An AI-generated track hit number one on Beatport, and Joey and Ralph do not agree on whether that should be allowed. What starts as a debate about AI turns into a harder question: is using AI actually any different from ghost production? Nobody wins this one cleanly.

Second half, Ralph breaks down how he builds a 58 minute Tomorrowland main stage set for a crowd that is not there for him. What gets cut, what stays, and why only playing the safe records is how careers stay short.

Recorded live the week before summer break, with no plan and an open chat.

(00:00) Intro

(06:00) An AI track hit number one on Beatport

(07:35) Ralph: using AI is completely fine

(08:00) Why AI levels the field for unknown producers

(09:15) Dance music has always been built on new technology

(10:44) If it sounds good, is it good?

(11:01) Is AI any different from ghost production?

(12:47) Recognising AI vocals by ear

(13:00) The world is flooded with AI content

(14:53) What happens to singers and songwriters

(15:40) AI replaces mediocrity, not talent

(16:16) Why mediocrity still matters for creativity

(17:24) Loving a track until you find out it was AI

(18:38) Moving to the Sun started as an AI vocal

(19:39) Ralph's Tomorrowland schedule

(21:19) Building a 58-minute main stage set

(22:16) The balancing act: hits vs your own identity

(24:48) Talking to front of house during a set

(26:42) Are DJs playing prerecorded sets?

(28:12) Summer break and guest episodes