La côte

The mastermind behind Basic Channel, Hard Wax and Rhythm & Sound doesn't do mixes. For RA.1000, he made an exception.

Trace Mark Ernestus's path, and you trace the evolution of electronic sound itself. The timeline of contemporary Berlin is unimaginable without him. At first, that meant Hard Wax, the crucial hub that shaped the early era of the city's techno revolution. Carl Craig once said it plainly: "Mark was ground zero."

From there, Ernestus never stopped. There's the birth of dub techno and the near-flawless catalogue that followed through Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound. There's his immersion in Senegalese mbalax with Ndagga Rhythm Force. Lately, that means Open Ground the Wuppertal bunker that's letting people hear music as never before.

As part three of RA.1000, Ernestus has kindly supplied his first studio DJ mix. As you might expect, it's technically immaculate, but more than that, it feels like a substantial and generous conduit to one of the world's most vital genres.

Amapiano remains underexplored in music media. Publications like our own are still learning to keep pace with the South African sound's global pull, animating millions across the globe. 

You'll hear the range and richness of the genre across the near two-hour mix, from the gothic, percussive stomp of Caltetonic's "Bambela"  to the devotional glow of GemValleyMusiq's "Something Spiritual."

Through all of this, Ernestus has remained understated. He lets the music speak for him, with a quiet honesty that lies in decades of opening doors—creating the conditions for new sounds and scenes to flourish and carry the culture forward.

@opengroundclub @hardwax 

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1011. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Mark Ernestus

livid kiss (mnml dub tools mix)

Lots of love poured into this one as we open for one of our inspirations. 
Heady, true sound, fog machines and a big system in Toronto.

Live @ Standard Time, Toronto (May 30 2025) - For Mark Ernestus

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAqxW_2Ai7c
Day 2 mix at Sharpefest, prime for defrosting the mongos!
Big love to strobaan and the rest of the crew that made this possible!
Check em out:
@user-701382578-418906005
@charles-greenhill
@user-65504660

CMAN - Deep Rest (Sharpefest '25)

Solaris

Isolation Dub

Cascades

Tidal Pools

1,
Fabrizio Fattore
Magic Happens
Life Cycle
LC001

2,
Moodymann
The Thief That Stole My Sad Days (Ya Blessin Me)
Peacefrog Records 
PF095

3,
Rick Wilhite
Xanadu 3.0
Mahogani Music
MM-42

4,
Paperclip People
Remake (Basic Reshape)
Planet E
pepcp 1

5,
Velvit
Testament
Velvit 
VV001

6,
DJ K-Alexi
Relax With Chicago PT.2
Maad 
MD6003

7,
Kennedy
Primal
Dream Machine
DREAM4

8,
Marcellus Pittman
888 In The Groove
House Of Efunk Records
EFUNK 08

9,
Mr. & Mrs. Dale
It's You (New York - London Mix)
Emotional Rescue 
ERC039

10,
Scan 7
The Best Is Yet To Come
Heist
Heist 050

11,
Norm Talley
Believe It
Detroit Vinyl Room
DVRM003

12,
Loftsoul 
Reunion
Loftsoul Recordings
LSR016

1994 to 2025
31 Years

5th Oct 25

bonjour melancholy☔️
soft-motion ambient house
deep cuts: minimal, leftfield, post-club

check my new series: “white label — mnml/dub tools”

Endless hours of sonics gathered over a memory on the floor.
Years of love and passion poured into sound and the system.

Habibi has previously collaborated and played with artists such as Mark Ernestus, Frank&Tony, YuSu, Jordan GCZ, Bradley Zero and Basic Soul Unit.

Record collector, vinyl addict and home DJ.

Heavily into the music originating from Detroit and Chicago and its influence on the musical outputs of others. 

Using Sound Cloud as an outlet for sharing mixtapes from time to time. Purely for the LOVE of music, nothing else!

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