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The weekly RA Exchange is a series of conversations with artists, labels and promoters shaping the electronic music landscape.
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Welcome to the Sher Vancouver Podcast— a safe space for BIPOC LGBTQ+ individuals and allies. We are two Queer South Asian cis women who are on a mission to highlight and celebrate Queer folks in our community. Our intention is to normalize a multitude of experiences and identities, tear down societal norms, and highlight BIPOC representation. Follow us @shervanpodcast and visit our website at https://www.shervanpodcast.com
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EX.652 dweller festival with OK Williams
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"I don't hear any white DJs talk about where dance music comes from or its appropriation." OK Williams talks about the origins of dance music and archiving Black culture live from New York's dweller festival.Since the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd, there have been renewed efforts to shine a light on dance music's roots in Black communitie…
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Ritesh Matlani - Queer Immigrant Filmmaker
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We speak with Surrey-based queer filmmaker and floral designer, Ritesh Matlani. Born and raised in Dubai, Ritesh shares with us his journey into filmmaking in Canada and his immigration struggles as an international student. Ritesh's films center around immigration, queerness, and BIPOC voices. Join us to learn about Ritesh's path into living an au…
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EX.651 Source Material: Music and Iran's Fight for Women's Rights
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"I don't know what I would do if my life was on the line." In a new audio documentary, female Iranian musicians reflect on the implications of speaking out against the country's misogynistic regime.On September 16th, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini—from the northwestern Kurdish city of Saqez—was arrested by Iran's morality police for not wearing her headsc…
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Episode 53 - Communicating with a Contactee
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This week I’ll be speaking with Geraldine Orozco, mostly known as a contactee, she is also the founder of Bay Area Meditation among numerous other descriptors. We talk about her experiences as well as ideas around genetic memory and DNA reprogramming. We’ll also be discussing her upcoming appearance at the April 2023 Portal to Ascension Conference!…
In 2023, we're refreshing our Critics' Roundtable format, inviting RA's in-house staff writers and industry specialists to reflect on the releases that resonated with them, as well as the trends and news that's circulating around the music sphere. March's roundtable features Andrew Ryce and Kiana Mickles. In addition to discussing the much-anticipa…
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EX.649 Irvine Welsh: 30 Years on From Trainspotting
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In this week's episode of the RA Exchange, we host an exclusive talk with Scottish novelist and playwright Irvine Welsh, who's best known for his 1993 book, Trainspotting. His work raises crucial and provocative questions around class, identity and the human condition, as well as running themes around nightlife and DJ culture. Welsh has always harb…
We speak with Sameer Ismail, president of Vancouver Friends For Life Society, a holistic wellness centre that provides many services to help people who face the challenges of HIV/AIDS, and other serious illnesses. Our intention is to educate and inform, because knowledge conquers fear. Join us to learn important factual information about HIV, and l…
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EX.648 Source Material: The Power of Radio in Times of Crisis
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In honour of World Radio Day—which landed on February 13th—this week’s RA Exchange celebrates the power of radio in a documentary-style deep dive. UNESCO inaugurated World Radio Day in 2011 in order to commemorate its efficacy in reaching remote communities, connecting with people everywhere regardless of their education level, and providing a plat…
London-based musician I. JORDAN—a disciple of fast-paced, high-energy dance music—has undergone a creative renaissance since 2021. Last February, they were nominated for Best Producer at the annual NME awards, and they celebrated a jam-packed touring and release schedule, which included signing to Ninja Tune. Now, they're on the heels of a residenc…
DJ Perception is lauded as one of the leading voices in the contemporary UK garage landscape. His sets are widely known for being jam-packed with exclusive dubplates and sought-after cuts of slick 2-step, and his productions are just as highly revered, blending elements of UK garage with house and soul. “I like to make all types of garage, but neve…
Amsterdam-based DJ Antal Heitlager needs little introduction. As a co-founder of Rush Hour—a globally respected label and distributor of rare and collectable records—he has been disseminating his distinct vision for buoyant house, hip-hop, disco and more for over two decades.For this special edition of the RA Exchange, the artist and entrepreneur i…
We speak with Annie Ohana, a proud public-school educator and Indigenous Department Head at LA Matheson Secondary. She is an Anti Oppression Curriculum Specialist and a devoted community activist. Annie founded and directs Mustang Justice, an Anti Oppression and Justice oriented youth service Leadership group, which is now in its 10th year. If you …
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EX.644 Source Material: Scottish Music's Mythic Imaginary
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In a scene dominated by thundering techno and its industrial iterations, Scotland’s experimental electronic landscape often goes unnoticed. This niche community of creatives finds inspiration in the country’s ethereal yet contradicting past, combining folk traditions with avant-garde production.In this documentary-style podcast, RA contributor Rowa…
This week I’ll be speaking with Ra of Earth, formerly a crossfit standout before his self-transformation into a teacher of humanology with a focus on full-spectrum living. He teaches on all things fitness, movement, and yoga, as well as ancient occult practices, all in order to optimize the human experience. We’ll also be discussing his upcoming ap…
Peggy Gou is one of electronic music's biggest celebrities. Her catchy productions, high-intensity DJ sets and personal style have propelled her to the upper echelons of stardom—a journey that's brought an equal number of fans and critics. "There are a lot of assumptions about me," she tells moderator Souhayla Ou-Oumar during a live RA Exchange at …
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EX.642 Critics' Roundtable [January 2023]
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There's a lot to be excited about this year. For the first Critics' Roundtable of 2023, RA staffers sat down to discuss the events, DJs, producers and technological developments that are poised to shape the electronic music landscape over the next twelve months.Featuring senior staff writer Nyshka Chandran, Bogotá city manager Luisa Uribe and US ac…
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EX.641 Source Material: Plants and Electronic Music
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Since at least the 1970s, artists have composed music for plants. From Mort Garson’s Plantasia to dublab's Plant Music compilation, albums recorded with nature in mind often intend to stimulate growth or simply entertain leafy creatures. This episode of Source Material, a documentary-style series, explores the symbiotic links between electronic mus…
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Episode 51 - Welcome to the Portal - UPDATED
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Happy Holidays Awakened Exchangers! This week I’ll be speaking with Neil Gaur, the founder of Portal to Ascension, which organizes and produces content on consciousness raising topics ranging from True World History, UFO Disclosure, Ancient Structures, Alien Life, Sound Work, Breathwork, and Quantum reality. The Portal guests have included research…
Slimzee is a legend in every sense of the word. He launched Rinse FM alongside Geeneus and Uncle Dugs in 1994, running the station for three years out of his bedroom. His shows, focused on garage and grime, paved the way for the genres' current architects. As a member of Pay As U Go Cartel alongside Wiley and Flowdan, he also helped lay the foundat…
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EX.639 Critics' Roundtable [December 2022]
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Dance music deepened its presence in pop culture this year, expanding into TikTok's nichest corners as well as Billboard Hot 100 charts. For the December edition of the Critics' Roundtable, staffers Chloë Cochran, Whitney Ajayi, Martha Pazienti Caidan and contributor Vanessa Maria reflect on the major milestones of 2022.Electronic music was part of…
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Episode 50 - Journey into Conspiracy
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For a very special 50th episode, we’re welcoming back the conspiracy theory guru himself, Nick Hinton! We last spoke to him when he released the Aquarian Singularity and he’s been having a very interesting couple of years since. He’s just released another book, The New World Disorder, so that he could lay the foundation for his next book Stairway t…
Byrell The Great is a name synonymous with New York's ballroom scene. The Harlem native is known for his story-telling prowess and cheeky edits that span hip-hop, pop and meme culture, all of which are on full display in his seamless production, spirited DJ style and his high-energy mix series, Vogue Workouts. Live from Resident Advisor's 21st birt…
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EX.637 Source Material: Sustainable Promotion
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Faced with shrinking margins and higher rents, event organisers are finding new ways to keep the party going.As the cost of living crisis continues to eat into club land, promoters around the world are increasingly being forced to adapt to shrinking margins. This new episode of Source Material, our documentary-style podcast series, shines a spotlig…
This week I have the privilege of speaking with Ivan “Funkboy” Bodley! Ivan is a bass player and has been a long-time music director for the stars. He has performed with 52 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees as well as in 13 Broadway Shows, with many more accomplishments to come I’m sure! Funkboy Ivan Bodley Working Class Rockstar ----- Intro - 0…
"I hate being recorded," Mala says nine minutes into this interview. "I don't like my sets being recorded, I don't like being video recorded." The Deep Medi boss and DMZ cofounder is describing his fiercely independent nature to journalist Kieran Yates, explaining how bright lights and prompts leads to self-consciousness. That's why DMZ parties are…
We speak with Saattvic, an equal rights activist and currently one of the petitioners before the Delhi High Court seeking the legalization of same-sex marriage in India. We discuss Bollywood, love, coming out, and learn from an economist's point of view the importance of LGBTQIA+ folks to remain in their home country.…
It's been a busy year for Jessica Cho, AKA Korea Town Acid. She's put out three records since 2021 and built close ties with neighbouring cities like Montreal and New York all the while finessing her live hardware shows. Speaking to Resident Advisor during MUTEK Montreal this past August, Cho unpacks her creative philosophy and the inspiration for …
This week I’ll be speaking with world-renowned astrologer Jeff Harman. Jeff uses a unique blend of Classical, Vedic, Naadi and Kabbalistic Astrology to get a comprehensive view of an individual’s astrological makeup. With that information, he can then look at the transitions and progressions coming up and compare them to your unique profile, illumi…
New York's dance music culture evolves every weekend. A constant wave of new collectives, promoters and artists, combined with a host of legacy names and an ever-growing batch of enthusiastic ravers, infuse the city with a vivacious energy that's hard to find elsewhere. This episode of Reflections, a series that digs deep into RA content, pays trib…
"Everyone knows I'm a lively character, I like the party." Oliver 'Skream' Jones is attempting to explain his stamina over a near two decade-long career and true to his unpretentious personality, he makes it sound easy. The 36 year-old has been making music since the age of 15 and despite being a busy father, this hour-long, unfiltered conversation…
For this Halloween episode Kirsten Sandefur is back and she’s bringing her coach Eve with her! Kirsten is an intuitive life coach, Reiki Master, remote viewer and esoteric healer. She owns and operates Psychic Babes, where she offers classes, psychic readings and past-life regressions. On this episode, Eve will be joining her for a discussion about…
Mykaell Riley has worn a number of hats in the music business. Starting off as a vocalist and founding member of Grammy-winning roots reggae band Steel Pulse, he's since dabbled in marketing, consulting, artist management and composing for the big screen. As director of a University of Westminster research project that examines the legacy of Jamaic…
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EX.631 Reflections: Protecting the Future of Nightlife
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This past August, a panel of artists, creatives and various members of club communities gathered in Berlin to discuss the threats weighing on global nightlife. Part of Jägermeister's #SAVETHENIGHT initiative to rejuvenate the after-dark economy as well as Tresor's 31st anniversary celebrations, the discussion touched on a variety of social, economi…
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Jolene Queen Sloan & Ra - Two Punjabi Drag Queens
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We are back for Season 2 and are starting off with a banger. For our first episode, we sit and chat with two Bollywood Queens from Punjab, India. Jolene Queen Sloan and Ra are making history in Vancouver as they are bringing in representation of drag in the South Asian LGBTQ+ community. Join us as we learn what it takes to be a Queen beyond the gli…
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EX.630 Critics' Roundtable [October 2022]
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In a way, every Critics' Roundtable episode feels like a time capsule. Each month, the show documents the tracks and talents on the personal playlists of RA staffers, serving as a snapshot of the musical zeitgeist at the time. On this edition, staff writer Kiana Mickles, software engineer Alex Wanyoike and senior writer Nyshka Chandran outline thei…
Patrice Rushen is the type of musician whose skill set can't be neatly summed up in a few sentences. After studying to become a classically trained pianist—work that began while she was barely a toddler—she arranged, performed and composed three albums of jazz fusion for Prestige records in the mid-'70s, all while landing sessions playing with the …
Shanti Celeste is one of those artists whose personality matches her DJ style. Her fun-loving nature and breezy demeanour always light up a room, as do her vibrant sets that span sunny house music, slow-burning disco and emotive techno. Fresh off her Hessle Audio debut, the London-based artist sat down with RA's Martha Pazienti-Caidan for an honest…
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EX.627 Critics' Roundtable [September 2022]
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What did your summer sound like? For the RA staffers featured on this month's episode of the Critics' Roundtable, the answer ranges from dubby jungle to cheeky UKG to hazy krautrock.Looking back on their favourite records from recent months, managing editor Chloe Lula, Mexico City manager Valeria Martin del Campo and senior writer Nyshka Chandran h…
Bahar is an avid collector of rare vinyl, possessing one of the world's biggest vinyl collections. The artist has embodied the vinyl-only ethos since growing up in Chicago in the '70s—the heyday of gospel, funk, and jazz soul in the US. He started the party Soul In The Hole with Lee Collins, which embodied and celebrated his passion for what he cal…
In many ways, Eli Escobar represents the soul of New York nightlife. He can literally play any genre, often jumping from Afrobeats to garage to disco in a single session—a wide-ranging style that's unique to the city and tangible on his recent RA podcast.First emerging on the scene in the late '90s, he's built a reputation for consistently drawing …
Like countless others, Steve Goodman played a lot of video games during lockdown. At the time, the artist known as Kode9 and founder of the iconic Hyperdub label found himself imagining a game about Scotland and the country's plan to set up a colony in Panama back in the 1690s. Those thoughts later crystallised into Astro-Darien, an AV installation…
This volume of the Critics Roundtable, Resident Advisor's monthly podcast that showcases staff selections, looks back at the summer's important moments and releases in electronic music. Over the course of 40 minutes, podcasts chief Martha Pazienti Caidan, events writer Katie Thomas and content intern Fahad Akinsanya each recap a memorable news stor…
Patrick Topping's love of dance music stretches back to his early teenage years when he discovered mákina, a subgenre of hard Spanish techno that's popular in North East England. "I still love that music now," he says on this week's episode. Since those early days as a young raver in Newcastle, Topping has become an in-demand artist known for a wid…
A repeat episode from 2020.Lafawndah's second album, The Fifth Season, on French label Latency, is a journey through science fiction, friendship and cinematic storytelling. It saw the Paris-born artist expand the myths of NK Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy and cover the likes of Beverly Glenn Copeland and Lili Boulanger. The record continues a four-…
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EX.620 Reflections: Inside Nightlife’s Spiking Epidemic
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Berlin has witnessed an alarming number of drug and needle spiking incidents in recent months, raising worries about nightlife safety in one of the world's top clubbing destinations. In this edition of Reflections, a new series on the RA Exchange that breaks down important journalism on our site, staff writer Anu Shukla and managing editor Chloe Lu…
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Neelam & Rajwant - Child First, Society Later
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In our final episode for Season 1, we have the privilege to sit down with two supportive and fearless moms who are strong advocates of their LGBTQ+ child. Neelam is Angit’s mom who we have had on the podcast, and Rajwant is Jag Nagra’s mom. We learn about their experience and journey when finding out their child is queer. These two loving moms shar…
Darren Dixon, AKA D Double E, wants the world to know that he's not just a MC. In a short but deep chat with London DJ and presenter Tash LC on the sidelines of Outlook Festival's debut UK edition, the grime veteran discusses his recent productions for for the likes of Novelist and others. Despite producing for years, Dixon has largely hidden that …
New music, community-driven parties, tech talk and more from RA staffers.Every month, members of Resident Advisor's global team highlight their favourite artists, exciting labels and industry trends on the Critics' Roundtable podcast. This edition, featuring senior designer Lucy Ross, senior US partnerships lead Lottie Moore and senior staff writer…
As a DJ, Rafaela Andrade AKA Badsista channels her childhood, culture and history into no-holds-barred sets that blur the lines between Chicago house, techno, hip-hop, pop and baile funk. At this year's edition of Nuits Sonores, the São Paulo creative jumped from Rihanna to acid, incorporating a medley of styles she grew up with. "I'm a result of m…
