With winter closing in on the northern hemisphere is was good to place the focus on local music this week. New tracks from Naps, Galapagoose, Jacob Silver, Kane Ikin, Mike Kay & Ben Houghton and Kloke showing that Melbourne’s scene is as varied as it is productive.
We also featured our first international guest of the year, Debian Blak, who dropped by fresh from stepping off of a plane from the UK. Here to do an extensive tour to showcase his new album, A Hint of Menace, we chatted about the current state of music in his hometown of Leeds, production techniques, as well as the UK’s fascination with genres. He treated us to a great mix of his own material, inspirations and a few new jams as well. Nice.
massage situation :: flying lotus :: warp
no good (hyper compressed bliss edit :: naps
let us use the water of the sky :: galapagoose
ancestral echoes :: ras g :: poobah
angulr caramel :: jacob silver
ruckazoid :: crush :: all city
a synthetic setting :: kane ikin
smoke choke :: mike kaye & ben houghton :: this thing
journey with the heavy :: dro carey :: ramp
drone :: move d :: modern love
hawkers :: kloke
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an iceberg hurled northwards through clouds :: gold panda :: k7
if you want to reach me (gwilym gold mix) :: bullion
yuh nuh see :: sepulcure :: hot flush
vancouver (2562 mix) :: martyn :: 3032
simpatico :: anthony shake shakir :: frictional
bug in the bassbin (jazz mix) :: innerzone orchestra :: mowax
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The last of our Sunday shows fell on Christmas day and after much food and revelry, and buckets of hail and rain, a sodden Dan Dare and Rambl threw down some serious beats from Thundercat, Raja, Blue Daisy, Black Star and Zomby before playing a pre-recorded interview with acid-house and jungle legend, A Guy Called Gerald.
Melbourne sure is full of surprises. This weeks surprise came in the form of Jani Ho, a Melbourne resident who arrived from Finland via New York some time ago. Tired of battling to get music released, he started his own label 
Dan Dare holding it down for our 100th episode. It’s been 2 years of the The City Rises and we sure hope you’ve been enjoying it as much as we have.
99th show. Crazy stuff.
Great week for music this week in Melbourne. We were lucky enough to catch the one and only Anthony Shake Shakir. Cracking stuff.
Dan Dare flying solo with a killer show. Track list coming soon…
Dan Dare and Rambl in their respective chairs this evening as we delve into another APRA special, featuring fantastic local biz alongside some of the best from around the world. With tunes (some exclusive) from locals 
Rambl and Martin L were extremely excited to present The City Rises Underground Resistance Special in anticipation of their forthcoming show this Sunday, 25th September at the Forum presented by Stable Music and part of the Red Bull Music Academy world tour. It’s going to be a great show with The Bamboos, Deadbeat, Mike Huckaby, Tim Exile, Matt Radovich, JPS and Rambl alongside the legendary Underground Resistance under their Galaxy 2 Galaxy moniker (there will be 8 of them!!). During the day there will be an information session with interviews from the artists and previous RBMA participants and representatives. All this for $20! Git DOWN!
Rambl in the chair joined by 
Yes that’s right, it’s Radiothon time – August 12th-21st! As you may know, RRR covers over half its running costs from subscribers alone – and mostly during this 10-day festival of community radio. Hopefully you enjoy what we do, so perhaps you would consider getting behind us during this Radiothon, to let RRR and The City Rises feel your support in continuing to deliver quality, under-represented music from Australia and around the world. There are a great number of prizes available to those who subscribe during Radiothon (including music software) and there are several levels of subscription that you can take out, from $75 ($40 for concession holders) up.