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RA Exchange

RA Exchange

The weekly RA Exchange is a series of conversations with artists, labels and promoters shaping the electronic music landscape.

Episodes

20 of 536 episodes

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. I...

55:19Sep 10, 2026

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...

43:16Sep 2, 2026

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...

1:06:24Aug 26, 2026

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...

41:57Aug 19, 2026

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 actu...

59:23Aug 12, 2026

EX.807 Overmono

The British sibling duo talk creative process, stepping away from successful solo projects and their new album, Pure Devotion, on XL Recordi...

1:00:13Aug 5, 2026

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 Mess...

52:22Jul 15, 2026

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...

1:11:12Jul 8, 2026

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 nati...

32:04Jul 1, 2026

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...

43:03Jun 24, 2026

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 co...

53:22Jun 17, 2026

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...

52:52Jun 10, 2026

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 documenti...

36:04Jun 3, 2026

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...

42:38May 26, 2026

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 e...

29:53May 19, 2026

EX.797 Ed O'Brien

The Radiohead guitarist talks about finding spirituality, life inside one of the most mythologised (and occasionally polarising) bands of th...

1:01:30May 13, 2026

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...

1:00:32Apr 22, 2026

EX.795 Avalon Emerson

The musical polymath talks creative left turns, the collapse of music media and her new album as Avalon & the Charm, Written into Changes. A...

44:58Apr 15, 2026

EX.794 Calibre

The Irish veteran talks about his prolific output, making music beyond the drum & bass canon and his forthcoming album, Tricklemore Sea. Dom...

49:56Apr 8, 2026

EX.793 Chris Stussy

The Dutch phenomenon unpacks the myth of overnight success and the story behind his debut album, Lost, Found & Forgotten. They say it takes...

1:05:50Apr 1, 2026