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

Norwegian-Algerian DJ-producer Karima F delivers a stunning self-titled debut EP on her label Schloss - an imprint she runs out of a disused Porsche repair shop. 

Ahead of its release on February 1, Karima F has offered up the first single on the three-track 12", 'Random Loop From Doepfer Site' - a track driven by voluminous breaks and bubbling synth compositions that give way to something more ethereal.

Karima F's debut EP drops via Schloss on February 1

Pre-order: https://bit.ly/2MHAvl4

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Premiere: Karima F 'Random Loop From Doepfer Site'

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??? - You Know Less Than You Think [Kompakt - TBC]                    

Pseudopolis  - Super Soaker [H+P: Clyde Built 5.0 Compilation]                   

Croft - Pink Cyanide [Universe Language]                  

Miss Kittin and The Hacker - Upstart [Dark Entries]
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Maelstrom - Turbulence [C Know Evil]         

Marie Davidson - Chasing The Light [Ninja Tune]                             

Octo Octa - Can You See Me? [T4TLUVNRG]                        

KATERINA - It's Too Late [Tigersushi]                        

Lerosa - Self Inflicted [Acid Test]

Universe Language with Cimmerii - 10 September 2019

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Leaning right into the Greek associations, this release is a celebration of the power of feminine energy in earthly creation. You know we love a concept.

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Gaia EP

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Algorythm - Pandora (Original Mix)

Algorythm - Gaia (Original Mix) [Universe Language Records]        

Fujiya & Miyagi - Flashback (W. H. Lung Remix) [Free DL]                   
Super Paolo - In Your Shadow (Original Mix) [Forthcoming - Disco Milk Records - 15Nov19]     

Essaie Pas - Earth [DFA]         

Octo Octa - Spin Girl, Let's Activate! [T4TLUVNRG]

India Jordan - Bulbasaur Shuffle [Local Action]         

Anna Wall & Corbi - DAT 3 [Forthcoing - Ritual Poison - 1Nov19]                            

Algorythm - Pandora (Original Mix) [Universe Language Records]

Croft - Les Galaxies [MNSHN]                                   

Joshua James - Journeys In Love (Joe Goddard Remix) [Phantasy]

Robyn  Baby Forgive Me (Young Marco Remix) [Konichiwa - TBC]  

Le Rubrique - Children Of The 80s (Original Mix) [NDYD]

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Universe Language with Cimmerii - 24 October 2019

PRE-ORDER DIGIVEX PT.1 : https://universelanguage.bandcamp.com/album/digivex-pt-1

We're honoured to have our next release with the spiritually-enlightened https://soundcloud.com/universe-language-records/ label, run under the loving hand of https://soundcloud.com/cimmeriicimmerii . To celebrate, we've shaken up a cocktail of heavy foot-tappers for your 458th weekend of quarantine.

Tracklist:

Creta Kano - False Water (Bruce's Hi-Fi Mix)
Darwin Chamber Presents Ghetto Electro - Bay Area M.U.D
Nick Araguay - Saka Motto
I:Cube - Deep Republik
Brother G - Learning Curves
SFV Acid - French Delmar
Casino Times - Bones (forthcoming 2020)
mul.apin - The Only Game I Know
Deego Fresh - Metaphysics
Darren Allen - Strange World
Dominik Eulberg - Die Rotbauchunken Vom Tegernsee (Robag Wruhme's Bombina Bum Remix)
Casino Times - Auto-Nostalgia (forthcoming on Universe Language Records)
DJ Octopus - Eventually House
Luca Lozona - Biohazard
Lady Blacktronika - Fucked Up
Kask - Broccoli
Casino Times - Echo Chamber (forthcoming on Universe Language Records)

Our new two track EP - DIGIVEX PT.1 - is a reflection on today's feverish online climate, where posting under the cloak of anonymity provokes vexed discourse amongst the politically charged. DIGIVEX PT.1 lands 26th JUNE 2020.

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DIGIVEX PT.1

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It seems mad that we've not had the @casino-times boys in the mix series before now?! We've been kicking about London with these two for yeeears and somehow timings never really lined up until recently. We've always loved Joe and Nick's taste in music that always searches for something off the beaten path... something special that you wouldn't expect or be instantly able to categorise. 

Finally in this fucked up year we managed to get the boys involved in some exclusive SB business... Their track Bones will be coming out next month on our Dancing With Friends album and its a beaaautiful pulsing hypnotic track that takes you on a swirling late night trip. 
Buy Dancing With Friends - https://fanlink.to/dancingwithfriends

You should also 100% check out their latest releases!

Politique on Rebirth :
https://www.junodownload.com/products/camelia-shelf-max-rebirth-lab-vol-7/4586762-02/

Digivex Pt.1:
https://universelanguage.bandcamp.com/album/digivex-pt-1?fbclid=IwAR3CJ2zAb8LxwtLrizo5TXn5VShiNqe8E6nQLkVlgDFUVo8zrihZrzk0TlM

Now onto a reaaaaaally special mix that they've put together for us... we love these super crafted mixes and its one of those ones that you're going to have to come back to again and again for its diversity and flow. Its the weekend people! Lets goooooo!

DANCING WITH FRIENDS

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