this is serious stuff!! played out already and went down a treat :) stellar work as always, Matt!

R$N Premieres: November 2016

Berlin-based Russian-German selector Dmitry Gusev returns for his 8th contribution to Avenue Red, this time again laying down a lot of his favourite oldskool deep house, nu jazz & techno records. Many of his inclusions also happen to be some of our favourite records from that era too. What a tightly mixed, delightfully colourful and heartfelt autumn mixture of vibes we have here!

"Hello all music lovers, I am finally back here spinning the classic trax on the black wax after 5 years since I recorded episode number 165! It was a lot of fun playing the mix. I wanted to play a classic sound from the late 90s and early 2000s. Vincenzo, Needs, Callisto, etc. Enjoy!" Dmitry Gusev, January 2025

https://soundcloud.com/gusev-1

See Also:
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-165-gusev
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-103-gusev
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-094-gusev
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-070-2-gusev
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-070-1-gusev
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-070-gusev
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/1210-mk8-gusev

Avenue Red Podcast #253 - Gusev

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The space is rhythm, a break in the flow, a breath where resistance begins to grow. Not silence, but charged with meaning and weight, a moment where our voices rise to challenge the hate. Between the lines, the truth is heard and the struggle is real with every word…Bumbaclart!

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Radio Guesthouse 60 – Mark Broadbent

This is a special one, a family one.

Rosie Ama (Cain), as I’m sure you all already know, is a London-based DJ, radio host, and founder of Human Endeavour Records. She’s been in the fam a while now, operating on the outer fringes of dance music… which is exactly where you want to be if you're trying to avoid mainstream success and financial stability.

Having cut her teeth as a writer and editor for online music platforms Stamp The Wax and this here Ransom Note, Rosie demonstrated such exemplary dedication to underground culture that we eventually had to take disciplinary action against her. The subsequent court settlement led to the founding of Human Endeavour; sometimes the best label launches emerge from legal disputes, rather than business plans.

Officially launching in 2022 (once the legal paperwork was finalised), it serves as a platform for artists operating in the deep, dark and hypnotic corners of electronic music and has welcomed artists like Anastasia Zems, Justine Forever, Nandele, Medicine 8 and Thomass Jackson over the years.

Before doing her own thing, Rosie made up one half of Kiara Scuro alongside friend Nadia, a DJ and production partnership that released music on Fabric Originals, Ritmo Fatale and Faux Poly, as well as long-standing radio residencies on Rinse FM and Balamii Radio. After a decade together, she’s gone solo turning her full attention to the label and her monthly Noods radio show, Melodic Odds, that showcases her love for sleazy low-slung chuggers, leftfield acid house and synth-driven 3am groovers. 

Whilst I’d never tell her this to her face, it’s actually a delight to welcome her back to the fold - this time without the need for lawyers - for a mix that captures her hypnotic, trippy vision of what dance music can be when nobody's watching the figures…

Let’s get going then, shall we… 

Rosie Ama: The Ransom Note Mix

Live sets from latest Low Life party at Corsica studios. 

SARAHTONIN | Low Life Halloween, Corsica Studios, Sat Nov 1st, 2025

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On this month’s show we dive into the raw Afro Funk of Kenyan legend Joseph Kamaru, the ‘King of Kikuyu Benga’, as well as some proper island vibes from Barbados by Debbie Gaskin, who receives songs fully formed from a divine source..You’ll hear tunes from Napoli’s latest supergroup The Funkin’ Machine, and lots more great new music from the likes of Chronixx, the Olympians, Sessa, Monster Rally & Reyna Tropical.

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Open Sesame 070 – Sadeedo

TRACKLIST: https://wearesoundspace.com/mix407-auntie-flo
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Auntie Flo
https://soundcloud.com/auntie-flo

TRACKLIST

MIX407: Auntie Flo

Mix of the Week #612 is by Top Technique
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Mix of the Week #612: Top Technique

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"Drifting through space and time, polished steel dreaming in moonlight. I slip between centuries like turning pages. The cosmos blooms around me, quiet as snowfall, and the old machine hums its mechanical lullaby, guiding me gently through the endless, star-stitched dark. The heavens await those willing to accept the grace of God” 

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Radio Guesthouse 62 – Mark Broadbent

Radio on Vacation with Benjamin Fröhlich 200th Episode

Final set of the third edition of Luna Roja. The Flying Duck, Nov 28th, 2025.

Phil Kieran, our special guest, took on us on a masterclass with an extended set, flowing through different genres including some of his own productions. Dancefloor locked until the very end when the lights went on.

A pioneer of electronic music, Phil has been at the forefront of the underground for over two decades, with releases on some of the most respected labels in dance music (Cocoon, Hotflush, Turbo, Electric Deluxe, Optimo Music, Soma, Hot Creations, Kompakt, and Skint). Alongside his solo work, he also explores a more melodic dimension with his acclaimed Le Carousel project, showing the full depth of his artistry.

It was an honor to have him close the party, such a great musician and person.

Phil Kieran @ Luna Roja III (1:30-4)

The empty space lay abandoned and bare. In the middle of the warehouse there was nothing which demonstrated that an enterprise had ever existed here. The brick walls lay bare and cold, the metal pillars loomed hauntingly. This was now a place which would soon be forgotten, one of the many buildings lost to the grunge and despair of a city in a state of alert. All around this place businesses had begun to leave, they had been bought out, priced out and as a result their ability to produce had collapsed. Cavitation was all that existed, all around. The shells of a life now vanished. 

Raccoglimento Parziale releases on Oltrarno Recordings as he unveils his new body of work titled "Observing Organic Structures".

Observing Organic Structures

PREMIERE: Raccoglimento Parziale - Cavitation [Oltrarno Recordings]

Utterly bent and disturbing in unequal measures, Messrs Smagghe and Cross take Mugwump’s Factory paean and provide a new beat. Mangled with anxious bass, reverse white noise, sub earth oscillations and Stuka riffs, it’s the perfect thing to open the door to small kids with this week. That’ll learn ‘em.

Pre-order here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/metempsycho-ep/id1154915232

Metempsycho EP 

PREMIERE: Mugwump - Breakdown (Smagghe & Cross Version)[Subfield]

The voice echoed down the corridor. He could hear it from a mile away. In all honesty, now he came to think of it he could probably hear it from a hundred thousand miles away. He might as well be on another continent, the nagging would still somehow find a way to penetrate and torment his brain. He had heard about the trouble the noise had caused for others. They had been haunted, some had even gone mad they said. He had always hoped it would never be this bad but right now it was unbareable. 

Mike Simonetti & Ryan Parks have recently compiled a release called 'Harsh Riddims' which is set to be released by 2MR on Friday this week.

PREMIERE: Love Letters - Nag (TWIN'S 'can we?' Mix)[2MR]

The sun cast a dreamy glow over the sand dunes. Night was about to fall across the Gobi Desert and not a sound could be heard. The blue light faded into the distance and all that was left but darkness. You could smell the heat in the night's air, it clung to you like a warm embrace. Many people had longed to walk across this beautiful landscape but few had ever been brave enough to take the risk. The possibility that one might die in the middle of nowhere was too haunting for many, no matter how stunning the burial. 

Peur Bleue return with yet more charm and lush sounds as they are set to release a new EP from Benoit B. His new EP, titled 'Tropico Timelexia', sees an enchanting take on house and soundscapes.

PREMIERE: Benoit B - A Night In Gobi Desert [Peur Bleue]

Something had happened. But our minds were too nebulized, our visions to blurry to remember what it was. When we stopped searching for our inner and outer selves in past tenses we eventually fully realized it was the future we had to sharpen our senses for. In the things that lay upon us, things that were bound to happen, we would find shelter. That universally necessitated shelter, which we could rely on, would give us possibilities to conquer unseen grounds to walk on. Only then we would find out it was not us envisioning this new land, but the land that envisioned us, that saw us firmly walking on its unspeakable grounds, allowing us to go wherever we could imagine ourselves to go to. We fly toward grace.

Rhytch is an artist based in Berlin. When we were originally approached by the label about featuring a track from his forthcoming LP 'Baba Ganoush' it was through a friend. It was quite the introduction and the record is an exciting prospect. Ancient Future Now, a label from Cologne, are set to release it.

baba ganoush

PREMIERE: Rhytch - Glueck [Ancient Future Now]

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.

PREMIERE: Love Letters - Nag (TWIN'S 'can we?' Mix)[2MR]

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