The weekly RA Exchange is a series of conversations with artists, labels and promoters shaping the electronic music landscape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes
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42 min
EX.815 Saul Williams & James Massiah
Kicking off a run of artist-on-artist Exchanges for RA25, the musical multi-hyphenates discuss poetry, religion and their experiences as protectors of oratorical tradition.There's…
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54 min
EX.814 Syd
The frontwoman of Grammy-nominated The Internet talks ambition, contentment and her third solo album, Beard.Syd, born Sydney Bennett, is nearly 20 years into a career that started…
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1 h 15
EX.813 Marlon Hoffstadt
The trance DJ on clickbait journalism, commercial success and making a name in the viral age.Marlon Hoffstadt started DJing at 17. By 18, he got his first taste of moderate success…
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55 min
EX.812 Interpol
Frontman Paul Banks on the legacy band's creative evolution, why he prefers hip-hop to rock and their new album, This Mirror Weighs a Ton.Interpol might not be electronic in the tr…
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43 min
EX.811 Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith's career took off in 2016, when "Blue Lights" introduced her voice to a global audience. In the 10 years since that single went stratospheric, the Walsall-born artist h…
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1 h 06
EX.810 SHERELLE
The British jungle star reflects on grief, artistic integrity, bass communities and why slowing down has become central to the next phase of her career.In 2019, SHERELLE's life cha…
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42 min
EX.809 Mykki Blanco
The US musician, poet and performance artist reflects on "queer rap,” the industry that boxed him into it and the reinvention he's built on the other side.A consummate multi-hyphen…
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59 min
EX.808 Tiësto
Decades after walking away from trance, the superstar DJ unpicks the machinery behind his own brand, and what a career spent at the top actually costs.Tiësto has been one of the bi…
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1 h 00
EX.807 Overmono
The British sibling duo talk creative process, stepping away from successful solo projects and their new album, Pure Devotion, on XL Recordings.Tom and Ed Russell are brothers who…
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52 min
EX.806 Eartheater
The genre-fluid multihyphenate on motherhood, songwriting with FKA Twigs and her new album, Heavenly Body: If I'm the Bottle You're the Message.American singer-songwriter Alexandra…
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1 h 11
EX.805 Martyn
The Dutch producer on flow state, communal music-making and his new album, Music for Existing.Martijn Deijkers, AKA Martyn, has spent close to three decades resisting labels. He gr…
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32 min
EX.804 Kurupt FM
The UK pirate radio crew and cult TV stars discuss their rebirth and forthcoming EP, Grindah's Decided We're Doing Music Again.Many UK natives will be familiar with the show People…
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43 min
EX.803 Two Shell
The masked duo go on the record to address criticisms, identity and their forthcoming album, Infinite Now.Anonymous DJ-and-producer duo Two Shell are both loved and reviled. They'v…
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53 min
EX.802 Bladee
The Drain Gang cofounder talks about mysticism, Gen Z and his new album, Sulfur Surfer.Bladee's work as a founding member of the Swedish collective Drain Gang has shaped a new gene…
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53 min
EX.801 Peaches
The queer icon and punk provocateur talks bodily autonomy, embracing ageing and her new album, No Lube So Rude.Merrill Nisker—known to most of the world as Peaches—has spent 25 yea…
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36 min
EX.800 Anton Corbijn
The Dutch photographer and art director on his longtime collaboration with Depeche Mode, moving into feature films and 50 years of documenting music culture.In 1979, the 24-year-ol…
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43 min
EX.799 Takuya Nakamura
The jungle DJ and trumpeter talks about late-career popularity, jazz in Japan and what it means to build a life in music.You probably know Takuya Nakamura first and foremost as a v…
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30 min
EX.798 Suzanne Ciani
The pioneering artist talks philosophy, Berghain and touring on the eve of her 80th birthday.Suzanne Ciani is a synth music legend. After establishing herself as one of the first v…
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1 h 01
EX.797 Ed O'Brien
The Radiohead guitarist talks about finding spirituality, life inside one of the most mythologised (and occasionally polarising) bands of the last 40 years, and his second solo alb…
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1 h 00
EX.796 Benji B
The longtime BBC Radio 1 DJ talks about his rigorous music-discovery routine, soundtracking the world's most elite runways and the legacy of his party series, Deviation.Since first…