Redfreya is a London-based DJ who's been making a name for herself on the UK and international club scene for several years now, supporting some huge names in the industry whilst holding down a popular radio show and curating her own ‘Redfreya & friends’ events in London. She also sometimes DJs alongside her friend @rebecca_gough11 as the duo @rreykasound. In this episode we talk about her journey to success and the lessons she’s learnt - particularly about the need to be good to yourself - as well as getting a few exclusives in regards to some exciting projects she’s got in the pipeline.

Available on all the usual podcast platforms and my Soundcloud page. You can also watch the interview now for that ‘live’ experience on my YouTube channel. All links in the instagram bio @electric_communion

Links:

Instagram:

@redfreyadj

@the.restful.artist

@rreykasound

REj: @rej.music

Reculture (label): @reculturelondon

Bloop radio: @blooplondon

Petra: @petraniix

https://www.shesaid.so/

https://www.womeninmusic.org/

Book Freya mentioned: ‘How to DJ properly’ by Frank Broughton & Bill Brewster

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James Harcourt has been making electronic music since the early 2000s but after a number of years in the musical wilderness, made a resurgence a few years back and has since gone from strength to strength, releasing consistently on labels such as Renaissance, Selador, Sum over histories and Siamese to name a few.

James is refreshingly vocal about the dance music scene and in this episode, he talks candidly about his own experiences and the challenges he’s faced, whilst offering up some sage advice for anyone out there making electronic music.

Available on all the usual podcast platforms and my Soundcloud page. You can also watch the interview now for that ‘live’ experience on my YouTube channel and Spotify podcast page. All links in the bio @electric_communion

@Jamesharcourt74 @richard.q_

James Harcourt links:

Soundcloud:

⁠https://soundcloud.com/jamesharcourt⁠

Spotify:

⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vClj7nDFd3J6mRKNmdZ0O⁠

Spotify radio:

⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E4liuYSbVZ4SU⁠

Having initially met in a club toilet in 2015 (listen to the conversation for the full story on this!), Luke Folks and Owen Griffiths immediately bonded over similar tastes in music and soon formed the duo Monica.

From their early beginnings on Brighton's Codesouth Radio, they quickly forged a reputation DJing on the Brighton club circuit, playing for the likes of AVOY, Berlin-Brighton, The Lucas Phenomena and Search Party, as well as putting on their own night Foucault, which has seen them book the likes of respected artists such as Aera, Skatman, Manpower and DC Salas . Over the past couple of years, their hard work and commitment to developing their own sound has finally come to fruition, with releases on labels such as Reculture, Applied Magic and more recently, Eastern Standard.

Listen to them chat candidly with podcast host Richard Q about their approach to producing music as a duo as well as the challenges and moments of self-doubt they’ve faced along the way. This is definitely one for any producers or promoters out there trying to make it in the dance music biz at the moment.

@little_bits_of_monica @electric_communion @rick.mancuso

Available on all the usual podcast platforms, Soundcloud and YouTube. All links in the bio.

Links:

Monica music Soundcloud page:

https://soundcloud.com/monica-music-333886388

ATB - 9AM (Monica’s Bed Time edit) – Free download

https://on.soundcloud.com/gCR7o

Electric Communion Podcast presents Meera - Episode 6

In this episode, I’m in conversation with the upcoming Norwegian producer Meera, who broke onto the scene earlier this year with much-talked about releases on the VOD and Crosstown Rebels labels.

The Crosstown Rebels boss Damian Lazarus, someone who needs no introduction within the scene, spoke in the highest terms about the young female producer saying: ‘There’s nothing about this new artist I don’t believe in…’

As well as the usual insightful chat about life as a Producer/DJ, we cover a range of topics that include details of an exciting upcoming release with fellow Scandinavian trio Tripolism, Meera’s love of video games and growing up with her celebrity DJ dad.

What’s more, you can also hear an exclusive preview of an upcoming track from Meera, not due out till early next year!

Related links:

Instagram: @meera_etc

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/meera_etc

Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/meerano

Spotify page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5dlUBPnFrAnjqC9hvEpEYi

In this episode, I’m in conversation with promoters Roberta and Sara, the two brains behind the successful club night Nebula, a night that has gone from strength to strength in its first year since opening their doors to the London club scene. With their 1st year anniversary just around the corner, I chat to them about their experiences so far, the challenges they faced and what’s in store for the future of Nebula.

In this episode, I’m in conversation with Spanish producer Adrian Roman, whose body of work so far has been released on revered labels such as Isolate, MoBlack, Microcastle and Equanimity. Described as one of the leading lights of the ‘Vanguardist’ house scene, Adrian’s music has been championed by respected artists such as Dixon, Aera and Trikk to name a few.

In this episode, I’m in conversation with London-based producer/DJ REj who originally hails from Gibraltar. Having released on labels such as Applied Magic, Reculture, Metrica and Sum Over Histories, REj is an artist whose name is very much on the rise in 2023 and his tracks been played out across the globe by heavy-weights such as Ame, Aera, Hardt Antoine and Alican.