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Mixes

I recently entered the BBC Introducing Radio 1 Dance competition to be in for a shot with a set at the BBC Radio 1 Weekender. In order to win you had to put together a 20-minute mini-mix opening with at least one of your own productions. I decided to use all of my own tracks for the mix, including one unreleased remix. I never won the competition but I've uploaded my mix onto Soundcloud in case you would like to hear it (link in bio)

Shout out to BBC Introducing for inviting me to enter the comp and all the opportunities they provide for emerging artists!

Tracklist

Kieran Apter - Begin Again (Lava Lava)
Kieran Apter - Nothing Hurts (&Friends)
Kieran Apter - Doc's Track (CB90 Dance Recordings)
Macka & Lowree ft Scott Bathgate, Frankie Elyse - El Renacimiento (Kieran Apter Remix) (Unreleased)
Kieran Apter - Bathe In The Fire (Take Kare Remix) (CB90 Dance Recordings)
Tony Di Bart - The Real Thing (Kieran Apter Rework) Free Download

Mini Mix

Next up on CKFM we have Scottish DJ, producer, label owner & podcaster, Kieran Apter supplying a journey through house & it's variations.

The CB90 Dance Recordings boss cut his teeth in Edinburgh where he ran the night, Tweak_. Playing alongside the likes of Moodymann, Fort Romeau & Dorisburg. As well producing tracks that can often be heard in some of Europe's best clubs including Panorama Bar, DC10 & Sub Club. 

We hope you enjoy the mix as much as we did. 

Support the artist >>> https://soundcloud.com/kieran-apter

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Josh Bayat @joshua-bayat, based in London, wears a lot of hats, he's the head booker at Loft Manchester, runs the new label Pressure Control, and is also an agent at Poly Artist. A busy guy with serious talent, and it definitely shows in the special mix he recorded for Italo Moderni. It’s a killer blend of Jak, Chicago House, EBM, New Wave, Italo, and more. pure energy from start to finish. Josh is without a doubt a key player in the London scene. He’s played at some top spots around the UK, including a standout night a few months back with our friend Marcel Dettmann on the decks. Enjoy!

IM MIX 126: Josh Bayat

A long overdue mix from the recent R$N Recs cohort and all-around excellent person, Bleaching Agent.

Full interview here: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/bleaching-agent-the-altered-currents-mix/

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Bleaching Agent: The 'Altered Currents' Mix

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AniaraWL06: Mattias El Mansouri / Dorisburg (previews)

The Sustain-Release co-founder steps up to the Phonica mix just ahead of the acclaimed festival’s 11th year. 
New York has an iconic history when it comes to club music, and over the years has seen many great names emerge from its underground scene. In modern times, Aurora Halal is undoubtedly one of those names. 
Aurora has become a staple at forward-thinking institutions like Berghain, De School, and her home base, Nowadays, where she holds a residency. Alongside her international touring, she’s carved out her own vital space through the long-running Mutual Dreaming parties and Sustain-Release, the DIY-rooted festival she co-founded, which continues to push boundaries as it enters its second decade.
Her Phonica mix offers a vivid snapshot of her deep, intuitive approach to DJing—captured live at Mansions, a cozy NYC wine bar turned house party haven. Known for her genre-fluid sets that blend hypnotic techno, house, acid and experimental textures this is the perfect calling card to showcase why she can hold it down with a range of greats like DJ Nobu, Vladimir Ivkovic and more.
We had a chat about the mix with Aurora as well as touching off Sustain and some of her favorite moments at the festival.

Phonica Mix Series 134: Aurora Halal

As a member of W.H. Lung, Tom Sharkett has provided electronics for one of the best bands in the UK, including on their most recent, critically acclaimed LP, ‘Every Inch of Earth Pulsates’. These DIY, indie-oriented experimentations have slowly led Sharkett to unexpected places as a solo artist in club culture, via the portal of Manchester’s legendary venue, The White Hotel, where he was inspired by inspired by cult nights such as Red Lazer and Wet Play, 

Sharkett has since collaborated with artists such as System Olympia and Raf Rundell, as well as appearing on Optimo Music and Okay Nature Records. His subtle, spirited edit of LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Home’, released as a bootleg in early 2025, has recently re-emerged on DFA Records as an official release, just in time to become an unusual wistful summer anthem. 

Sharkett captures this fruitful moment in a contribution to Phantasy’s long-running mix series, which features a smattering of currently unreleased material, while bridging Cabaret Voltaire, Slowdive, Eden Burns and even Chappel Roan. True to the eclectic philosophy of Sharkett’s DJ and production trip so far, PHANTASYMIX 53 is a rare trip.

PHANTASYMIX 53: Tom Sharkett

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Each artist pushes dance music into strange, unconventional terrain — unafraid to embrace the peculiar, the abrasive, and sometimes even the ugly.

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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

Dockett Eddy -  head of the renowned Leeds/London based label Turnend Tapes, blesses us with an hour of dark, pulsating minimal & slinky stripped back grooves.

Dockett Eddy will be opening our first rally @ M.O.T, August 22nd.

After listening to this mix you'll see why.

Shady Mix 001 - Dockett Eddy

Craigie Knowes day-one affiliate The Burrell Connection rejoins the label for his much anticipated EP ‘I Waste My Time So You Don’t Have To’. Featuring the fantastic ‘E Before I’ which has been heard in various forms across Berlin’s underground in the past few months, accompanied by an additional version taken from The Burrell Connection’s recent LIVE performance in Tresor, invited by Wania's LNS & DJ Sotofett.

The B-Side comes correct with the dubbed-out power of ‘Celestial’ alongside the quintessential Burrell Connection galaxy-spanning pads and bass combo on ‘Ensemble’. One for the real heads, from dub to club.

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PREMIERE : The Burrell Connection - Ensemble

The first in our truelove. Podcast series comes from our resident DJ - Kieran Apter, and we couldn't have asked for a better way to kick things off.

Co-founder of Tweak_ and a regular on the Edinburgh circuit, Kieran has supported the likes of Mano le Tough, Lee Burridge and Tale of Us. With a forthcoming release on Chapter 24 we are very pleased to have him as part of the family.

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Live from the Chapter 24 Records takeover at Sisyphos Strand (Beach) Stage.

Closing the beach stage at Sisyphos back in August was possibly my favourite gig to date! I was a little nervous before going on as Katrinka had the crowd eating out of the palm of her hand before I started, but after a couple of tracks (and a couple of beers 😉) I relaxed into it, and it always helps having friends come along for a dance with you!

The place was packed by the time I got there and the sun came down as I played, you may be able to tell at which point by the track selection! Enjoy..

Live at Sisyphos Berlin 17.8.19

Live from Boiler Room: Edinburgh - this is Kieran Apter.

Kieran Apter | Boiler Room: Edinburgh

Subsonic Transmissions 19.87 FM #14

PT 1 - Harri 9pm-11pm
PT 2 - @kieran-apter 11pm-1:00am

Harri starting things off nicely before @tweak-edinburgh chief Kieran Apter steps up for the second half!

DISCLAIMER
Please bare with us if the stream drops out, Facebook is struggling with the sheer volume of people online at the minute but our trusty team of socially distanced tech elves will get things back up and running as quick as they can if any problems do arise and the stream might be split into multiple parts!!

Subsonic Transmissions 19.87 FM: Subculture with Harri & Kieran Apter #014 >>> KIERAN APTER

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Thanks to his impressive knowledge of house music and carefully curated DJ sets, Kieran Apter has risen through Edinburgh’s underground to become one of Scotland’s most exciting talents. Since founding esteemed club night, Tweak_, in 2015, where he warmed up for Mano Le Tough, Seth Troxler, Moodymann, San Proper, Fort Romeau, Dorisburg and more, he has since elevated his profile to play across landmark European venues such as Wire Club Leeds, Sisyphos Berlin and Night Tales in London. 

Raised in a musical household, with his father playing in various bands, Kieran’s early musical explorations ranged from rock to samba, and he developed a love for hip hop in his early teenage years. From a young age, Kieran would make the journey from his rural hometown of West Calder to Edinburgh, indulging himself in all the city had to offer, heading to raves and falling in love with dance music while still in school. After moving to the city when he was 18, he soon became a regular face on Edinburgh’s underground scene. 

It's this exposure to music that has given Kieran’s productions the sound that DJ Mag recently described as “warm, cosmic and deeply emotional”. He’s come a long way from his early ‘All I Want’ EP, that found its way into the sets of Dixon, Rampa, &ME and Andhim, and aired by both Pete Tong and B.Traits on their BBC Radio 1 shows. These days, Kieran’s output continues to grow, with high-profile gigs and an acclaimed Boiler Room for FLY Club at Cabaret Voltaire, as well as starting an independent record label showcasing his work and the work of various friends and artists who share the same love for quality underground dance music. His label, CB90 Dance Recordings, is a passion-driven project, inspired by youth culture and a deep-rooted heritage of dance music in Scotland. So far, releases include the likes of Man Power, Brain Dancing, Anthony Georges Patrice, as well as his own productions, which touch on house, techno and acid. 

Kieran’s ability to seamlessly flit between genres while offering profound and thoughtful components in each track make his records as suited to the dancefloor as solo listening. Consistently receiving DJ support from artists such as &ME, Butch, Theo Kottis, Konstantin Sibbold, Jennifer Cardini and Sean Johnston have meant his records soundtrack dancefloors at clubs like Panorama Bar, DC-10, and Subclub. 

In the last 18 months, Kieran’s music has gone on to receive multiple plays on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Scotland, becoming a regular feature and gaining support from the BBC Introducing programme. He holds residencies at both Crèche in London, run by Alexis Raphael, and Pleasure at Cabaret Voltaire alongside Theo Kottis, Alien Communications, IDA and more. He also opened the Boiler Room Stage at last year’s FLY OPEN AIR festival. 

With a busy release schedule taking us up to 2024, Kieran has set himself up well for an exciting future.

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