The second instalment of our night celebrating soul from around the world brings DJ Love on The Run from NYC to bless the Plastic People sound system alongside FP. 5 Hours of warm music on the EMTs. Recorded live at Plastic People 25th January 2014. Unfortunately the recorder died in the last hour, so we had to cut it short. 
Thank you to everyone that came to get down. Artwork by the amazing http://aliaugur.co.uk
Be sure to check out DJ Love On The Run's blog of sweet soul sounds too!
http://secretrendezvousonline.blogspot.co.uk

and heres the mix to download:
http://eglorecords.com/2014/04/youre-a-melody-2-2/

You're A Melody #2

A recording from our intimate SECRET DISCO nights in Guernsey with ANDREW WEATHERALL [This is the the full length mix no breaks]
ABSOLUTE CLASS IN EVERY WAY!! Still the best musical journey we have ever heard and been part of.

ANDREW WEATHERALL@ SECRET DISCO March 19

From day into night, listen back to Luke Una’s takeover from We Out Here...

We were honoured to have close friend of We Out Here, Luke Una, join us again this year for a very special takeover.

Standing strong through 4 decades of music, we welcomed his É Soul Cultura takeover for a 6 hour session at The Bowl.

Co founder of the iconic UK club Electric Chair and founder of Manchester's much loved and long standing queer party, Homoelectric, alongside his label and event series E Soul Cultura, Luke has consistently remained at the forefront of a young dynamic forward thinking scene.

From  the momentous legacy of Sheffield and Manchesters musical heritage through the 80s and 90s Luke reworked 4 decades of dance through a distinctive futuristic lens into an alchemy that traverses from  spiritual jazz, slo mo chugging cosmic soul, Balearic Bossa to dance floor astral Jazz dance to the deepest House and Techno and bass buggin futurism, Afro and black heart deep Disco.

A true musical legend with no boundaries. Listen back to his takeover.

Luke Una at The Bowl [ Live From We Out Here 2024 ]

UPDATED WITH FULL TRACKLISTING

Never have I needed it more than this winter & spring. Just to stay sane & get by.

Music at its best is a spiritual practice. Dance music even more so. I wanted this extended, eclectic set to highlight strong songs that have offered me small rays of inspiration & solace among the newscycle.

Some are new/recent, some are old but still new (for me) and some are eternal classics (life is too short not to play them at every opportunity).

Hope you enjoy the 4-hour journey ❤️

TRACKLISTING:

Instant House: The Beginning (1998)
Rakoto: Ry Vorona (Ocean People Edit) (1990/2025)
Aurra: Baby Love (Shep Pettibone Instrumental) (1983)
Depeche Mode: Policy Of Truth (Francois Kevorkian Capitol Mix) (1990)
Love Quartet: Kiss Me (Ethos Mama Survives In Dub 1) (1992)
Axel Boman: Paid By The Rhythm (2019)
Space Ghost: Dream Tool (2024)
Mark Seven: My Caesar (The Message) (2025)
Neuronphase: Duckface (2018)
Gilb’r: Rue Killer (2025)
Vick Lavender: Wish (1998)
Chicago Underground Council: 2 Days (1996)
The Honorable Mr. Top: That Happy Day (2017)
The Attendants: Hmmm Love (Arturo’s Test) (2006)
Bluemoon Productions: D (1990)
Rhythm Masters: Spanish Ritual (The Bass Hit Mix) (1993)
Tommy Bones: South Africa Deep (2007)
Theorem: Cinder (1998)
Steve Tang: Visions Far Away (2001)
Gene Hunt feat Cei Bei & The Funk Farmicist: Skeemin Bohemian (2003)
Black Crowe aka Abacus: Gabrielle’s Horns (1996)
Wax Fruit: Just A Party (1994)
Circulation: Memory (1996)
Moodymann: Dem Young Sconies (1997)
Spencer Kincy & JT: Get Up (1996)
Gemini: Ooze (1996)
Crustation: Flame (Borderline Insanity Dub) (1997)
The Fog: Been A Long Time (Habana Mix) (1993)
Pleasure Dome: Here We Go For 8 Minutes (1994)
Inner City: Pennies From Heaven (Kevin’s Tunnel Mix) (1992)
Ron Trent: Sensual (2024)
Masco: African Love (Dub) (1986)
Jolynn Murray: It’s Time To Party (1996)
DSK: Feel So Free (Murkatronic Dub) (1993)
Stacey Parris: Feel It In My Heart (Underground House Mix) (1989)
Lovechild: Sweet Ambience (Deep Dub) (1990)
Kym Mazelle: Useless (Ivana Mix) (1990)
Elias: Selce Nights (2001)
HNNY: TLC (2013)
S.D.A.P.: Don't Go Lose This (Dub) (2019)
Alice Smith: Love Endeavor (Maurice Fulton Remix) (2006)
Madonna & Massive Attack: I Want You (Ocean People Edit) (1995/2025)
Stephane Sevérac: Hold On (1987)

SONGS NOT TRACKS #5 /// eclectic 4-hour house mix

Marsha Stern, the gift that keeps on giving <3 another generous offering from her sacred Roy Thode vault of recordings from a very golden age of dance floor culture. It’s a tremendous honour to be able to house this recording on our Soundcloud page, an untouched time capsule from almost half a century ago, allowing us the luxury of re-living that moment in that room with Roy Thode holding court behind the booth, providing the soundtrack to what would have been a wonderful night in a very special place. 1980, no smart phones, no discogs, no social media, CDJS or sync/loop buttons, the profession of DJing was still in its early beginnings of being defined and Roy’s dedication to the craft certainly helped define it. 
In a time where it’s not always so easy to feel proud of being “a DJ”, it’s inspiring to look back at the origins of dance floor culture, one of them being extremely dedicated, self-educated and oppressed homosexuals in New York who took it upon themselves to explore the aesthetics of music on the dance floor to extreme levels. This recording should give you a glimpse into what that might have sounded like. Please take a moment to listen carefully and allow yourself to understand the genius of Roy Thode’s craft as a DJ. We hope it inspires you as much as it inspired us. On this day, Roy would have become 76 years of age, long live his memory, thank you for the music and inspiring dedication to the craft. Happy Birthday Roy!

Roy Thode recorded at the Ice Palace, Fire Island May 17, 1980

Welcome to Episode 01 of the Balearic London mix series, where we introduce you to our favourite selectors. Starting strong with one of our favourite DJs Lovefingers, recorded live during our takeover at Multi Multi in July 2024. We were hanging on every track he played in the Hackney Wick sunshine and we're so happy to share this recording with you.

We're back at Multi Multi 2025, taking over the GROW Terrace in the sunshine from midday-4pm on Saturday 12 July. Get 20% off tickets here https://ra.co/events/1964567?p=BALEARIC

@lovefingers
https://www.instagram.com/lovefingers/

Balearic London Episode 01: Lovefingers

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

RA.1000 DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall

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

All night

FOR MY OLD SCHOOL HOUSE MUSIC DJ SET & DEEP HOUSE GARAGE PRODUCTIONS REMIXES & EDITS :
LISTENING ON SOUNDCLOUD : https://soundcloud.com/sebastien-jesson
LISTENING ON YOUTUBE : https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepness
AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP:  https://thedeepness.bandcamp.com/
AVAILABLE ON TRAXSOURCE: https://www.traxsource.com/artist/473752/the-deepness?ipp=100
FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/sebastien.jesson.5

kathy sledge - another star (the deepness P.P.I.T.H edit)

@farrfestival incoming! 
There is little left to be said about Maurice Fulton. By this point he is now known as arguably one of the most experienced and talented disc jockeys of a generation and has been essential to the expansion of club music and its culture over the last thirty years. His sound sees him tastefully blend funk, soul and eclectic disco selections alongside modern day house and dance music in a manner which most will never be able to achieve. Championed by leftfield scenes and house music aficionado's alike. Next weekend he will take to the stage at Farr festival who we have been lucky enough to collaborate on to gather this incredibly exclusive mix. 

@farrfestival


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