward Bound (Nathan Dawidowicz remix)

B1. When I’m Homeward Bound"" (Secret Soul Society remix)
B2. Chasing Horses

PREMIERE: Max Essa - When I’m Homeward Bound (Nathan Dawidowicz Remix) [Is It Balearic? Recordings]

À quoi sert de running ? Pourquoi se retrouve-t-on chaque week-end en petite foulée à la queue leu leu autour des parcs, tous en leggings et baskets fluos ? Comment peut-on trouver du plaisir à cracher ses poumons ? Que signifie cette lubie généralisée autour de la course à pied ? Le capitalisme postindustriel nous a-t-il transformé en hamsters camés à la dopamine et au gel énergétique ? Prêts à se flinguer les ménisques pour compenser le vide intersidéral de nos existences sédentaires de bons petits soldats du secteur tertiaire ? D’où vient cette obsession masochiste de la performance, du cardiotraining et des chaussures à 200 euros ?  
 

Delphine Saltel consulte différents spécialistes pour repenser sa propre addiction au running, et éclairer notre pratique collective. À la lumière de la paléoanthropologie, de la sociologie et de la philosophie, se dégagent quelques pistes pour renouer avec nos instincts de chasseur-cueilleur, échapper au grand méchant Nike et courir hors des sentiers battus.

 

Avec :

 

- Guillaume Millet : professeur de physiologie de l’exercice à l’université Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne, auteur d' Ultra-trail : plaisir, performance et santé, Éditions Outdoor-éditions, 2012, Défatiguez-vous., Éditions Marabout, 2024.
 

- Olivier Bessy : professeur au département de géographie et d’aménagement de l’université de Pau, auteur de Courir de 1968 à nos jours, Éditions Cairn, 2022 et Le Grand raid de la Réunion : une folle Diagonale, Éditions Orphie, 2023.
 

- Guillaume Le Blanc : philosophe, écrivain et professeur de philosophie politique et sociale à l’université Paris-Diderot, auteur de Courir, Éditions Flammarion, 2012.
 

- Vicky : fondatrice du club de course à pied féministe Run VNR.

- Extrait du spectacle “Madame Foresti” de Florence Foresti 
 


Ressources :
 

- Born to run de Christopher McDougall, publié en 2009, trad. Éditions Guérin, 2012.
 

- Free to run de Pierre Morath, production ARTE France, YUZU Productions, 2015.
 

- Le marathon de Jean-Claude et autres épreuves de fond, Cyrille Martinez, Verticales, 2022
 

- Courir, de Marathon à Athènes, les ailes aux pieds,  Andrea marcolongo, Gallimard, 2024
 

- Vidéos de Francis Chaouloff, directeur de recherche à l'INSERM

 


Merci à Pierre Manil, Cyrille Martinez, Andrea Marcolongo, Marie Morand, Guillaume Lalu, le GANG groupe athéltique de Noisy le grand

Enregistrements : septembre,octobre 24 - Réalisation : Charlie Marcelet - Accompagnement éditorial : Mina Souchon - Illustration Yasmine Gateau, Production : ARTE Radio

Pourquoi se fouler à courir ?

Immerse yourself into the sound world of Ripperton, i follow him since 2010 and he create gem after gem !
Another great Producer/Dj in my Focus serie, volume 92 !!!
https://ripperton.bandcamp.com
Recorded live, no synchro
All tracklist just down below
Tracklists
KALABRESE  --  Is This (Ripperton´s  Mix n´ Remix)
GLOBAL COMMUNICATION  --  Maiden Voyage (Ripperton Edit)
EMPTYSET   --   Altogether Lost feat. Cornelius Harris (Ripperton's Underground Kingdom Mix)
QUENUM, RIPPERTON  --  Nude Black Runner (Riz Beurre Thon Mix)
CROWDPLEASER  -- Disrespect (Ripperton's Hoola Hoop Club Mixx) 
RIPPERTON  --  At Peace Featuring Christina Wheeler ❤️
RIPPERTON  --  Let me fly with Agnès ❤️
ALEX NIGGEMANN  --  Materium (Ripperton remix)
VAN HAI  --  Dernier Amour (Ripperton's No Love Lost Reshape) 
LY SANDER ft. Jules Etienne  --  Lay Down (Ripperton's Dream Sequence Mix)
JORIS VOORN  --  Sweets for Piano (Ripperton Remix)
ABSTRAXION  --  Spazieren (Ripperton Remix 2)
NHAR  --  innerplace (ripperton's paradiso radio re-edit) 
THE LEGENDARY LIGHTNESS  --  Hey Ron (feat. Ripperton) [Ripperton Remix]
JIMI POLO  --  Express yourself ( Frankie Foncett remix)  (Ripperton Edit)
RIPPERTON/HEADLESS GHOST  --  Let's Fall (Agnès funztfunk bazar mixx)
BEANFIELD  --  Tides (Featuring Bajka) [Ripperton Mix]
ISOLEE  --  Dennis (Ripperton's 8 Wheels Dub)
VOK  --  Polar (Ripperton Remix)
SVEN WEISEMANN  --  Slices (Ripperton's Riding Highs Remix)
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FOCUS on RIPPERTON mixed by K.RISE. Brussels December 2024 - Studio32.

Crown Ruler Mix #30 - Sassy J

To mark the halfway point of @SassyJ’s Oceania tour we are blessed to have a mix from the queen herself. To keep the summer vibes rolling, we have a long awaited contribution to our mix series ahead of her shows at Modeci in Seoul and Reach in Hong Kong.

Before you press play, step outside and find your way to a body of water to splash around in. This one is best served soaking up those rays just as Sassy is on her final days in Australia. 

Stay tuned for the last little piece of Sassy J, we’ll have the interview recording and imagery from her Sanctuary Exhibition at High Note ready for you very soon.

Crown Ruler Mix #30 - Sassy J

Sanctuary

@s0ftw0rld

bloom:forever is a tale of interwoven love stories, each bleeding in to each other, understanding each other, regenerating the loveless, infinite understanding. holding us in its core (ringing eternally) basking in the glow of us looking for it ⚘

⤷ 100% of proceeds for the first 3 months go to @3ezwa.de

https://charmlink.bandcamp.com/album/bloom-forever (its bandcamp friday)

softworld - neverend

The beloved German producer talks about finding inner peace, overstimulation and his new album on Pampa Records.

Mental health is a topic that comes up frequently in the music industry, but it's still not discussed enough among electronic music's top performers. In this RA Exchange, Stefan Kozalla—better known as DJ Koze—opens up about his battle with anxiety, self-doubt and rising expectations that come with being a long-standing, high-profile name. He talks about overstimulation, music as rest and the compromises artists need to make to have relevance and staying power.

Kozalla, a beloved and eccentric German artist who has developed a cult following over the course of his career, has productions on esteemed labels like XL, Kompakt, Cocoon, Warp, Ninja Tune and BPitch, which garner praise as soon as they're released. "Every time DJ Koze comes out of the woodwork to drop a 12-inch—or even just a remix—we usually end up hearing it everywhere for months on end," wrote former RA editor Andrew Ryce.

Kozalla talks to RA contributor (and former editor) Matt Unicomb about his production process and early influences—an uncanny combination of Basic Channel and Public Enemy—as well as his forthcoming album, Music Can Hear Us, coming out on Pampa Records on April 4th. Listen to the episode in full. -Chloe Lula

EX.758 DJ Koze

A deep, Balearic rereub that melts into Sade’s vocal like sun on skin. This edit leans into low-slung basslines, warm textures, and a rhythm that feels like late afternoon drifting into golden hour. Slow-burning, sensual, and soaked in light. Built for sunset sets, after-hours, or just moments that need something a little more tender.

01/06/2025

Free Download

Sade – Give It Up (Chris Woodward Balearic Bootleg)

Song 01 - A little part of shade feat. Germain Umdenstock

This is the first song of the album. I did it with my good friend Germain. 
We were in Italy for holidays and we recorded that song by a hot day in july at the rooftop. 
The original recording has way more elements basically but after several listening i was more convinced that the guitars all alone will be the best way to release it and i chose it to open the album.  



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01 - A little part of shade Ft. Germain Umdenstock - Ripperton's ALPOS Album Preview

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