RA.1022 KAVARI

RA Podcast

Resident Advisor

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4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The newest XL signing delivers 60 minutes of blistering explorations across the hardcore continuum. Don't expect KAVARI to take anything too seriously. The Glasgow-based artist thrives on contradiction: a pop-adjacent instinct colliding with a love of discomfort, abrasion and noise. After years of releasing independently, 2026 marks a new chapter with PLAGUE MUSIC, her debut on XL, out in February. But her instincts remain the same: push harder, strip things back, make it stranger. It comes as little surprise, then, that she's earned the support of fellow mould-breakers like Aphex Twin, Ethel Cain and Hudson Mohawke. Of her RA Mix she shrugs: "I honestly don't remember making it." That irreverence is audible: disembodied voices mutter club-floor mantras, as she drags grime, drum & bass and dubstep through distortion, friction and collapse. If that all sounds chaotic, well, that's kind of the point. The aim is to unsettle but o nce you find your footing, RA.1022 reveals itself as genuinely thrilling dance music, far removed from convention. Because nobody gets anywhere interesting without ruffling a few feathers. Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1041 @kavarimusic

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0:00.0	This mix is official plague music propaganda sponsored by Excel recordings, biological and auditory weapons division.
0:11.0	Remember, spit in the DJ's drink.
0:14.0	That floor pill will give you immortality.
0:17.0	Always share your fake with strangers.
0:19.0	Lick the nightclub floors for good luck.
0:21.6	And if you are showing any signs of the play, get to the most crowded club possible.
0:26.6	Now, play, play, say.
0:30.6	Oh God, Jamon!
0:32.6	Let me see who you want!
0:34.6	Oh God, Jamon! No me see who no.
0:38.3	Oh, Gondi-Mond.
0:40.3	Yes.
0:45.3	Wachka, lighter.
0:46.3	You are listening to Kavari's
0:51.3	2026 Resident Advisor Mix.
0:55.0	Who is Resident? And what exactly are they advising?
0:58.0	I guess we'll find out.
1:00.0	I've got some.
1:03.0	I've got some
1:05.0	I'm going to Play music Small of my black music
1:11.6	Small of my black tea Get a sea without speeding with a black cheek.
1:29.3	My hat's not so you're not really. I'm a retarcy. I'm a retar ball, hard for a dominant. If she couldn't give me when she ain't moved me from my government. I sent you in her work up for a hundred. They're really deafening. They're not going to do. and not you think like a thing to my friend
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