To an international audience, NIKS might be best known as one of the cofounders of Black Artist Database, but she's also an incredible DJ. And public speaker. Over the past few years, through a mix of activism, thought and DJing, the London selector has created an all-encompassing approach to her artistry that centers dance music, social justice and an endless desire to uplift those around her, especially Black artists. Through Black Artist Database, NIKS has created a resource to support Black ...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 36 min
Physical Therapy has as many vibes as he does aliases. You never really know what you're going to get from his sets—you can probably count on a bit of UK garage and some breakbeats, but beyond that, it's a free-for-all. He's gone through phases ranging from DIY pop edits to grayscale Berlin techno to all the fantastic and unpredictable music on his label Allergy Season to his latest EP of vocal-heavy 2-step tracks, part of a recent move towards more emotional dance music that he says captures hi...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 20 min
The first weekend of February was a big one for Ahad Elley, AKA Ahadadream. On the Friday, he was featured in Vogue India alongside other South Asian artists and crews currently lighting up UK dance music. 24 hours later, he launched a residency at London club Colour Factory, playing to a packed crowd who, during a brief power cut, chanted his name like adoring teenagers. To outsiders, this might feel like a story of overnight success, but Elley has been grafting away for years: DJing, producing...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Nicolá Cruz is a master of meaningful engagement. Whether he's studying North African melodies or spiritual chants, he shows profound respect for a given sound's cultural context. This is evident across his entire discography. His earliest releases on Multi Culti and ZZK Records layerered traditional woodwinds and percussion with folktronica and tribal house, reflecting a holistic understanding of global rhythms. His more recent work takes an adventurous, polyglot approach to club music, with EP...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Chris Clark's music is hard to describe, but if you wanted to explain it to an electronic music fan, you might use the dreaded term "IDM" to encompass the many strange and alluring records, some frantic, some chill, the UK producer has put out through Warp over the years. We can be a bit more specific: he uses field recordings, out-there drum patterns and all kinds of hardware (seriously, there's a lot) to make make meticulously processed music, some of which you can dance to. Lately, though, he...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 17 min
GiGi FM is a trained dancer, which gives her a deeper insight into the intrinsic relationship between music and bodily movement. You can read a lot more about her philosophy and approach in the interview below, but you don't even need to know about it to hear this in her RA Podcast—a collection of swirling deep techno that rivals anything made by the usual cohort of "hypnotic" techno heads. Looking at the tracklist doesn't really do it justice, but the names involved give you an idea of what to ...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 57 min
Southeast Asia is made up of diverse dance music markets that feel strongest when united. A steady stream of cross-border collaborations has come to define the region's underground nightlife, with Bangkok-based Sunju Hargun at the forefront of many of these exchanges. Over the years, he's honed a signature sound of minimal techno, tribal rhythms and deep downtempo while playing in Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam. Inspired by the traditional music of these countries, his DJ sets and productions ...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 17 min
If gqom has a CEO, it's probably DJ Lag. The South African artist has found enormous success since teaching himself to produce and DJ as a teenager in Durban, to the point that he famously worked with Beyoncé on the Lion King soundtrack. His style of gqom, a heaving, powerful type of club music, has become sleek and often catchy, growing from classic tracks like "Ice Drop" into thrilling hybrids like "Lucifer," his collaboration with amapiano artist Lady Du. Like so much dance music around the w...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr
Over three hours of ambient and rolling rhythms from a master of minimal. Since his early days as a resident at the legendary Montreal afterhours club Stereo, Maher Daniel has been a stalwart in the world of minimal-leaning house music. It was there that he learned and mastered the foundations of his style: deep melodies, rolling beats, extended mixes, all put together with a wash of psychedelia. Following a move to Barcelona, the Palestinian-Canadian DJ more firmly struck out on his own, appear...
Feb 14, 2022•3 hr 3 min
Flava D brings us into her world of garage, bassline, grime and, now, drum & bass. Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/818 @flava_d
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr
Late-night murmurs and coldwave rhythms from a one-of-a-kind DJ. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/817 @okodj
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 36 min
A sunny live recording of the Peckham DJ in Melbourne. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/816 @bradleyzero
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 59 min
Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/815 @sky_h1
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Eclectic, global club selections from one of Rinse FM's most beloved DJs. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/814 @jyotysingh
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Warehouse music. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/813 @melladeemusic
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Old-school house from a UK standard-bearer. Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/812 @chesus-aka-earl-jeffers
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/811 @sound-metaphors
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 32 min
Ballroom club music from one of the genre's most important artists. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/810 @djmikeq
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Breathtaking club music with a cinematic twist. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/809 @CORINMUSIC
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Our 808th podcast comes from one of the most exciting and inspiring names in techno. Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/808 @chippynonstop
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min
A three-hour journey—and we mean journey—through downtempo, disco and techno. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/807 @fortromeau
Nov 22, 2021•2 hr 47 min
Dense and dizzy neon techno from a Georgian artist on the rise. Read more; http://ra.co/podcast/806 @salome-664218599
Nov 15, 2021•57 min
Autumnal ambient from a master downtempo DJ. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/805 @grandriver
Nov 08, 2021•59 min
The world at 118 BPM. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/804 @0riana
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Forward-thinking techno played by a master of the CDJs. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/803 @julianahuxtable
Oct 25, 2021•57 min
100 percent amapiano. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/802 @caltonic-sa
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Broken techno and eclectic beats from the DJ formerly known as TSASHA. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/801 @laeloblack
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr
On our 800th RA Podcast, New Jersey's club queen spreads the East Coast club gospel. Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/800 @UNiiQU3
Oct 04, 2021•59 min
Groovy house and techno from one of the most influential women in dance music. Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/799 @djminx
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 43 min
A murky ride through dystopian techno and hard dance from a new kid on the block. Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/798 @wantonwitch
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 16 min
