I thought you had uploaded that mix a while back!

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. 

It's safe to say that there would be no house music, and no dance music as we know it, without François Kevorkian. The French-born, New York-based DJ started remixing disco records in the late-'70s when he was in his early 20s and became a pioneer of the form alongside names like Larry Levan, Tom Moulton and Walter Gibbons. And though he would become a house icon, he became especially known for the trippy "dub" mixes on the B-sides of records, which often eschewed the structure and vocals of the songs he was remixing in favour of excursions into the unknown.

It's that legacy that led him to Deep Space, his Monday-night residency at the once-legendary Meatpacking District club Cielo, which was one of the most beloved (and best-sounding) rooms in Manhattan. Deep Space started at 2003 and ran weekly for 15 years, eventually moving to Output in Brooklyn. The idea was to explore "dub" in all its forms, and to play all kinds of music while manipulating it in real time. The slogan was "Live On The Mixing Board."

At Deep Space you would hear all kinds of music. Dub, reggae, dub techno, drum & bass—and later on, as you''ll hear in this mix, dubstep—sure, but also disco, R&B, funk, old-school house. All music was dub in Kevorkian''s hands, and over the years Deep Space became one of the most renowned and consistent parties in New York, a place of refuge and discovery every single Monday (and, eventually, Sunday). This four-hour recording allows you to almost experience what it was like to be in that room—you can even hear the crowd whooping and cheering—as Kevorkian journeys through ultra-deep techno, dubstep and a string of funky disco and post-disco tracks. It''s a sound all his own, and though it was recorded 13 years ago, still sounds full of possibility and potential. Like the future.

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RA.854 François K

2 hours of House and Techno recorded on the new moon

Garth - Deep n Dirty Haus Mixtape July 24 2025

Shamenation

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Emilien Day - Polyphonie 14

FUR:THER SESSIONS : PREMIERE 357

Artist: Owem
Track: Rupornis
Album: Signs & Dreams 
Label: Ynner
Cat. No.: YN002
Mastering: Tomas Gonzales
Artwork: Jogori
Format: Digital 
Genre: Techno
Release date: 15/12/2025

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Tracklist:
01. Rupornis
02. Riding The Wave
03. Tomorrow's Harvest
04. Signs & Dreams

Owem:
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https://ynner.bandcamp.com/music

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https://furthersessions.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/further_sessions 
https://formaviva.com/furthersessions 
https://facebook.com/furthersessions
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PREMIERE: Owem - Rupornis [Ynner]

This week's podcast is from Scottish institution Slam, recorded live at The Arches in Glasgow.

RA.036 Slam

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Deetron

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321 - Deetron In The Mix (2002)

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Laurent Garnier

331 - X-Mix 2 - Laurent Garnier presents Destination Planet Dream (1994)

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De9:Closer to the Edit

748 - Richie Hawtin - DE9 Closer to the Edit (2001)

Started off doing a mix for a podcast, then went all old school and nostalgic...enjoy this pure wax trip with skips, jumps and wobbly mixing all included for free and not edited out. 

“Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don’t have any surface noise.  I said, “Listen, mate, life has surface noise.”      

-John Peel


Funk D'Void "Rave Days 100% Vinyl Mixtape"

Hey, Gareth here, I'm a graphic designer who start designing for clubs, parties, and labels in the late 90s. Back then, mix CDs were the holy grail of both design and music. I loved them.

But I wasn't the only one, mix cds were the soundtracks of our nights, our days, our afterparties and lives, for everyone. Yet in today's internet age, the art form has been lost (or just changed) to 2-3 hour online mixes and streaming videos, which just don't create the same magic your CD collection did. Just 60 minutes of music and incredible artwork.

The Classic Mix CD Series celebrates these discs, their soundtrack, their box art and your memories. We hope you enjoy it.

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* We fully support labels and artists. If any disc creates a copyrighting issue let me know and it will be immediately removed. 

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About Gareth:
Digital creative type, gamer, music lover and occasional DJ. Currently living between Dubai & Seoul after setting sail from Sunderland in 2010. As a young designer, club and music culture was the driving force for his work, producing artwork for local club nights and record labels in the North East of England. In particular, DJ mix cds and their packaging were always his 'holy grail of design', especially those from Renaissance, Global Underground and Good Looking Records. It's a pleasure to share these discs back with people and they still influence our tastes to this day. 

For any CD recommendations, bookings, mixes or feedback you can catch me as @asapgareth on Instagram. Or you can check our my design work at www.acid.works

748 - Richie Hawtin - DE9 Closer to the Edit (2001)

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