Raji Rags w/ Daytimers 4th Birthday Special 30th August 2024

Events Podcasts Videos News About NTS Supporters Help and Feedback

iOS App Android App Join the Chat Newsletter

Live now

NTS Guide to: Tearoom Ambient

Tearooms in post-revolution Czechoslovakia symbolised places through which new spiritualities were flowing, and the influx of largely uncharted ways of life closely intertwined with new age, ambient, folk and minimalism. With their minds altered thanks to smuggled records by Fripp & Eno or Steve Reich, this loose network of musicians had begun composing meditative music, using loops and handmade instruments, with a different sensibility. Compared to the boisterous Zappa-adjacent and booze-soaked underground movement, which was led by Plastic People of the Universe and provoked the state authorities, this music was meant instead for tea rooms and spiritual sites like churches or monasteries, as if occupying some place where time flows anticlockwise. Music journalist Pavel Klusák dubbed this 1990s scene a “tearoom alternative”. Experimental folk singer Oldřich Janota, Jaroslav Kořán’s various ensembles like Modrá or Orloj Snivců (The Horologe of Dreamers) or Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi were drawn by the light and composed music that didn’t match the fast pace of newly imported capitalism. Mix created by: Miloš Hroch

ZULI w/ Yvu

ZULI, experimental club producer and VENT co-founder hailing from Cairo hits the NTS airwaves to showcase his club wares: aggressively left-field.

Breaks Bass Club UK Funky

Raj Chaudhuri - aka Raji Rags. NTS since day one. Always eclectic, never boring. Raj rustles up a seamless monthly mix that journeys through the BPMs.

Tracklist

GorgeousGorgeous
Prior Self
BatuBatu
High Press
Provhat RahmanProvhat Rahman
Pedal

Ill BluIll Blu
Bellion
LoyaLoya (RosciusRoscius mix)
Zenfant (Roscius Remix)
Francis OvercastFrancis Overcast
I Ain't - Kenny Dope Pt. 1
S P AS P A
Ring Di Alarm
Jo Bissa X KanJo Bissa X Kan
Enn Losean VivaB
Matica & Beat DetectiveMatica & Beat Detective
Soul Brukossa
SeijiSeiji
Hohoho
BurlandBurland
Riffin On The Bow
MoonstarrMoonstarr
Broken Bossa
Murder He WroteMurder He Wrote
Connection
KAREN NYAME KGKAREN NYAME KG
Sensei
KelelaKelela
Missed Call (Wilhelmina Remix)
KamKam
Bonga!
OldboyOldboy
Evergreen
Stones TaroStones Taro
Got Funk (Raggamuffin Mix)
Midnight RaversMidnight Ravers (Limbololo Sound SystemLimbololo Sound System mix)
Teguerer (Limbololo Sound System Remix)
OtikOtik
Rough Patch
congicongi (K-LoneK-Lone mix)
Spoken Word
YourboykiranYourboykiran
Pooja Dub (What Is This Behaviour)
25622562
Dinosaur
R.O.S.HR.O.S.H
Atah
IlayarajaIlayaraja (Siu MataSiu Mata mix)
Amman Kovil
DJ PleadDJ Plead
Going For It
JoeJoe
Claptrap
Sam Interface X Zed Bias X Fox (EVM 128 Remix)
24-7
M4N4R4M4N4R4
Thoda 138 Lagta Hai
SouchiSouchi
Danshaug
DJ ADHDDJ ADHD
Pulse X Refix
DJ HeartstringDJ Heartstring
Dancing With Somebody
DJ PleadDJ Plead
RB C
FonzoFonzo
Ring Ring (Feat. Capo Lee)
Manni Dee & River Moon Vs. ProdigyManni Dee & River Moon Vs. Prodigy
Start Hot
DJ Roc, DJ Roc, Katie Got BandzKatie Got Bandz (Alex AutajonAlex Autajon mix)
Drop Down Do A Split
Sonido BerzerkSonido Berzerk
Elegua
RozalyRozaly
Tassa Coma
BaaltiBaalti
Overbit
Dub PhizixDub Phizix
Out There