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Merge Records
RA Recommends
Dawn Richard - Second Line
The New Orleans native flirts with house, footwork and pop on her first album for indie giant Merge.
Jasmine Kent-Smith
Ninja Tune
Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever
A back-to-basics record that holds plenty of surprises.
Andrew Ryce
Reinforced Records
Rewind: 4hero - Mr. Kirk's Nightmare
A breakbeat classic that came straight out of hip-hop and soundsystem culture.
Kirk Degiorgio
Lemos
FadeFace - Artifacts
Hope you've got a room big enough for this techno.
Andrew Ryce
Keysound Recordings
Burial & Blackdown - Shock Power Of Love
A blissful split between two pillars of London dance music.
Andrew Ryce
Bizarre Trax
Felon5 - Moovin (Floating Deep Mix)
Loopy house with a flamboyant streak.
Henry Ivry
Butter Sessions
Various - 10 Years Of Butter Sessions
The Australian label celebrates the vibrant community it helped to create.
Sophie McNulty
Gobstopper Records
Mr. Mitch - Lazy
The London artist's third album is a compelling see-saw of energies and emotions.
Carlos Hawthorn

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Today's Album
Urbnet
Korea Town Acid - Metamorphosis
A colourful collection of drum & bass, dub and hip-hop from a key Toronto artist.
Henry Ivry
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Today's Single
Keysound Recordings
Burial & Blackdown - Shock Power Of Love
A blissful split between two pillars of London dance music.
Andrew Ryce

Singles

Self-released
Alya Al-Sultani - Three Ages Of Woman / Mother
Alya Al-Sultani's latest improvisation shows off her elegant but dramatic soprano vocals.
Michelle Aileru
Alphabet Street
Yen Sung & Photonz - Still
An intergenerational Lisbon house affair.
Henry Ivry
W.E.R.F. Records
ESINAM - New Dawn feat. Nadeem Din-Gabisi
Poetic Afro-jazz but with a beat bumping enough to make it danceable.
Nyshka Chandran
Microtones
otodojo - uproot and replant: an ode to forests
An epic 22-minute journey through field recordings, deep techno, trance and kosmische, with an environmental focus.
Andrew Ryce

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RA Podcast

RA.778 Dengue Dengue Dengue
Cutting-edge club sounds from Latin America and beyond.
RA.777 Flora Yin-Wong
Beguiling club sounds from a master collagist.
RA.776 dreamcastmoe
Bumping tunes with live vocals from the DC jack-of-all-trades.
RA.775 Endgame
Heart-on-sleeve club music.
RA.774 Channel Tres
Lively house music from an LA star.
RA.773 Laurine
Smooth, eclectic house from the Slow Life DJ.

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Mix of the day

Mix Of The Day: Camille Maria
Low key, groovy house from the Italian in Amsterdam for the always excellent Is Burning series.
Mix Of The Day: Sick Advisor
Three hours of vintage oddities from the Turin DJ duo.
Mix Of The Day: Stathis
Two hours of cosmic Balearica for your Sunday afternoon.
Mix Of The Day: Sapphire Slows
Otherworldly percussive jams from the one-of-a-kind Japanese DJ.
Mix Of The Day: Gore-txt
Slick, melodic and celestial techno from the Omaha DJ.
Mix Of The Day: Ivy Barkakati
The Barcelona-based DJ gets the party started.
Mix Of The Day: Tarzsa
Jazzy dance music of all stripes from the Manchester DJ.
Mix Of The Day: Sunil Sharpe
The Irish legend tears through 75 minutes of techno, hardcore and more for HATE.
Mix Of The Day: Tomu DJ
An all-originals mix from the exciting American producer.
Mix Of The Day: Yoshi Nori
Chugging disco and melodic house from the JIN label cofounder.
Mix Of The Day: Mamacita
The Santiago singer, DJ and producer delivers a feel-good house mix for your Friday.
Mix Of The Day: Nomadico
An encapsulation of the UR sound, including unreleased material, from the LA-based operative.
Mix Of The Day: Nicola Kazimiir
A selection of video game music—and plenty of banter—from the Swiss artist.
Mix Of The Day: livwutang
A smouldering mix of dub and weird techno from the buzzworthy Seattle DJ.
Mix Of The Day: 5ive & Samo
A tranquil jazz & ambient head trip from the Japanese/Swedish duo.
Mix Of The Day: LNS
A masterful mix from the Canadian artist as part of the ongoing Tresor 30 festivities.
Mix Of The Day: Wonja
"Hard sci-fi party tracks" from the Bay Area record collector.
Mix Of The Day: NIKS
An eclectic, house-centric set from the Black Bandcamp cofounder and radio host.
Mix Of The Day: Brian Not Brian
The Going Good cofounder with 90 minutes of downtempo, Krautrock, Afrobeat and other assorted gems.
Mix Of The Day: Osheyack & Nahash
A wildstyle yet precise mix from the SVBKVLT affiliates, rocketing from Vjuan Allure to Lil Wayne to Lemon D.
Mix Of The Day: Jordana
Drum & bass made for the biggest rooms, with plenty of soul, nuance and killer vocal hooks.
Mix Of The Day: Joy Orbison, DJ Lyster and Vegyn
A triple threat on this latest Radio 1 Residency session.
Mix Of The Day: NAP
From dembow to techno, a standout downtempo mix from the Montreal DJ.
Mix Of The Day: Total Freedom
Total Freedom live in Seoul at Cakeshop in 2014. Top form.
Mix Of The Day: Paurro
Life-affirming strains of hi-NRG, electro and acid from the Oaxaca-based DJ.
Mix Of The Day: Gavsborg
A dubplate special from the Equiknoxx Music mainstay, live from Hard Wax.
Mix Of The Day: Chloëdees
Hip-hop, vintage French house and a little Legowelt on this excellent mix for Apron Records' NTS show.
Mix Of The Day: Sally C & Cromby
The Belfast pair doing what they do best: peak-time heaters.
Mix Of The Day: DJ Lilocox
Hypnotic beats from the Príncipe affiliate.
Mix Of The Day: Mike Dehnert
Funky Fachwerk techno.
Mix Of The Day: Josey Rebelle
Here's a throwback—the London DJ's first ever Rinse FM show, from 2011.
Mix Of The Day: Oneohtrix Point Never
The synth and soundtrack master's first Essential Mix.
Mix Of The Day: Katerina
An all-Finnish special from the Helsinki artist.
Mix Of The Day: Jon Orve
Woozy, fluttery ambient sounds from Robert Johnson's See You Soon series.
Mix Of The Day: GIGAVIOLENCE
A rip-roaring mix that flips between jungle, hyperpop and all kinds of hard dance.
Mix Of The Day: Estimulo
Obscure house gems from the cult Berlin DJ.
Mix Of The Day: QOQEQA
An all-originals mix from a Peruvian act you need to hear.
Mix Of The Day: Russell E.L. Butler
An exhilarating mix of wave and house the Oakland artist.
Mix Of The Day: Ray Keith
A drum & bass legend live from Bang Face Weekender 2020 (along with dozens more recordings of the festival).
Mix Of The Day: Aaron J
Get to know one of techno's best-kept-secret DJs.
Mix Of The Day: Nemo & Castro
Pumping Hi-NRG and cosmic disco from the Sound Metaphors crew.
Mix Of The Day: Anna Morgan
Breakbeats, hip-hop and future-facing club music from the American DJ.
Mix Of The Day: Tim Sweeney
After 21 years, the Beats In Space host wraps up a legendary run on WNYU.
Mix Of The Day: Willow
A dreamy house mix that unspools into ambient and downtempo.
Mix Of The Day: DJ Tennis
A low-and-slow session on Amsterdam's new RRFM station.
Mix Of The Day: Jubilee & Evan Baggs
Two very, very good DJs doing their thing at The Lot Radio.
Mix Of The Day: internationalJOE
The OS Community cofounder takes inspiration from Paris Is Burning on this bumping Honcho mix.
Mix Of The Day: Stones Taro
Breakbeats and 2-step from an important Japanese artist.
Mix Of The Day: Jon Dixon
An hour of hi-tech jazz from the Detroit pianist and Underground Resistance affiliate.
Mix Of The Day: Ben UFO & Marionette
A low-key set from the master alongside a welcome showcase from the Toronto label.

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Playlists

Apple Music

Spotify

Listen to a playlist in homage to Roland's TB-303
We've selected 115 tracks spanning hip-hop, house, ambient and, of course, acid.
Listen to a playlist of 100 electronic interludes
Paying tribute to the short and often overlooked detours on a record.

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RA Recommends

Merge Records
2021
Dawn Richard - Second Line
The New Orleans native flirts with house, footwork and pop on her first album for indie giant Merge.
Jasmine Kent-Smith

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