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Perhaps best-loved for his dynamic take on techno in both his productions and his DJ sets — having been involved and around music for nearly 30 years, @DVS1 is an expert in his field, a true veteran of the scene whose roots extend beyond DJing into grassroots raves and event promotion in his native Minneapolis. 

These days, he continues to push his own limits, getting involved in and starting up projects that fuel his love of music, but also his love of the community he was raised in and helped build. His most recent venture, Aslice, is a software-based platform which proposes a fairer music ecoysystem for DJs and promoters is in its early days, but its concept is bringing up questions for both me and Zak. 

For episode 47, we're exploring the value of art, the definition of success, his own personal perceptions of his worth as an artist.

AIR 047 / DVS1

We continue our podcast series with another member of our crew, @temardj. His intricate sound and joy for playing combine to create a complex set, full of surprises. Enjoy!

Spinback Podcast #2 | Temar

@reptant_the_lizard live at floresta

foto: fofo.altinell

Reptant live at Floresta - Waking Life '24

me b2b with @dora_a_a on @voicesradio_ldn Friday 11 Oct ꩜

SURORI (Dora b2b Olita) | Voices Radio 11.10.24

A1. Andrew Red Hand - Gritty Bass / TP27

For our second instalment we would like to welcome Jokey, from the mysterious lands of Romania. He said his ispiration was a cool breeze during a full moon night, a drunken pirate feeling all of that and enjoying and celebrating freedom... after too much rum, he falls asleep in the crows nest. As he starts dreaming, the winds are getting fierce and the sea swirling.  Looks like a full moon tonight 🌕

nottidilunapiena#1

Emir is an Argentine DJ and producer based in Spain. Throughout his career, he has been part of key collectives such as Witches and KIDZ in Argentina, and Maquina Total in Barcelona, where he promoted events that connect music with community.

Currently living in Madrid, he runs Silencio Locx, a collective that organizes warehouse parties and has established itself as one of the most consistent proposals in the local scene. He is also the creator of La Movida Radioactiva, a party that explores new formats and ways of gathering around clubbing.

His sets cross genres like techno, acid, electro, trance, new beat, and bleep, with a focus that celebrates the roots of 90s electronic music and constantly keeps the dancefloor moving.

In his own words: “In this mix, I propose a sonic journey that reflects my way of understanding and inhabiting the dance floor. I’m interested in experimenting and breaking away from rigid structures, showing that all styles can coexist and enhance one another.

Throughout the session, sounds from different eras the 80s, 90s, and 00s are woven together, with genres like techno, ebm, electro, acid house, new beat, among others, creating a constant dialogue between past and present.

Each transition aims to create a situation and build a sonic narrative with its own identity”

Enjoy the moment!

Cycast #018 - Emir B

Guided by the formative years of techno, the duo project an educated balance of euphoria & intensity through their spontaneous selections.
Be it synth-pop, progressive house, or latest electro-techno, they aim at bridging the gap between generational differences & various production techniques.

Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 4th Monday, from 17:00

See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3BcIC1B

on the flipside w/ flipside, June & Andu (11.08.2025)

Andrew Weatherall's first official posthumous mix. The only b2b DJ Harvey ever agreed to. Six hours at Trouw. This one's special.

When mulling which direction to go in for RA's 1000th mix celebrations, many options came to mind. Some shadowy character 2-stepping around the fringe of our collective consciousness? An impossible-level IDM icon?

All tempting. But, ultimately, we are a DJ-forward publication and this is a DJ mix series. It felt truer to the history of the RA Podcast to release deep vault material from a time when the world of niche records felt different, tighter, more discrete.

The fourth-longest mix in the series' history is an unrepeatable marathon set recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. 2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000... if we have to clock it, so do you.

It's the coming together of one British icon who passed away in 2020, and another whose time on the road has scaled back considerably as of late. DJ Harvey agreed to exactly one b2b set in his life: this one, with Andrew Weatherall.

The night took place at Trouw, an Amsterdam club already considered legendary before it shuttered its doors in the opening hours of 2015, as part of an RA series anchored around start-to-close combinations. Harvey was at the peak of an irresistible career second act, which dovetailed with a disco revival that dominated clubs for years. Weatherall, with infinite brownie points stockpiled from the '90s, remained everyone's favourite debonair psychonaut. 

What follows is 385 scintillating minutes of arpeggiated chug and slow-cresting climaxes: a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than any comparable point in the 21st century. A masterclass, entirely self-contained in audio form.

If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who plays what. A disco-dub cover of Echo & the Bunnymen? Smart money's on Weatherall. Exuberant EQ'ing of The Isley Brothers? Gotta be Harvey. As for the low 'n slow, lightly spangled house that was all the rage in the early 2010s (think Maxxi Soundsystem, Disco Bloodbath, Rub & Tug, C.O.M.B.I. and Full Pupp), it's anyone's guess. 127 BPM feels practically like an F1 car.

When we kicked off our RA.1000 campaign, we outlined a few goals: tick off a handful of long-awaited dream guests, honour architects who shaped the world around us and deliver recordings you truly can't hear anywhere else. Full send.

DJing and the mythmaking around it has undergone a quantum leap since 2012, let alone 2006, 1996 or 1989. For those of us who were kicking around in the former, there's a creeping melancholy that our prime is fast becoming a matter of historical record. The killing moon really did come too soon. 

Where will electronic music, DJ sets or any of this be in 2044? Hard to say. Best not to overthink that one. Instead, we want to say thanks to all contributors on the series so far. Now enjoy luxuriating in the company of two of the greatest to ever do it, together, for the first and last time.⁠ – Gabriel Szatan (Editor, RA)

@andrew-weatherall

Read the interview with DJ Harvey and Andrew Weatherall's family at https://ra.co/podcast/1016. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

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