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MY CLOSING SET AT BRET FOR VAULT AFTERHOURS LAST FEBRUARY. BIT MESSY IN THE END BUT HEY ITS NOT MANIC MONDAY FOR NO REASON!! PS TOBIAS NOG GEFELICITEERD!! #BRET #TAFKAMP #VAULTAFTERHOURS #TUURLIJK #OUWESTYLE

MANIC MONDAY CLOSING SET @ BRET FOR VAULT AFTERHOURS (27-02-2022)

Here is the full recording of a sunday evening at trouw. Imagine a couple of hundred people in a dark basement, a journey reaching all the corners of the room, from bottom to the top.... catch the vibe.

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Recorded with the gentle support of RBMA Radio.

http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/hunee-live-at-trouw

Hunee - Live at Trouw (ADE Closing Night - October 2013)

Skee Mask is one of dance music's greatest crossover stories of the past decade, with new albums greeted with the attention usually reserved for an Aphex Twin or a Caribou. ("Loved seeing this on r/indieheads," said one Reddit user, on the release of the 2021 LP Pool.) It's not hard to understand why: albums like Compro, he blends well-worn dance music tropes with incredible, detailed soundscapes and spine-tingling melodies. And on his 12-inches, he brings that sensibility to the dance floor, with an approach probably best described as articulate. Even on his most ambient of tracks, everything is in its right place. Along with founders the Zenker Brothers, his music outlines everything that makes Munich outfit Ilian Tape one of the best techno labels going.

On the decks, it's kind of a different story. It might surprise you if you only know his albums, but Skee Mask is an incredible DJ, balancing his predilection for hip-hop and UK-informed sounds with laser-focused techno. He can adapt to all sorts of situations—there's an incredible recording of him DJing with four of the best grime and drum & bass MCs in the business—and on his RA Podcast he focuses on the techno side of things, with nearly two hours of pacey techno and creative mixing, with dips into acid, electro, garage and more. It's a party-starting mix from a genuine star, perfect for getting through the holiday doldrums or pre-gaming your NYE plans. Like Skee Mask's best records, it's something to enjoy in any number of settings.

@skeemask-music

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/864

RA podcast

RA.864 Skee Mask

Recording of Identified Patient's set at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Identified Patient at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Recording of Marie Montexier's (vinyl only) set at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Marie Montexier at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Recording of Peach's set at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023.

Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Peach at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Recording of Roza Terenzi's set at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023.

Roza Terenzi at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Recording of Skee Mask & Stranger's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

Dekmantel Festival 2023

Skee Mask & Stranger at Dekmantel Festival 2023

Narciss stepped up to open the Pitch Black stage on the second day of Pitch Music & Arts 2024. Listening back, you'd never guess it was only 7 PM.

@itsnarciss
@pitchfestival

RA Live - Narciss - Pitch Music & Arts 2024, Australia

1 hour dj set I made for Reform Radio in Manchester before the Mixing Mates party at YES Basement.

Feel free to ask the tracks IDs in comments

Herr Krank DJ Set for Reform Radio Manchester 3rd May 2024

Maximalist house from the sibling duo at the forefront of Berlin's new wave. 

Berlin is built on dance music. But of the many DJs who live, work and play there, few represent the evolution in the city's club culture like Tania and Dominik Humeres-Correa, AKA S-candalo. If the city was once governed by the tyranny of minimal, the post-pandemic era has cemented its reputation as the spot for "more-is-more" club soundtracks. It's still house and techno, but the chords are big, the drums are big and the basslines are even bigger. 

Nowadays, S-candalo are firm favourites at hotspots across the German capital, from Panorama Bar to Multisex and Radiant Love (not forgetting La Noche, their own burgeoning party). The duo find rich inspiration in '90s-era Latin house, a sound that takes New York house and incorporates rolling percussion from Latin genres such as samba, popularised on labels like Cutting Records and Strictly Rhythm (there's not one but two records from the latter in this mix). 

RA.956 fittingly lands at the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month in the US (more on that to come) and it's a resolutely fun affair. The duo's RA Podcast has got drive, sultry vocals and enough bounce to make you want to keep dancing way beyond the 90-minutes, marrying percussion-heavy house and ballroom with trance-inflected Eurodance from the '90s and early 2000s. (Oh, and a Shakira moment.) 

Genres aside, the duo's musical raison d'etre is pleasure. Perhaps the real scandal here is how it took us so long to get them on the series.

@s-candalo @thc_dj @dhc_bln

Read more at ra.co/podcast/956

RA Podcast

RA.956 S-candalo

Salome and SPFDJ tearing up the DEKMANTEL RADAR stage at Dekmantel 2024

Dekmantel Ten - Salome & SPFDJ ｜ Radar - Aug 2 ⧸ 2024

A new record for the longest RA Podcast ever: Ten hours from the powerhouse duo sweeping techno, Chlär and Alarico.

Both commanding performers in their own right, sparks fly when the Swiss-Italian duo of Funk Assault combine. The buzz surrounding their productions, DJing and their label Primal Instinct is at fever pitch, and short wonder: when it comes to gritty, high-impact sets that barrel through multiple shades of techno, few are in their league right now.

RA.960 was laid down at Watergate this March during a signature Funk Assault marathon. The pair ramp up incrementally, and even before they hit top velocity, you can hear them ripping through records with tenacity and verve. You don't need elbows in your face to tell the place is rocking.

We're informed that ID'ing the set would probably take longer than playing it (fair enough), so no tracklist for this one. Instead, fill in the blanks at your leisure. As well as 150+ BPM stompers and groove wormholes, there's everything from tribal to ballroom, electro to bassbin rattlers, and plenty of classics. 

As an encapsulation of a night out's full arc, RA.960 does the business—and best of all, you won't even need a trip to the bar for water. The gauntlet has been thrown down.

@primalinstinctrecords @funkassault_og @chlaer @alarico_katana

Read more at ra.co/podcast/960

RA.960 Funk Assault

The beloved DJ unpacks his most influential records in our flagship live series, Playing Favourites, recorded at Dekmantel in August.

Palms Trax, the beloved British DJ and producer considered a "veteran" of the scene at only 33 years old, hit it big with a career breakout back in 2015. Since then, he's become known for his long-running radio show and record label, Cooking With Palms Trax, where he releases new music, reissues and more. His style is soulful, gravitating towards low-BPM house, disco, zouk and everything in between.

Recorded at Dekmantel in August, this RA Exchange is the latest edition of our flagship live series, Playing Favourites, where we invite artists to curate and dissect some of the records that shaped their approach to music. Palms Trax speaks to RA editor Gabriel Szatan about the song that acted as a gateway to his musical education; the track that turned him onto the idea of making music; and the band that he considers to be the "coolest of all time," as well as forthcoming music on his own label.

What unites these releases, Palms Trax says, is a powerful, ageless and immediately accessible sensibility. They aren't about technical mastery but about feeling. As music-making has become easier with the advent of perfectly engineered online samples, there's more and more appeal in music with humanity and character. Listen to the episode in full.

EX.743 Palms Trax

If Darwin were still around, he’d probably name David Vunk the final form of dance floor evolution. 30+ years in the game, still as fresh as ever and not slowing down. His set at Liberté Liberté 2025? Living proof.

David Vunk at Liberté Liberté 2025

MORNING DOGWALK MIX (28 YEARS AROUND THE SUN)

Ook dit jaar had ik weer het genoegen mij te mogen bevinden op het welberaamde "Villa Festival" van mijn vrienden bij BD.
Dank voor iedereen die aanwezig was en met mij heeft gedanst.

Hier vind je mijn set van het feest, met een paar extra nummers die niet mochten ontbreken.
Veel plezier tijdens het luisteren :)

David Vunk at Liberté Liberté 2025

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