Best Azu Podcasts (2024)

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Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Azu Nwagbogu in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 29:55

12d ago29:55

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On this episode I'm joined by Azu Nwagbogu, curator and a National Geographic Explorer at large and director and founder of Lagos Photo Festival and African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), a non-profit organization based in Lagos, Nigeria dedicated to the promotion of art in Africa with the purpose of developing talent, creating societal awareness, and …

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Neil Johnstone of NJ Spray Finishes 1:18:45

2h ago1:18:45

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RA.949 DJ PGZ 1:00:30

1d ago1:00:30

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A roaring hour from one of the most vital talents in Naarm: First Nations producer Paul Gorrie, AKA DJ PGZ.The Gunai/Kurnai and Yorta Yorta artist is a fixture of forward-thinking dance music in Australia, with releases on labels like Butter Sessions, Pure Space and !K7, as well as numerous club and festival gigs on the circuit. An international br…

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EX.725 AUX88 59:40

5d ago59:40

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"If someone from Detroit wins, it's another win for Detroit." The duo discuss their longtime roots in the Motor City and how their work has evolved after more than 30 years in the game.To commemorate August 8th, we're featuring an interview with the Detroit duo AUX88. Tommy Hamilton—AKA TOMTOM—and William “BJ” Smith—AKA POSATRONIX—are pioneers cele…

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Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Wael Shawky in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 19:24

5d ago19:24

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On this episode I’m joined by Wael Shawky. Wael Shawky is an Egyptian artist working between Alexandria and Philadelphia, whose practice is based on extensive periods of research and inquiry, tackling notions of national, religious and artistic identity through film, performance and storytelling. Shawky reconsiders historical narratives and contemp…

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RA.948 Amor Satyr & Siu Mata 2:07:40

9d ago2:07:40

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Speedy percussion meets screwface basslines: the Parisian club maestros are in session. Trying to find one word to describe the music of Amor Satyr and Siu Mata could run you into difficulty. But if we were to try, we'd reach for amphibian: slippery, nimble and evading borders with ease.With solo and shared releases on labels like SSPB, HARDLINE, T…

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EX.724 Max Richter 48:12

12d ago48:12

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"The first time I heard a Moog, it blew my mind." The esteemed neoclassical composer talks about his long standing love of synthesisers and his forthcoming album, In A Landscape.German-born British composer Max Richter has led the vanguard for post-minimalist classical music. His work has soundtracked major film and TV, ballets, runway shows and ex…

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Josh Millburn of The Mills Decorating 1:21:12

14d ago1:21:12

1:21:12

Send us a Text Message. Now then we’re back! We'd highly appreciate it if you would share this with like-minded individuals. And also if you could pop over to iTunes and leave a review it helps us get out there to more listeners. Hitting subscribe means you’ll never miss a future episode when they are released as we are hoping to bring you some bon…

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RA.947 LYDO 1:04:57

17d ago1:04:57

1:04:57

What does great techno sound like in 2024? Enter LYDO. This week's RA Podcast captures @lydole in full flow, combining the old-school vernacular of European and North American techno—reduced rhythms, hi-hats and punchy 909s—with tracks from the new guard (Sev Dah, GiGi FM, D.Dan) sprinkled throughout.After moving to New York in 2015, the Vietnamese…

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EX.723 KMRU 55:36

19d ago55:36

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"Soundscapes reveal a lot about how people think and behave." The field recordist and musician talks about listening culture, repatriating African sounds and his new album with The Bug.Today's conversation moves away from the dance floor, focusing instead on the soft, ambient soundscapes of the Berlin-based musician Joseph Kamaru—AKA KMRU—whose wor…

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Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - MADEYOULOOK in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 37:43

19d ago37:43

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On this episode I'm joined by MADEYOULOOK the South African, Johannesburg based interdisciplinary artist collaborative between Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho. The works of MADEYOULOOK take as their point of departure everyday Black practices that have either been historically overlooked or deemed inconsequential. These works encourage a re-observa…

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RA.946 Dar Disku 1:30:43

23d ago1:30:43

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Bangers from around the globe. Dar Disku launched with a question: how to channel heritage into dance floor elation? Well, when your name translates to 'home of the disco,' the brief feels pretty self-explanatory.In the first few years, that meant crafting edits of Khaliji hi-NRG and Bollywood soundtracks to fit contemporary 'crates. They took off …

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EX.722 Bicep 1:02:54

26d ago1:02:54

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"We used to roll up socks in our shoes to give us an extra inch." The childhood friends talk about coming of age in Belfast and their label and event series, CHROMA.Bicep—the Irish duo Andrew Ferguson and Matthew McBriar—have been winning over the hearts of fans with trance-inflected, melancholic dance music since 2009. In this interview with RA ed…

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Everything is Connected: African Artists & Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Aindrea Emelife in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 27:44

26d ago27:44

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On this episode I’m joined by Aindrea Emelife. Aindrea Emelife is a Nigerian-British curator and art historian specializing in modern and contemporary art, with a focus on questions around colonial and decolonial histories in Africa, transnationalism and the politics of representation. Aindrea is currently Curator, Modern and Contemporary at MOWAA …

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Josh Kubler of Xel Tapes 1:27:28

28d ago1:27:28

1:27:28

Send us a Text Message. Now then we’re back! For those of you who aren’t aware and listening through the usual platforms like Apple Podcasts, these episodes are now also going out on our YouTube channel. So you can see us in all our glory….. well not that way but you know what I mean So we'd appreciate it if you would share this with like-minded in…

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RA.945 KYRUH 1:06:51

30d ago1:06:51

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Wormhole techno from a DJ you need to know. KYRUH is a high-impact specialist forced in the crucible of modern NYC's notable spaces, including WIRE, Dweller and Bossa Nova Civic Club. Their sound is that of a DJ skilled at pressure without requiring shortcuts through obvious terrain, adept at hammering it without defaulting to speed alone.After yea…

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Everything is Connected: African Artists and Curators in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Trailer 3:47

1M ago3:47

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Light Work presents: Everything is Connected: African Artists in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale! ⁠sponsored by The Africa Institute, Global Studies University launching next week! The Africa Institute, Global Studies University, is an interdisciplinary academic research institute dedicated to the study, research and documentation of Africa…

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RA.944 TSVI 1:23:06

1M ago1:23:06

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As a producer and DJ, TSVI is in the form of his life—which you can't always say for an artist a decade in. He's been an enduring presence through several underground cycles for a reason: the man knows how to flow.TSVI's RA Podcast features a solid number of new and forthcoming cuts from the current vanguard pushing club music forward, amongst them…

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Kenturah Davis: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 29:04

1M ago29:04

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On this episode I'm joined by Kenturah Davis as we discuss her latest exhibition and her first solo in the UK with Stephen Friedman gallery. Kenturah Davis is a visual artist based between Los Angeles, California and Accra, Ghana. Her work oscillates between various facets of portraiture and design. Using text as a point of departure, she explores …

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Dave Hunter 1:25:38

1M ago1:25:38

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Send us a Text Message. Now then we’re back! For those of you who aren’t aware and listening through the usual platforms like Apple Podcasts etc these episodes are now also going out on our YouTube channel. So you can see us in all our glory….. well not that way but you know what I mean So we'd appreciate it if you would share this with like-minded…

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RA.943 Sofia Kourtesis 58:20

1M ago58:20

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Pure energy from one of electronic music's brightest lights: Sofia Kourtesis. Clamour had built around the Peruvian artist's poignant brand of house music following a string of EPs and 12"s, culminating in last year's Madres—a passionate, vulnerable and excellent album that resonated widely.Madres packed in rare specificity for a dancefloor record,…

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RA.942 DJ Flight 1:59:39

2M ago1:59:39

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DJ Flight has been a constant throughout the many peaks and troughs of drum & bass. She's one of the genre's key chroniclers, with a real-time history of drum & bass in her archives as a radio presenter, and a level of behind the scenes involvement that spans decades.While Flight's advocacy for equitable gender representation in drum & bass through…

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LaToya Hobbs: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 28:54

2M ago28:54

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On this episode I'm joined by LaToya M. Hobbs. LaToya M. Hobbs is an artist, wife, and mother of two from Little Rock, AR, who is currently living and working in Baltimore, MD. She received her B.A. in Painting from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and M.F.A. in Printmaking from Purdue University. Her work deals with figurative imagery tha…

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Catch-up with Jonathan Graham of JG Decorator 2:00:59

2M ago2:00:59

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Send us a Text Message. Now then we’re back! After a longer-than-planned break, we're back with your favorite decorating podcast. And for those of you who aren’t aware and listening through the usual platforms like Apple Podcasts etc these episodes are now also going out on our YouTube channel. So you can see us in all our glory….. well not that wa…

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RA.941 MUSCLECARS 2:12:15

2M ago2:12:15

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The first thing you might realise during a MUSCLECARS set is the sheer musicality of the duo's selections. Vocals glimmer at the centre, unfolding into enchanting, soulful coos, while drums strike captivating rhythms and gilded synths reach towards the sky. It's a jazzy New York house sound mythologised by pioneers like Joe Claussell, Carlos Sanche…

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RA.940 Man Power 2:00:01

2M ago2:00:01

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Young partygoers might know Man Power, AKA Geoff Kirkwood, as the earnest geezer going back-to-back with DJs like Ewan McVicar, Paul Woolford, La La and Skream—peak-time specialists with a fine line in boofy bangers and ravey techno. Kirkwood is also a dab hand at the kind of elliptical house and deep cut detours favored by '00s labels like DFA and…

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Jade Thacker: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 20:45

2M ago20:45

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On this episode I'm joined by Jade Thacker. Jade Thacker received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and has been featured in solo and group exhibitions at Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York; Public Gallery, London; WOAW gallery, Beijing, and many more. Thacker has participated in residencies at Fountainhead Residency, Miami and The …

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RA.939 BEIGE 1:31:56

2M ago1:31:56

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People tend to remember the first time they see BEIGE DJ—and a lot of the times after, too. One RA editor described them as "doing some crazy shit" after seeing a set. The Detroit DJ is all about playing to party rock, but also gently subverting expectations. It's a cliché now that good DJs can make whole new tracks out of blending existing songs t…

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RA.938 Actress 54:10

3M ago54:10

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Actress' highlight reel needs little exposition. Darren J. Cunningham has been a prominent yet inscrutable figure in electronic music since the late 2000s, typically flickering to life from the margins before receding into the shadows. Beloved albums like R.I.P., Karma & Desire and Splazsh may switch up the template, but the Actress hallmarks of ha…

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Sedrick Chisom: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 25:50

3M ago25:50

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On this episode I'm joined by Sedrick Chisom as we discuss his latest exhibition at C L E A R I N G gallery, And 108 Prayers of Evil. Sedrick Chisom (b. 1989, Philadelphia) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received a full scholarship to study at Cooper Union, where he completed his BFA in 2016 and was awarded the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Found…

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RA.937 Julia Govor 1:09:54

3M ago1:09:54

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Julia Govor is one of those artists who can take the fundamentals of techno and make it sound hers. At this point in her career, the Georgia-born, New York City-based artist has established a style that feels half-Rome school, half Japanese hypnotic techno, but fully Julia Govor. Her label Jujuka has become a home for the stuff, featuring plenty of…

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RA.936 Karen Nyame KG 1:00:15

3M ago1:00:15

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"All in my life, I've gone back and forth between North and East London," Karen Nyame KG said in a recent mini-doc about her studio process. "These areas are multicultural [...] you just become a sponge for that type of energy." More than two decades into her career, these parts of the UK capital remain a defining influence on The Rhythm Goddess, w…

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Adrienne Elise Tarver: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 27:20

3M ago27:20

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On this episode I'm joined by, Adrienne Elise Tarver. Adrienne Elise Tarver is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY with a practice that spans painting, sculpture, installation, photography, textiles, and video. Her work addresses the complexity and invisibility of Black female identity including the history within domestic spaces, the…

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BarBoB from Cologne at the 2024 German Decorating Show ( FAF - FARBE, AUSBAU & FASSADE ) 38:22

3M ago38:22

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Send us a Text Message. Nowtheeen were back! Join me as we bring you this bonus episode of the BoBcast, Bar BoB. Where we are joined by various guests that drop in to chat relevant topics, chat crap, and generally get stuff off their chest in a bar-like atmosphere. In this episode, we are at the 2024 decorating show in the beautiful city of Cologne…

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RA.935 T.Williams 1:28:35

3M ago1:28:35

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This past February, Tesfa Williams released his debut album—over 20 years into his career. Raves Of Future Past distilled decades of experience on London dance floors into a potent and powerful blend of grime, house, rave and techno. Made with an Elektron Digitakt to imitate the rough textures of early '00s UK dance music, the LP is an anachronisti…

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RA.934 Simo Cell 1:47:15

4M ago1:47:15

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Simon Aussel is known for a particularly wild DJing style and leftfield bassy bangers, and it's his curious and playful approach to clubland that's won him loyal fans over the years. Whether photographing drink tokens from gigs or creating an 8-bit version of his debut album on a Game Boy cartridge, he seems to approach every endeavour with childli…

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Mario Joyce: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 34:45

4M ago34:45

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On this episode I'm joined by Mario Joyce. Mario Joyce is a self-taught African American artist based in Los Angeles. His process began early and was heavily influenced by prejudices experienced growing up Black and Queer in rural Ohio. He uses genealogical research, soil from the Ohio he grew up on, carefully sourced vintage collage materials and …

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RA.933 KI/KI 1:35:57

4M ago1:35:57

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By anyone's standards, KI/KI has had a meteoric rise. She started DJing at queer party SPIELRAUM in Amsterdam in 2018, and by now she's one of Europe's most-talked about DJs. She blends modern strands of techno with trance and acid in a way that feels all her own, veering away from the sugar highs of other DJs or the clobbering kick drums of so muc…

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RA.932 1morning 1:04:32

4M ago1:04:32

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Earlier this year, we described Los Angeles act 1morning as one of the funkiest young producers in modern-day techno. And we stand by it. The fast-rising upstart is building a solid fan base around North America and beyond with a rugged, vintage style of swung techno and hardgroove. His all-vinyl DJ sets and pumping productions on the likes of Fixe…

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RA.931 Setaoc Mass 1:00:47

4M ago1:00:47

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Sam Coates took to techno like a diligent pupil, falling in love with the genre through labels like CLR in the late '00s. It didn't take long for the student to surpass his proverbial teachers. Almost immediately, the Manchester native was putting out pitch-perfect, functional techno records with everything intricately balanced. The requisite move …

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Maria Elena Ortiz: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 31:23

4M ago31:23

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On this episode I'm joined by Maria Elena Ortiz. Maria comes to the Modern from the Pérez Art Museum in Miami (PAMM), where she curated discerning exhibitions such as Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection and The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Caribbean Art. At PAMM and with support of the Mellon Fo…

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RA.930 INVT 1:04:13

5M ago1:04:13

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Most underground movements in the arts can be boiled down to one key ingredient: friends doing dope shit together. Childhood BFFs Luca Medici and Delbert Perez have been doing just that with INVT (that's "innovate"), a multidisciplinary art project that spans club music and streetwear. Before exploding onto the international stage and playing to ma…

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RA.929 Introspekt 1:34:51

5M ago1:34:51

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Last year, when we wrote that "the best UK garage is coming out of Los Angeles," we were talking about Introspekt. The US DJ, who has since moved to New York, really understands the genre—its appeal, swing and unique, bassy whomp. Listen to any of her tracks, like last year's "Forlorn," and you'll hear someone who produces like she's been making UK…

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Mario Moore: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 25:26

5M ago25:26

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On this episode, I'm joined by Mario Moore. Mario Moore is a Detroit native, who received a BFA from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI in 2009 and an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT in 2013. I met Mario late last fall in Detroit when I attended the DIA Gala and spent a weekend in the city, checking out the art…

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RA.928 MCR-T & DJ Gigola 1:16:08

5M ago1:16:08

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Berlin label and collective Live From Earth crew does things its own way. And it works. Over the past ten years, the team has become a major force in the city, mixing a killer ear for techno and house with a sense of humour and pop sensibility that has proven irresistible to audiences and scenes around the world. That's why we chose Live From Earth…

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RA.927 Sugar Free 1:17:28

5M ago1:17:28

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Of all the Berlin DJs who make a living spinning strange, I'm-not-sharing-the-tracklist kind of records, Sugar Free, originally hailing from Madrid, might be the most fun. She plays bold, colourful tracks with an air of sci-fi and sleaze, somewhere between Italo, hi-NRG, electro and house. (Her Dimensions Mix last year was one of our favourites of …

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Radcliffe Bailey: A Special Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Radcliffe Bailey as told by friends and colleagues 1:05:04

5M ago1:05:04

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Late last year, as I was ending my season, the news of Radcliffe Bailey's passing was announced and sent shockwaves throughout the art world among his friends, family, peers. At the time, I was planning on recording an episode with Karen Comer Lowe, a long time arts professional and curator based in Atlanta. As Karen began to share with me her intr…

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RA.926 FAUZIA 1:03:19

5M ago1:03:19

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FAUZIA is an artist of many moods. The UK talent moves from IDM to soul on her NTS Radio residency, while her club DJ sets reveal her love for '90s-style breaks, electro and bass-heavy sounds. In the studio, she explores her softer side through self-released homespun dub and ambient jungle.In recent years, she's gravitated towards live performances…

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RA.925 Shubostar 1:01:57

6M ago1:01:57

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Shubostar's RA Podcast begins and ends with video game music. (The beginning kind of sounds like Mary Poppins, actually.) Lots of DJs and producers play or make music that emulates the nostalgic sounds of old-school gaming, but the South Korean artist goes direct to the source. Before falling in love with dance music, she went to an animation-focus…

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Essence Harden: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 35:25

6M ago35:25

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On this episode I'm joined by Essence Harden. Essence Harden is the Visual Arts curator at CAAM, the California African American Museum. She' s one of two curators of the Made in L.A. biennial taking place next year in 2025. This year, Essence was named the curator of Focus at Frieze LA. For this year's focus, Essence explores the intimate, environ…

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