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SYLVERE - 18 Mars 2025

Relentless rhythms and Latin dance history, courtesy of the TraTraTrax innovator.

Percussion is, at the root, a conversation. It's about different instruments meeting each other, and interacting to form something bigger than the sum of its parts. 

Few engage in this dialogue as boldly as Pablo De Vargas, AKA Uruguayan experimentalist Lechuga Zafiro, who draws from tradition, to make sounds like candombe and clave feel, well, completely new.

De Vargas' music reaches outward, building bridges between Montevideo and Bogotá, Tijuana, Berlin and beyond. He's a key figure in the hybridisation of Latin American club music, with releases on labels like NAAFI and an album on TraTraTrax.

His RA Podcast plays like a manifesto in motion. RA.985 opens with a recording of Jorginho Gularte, a Uruguayan composer, playing a jazz rhythm, from there, it expands: cuban guaguancó, Venezuelan drums, batida, tribal, techno—it's all here, stitched together with precision and intention.

De Vargas is also, crucially, reckoning with these roots. His 2018 EP Testigo confronted the colonial violence embedded in the history of the Río de la Plata. His sets are similarly alive with memory—asking, without nostalgia: what does it mean to inherit rhythm? Who gets to carry it forward?

He's also just a killer DJ, one of those rare artists who uses CDJs like an instrument. His sets are full of hot cues, delay FX and left turns. It's technical, but never cold. It’s, in a word, funky.

@lechugazafiro
Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/985

RA.985 Lechuga Zafiro

DJ SWISHA 22.4.25

This episode digs into the history of country music in Eswatini (Swaziland). As a new documentary on Dusty & Stones hits streaming services, we trace the genre’s roots—from early stars like Buddy Masango and Isaac Gamedze to a new generation of artists. Featuring interviews with Dusty & Stones and rare archival music via director Jesse Rudoy, we follow the duo’s path from local Country Jamborees to the Grand Ole Opry, blending country sounds with local genres along the way.

 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/reimagining-country/episodes/reimagining-country-26th-april-2025

Reimagining Country: The Country Kingdom of Eswatini 260425

Carolyn Fingers w/ Megan Habashi - Radio Buena Vida 26.04.25

Purchase here: highhoopsmcr.bandcamp.com/album/high-h…e-dancefloor

10 years of love on the dance floor!

High Hoops presents a compilation of electronic tracks from artists across the globe to celebrate 10 years of ‘love on the dance floor’ and to raise funds for three amazing charities.

Proceeds from this compilation will be shared with the LGBT Foundation, Mermaids and Meningitis now, in memory of our friends Ash, Alex T and Willow.

A huge thank you to all of our friends and artists that have contributed their time and energy in supporting the creation of this incredible album of music.

We would like to thank Yant for mastering this compilation, Ellie Kennedy for the artwork and Manchester Electronic Fund for its support.

The LGBT Foundation is a national charity with LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing at the heart of everything they do. They celebrate and empower LGBTQ+ individuals and diverse communities to realise their full potential, every day.

Mermaids is a charity that supports trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children, young people and their families since 1995.

Meningitis Now is a UK charity dedicated to fighting meningitis through support, awareness, and research.

BFTT - ur my world (room 1 mix)

Kiwi

Topias show helmed by regular host Gabriel Meier. I play tarraxo, cumbia, SoFlo Jook, litefeet, ballroom, and montagem funk. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/astral-plane/episodes/astral-plane-3rd-may-2025

Topias w/ Gabriel Meier 030525

Fuego resident dirtilarita goes “straight to the point” on SonarMix 069, a “raw, physical and unapologetically loud” session that features distorted guaracha and tribal drums alongside breakbeat, juke, dubstep and hard club sounds from across Europe and Latin America. Turn this one up loud and get ready for her debut at Sónar by Night this June. 

@dirtilarita

Tracklist:
Kaval - Funk Tambor
Ryan Arnold, Morry - Putaria
Hataah - Batida Líquida
Petrus.wav, Novin Yarp - NA ONDA BOLHA
Freebot - FOGO
kLap - D4
Brenda - Celestina 132
CyberKills - Nada de Pau Pequeno
Sapphir22 - PINEAL
Ruiseñor - Atrax
sepbtt - Y Ahora Qué
TETE VIDE - Mental Desk
Entrañas - Picado
X-Planetary Flip - RULES OF THE DANCE
Trustee - Tarantula
RHR & LOGAN_OLM - DIAGONAL (Dub Mix)
Trance Mums - Juicy
PETERBLUE - Cepilla (by Fulanito)
Dj Fucci ft. Tessareims - Deseo Insaciable (Ruido con H Remix)
Dj Hesss x Racing Nokia - Manchild Meltdown
Worn In - BIG BOOTY
Ojosfinos - Duro Corazón
NOGE - BAILE GRIME
Pl4net Dust - Get Out
Nasty King Kurl - Temperature
BONE BOX - Bad Girlz
DJ Guari - Sensación Del Bloque
Frenquency - Getcha
ROSA PISTOLA, FREEBOT - Bale
JOAO LAGRIMA DE OURO - EMPURRA
9MAGIC1FOREVER - LIKE U JUKE (REMIX)

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12.13.14 June | Barcelona

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11.12.13 April | Lisbon

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09.10 May | Istanbul

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