An archive of my "Daily Digs" curation series from my Instagram page, where I share music that's been moving me, and write a few words about the music......... follow my Instagram at https://instagram.com/djkevobrien  --- this will be a work in progress as I have a couple years of selections to add to this playlist, which actually takes a bit more time than I imagined it would. Cheers and love. - Vek / Kev

Daily Digs: by Vek Neirbo / Kev Obrien

Chance EP

Chance Dub

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Premiere: A1 - Vlad Arapasu - Hidden In The Chaos [ITW005]

Mariano Mateljan is a Croatian DJ and producer who has long been a key figure in his country's underground electronic music scene. Growing up in Split during the 90s and early 2000s, his musical journey was shaped by the city's thriving club culture, which introduced him to a wide spectrum of sounds, from house to techno and drum’n’bass. Known for his deep, groovy, and minimalistic style, Mariano has established himself as both a DJ and label head, launching the u.dig imprint to showcase like-minded artists. His work has earned him widespread respect, with support from industry heavyweights like Ricardo Villalobos and Sonja Moonear, while his releases and remixes continue to push the boundaries of electronic music. 

While we premiered his new EP here, we also had a chat with Mariano. Head to the site for more.

Premiere: Mariano Mateljan - Giseigo [Equal Audio]

Picasso - NSR012

A memorable all night set at London's Night Tales Loft 
Big thank you to all the dancers!

Move D @ NT-Loft London 2025-02-21

The first half of RA.996 is Ron Trent's take on luxurious house.

As part of our countdown to RA.1000, a milestone in the 24-year history of RA's weekly mix series, we're switching up the usual format. The next few editions will pair two acts who complement each other's strengths, offering a fresh take on a particular community, scene or style. 

This week, we're zeroing in on Ron Trent and Ash Lauryn, two names who fly the flag high for old-school US house—a foundational pillar of the electronic underground. 

Trent takes the A-side. Hailing from Chicago, the birthplace of house, the pioneer is a master of finding the sweet spot where machine music meets organic instrumentation.  Listen to any DJ set or record in his extensive back catalogue and you'll find a wealth of exquisitely expressive melodies and deep, spiritual frequencies, making him the ideal narrator for any survey on house. (If you've only got a moment, sink into "Morning Factory," nine minutes of perfection.) 

Trent's return to the RA Podcast, 19 years after his debut in 2006, represents his many decades of expertise in fusing funk with gorgeous musicianship under the umbrella of heart-stirring house. Some may call it a masterclass but to us, it's just Trent doing what he does best.

Listened to as a whole, RA.996 is a powerful snapshot of house's elegance, class and most importantly, understated yet innately euphoric joy.

Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/997

RA.996 Ron Trent

my official summer mixtape contribution
recorded at the wonderful fidelity for subject dublin on july 4th 2025 - what a night - thank you!! <3<3<3

move d @ fidelity, subject dublin 25-07-04

A mix I did for Nick Spurway's radio show. Full show is here: https://soundcloud.com/radioelectronicajena/re-australia-pres-simon-caldwell-radio-electronica-i-2025-07-05
Tracklist: 
The Sounds of Blackness - The Pressure (intro)
Will Long - ACID TRAX N DJ (Sprinkles Acid Dog remix)
Lance DeSardi - In The Midst
Monty Luke - Monty Luke’s Blues
Serenda - Angry Sol
Frits Wentink - Rhythm and Blaze
Sole Fusion - Bass Tone
C.K - 99 Bass Tones (Only Used 3!)   
Steeve O’Sullivan - Turf Wars
Ash Lauren - Dancing In The D 
Waajeed - Neptune's Symphony
C.K - Laced
Session Victim - Pulse of Memory (Frits Wentink Remix)
Red Rack’em - Secret Banger
Warren Raww - Is You Is
Windows - Life Knocked Me

2025 Deep Club Mix

120 minutes of pooled music.  

https://www.instagram.com/ianpooley.ofc
https://soundcloud.com/ianpooley



Ian Pooley @ The Lot Radio 07-21-2025

Justin Carter from the moment he starts to coax the first dancers onto the floor until he brings it to boil. Live from the Mister Sunday booth in the back yard of Nowadays on Sunday, July 20, 2025, from around 4pm until 6pm.

How I Build A Floor / Justin Carter at Mister Sunday, July 20, 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)

@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

For RA.1000, we take it back to the source with two never-before-heard tapes from Frankie Knuckles's private collection

There is no house music without Frankie Knuckles, literally or figuratively. The queer icon's luxurious DJ sets at Chicago's Warehouse gave a rising movement its name. From there, countless offshoots splintered and travelled the globe. But what did the genesis and growth of the sound really feel like?

The Godfather of House left behind not only timeless records, but personalised cassettes with hand-drawn liner notes handed out to friends and family. Two of those, dated to 1989 and 1996, have been digitised especially for RA.1000. (Thank you to the Frankie Knuckles Foundation.)

To put that in context: the first tape predates not only many of today's active clubbers, but the entire existence of jungle, drum & bass, UK garage, French touch, Jersey club, Afrobeats, IDM, baile funk, hardcore, footwork, dubstep, dub techno, tech house, breaks, minimal, maximal, gqom, gabber, grime and hyperpop.

In short… that's a very, very long time ago. The world of dance music was much smaller. DJ culture was functionally unrecognisable from the one we see in 2025. 

And yet, to some degree, what you'll hear on RA.1000 hasn't changed at all. It's a capture of not only what made Frankie Knuckles one of the beloved pioneers of first-generation dance music, but what draws people to club culture in the first place.

The mood on these Frankie Knuckles sets outlasts even its creator: a spirit of optimism that floods the world's best dance floors and keeps dance music pulsing on into the future, nearly 40 years later, in spite of it all. We end our 1000th mix celebrations here because it all starts there.

Find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1018. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Frankie Knuckles

Did a little secret set in the woods for the Hush Club at Wildwood this year

Skyrager @The Hush Club - Wildwood 2025

I had the pleasure to open Phonox on the 6th of September, warming up for Harrison BDP and Session Victim. I had the best time taking the room from empty to vibing, handing the room over to the boys in the best state I could get it to. 2 hours of pure house. Enjoy <3

Ariane V - Live at Phonox 06/09/2025

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DJ Le Roi Feat. Roland Clark - I Get Deep (Original Mix)

🌀 Founder of Hypnodose Records: new label and party series dedicated to hypnotic minimalist grooves with music coming from Max Jacobson, Lizz, Silat Beski, Costin Rp, Fedo, Andrey Djackonda & Minube, Loopdeville, and more.   //////////
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https://soundcloud.com/hypnodose-records

DJ/Producer/Label owner & manager:

Various aliases over the years: Kev Obrien / Vek Neirbo / Raconteur / Manhattan Projject (with Chris Luzz) / Stranjjur 

15+ years in the game as a DJ, over 25 years as a soldier in the rave / club scene. 

Now residing in Denver, USA. Formerly from Brooklyn, NYC and Tampa Bay area in Florida.

You can find a full archive of DJ mixes across various aliases and styles,  spanning from 2008 through 2024 here on this playlist: 

Mix Archive:
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/6DZhT

Label manager of Hypnodose, Superlux Records, Vibe Me To The Moon.



record label :
https://www.discogs.com/fr/label/1119605-yoyaku
owning yydistribution
http://www.yydistribution.fr

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