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Four Tet | Streaming From Isolation – #8

Expansive dub vibrations from the On-U Sound maestro.

Adrian Sherwood has spent nearly five decades reshaping how dub is heard and felt. From absorbing reggae and funk as a teenager at the Newlands Club in High Wycombe to cofounding On-U Sound in 1979, he’s been a restless force in British sound system culture. His debut production, Dub From Creation, signalled his instinct to twist the Jamaican form into bold, experimental directions.

That spirit defined On-U Sound, where reggae collided with post-punk, industrial and synth pop to forge a catalogue still unlike anything else. Sherwood became a crucial bridge, producing for legends like Prince Far I, Bim Sherman and Lee “Scratch” Perry, while also working with Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails and Sinéad O’Connor.

His  RA Mix (yes, you read that right) arrives at a moment of renewal—RA.1001 is the first in a new era for the series. (After 1,000 editions of the RA Podcast, we're updating the name to better reflect what it's become.) 

Recorded at his Ramsgate studio, the 76-minute mix folds in cuts from <i>The Collapse Of Everything<i> alongside material from across the On-U Sound universe, plus collaborations with Panda Bear, Sonic Boom, Coldcut and Spoon. It's Sherwood doing what he's always done: stretching dub into endless new shapes.

Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1019

RA.1001 Adrian Sherwood

Telepathic Fish co-founder DJ Food, aka one part of Openmind, takes us on a trip into the world of 90s chill out.

Strictly Kev likes the company of plants whilst working on music so that's handy for us isn't it?! We're assuming he's talking about a beautiful Calathea sitting in the corner for inspiration, tho his dream plant setup - a conservatory packed with Romanesco broccoli, trippy Caladiums, and Persian Shields - is something we'd be well on board with too.

Enough of the plant talk for a second and back to the music, ambient music to be clear. For those that weren't squatting in South London back in the early 90s, Openmind were the four-piece behind the mighty Telepathic Fish - the legendary ambient afterparty that transformed chill-out rooms from dub-playing afterthoughts into proper destinations.

Kev, along with Chantal Passamonte (Mira Calix, RIP), David Vallade, and Mario Aguera, started in a shared house above a shop with no neighbours to complain/bash the door down. What began as art school parties quickly grew into Sunday afternoon sessions in squatted venues - a former dole office in Brixton and even the derelict Roundhouse on New Year's Day. They hosted everyone from Aphex Twin to Mixmaster Morris among wall-to-wall mattresses, UV installations, and  Coldcut's Matt Black with his boundary pushing video projections.

The idea was simple: recreate that post-clubbing comedown vibe but on a massive scale, as an "aural and visual blanket" for club-rattled minds. They even published a fanzine called Mindfood and worked at the scene's hub, Ambient Soho record shop, helping shape what Simon Reynolds called a "wombeldelic sound-and-light bath" in contrast to the current trend of hardcore and it's relentless assault.

Thirty years on, that spirit's having a comeback. Events like London's A Loose Ting are bringing back the bedding and the hushed reverence, while Berlin's Overflow is going full sensory overload with vibrating mattresses, fountains, and harpists. New York's Planetarium gatherings have people mostly horizontal, inspired by psychedelic therapy sessions. There's even and ambient sauna in South London you might have come across via the wonder of Music To Watch Seeds Grow By's recent takeover.  Our very own Watching Trees dabbled in said chill out space this year, pairing the abstract and the ambient with projected dappled sunlight visuals from the mighty Jamie House. Turns out people still need those little havens away from the madness, especially in this day and age!

Also handily 30 years on the Openmind crew have just compiled the first-ever Telepathic Fish retrospective for Fundamental Frequencies - a double vinyl love letter to those hazy early-90s mornings when the music finally slowed down.

For this Seeds Mix, Kev has leaned into his love of minimalism and systems music - repetition built from layers of loops offset against each other to form subtle polyrhythms. There's a deliberate avoidance of drum machines here in favour of organic percussion, and around the eight-minute mark, a section from Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia that captures the feeling of being deep in the forest, phone abandoned, discovering that paradise was just a forage away.

Full interview here: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/seeds-mix-005-openminds-leave-your-phone-at-home-discover-paradise-after-a-forage-in-the-forest/

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INTERVIEW

Seeds Mix #5: Openmind's Leave your phone at home & discover paradise after a forage in the forest

The last half of the epic back to back session for Tryouts on their International Training Camp weekender in Bucharest last year.

Logan Fisher B2B Wallace @ Platforma Wolff (23:05:2025)

PIDR- LEATHER BAR CLASSICS Vol.1

Recording of my set for Partick Sailing Club's Fundraiser at The Social in London 14:02:26.  Big thanks to everyone who came along to dance. 

TRACKLIST

1 - This Is The Real - Ben Hunt
2 - 33rd December - Fur Tor Lento [Cotton Bud Master] - Unknown Artist
3 - Acid Mouth - PBR Streetgang
4 - Stabile - Discolypso Crew Remix - Daniele Baldelli, Marco Dionigi,
5 - Ask Your Control - Richard Sen Remix - Scott Fraser, Richard Sen
6 - I-zimbra-glassala-zingtata-pimpalo-dub - Random House Project
7 - Only Fans - Joseph Malik
8 - Freakshow - Youth In Asia
9 - BLACK BOILER feat BLOOM
10 - And Then Some - Kiakí
11 - Niemand - Duncan Gray
12 - Dreamwalker - NairLess


Partick Sailing Club is a not-for-profit record label in support of Palestine. 

Proceeds from the night will be donated to The Sameer Project, a mutual aid organization run by Palestinians in the diaspora on the ground in Central Gaza, supplying food, tents, water and medical aid to families and those in need. Look out for one of my tracks on their debut album coming soon.

The Social - Airsine DJ Set for Partick Sailing Club Fundraiser

Iñigo Vontier - Friction

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A very special 40th episode showcases arguably one of the best triple packs every released, especially considering it was relatively early in the timeline of mix cd history (1996). It features selections from Derrick Carter, Andrew Weatherall and Back to Basic's resident, Ralph Lawson.

We originally featured this CD in the early days of The Classic Mix CD Series, when it was recommended by Shindig's Scott Bradford as his most influential piece in his collection.

So it's fitting, that after more shouts out to use it from everyone on Facebook, that we feature all 3 discs for the 400th episode celebration. Thanks to everyone for getting involved all of the plays and positive messages.

Can me make it 500!?

Back to Basics: Cut the Crap

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041 - Back to Basics 'Cut the Crap' - Andrew Weatherall / Disc 2 (1996)

Paresse – La Paresse EP
4 Track EP out on Magic Feet Recordings

Quality wav or mp3 here: 
https://paressemusic.bandcamp.com/track/hypno-hips

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Hypno Hips

A selection of electronica, ambient dub and chillout tracks that I used to listen to in the early 1990s, cut with a few samples from the era and from some of the artists involved.

Dedicated to anyone who ever went to the legendary Oscillate club nights in Birmingham.

01. The Black Dog - Kings Of Sparta
02. Higher Intelligence Agency - Speed Learn
03. Biosphere - Cloudwalker II
04. A.P.L - Hypnosystem
05. The Future Sound Of London - While Others Cry
06. The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral
07. Hypnotone - Quasar
08. Xeper - Carceres Ex Novum
09. Aphex Twin - Ageispolis
10. Groove Corporation - Roots Controller
11. The Orb - Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix)
12. Speedy J - Symmetry
13. Barbarella - Barbarella (The Irresistible Force Mix)

This is the B Side to 1990 909 that I did ealier this year (http://soundcloud.com/collective-discharge/1990-909), and as such would just about squeeze onto one side of a battered TDK 90.

Mr Lovely - 1990 909 Side B - Oscillations & Reflections

Here in Calypso we love Israeli cuisine, it is part of our every day meals, so we are happy to welcome to the family a good backer hailing from the lands of Haifa, "AckerMan". This time our good friend spices up with some hummus a well known classic dish from New York. It has been part of our sets for the last year like Iñigos presentations in Ant Bangos or Mayan Warrior Burning Man, so please enjoy the meal while dancing.

Take it while it's hot. Enjoy your meal.

Soundcloud: @ackerman_music

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Calypso Take Away 20 by AckerMan

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