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Recording of John Talabot b2b Oberman at Draaimolen Festival 2022.

John Talabot B2b Oberman at Draaimolen Festival 2022

For someone who wasn't born there, Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann might be the most Detroit guy to ever exist.  Moving to the motor city from LA at only three weeks old, he has never "truly" left since. His music channels the musical legacy of Black Detroit – transplanted Delta blues, gospel, Motown and Fortune, Stevie Wonder, the Electrifying Mojo and the Belleville Three – with an unassailable verve. His dust-spackled opus "Silentintroduction" has hummed continously in the background of house music since its release in 1997, inspiring generations of producers. 

Two hours of Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann, selected and mixed by [LDLDN. ](https://www.nts.live/shows/spacebass)

Photo: Donavan Glover 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-moodymann-5th-july-2024

In Focus: Moodymann 050724

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Roman Flügel @ The Lot Radio 02-27-2025

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)

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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

DJ Koze - DJ  Kicks

My Essential Mix, broadcast 20.02.2016 on BBC Radio 1.  [RADIO FREE EDIT]

Tracklist 

Nick Drake - Introduction - Island Records                                   
Map.Ache - You R The Bonus - Giegling 
Benedkit Frey - Portal - MRT
Musiccargo - Ich Geh Den Weg Mit Dir - Amontillado Music
Aufgang B - Demo 3 - Neubau
Kusuma - Beat les - White Label
C:or -Bells, Walking - White Label
Midland  - Decompression Suite - Aus Music
Grauzone	Eisbaer (ILO's Warped Edit) - Lo Fi Edits


Dave DePino - Excerpt from "Paris Is Burning"
Patrick Cowley - Thief of love - Honey Soundsystem Records
Kishore Kumar -	Apni To Jaise Taise (Midland Edit) - White Label
King Sunny Ade - Sunny Ti DE Ariya (Midland Panorama Bar Edit) - White Label
Ploy - Move yourself - Hessle Audio
Midland - Outpost - Graded
Dynamo Dreesen, SVN & A Made Up Sound - B1 - Sued 
Midland -  Holdup - Graded
Jon Hopkins - Vessel  (Four Tet Remix) - Double Six 
Sliver Apples - Ruby  - Kaap Records


Radiohead - Life In a Glasshouse (Intro)
Talk Talk - The Rainbow  - EMI
Anthony Child - Midnight Rain - Editions Mego
Commix - Japaneese Electronics  (Instra:mental Moog remix) - Metalheadz
Jai Paul - Jasmine - XL Recordings 
Jon Daly - Solitaire - IRR Germany
Solitary Dancer - Desire + Apathy - Graded
SFIRE - 6  - Ultramajic
Midland - Double Feature - ReGraded 
Midland - Final Credits - ReGraded
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - The Night - Mowest

Midland Essential Mix [EMOTY 2016]

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Ingenmandsland

Broadcast live on WNYU 89.1FM in New York City on October 11th, 2016. 
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Beats In Space

BIS Radio Show #855 with Andrew Weatherall

A1.Silent Servant - Force By Hand

dj-set @ panorama bar, berlin 2012-01-22 
sunday night

booking requests: romy@magnet-musik.de 
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move d @ panoramabar 2012-01-22

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Archive 2 "Dm Excerpts Between @skaeliptom & @chloewise_"

Recording of Andrew Weatherall's set at Dekmantel Festival 2019.

Dekmantel Festival 2019

Andrew Weatherall at Dekmantel Festival 2019

CENTER YOURSELF is a podcast series curated by Robert Johnson. Each episode is created by one of our regulars—some are made for this occasion and some are hand-picked from the club's own archive.

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@roman-fluegel

In loving memory, we are happy to share this excerpt from Andrew Weatherall & Roman Flügel's all-nighter recorded at Robert Johnson in 2017.

Center Yourself 05 – Andrew Weatherall & Roman Flügel

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