Donato Dozzy has long been a revered figure in the global electronic music scene, known for his rare ability to craft hypnotic soundscapes that linger in the mind. Whether in contemporary clubs or classical settings, his sets consistently conjure deep moods and immersive atmospheres.

With this being his first mix release in over 5 years, we’re treated to an early insight into what he’ll bring to Continuum on February 1st. 

RA tickets: https://ra.co/events/2051095

051 - Donato Dozzy - fabric podcast

Was a pleasure to have Massi as a guest on my Dublab show this month; here is the full recording. Enjoy!

Dublab 02/05/25: Hearing Color w/ Massimiliano Pagliara

Another Barker masterclass.

Sam Barker asks more from techno. The artist known simply as Barker is one of electronic music's most consistently conscientious and curious producers, challenging listeners to question the norms we accept about our shared culture—whether it's the music that fills the room, the process behind it, or the purpose of the space itself.

British-born yet based in Berlin since 2007, Barker forged a connection to many of the city's leading institutions, including Ostgut Ton, and over the course of a long and fruitful relationship, he carved out one of the more singular paths on the club and label's roster.

Not one for orthodoxy, Barker challenged four-to-the-floor techno framework in favor of melodic experimentation. By decentering or completely stripping away the typical trappings of kick drums and claps, his productions are both light and immersive, buoyant in low-end presence and shimmering in weightless space.

Six years after Utility, his sophomore album Stochastic Drift arrives this month. Shaped by pandemic-driven reinvention, it burrows deeper into harmonic twists and freeform drift. "At some point I became conscious of the process," he wrote of his latest album. "The only thing you can do is embrace the uncertainty and see every change as a potential positive.”

Consider his RA Podcast another sequel. Like his much-beloved 2019 mix for FACT, it's a collage of live recordings and a fitting expression of the artist's own internal spring. RA.982 radiates wide-eyed optimism: percussion cloaked in foggy, swirling pads and trance-like chords, neatly synched in synthetic glimmers. 

All in all, it's an hour of music crafted for contemplation, collective euphoria, or heads-down epiphany—or for that matter, any moment, really, its emotive depth seemingly endless.

@voltek

Find the tracklist and Q&A at ra.co/podcast/982

RA.982 Barker

John Talabot @ MakingTime 2024

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 https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Helena Hauff

This week's podcast is a relentless seventy-nine minutes of techno from Berghain resident Ben Klock.

RA.063 Ben Klock

Just a few years ago, Daniel Avery emerged from a famous Scrutton Street studio where the likes of Andrew Weatherall and Timothy J FairPlay were regulars. Since then, he has gone his own way, releasing a machine made, proudly analogue brand of indie-electro-techno-dance music that has come mostly on Errol Alkan’s Phantasy Sound label. Mixing dark beats with dense and smoky synth atmospheres as both a DJ and producer, he knows how to cook up a metallic and menacing groove with aplomb. After impressing with his debut album, Drone Logic, in 2013, we're proud to invite him to this year's Lente Kabinet, Dekmantel Festival (together with Roman Flügel), and our mix series. 

The fabric resident kicks off his mix with some heady drones and deep, spacious grooves that are eerie and unsettling. The next 90 odd minutes sees him blend sublime acid, slithering synths and increasingly minimal techno into a seductive set that is expertly paced and seamlessly mixed. Perfect for the dead of night in some intimate back room, it shows a heady and atmospheric side to Avery that is truly compelling. 

Dekmantel Podcast 060 - Daniel Avery

PLEASE READ BELOW THE TRACKLIST!

01. Elias - Imagination [#07]
02. Jeremy - B2 [#10]
03. Robi Uppin - Fade [#06]
04. Da Kine - Sunshower [#02]
05. Da Kine - Ganja Mist pt.2 [#05]
06. Drain Pipe - Low Life [#04]
07. Ronin - Coming Over To You [#09]
08. Da Kine - Mellow Tip [#02]
09. Da Kine - Samoa [#05]
10. Monsoon - Night Cap [#03]
11. Jeremy - Where the Heart Is [#08]
12. Elias - Dub Soda [#07]
13. Jeremy - Sensitive pt.2 [#08]
14. Elias - Explain [#01]
15. Elias - Selce Nights [#07]

This is a long-overdue homage to one of the best house labels ever conceived. At only ten releases long, and almost entirely created by both The Timewriter and Terry Lee Brown Jr., Driftwood hit the mark every single time with some of the smoothest deep house around. 

It took me quite a while to complete the series, not to mention a good amount of money, but the hunt was worth every penny. I've owned the entire series for about six years now, but just now am finally getting around to compiling a mix of only driftwood tracks. 

Total respect goes to the Driftwood label, Jean F. Cochois AKA The Timewriter, Norman Feller AKA Terry Lee Brown Jr., Hakan Lidbo, Robi Uppin, and Jonathan Axelsson. Special thanks goes to my friend Travis Wolf for originally pointing this label out to me back in 2002 and for kicking off an obsessed passion for this Imprint.

Enjoy...

Eric Cloutier - Driftwood Records Mix

Laurent Garnier - Radio Nova Open Mind Mix - April 1996 - Part2

Recording of John Talabot's set at Dekmantel Festival 2019.

Dekmantel Festival

John Talabot at Dekmantel Festival 2019

From my personal collection comes a set of favorite bass tunes and breakbeat jams mixed, cut 'n' scratched with psychedelic love from my studio in New Hampshire, USA. For this mix I pulled records from many genres, like electro, dub step, hardcore, techno, subwoofer test, house, club, UKG, bassline, & acid. I hope you enjoy these ecstatic jeep beets on long rides into the sunset or a on trip with friends into the Mystery! Please check out & directly support the work of the amazing independent artists featured on the tracklist below. xoxo - Eris 

Equipment: Two (2) Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntables, Ortofon Elliptical Styli, Ecler Nuo 4 DJ Mixer, Sennheiser HD-25 Headphones, Apogee Element 48 (A/D), LogicX (editing & mastering), Waves L3 & SSL plug-ins (mastering), Yamaha HS8 tops & sub (studio); Infinity car stereo & sub (A/B).

Mastered from vinyl by Eris for Ultra Bass. Podcast cover design by João Ervedosa. Photo by neris_k of Eris live in the mix with Make Me London at MOT Unit 18. 

Tracklist (not including scratches & drops):

1.	D.J. Essentials Inc. – Grace in Your Face (Acapella Anonymous 1996) [excerpt]
2.	E-Unity – Unknown Graffito (Intramuros 2018)
3.	Basic Rhythm – Get Up (Planet Mu 2019)
4.	Bassbin Twins – B-Boy’s Take Control (2004)
5.	Walton – Rolla (Illian Tape 2019)
6.	D. Tiffany – Feel U (Planet Euphorique 2018)
7.	Tom Joyce – Aquaplaning (Ninja Tools 2017)
8.	Ebb – Surface Tension (Subtle 2019)
9.	Wink – Hypnotizing (Nervous 1996)
10.	Roxy Breaks – The Funk is On (303 1996)
11.	Phone Traxx – No More Mr. Nice Guy (Eris No More Nice Girls Overdub*) (Phone 2019)
12.	The Sounds of Silence – S.O.S. Theme/I Got the Rythm* (Inner City Records, Co. 1993)
13.	Tessela – Hackney Parrot (Poly Kicks 2013)
14.	Edge DJ – FL IT (Edge Records 1992)
15.	Edge DJ – CLR SKY (Edge Records 1992) 
16.	D. Tiffany – Spirit Alien (Word & Sound 2018)
17.	E-Unity – Everlasting Legacy (FTD Records 2018)
18.	Trixx-sentials – South of Acid (ESP-Sun 1996)
19.	Hebbe – Tumble (System Music 2019)
20.	Bassbin Loops – Superstar Loops (1998)

ECSTATIC BASS TRANSMISSION 1

Listening  and playing  Electronic Music since 30 years :-)

Laurent Garnier - Radio Nova Open Mind Mix - April 1996 - Part2

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