MARIE MONTEXIER - Fluid Festival x UWS

As part of RA2122, our ongoing celebration of 21 years of club culture, we'll be featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties or clubs most important to their lives in dance music. 

The first time we featured DJ Nobu on the RA Podcast, over ten years ago, we called him "one of Japan's best DJs." In hindsight, i think we can all agree that the country qualifier is no longer necessary: he's one of the world's best DJs, bar none. An absolute master at curating and mixing techno, Nobu has helped to inspire a Japanese school of techno that is psychedelic, hypnotic and often very pretty, without losing the genre's oomph or edge. And he's more popular than ever around the world, playing some of the best parties and clubs in pretty much any country or city you could name.

But DJ Nobu's roots and heart are close to home. Frustrated with techno in the Japanese capitol, he created his own party in his neighbouring hometown, Chiba, where nightlife was less pretentious and the vibe was a little looser. Future Terror quickly became known as one of Japan's premiere techno parties, and paved the way not only for Nobu himself, but many other Japanese DJs who Nobu and his later partner Haruka gave the chance to shine. The party also recently celebrated its landmark 20th anniversary with its first-ever party in London.

This mix is a direct tribute and encapsulation of Future Terror, what Nobu calls a "condensed story" of the series focusing on the more outré elements at the fore—an "awareness of techno" with plenty of more leftfield tracks thrown in. What follows might be a little gentler than you'd expect from Nobu, but it's all top-tier techno mixed with an expert hand.

@djnobu_bitta

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/855

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RA.855 DJ Nobu

The next episode of the fabric podcast series comes from long-time Ilian Tape representative, Stenny. As a major force in the electronic music scene, his club set history includes regular appearances at some of the world's most iconic venues, and this coming weekend (11th-12th March) he’s back here in Farringdon for our next Continuum 24+ hours for a B2B set with Ilian Tape homeboys and founders, the Zenker Brothers.

In this exclusive mix, created specifically for our ongoing series, Stenny takes us on a journey through his unique musical vision. From gritty techno to ethereal soundscapes, Stenny's experimental approach is on full display. A sweltering hour in the mix, that pounds the drums, ebbs and flows, and picks up the pace just when you want it to.

Catch Stenny B2B with Zenker Brothers for Continuum on 11th-12th March. Also playing will be Ben Klock B2B Marcel Dettmann, TYGAPAW, Tasha B2B Alienata, Tapefeed, Reece Spooner & more.

Tickets: https://ra.co/events/1582942

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TRACKLIST:

Shadow Version – Grove
Warzou – Dystopyr
Laksa – Mind
Dub Across Borders – Black Lake 
Dites Safran –  Mawen
Felix K – Akkumulator
Forest Drive West – Creeper
Human Space Machine – Zone Conrad Pack - Volumes
Rod Modell – Riga
Bios – Sixty Neuf
Toma Kami – Djédjé (with Amor Satyr) Drivenbyattraction - Ten
Aa Sudd – QPP
Loek Frey – Decipher
Hysteria Temple Foundation – Ziuziu Sepher – Bipayan
Nebuchadnezzar – Pirate Radio III wrk.dat - Chit Chat
Slacker – Lay It Bare
Lemma1 – A1 (VIP)
Toma Kami & Sene – R.1.2.F

011 - Stenny - fabric podcast

My set from the Great Beyond Festival, Kajunga World stage, Sunday July, 28, 2024.

Thank you to Kajunga, Intellephunk and Enemy Records, the entire crew and all the artists and dancers for a magical experience. 

Tracklist: 
Lucid - Witch Prophet
Detroit Winters - Byron the Aquarius 
Relax Playa - Tall Black Guy Productions - Yusef Rumperfield
Feelin All Over It - Felipe Gordon
Flowers - Ron Trent feat. Venecia
Partido Alto (LTJ Xperience Remix) - Azymuth
Strange Relationship - Cassy
I Get Moody Sometimes (feat. Moodymann) - Amp Fiddler 
Tribute for Saine - Jeff Swiff
Cacti is Plural - Axel Boman
Aether - Mr. Fingers
Backin - RAMZi
I Can Feel You (Dub Version) - Octo Octa 
Time (feat. Corey Harris & Ranking Joe) - Dub Side of the Moon
Pressure Point - Black Bones
Private Life (Dub Version) - Grace Jones
it-was-all-just-a-dream (osunlade's-isolation-mix) - po-lar-i-ty
4:44 - Roy Vision
Let Love Heal - Sticky Dub | Step Steady
Work That (Winston's Dream Remix) - House of Hits
How U Feelin (Dub Mix) - DJ Swisha & OSSX
Soul Slide - Ricky Razu

Kajunga World 2024

"I'm like a collector—everything I come across makes it into my music." The dance music don talks about the music that shaped him and his recent L.B. Dub Corp album on Dekmantel.

Luke Slater, the British DJ, producer and occasional drummer, has been making music under a slew of monikers since the '80s: Planetary Assault Systems, L.B. Dub Corp, LSD, The 7th Plain, Clementine—the list goes on. While he's put out an excellent range of dynamic analogue music that runs the gamut of house, acid, breakbeat, electro and even spoken word, he's probably best known for his productions and live shows that focus on sleek and solid techno, as showcased on Ostgut Ton and his own imprint, Mote-Evolver.

In the latest instalment of our flagship live series Playing Favourites, Slater unpacks the tracks that, for him, best illustrate the history of techno at large, as well as the records that define his creative process and career trajectory. He speaks with Chloe Lula live from Polifonic festival about his love of Detroit and Underground Resistance, as well as the abiding influence of hip-hop on his early work and his love of intentionally integrating mistakes in his music. He also reflects on how he became the first non-German artist to release on Berghain's esteemed record label, as well as discussing his most recent release, Saturn to Home, for Dekmantel. The double LP saw him return to his drumming practice and introduce surprising and powerful collaborations from electronic music contemporaries and vocalists like Kittin and the poet Benjamin Zephaniah. Listen to the episode in full.

EX.749 Luke Slater

The Berkeley Suite Valut - 002 // CO-Acussed

A 100% tracklist of 90s IDM, Downtempo and Deep Techno diamonds recorded by @sanjib-4 for 90s_Techno. Have a good trip ! 

TRACKLIST (90s and early 00s) :
01. Autechre - Eggshell
02. Human Mesh Dance - Sunflower
03. Yantra - The Birth Of Stars
04. CiM - Friends I've Made
05. Laurent Garnier - Last Tribute From The 20th Century
06. Aphex Twin - Xtal
07. The Sequencer - Brainforest
08. Theorem - DilatE
09. Autechre - Montreal
10. Robert Leiner - Out of Control
11. Voyage - OAF
12. Biosphere - Botanical Dimensions
13. Basic Channel - Quadrant Dub II
14. Swayzak vs Theorem - Break In At Apartment 205
15. CiM - Shift
16. Arovane - Thaem Nue
17. Drax Ltd II - Radiation
18. Speedy J - Symmetry

100% IDM & Downtempo (by Sanjib)

down low

Lamato -  Dark

Free Download [Techno]: Route 94 feat Jess Glynne - My Love (MasterSlave & Carmen Gea Reedit)

Honey Soundsystem is an American creative collective that has become hugely influential in the decade since they formed. As DJs both solo and as a team, the San Fran foursome has more than made its mark with an eclectic sound that draws on the diverse backgrounds of the musicians, performers and designers involved. They also host their own parties—famed for fantastic art installations as well as carefully curated headliners from all across the musical spectrum—and run plenty of labels between them, including HNYTRX and most famously Dark Entries, which has poured many attention on Patrick Cowley with a series of resurrected releases.

Very much setting their own agenda, then, the group does just the same with their two hour mix for us. It is a fresh offering that rolls through a bouncing selection of well polished house and techno. Clean and tinged with a stylish sense of retro-futurism throughout, there are nods to darker synth wave sounds and colourful disco vibes that will keep you coming back for more.