This is our number one podcast. Hopefully it will now be monthly.

A wishmix made for you by Vicram.

To A. Bainbridge, A. Duval, A. Moreira 
and J.J. Ficat.

Tigersushi Podcast #1 - Vicram / Adam Mix

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Xique-Xique (Brazil)
Xique-Xique is a Brazilian music project created by Xavier Fabre, a french music producer with a wide range of styles and influences. This is a Special set for Mutant Radio gathering some of his european music influences

Xique-Xique (Brasil) [思考と発想(Thoughts And Ideas)Time] [25.02.2023]

Music composed by Henning Specht 

Song from the album "Pontem",
The album will released in 2024 on "SENTINELLE".
Drawing by Henning Specht 
Artwork by Wasabi-Artwork
All instruments played by Henning Specht except 
saxophone alto & tenor played by Sebastian von Keler
drums by Gaël Duong Van Dang

Berlin/Toulouse 2023

En improvisant au piano un jour,
me sont venus ces accords, et pour trouver une mélodie de chant, je me suis mis à chanter "Au clair de la Lune" par dessus, mais avec d'autres notes.
J'ai fait écouter la chanson à ma famille, ils ont tous adoré et j'ai dû leur promettre de ne pas changer de paroles. Voilà pour l'histoire, bonne écoute et joyeux Noël !
Vous retrouverez "Au clair de la lune" sur l'album "Pontem" de Henning Specht qui sortira en 2024 chez SENTINELLE.


Lyrics:

Au clair de la Lune
Mon ami Pierrot
Prête-moi ta plume
Pour écrire un mot
Ma chandelle est morte
Je n'ai plus de feu
Ouvre-moi la porte
Pour l'amour de Dieu
Au clair de la Lune,
Pierrot se rendort,
il rêve à la lune,
son coeur bat si fort,
car toujours si bonne,
pour l'enfant tout blond,
elle le lui donne,
son croissant d'argent.

Henning Specht - Au Clair De La Lune

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)

@andrew-weatherall

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

Roro Chitown Booty Mixxxx (2002) Part 1.1

12″ with HQ Printed Sleeve 
SIDE A / KARMA 
SIDE B / GUETO DE GENT 

The latest Deewee release sees the Belgian brothers hook up with Sao Paulo duo Phillipi and Rodrigo, otherwise known as Fatnotronic, for a pair of road testing club killers. Experimenting with synths, European club sounds and the rhythms and textures of their native Brazil, the duo have hit upon a unique sound which has done serious damage on the Despacio sound system in recent months. A-side cut "Karma" is a playful acid stomper built out of Wink-esque resonating synth lines, circular marimbas, village square breaks (complete with church bells and loose chickens) and some solid drum programming. On the B-side, the vocal led "Gueto De Gent" drops the pace and bubbles away with a body moving bassline and sunny synth sounds, treating us to some modern Balearic beat for the slower dancefloor.

Many Thanks Soulwax!!!!






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