@dj-red

www.wakinglife.pt
19 - 24 June 2024

📸 studio legein

Dj Red at Floresta - Waking Life '23

Regis and Function's first mix in over 10 years is a unique paean to Silent Servant, heavy on unreleased material.

When it came time for RA to compile our Albums of the 2010s, one record with a tauntingly limited availability of 500 copies was never in doubt: Sandwell District's era-defining 'Feed-Forward'. Encompassing Karl O'Connor (Regis), Peter Sutton (Female), David Sumner (Function) and Juan Mendez (Silent Servant), Sandwell District had the underground in a vice grip for over a decade.

The collective imploded in 2013, with Sumner and O'Connor's relationship appearing beyond repair. And yet, an unlikely second phase is here, featuring imminent comeback LP 'End Beginnings' and their return to the RA Podcast after 16 years. In 2023, the trio of Function, Regis and Silent Servant had been performing and laying down new material before the latter's shock death last January. It's in the shadow of loss that this unique mix was forged.

Founded in 2002 as a spiritual sister to seminal Downwards, Sandwell truly began to hit its straps in the late '00s, as shadow-stalking cuts sliced through clubland orthodoxy like a switchblade. In parallel, the label's artwork—a noir recombination of Burroughs cut-ups, DIY zines and arthouse amour that Silent Servant made his own—helped fortify a movement which placed an aesthetic premium on grit, grain and sadism.

By the early 2010s, this fixation on the dark arts had utterly permeated the mood inside techno's masonic temples. Labels like Blackest Ever Black, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Avian and Modern Love were in their pomp, razorwire legends like Severed Heads and Chris & Cosey benefited from second winds, and it was briefly a jailable offence to not have a press photo in black and white. 'Feed-Forward' was the exceptional coronating statement.

RA.978 features a stack of unheard recordings from each of the trio, as well as close allies Stefanie Parnow and Tropic of Cancer, while also gathering many of Silent Servant's all-time favourite songs, including Psychic TV, Grace Jones and Galaxie 500. It's a strikingly vulnerable listen, one without many parallels on the Podcast. We're glad to run it. – Gabriel Szatan

Read more and find the tracklist here: ra.co/podcast/978
Read our new feature with Sandwell District here: https://ra.co/features/4426

RA.978 Sandwell District

​​​​@djsuya, owner of @proxyrecordss, is hardwired for the early 90's sound. 
With an ear tuned to the timeless and a taste for the unexpected, his DJ sets are filled with playful contrasts and unexpected twists. From house and rave to razor-sharp breaks, Súya stitches together sounds that drop dancers from their heads to their hearts.

Candy Mountain Podcast #008: Súya

A veritable staple of the Japanese scene and founder of the Protection label, Haruka joins our series with two hours of delightful, liquiform groove recorded live from Kyoto. Expansive yet dialed in with tireless precision, Haruka’s set transitions between eyes-down introspection and buoyant, infectious energy with ease. To witness this level of craft enveloped by such a warm and vibrant aura is an absolute pleasure, and it’s easy to imagine oneself suspended weightless in Haruka’s element. Thank you Haruka!

@haruka_ptc

Artwork by Camille Ferdinandus.

Sure Thing Mix 144: Haruka

live at Garbicz Festival _2.8.25

Pilot Radio is a non-commercial, community-driven radio station broadcasting twice a week from the heart of Aachen - next to the infamous “Domkeller”.

Streaming every Wednesday + once every weekend on pilot.radio.fm

Separat b2b Daniel[i] @Pilot Radio - 06 August 2025

Reaching our 100th edition feels special, and we couldn’t be more honored to celebrate it with Anthony Child. Many know him as Surgeon or as part of the British Murder Boys alongside Regis whose work has left a lasting mark on techno. Yet there’s another side to his work - one that steps away from the club and into more spacious terrain. You can hear it in his electronic recordings from the Maui project in 2015, in his collaborations with Daniel Bean as The Transcendence Orchestra, or through OLD Technology, the label they run together as a playground for questioning reality.

For Unrush, Anthony offers a mix that only he could create. A journey that wanders through krautrock, psychedelic twists, ambient spaces and moments of lighthearted play. It has the same curious energy that makes his monthly Noods mixes so inspiring, and yet it feels made to be taken in slowly, with time and openness.

We’re grateful to share this milestone with someone who has shaped so much of the music we love, and who reminds us that listening can be both grounding and transporting. Press play and enjoy it - on a walk, with friends, or in your own quiet time...

Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/dynamic-tension

ANTHONY CHILD on the web:
Bandcamp: https://old-technology.bandcamp.com/
Noods Radio: https://noodsradio.com/residents/nog-zone-w-anthony-child
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tony_surgeon/

UNRUSH on the web:
Bandcamp: www.unrush.bandcamp.com/
Hardwax: www.hardwax.com/label/unrush/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_unrush

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria

Tracklist:

Cindy Lee - Baby Blue
Chris Weisman & Greg Davis - The Nine Times
Mac-Talla Nan Creag - Five Sisters
Sean Booth - Twitch AMA (excerpt)
Bob Lind - Fennario
Panda Bear - Take Pills
Neil - Cosmic Jam
The Transcendence Orchestra - The golden jaws of the celestial vice
Bernard Parmegiani - de natura sonorum: premiere serie: accidents / harmoniques
Anna von Hausswolff - The Truth, The Glow, The Fall
David Sylvian & Stephan Mathieu - Saffron Laudanum
Chris Watson - Crucero La Joya
Open University - Parents talking to teenagers cassette (excerpt)
Dionne Warwick - Don't make me over
Imaginary Softwoods - Diagram Of The Universe
Jo Johnson - Alterations 1: Unbroken
Jim O’Rourke - A Man's Mind Will Play Tricks on Him
Zyggurat - Crepuscule / Druids Heath
Rotary Connection - I am the Black Gold of the Sun

100 - Unrushed by Anthony Child

Cerebral hypnotica.

Read more: https://www.orbmag.com/music/podcast/orb-podcast-098-function/

@infrastructure-new-york

Orb Podcast 098: Function

Recording of Forcefield's set at the UFO II stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.

Afra & Serge (Forcefield) at UFO II - Dekmantel Festival 2025

SKUDGEX0X01

A1. Skudge - X0X_01
A2. Skudge - X0X_02
B1. Splice - X0X_03

Three different takes from two different periods of time meet up in this acid focused 12".
The record features two Skudge originals from 2009, optimized into today's standards.
And also a classically trained Splice track, where a fierce drum pattern goes in parallel with the acidic bass line.
A current take on a very classic machine.

Some feedback:

ANDREW WEATHERALL “Quality filth.”
ALAN FITZPATRICK “this is wicked, love!”
BEN SIMS “1 + 2 for me’’
BUTCH “Love SKUDGE”
DJ HELL “old school acid at its best”
DON WILLIAMS ‘’Very delicious’’
EFDEMIN “perfect!”
HODGE “solid”
JOSH WINK “acid! All styles! I Dig!”
JAY CLARKE “Nice tracks! TRacks 1 & 3 work for me’’
JONAS KOPP ‘’Great one!!!’’
JACQUES GREENE “very useful”
LAURENT GARNIER “01 for sure .... Looove it”
LEN FAKI “01+03 are great - will play for sure’’
MARK ARCHER “Too acidic stuff - deffo playing at Bangface”
MUMDANCE “yeah feeling these >>>”
MARK FORSHAW “Quality as always from Skudge.
Great groove on track 01. ”
NICK HÖPPNER “More sharp tools for the box’’
NORMAN NODGE “Proper disco tunes, bumping!”
NICOLE MOUDABER “diggin all here”
PHOTONZ “sick!”
ROBAG WRUHME “good like always”
SHINEDOE “X0X_03 will play’’
STEVE BUG “awesome acid tools her. XOX_01 is my fave.”
THE BLACK MADONNA “Great!”
TRUNCATE ‘’Phat!’’
VOLTE-FACE “nifty, esp the splice traxk”

Release date: Nov 23

SKUDGEX0X01

A1. ''X0X_01'' (SKUDGEX0X01) Preview

Recording of DJ Nobu's set at Dekmantel Festival 2017.

Dekmantel Festival 2017

DJ Nobu at Dekmantel Festival 2017

BOOKINGS: skudge.music@gmail.com


The rhythm, the groove and faith in simplicity. All of them are hallmarks of Skudge. Started as a duo in 2009, the project is now a solo effort (with live performance help from another individual). The Skudge universe has come a long way from the anonymous and humble beginnings to world-wide recognition through the labels Skudge Records, Skudge Presents and Skudge White.

Right from the start, the main output has been on Skudge’s own label. This resulted in a Berghain live set right after the first release of Skudge Records. 

A steady string of vinyl releases followed, with remix EP’s in conjunction of their own work. Their unique take on music also produced EP’s on Dekmantel and Indigo Area as well as remixes on a wide array of talented artists such as Donato Dozzy, Anthony „Shake“ Shakir, Instra:mental, Ben Sims, among others.

The fine sense of loops, detail and taste have reached people for almost a decade. Be it through their EP’s or albums, hardware focused live sets which has been performed at numerous clubs and events world-wide or by way of recognized labels and podcasts: one thing remains, which is that the Skudge artistry and label are here to stay.