RA.974 Black Rave Culture

Three hours of high-intensity heaters from the trio lighting up US club music. “If the baby boomer generation had the three from Belleville, millennials can say…we have Black Rave Culture.” Lofty praise from Spain’s WOS Festival, and yet the undeniable buzz surrounding the Washington, D.C. trio of Amal, James Bangura and Nativesun makes it feel merited. The Black Rave Culture experience is a physical from start to finish. The trio’s glide through the rich canon of Black dance music is, naturally, a huge chunk of the appeal. You can hear them slamming ghettotech into gqom, threading UK garage through East Coast club, stitching antic juke and swung techno, and landing the odd Mad Mike all-timer with flair. Their productions mine a similar store of energy, and you’ll find plenty of those on RA.974 too. Perhaps most importantly, their tangible chemistry and a sincere, undimmed enthusiasm for tunes are what makes this group so magnetic. Without looking, it’s difficult to know who’s DJing during sets, a testament to their cohesion. While their RA Podcast is split threeways, it could just as easily be a round-robin session behind the decks. RA.974 is an exhilarating journey through creating serious dance floor pressure and having a ball in the process. @black-rave-culture @jamesbangura @dj-nativesun @ama_l Read more at ra.co/podcast/974

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