Name: From the Vault: Pines - Web Rumors ex Machina 2023 by RTRFM 92.1
Duration: 29 min 18 s
Description: The 2023 edition of IN THE PINES marked the 30th edition of the much-loved WA music festival - a pretty incredible milestone! Up next From the Vaults we hear from WA-born and currently Berlin-based new wave artist Web Rumors (aka Em Burrows) in band mode! Get ready for synth-heavy dance sounds. Turn the dial up and tune in to the sounds of Web Rumors ex Machina!

The 2023 edition of IN THE PINES marked the 30th edition of the much-loved WA music festival - a pretty incredible milestone! Up next From the Vaults we hear from WA-born and currently Berlin-based new wave artist Web Rumors (aka Em Burrows) in band mode! Get ready for synth-heavy dance sounds. Turn the dial up and tune in to the sounds of Web Rumors ex Machina! 

From the Vault: Pines - Web Rumors ex Machina 2023

The trance queen opens RA.998 with her cheeky, break-heavy vision.

The RA Podcast began with RA.001 in 2006. Since then, it's spotlighted the best and brightest in dance music every week, without fail. As we approach our 1,000th episode next month, we're switching things up, pairing artists whose sounds complement one another and, in doing so, zeroing in on the forces shaping the past, present and future of electronic culture.

This week, we shift lanes to Roza Terenzi and Kim Ann Foxman, two artists who strike a rare balance between reverence and reinvention. Both are key figures in queer clubbing circles, deeply informed by the halcyon days of '90s and early '00s club music yet fully committed to pushing it forward.

Each artist has carved out a distinct path. Roza Terenzi started out in Perth, Australia, before making a home in Berlin in 2020, while the Hawaii-born Foxman made her name in New York by way of San Francisco in the early '00s. For RA.998, they've contributed separate mixes, to be enjoyed together as two parts of the same whole.

Roza Terenzi opens with a high-impact A-side. Clocking in at just over an hour, her second mix for us picks up where the first left off, connecting breakbeat, acid, UK garage and trance with an ear for tension and a sense of play. Peppered among the skippy percussion and earworm vocals are moments of proper heft that build and release with purpose. It's cheeky, confident and tailor-made to get any dance floor moving.

While Foxman and Roza Terenzi embrace a fun, vibrant musical style, their work is grounded in intentionality. They're invested in honouring the cultural and political roots of dance music: Foxman has long advocated for a more inclusive, community-driven club scene, while Roza Terenzi was among the first artists to begin pulling shows this summer as a matter of political principle.

Both sides of RA.998 show how the sounds of past eras can be reimagined to move seamlessly with the present. Hopefully you'll even feel a jolt of inspiration to get yourself to the nearest dance floor, ASAP.

@rozaterenzi

Find the tracklist and read the full interview at ra.co/podcast/1002

RA.998 Roza Terenzi

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From the Vault: Pines - Web Rumors ex Machina 2023

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