FRAUDULENCE w. Stacy Christine [08.12.2023]

Tao Jones guest set for the VOID. Originally recorded at a Full Moon ritual in the woods. Enjoy..

Tao Jones in the VOID - Aug 2024

After already working on yeyeh005 together /w https://soundcloud.com/0rds0, it was more than overdue to do a solo EP together. Our lives crossed over ten years ago, and the past six years saw us grow into a deep friendship. All four tracks were made around the time of preparation for a Breakfast Club ADE 2021 with De Lichting live. Three years later, we are releasing these solo club cuts.

The fresh artwork is made by Nol Cobben - as with all ninih records it’s a vinyl-only release. Pre-order now via https://soundcloud.com/oneyewitness and soon to be found in every relevant recordstore ;).

RDS - Tppsty ep [ninih006]
a1. bfc01
a2. vnecktechtheme
b1. tpssty
b2. bfc04

RDS - Tppsty EP [ninih006 snippets]

Sean Cooper guest set from Nov 2024. Enjoy.

Sean Cooper in the VOID - Nov 2024

California born and based DJ, Nick Moss, was formerly an integral member and creative contributor of Kosmetik, a music collective rooted in the vibrant underground queer music scene of San Francisco. Prior to the pandemic, the collective maintained a longstanding weekly residency at the iconic venue, The Stud, spanning multiple consecutive years. Additionally, he played a pivotal role as one of the co-conspirators behind Kosmetik’s pandemic-induced A/V mix series, KTV, which enjoyed a year-long broadcast on the Bay Area’s esteemed Fault Radio. Presently, he directs his efforts towards co-producing ‘Quiche,’ an open-air dance party that made its debut on the San Francisco scene in 2021.

Nick Moss crafts an enigmatic dance floor experience, guiding listeners through a captivating journey that seamlessly weaves genres and ventures into unexpected sonic realms. His unconventional blending of experimental and left-field selections lends an intriguing, almost mysterious quality to his unique and esoteric sound. From the pulsating dance floors of San Francisco to venues worldwide, Nick Moss’ DJ sets demand attention, leaving an indelible impression that lingers in the shadows of the mind.

THE RODZO w. Rodney guest Nick Moss [07.02.25]

21st century electro-futurism, Helsinki style. 

Sometime around a decade ago, electro started to surge onto dance floors again. A new generation of DJs, from Helena Hauff and DJ Stingray, brought the sci-fi, cyborg funk to new audiences, as a modern retool of the style began enjoying the ubiquity of its four-to-the-floor cousins. And few embody its future for our current decade like Sunny Seppä, AKA Sansibar.

Cutting his teeth in Helsinki's underground with residencies at Kaiku and Post Bar, Seppä's sound draws from a broad range of influences far from the Finnish capital. His first releases channeled the high-definition Motor City school of electro, but he has since evolved.

Not one to be confined by the narrow confines of any genre, the Finnish producer and DJ's discography has steadily begun to encompass a wider palette of influences, including releases with fellow new-gen electro artist Reptant.

It's no wonder Seppä has found a home on Kalahari Oyster Cult. Sans Musique was released by Rey Colino's label, and both are united by a love for an amalgamation of gritty and ecstatic sounds of the '90s. As Colino put it himself, the Cult espouses "nostalgia with a modern sound design."

You can hear that peppered throughout Seppä's RA Podcast. From Simulant's stone-cold classic "Wav.Form" to shades of tech house from the late '90s and early '00s (as well as some of his own unreleased material), the full vision of his broad sound world comes alive on RA.976. You won't technically hear too much electro in this mix—but underscoring many of the selections is the retro-futurism that electro elicits, that bleary-eyed optimism of dance music's halcyon era.

@sunnysibar
@sin-sistema-sin

Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/976

RA.976 Sansibar

TAO_CHI

Eclectic selections from the Void, broadcast May 4th 2025

Jeno in a Pirate VOID - May 2025

Here'z yet another 1 of the tapez from my collection that made it'z roundz. This 1 is special 2 me since my brother Frankie Knuckles signed my copy @ his 'Motivation' Compilation record release party @ Spec's Record Store in South Beach Miami during the WMC 2002'. I was with my sister Maria enjoying Frankie's set & watching people come in & serving the floor like a runway! lol
Man I miss Frankie... His spirit will live on through these mixtapes.

Enjoy,

Manny Cuevas
aka
DJ M-TRAXXX
aka
Professor Jack-Attack


Psalms 150=Jesus Music

Manny Cuevas'z Tapez

Frankie Knuckles Live on 102.7 FM WBMX, Chicago 1986' (Manny'z Tapez)

For RA.1000, we take it back to the source with two never-before-heard tapes from Frankie Knuckles's private collection

There is no house music without Frankie Knuckles, literally or figuratively. The queer icon's luxurious DJ sets at Chicago's Warehouse gave a rising movement its name. From there, countless offshoots splintered and travelled the globe. But what did the genesis and growth of the sound really feel like?

The Godfather of House left behind not only timeless records, but personalised cassettes with hand-drawn liner notes handed out to friends and family. Two of those, dated to 1989 and 1996, have been digitised especially for RA.1000. (Thank you to the Frankie Knuckles Foundation.)

To put that in context: the first tape predates not only many of today's active clubbers, but the entire existence of jungle, drum & bass, UK garage, French touch, Jersey club, Afrobeats, IDM, baile funk, hardcore, footwork, dubstep, dub techno, tech house, breaks, minimal, maximal, gqom, gabber, grime and hyperpop.

In short… that's a very, very long time ago. The world of dance music was much smaller. DJ culture was functionally unrecognisable from the one we see in 2025. 

And yet, to some degree, what you'll hear on RA.1000 hasn't changed at all. It's a capture of not only what made Frankie Knuckles one of the beloved pioneers of first-generation dance music, but what draws people to club culture in the first place.

The mood on these Frankie Knuckles sets outlasts even its creator: a spirit of optimism that floods the world's best dance floors and keeps dance music pulsing on into the future, nearly 40 years later, in spite of it all. We end our 1000th mix celebrations here because it all starts there.

Find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1018. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Frankie Knuckles

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TAO_CHI

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