Resident Advisor (RA)

Founded in 2001, Resident Advisor (RA) is a digital magazine and community hub focused on electronic music, artists, and events from around the world. RA merges top-notch articles and video content with event listings, directories, and various industry resources, forming a comprehensive platform that serves more than 3.5 million readers each month. Its diverse audience includes music enthusiasts, club patrons, DJs, producers, venue operators, promoters, and record labels, making RA a vital contributor to the global electronic music scene.

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Rewind: Junior Vasquez - If Madonna Calls · Feature ⟋ RA

1 week ago | ra.co | Kiana Mickles

The ultimate bitch track. Junior Vasquez's '90s house gem captured a scandalous chapter in New York nightlife—and cut his friendship with Madonna short. Sometime during the mid '90s, Junior Vasquez received a message on his answering machine from his then-BFF—who just so happened to be the world's biggest pop star. "Hello Junior, this is Madonna," the Queen of Pop drawled. "Are you there?
Simo Cell - FL Louis

1 week ago | ra.co | Henry Ivry

Clubland's resident bass scoundrel returns to his roots with a skilful reimagining of bloghouse and French touch. Bloghouse, as Lina Abascal's book Never Be Alone Again makes clear, was never really a genre but foremost a cultural attitude—a way of encountering music in the mid 2000s.
Munich club Legal launches fundraising campaign amid rising operational costs · News ⟋ RA

1 week ago | ra.co | Michael Lawson

The basement venue is aiming to raise €44,000 to cover unexpected rent hikes and back payments.
Petition launched after Ibiza authorities ban DJs at legendary Sa Trinxa Beach Bar · News ⟋ RA

1 week ago | ra.co | Michael Lawson

A Balearic staple, Sa Trinxa has been dubbed "the only authentic beach club left in Ibiza."
¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U: Firestarter

1 week ago | ra.co | Gabriel Szatan

¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$UファイアースターターFIRESTARTERThe scar on Yousuke Yukimatsu's head is visible from all angles. When bowing forward and tracing it with his thumb, you realise just how pronounced it is: not just a rip snaking up the back of his ear and hanging over the front of his brow like an awning, but an indentation in his skull, reminiscent of a partially depressured basketball or the aftermath of a near-miss fender bender—which, technically, it was.
The Art of DJing: ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U

1 week ago | ra.co | Gabriel Szatan

Yousuke Yukimatsu is the DJ of 2025, and it's easy to see why. The 46-year-old experimentalist wields a noisy, high-voltage style that electrifies the masses. For the first time, the Japanese star breaks down his craft in full. Stop the clock on 2025 and the DJ of the year is ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U. That might seem extremely presumptuous. How could anyone make the call before summer has even really begun?
The Art of DJing: ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U

1 week ago | ra.co | Gabriel Szatan

2025年のDJ、それがYOUSUKE YUKIMATSU。その理由は明白だ。46歳の実験的なDJは、ノイジーでハイボルテージなスタイルで大衆を熱狂させる。この日本のスターDJが初めてGabriel Szatanで自身の才能を余すところなく語る。この特集の英語版は、こちらをご覧ください。行松洋介氏に関する特集記事全文は、こちらをご覧ください。あなたはハードロックを崇拝しながら育ったようです。そこから現在までの音楽遍歴は？子供の頃から音楽雑誌を熱心に読んでいたので、その情報にすごく影響を受けていましたね。最初は『BURRN』という、昔ながらのメタル雑誌を読んでいました。巻末にレビューページがあったので、一通りのレビューに目を通して、そこから選んだものを中古CD屋に自転車で買いに行っていました。高校に入ってからは、それよりもオルタナティヴな『CROSSBEAT』を読むようになりました。U2やDepeche Modeのような表紙に載っているようなバンドはすでに知っていましたが、すぐにSonic Youth、Nine Inch Nails、Dinosaur Jr.、The...
Polygonia - Dream Horizons · Album Review ⟋ RA

2 weeks ago | ra.co | Reid BG

Polygonia’s new album uncovers her true mastery as a world-building storyteller. For much of her career, Lindsey Wang has created subtly hypnotic, heady techno under her Polygonia alias. Through squishy, organic sound design and fluency with traditional instruments, the producer's sound has evolved from loopy minimal to what RA has described as "deep techno that sounds nothing like deep techno." Today, it would be a stretch to categorize her into a single genre.
Irish festival Beyond The Pale to go ahead as planned following cancellation rumours

2 weeks ago | ra.co | Michael Lawson

Organisers of the County Wicklow event claim they were approached by a "highly-regarded operator," who offered to help. Irish festival Beyond The Pale will go ahead as planned this weekend, organisers insist. The team behind the County Wicklow event, which is due to take place from this Friday, June 13th through 15th at Glendalough Estate, posted a statement on Instagram yesterday addressing their financial situation following cancellation rumours.
Loraine James scores new short film, Burn Ceremony

2 weeks ago | ra.co | Michael Lawson

The film won Best Experimental Short at the Mannheim Arts and Film Festival. Loraine James has scored a new short film. Made up of footage from an oil refinery, the 17-minute Burn Ceremony won Best Experimental Short at the recent Mannheim Arts and Film Festival.