RPS Presents

Confidence Man stole our RPS hearts clean away at the Primavera Weekender: Johann Wald and Mar Vallverdú had the good fortune to sit down with Janet Planet and Sugar Bones before they took to the stage at the festival to talk costume changes, (almost) blanking Tame Impala and why fun might just be the dirtiest word.

Welcome to another episode of RPS Presents, where we at Radio Primavera Sound publish special interviews with artists we admire. We were lucky enough to have the chance to speak with the amazing Jessie Ware before her show at the first edition of Primavera Sound Sao Paulo. The UK singer, turned disco diva with her acclaimed 2020 album ‘What’s your pleasure’, told us what to expect from her next, following the release of ‘Free Yourself’, a single co-written with Dua Lipa collaborator Coffee Clarence JR, and Madonna’s ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’ producer Stuart Price.

Nilüfer Yanya has had a wonderful 2022, with her second album Painless topping critics' end-of-year charts. RPS met her at the Primavera Weekender to talk suffering, art, touring and personal discovery.

Sita Abellán is perhaps best known for her work with fashion, being a model designer and stylist who has worked with the likes of Rihanna and J Balvin. She is also a dance music enthusiast, DJ and club promoter, putting together the Outopia parties in Barcelona. This 90-minute DJ set, recorded live, is part of a special Outopia takeover, in which we air four and a half hours of mixes from the latest Outopia, which took place in Barcelona in November. Strap yourself in for 90 minutes of hard beats and the occasional dash of hyper pop vocals.

Amsterdam-based DJ and producer Lee Ann Roberts takes listeners on a journey with her signature techno sound, inspired by everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Nirvana. This outrageous 90-minute set is part of a special Outopia takeover, in which we air four and a half hours of mixes from the latest Outopia party, which took place in Barcelona in November.

Drazzit (he/she/they) is a Barcelona DJ and producer whose music is a wildly exciting blend of techno, trance and rock-hard musical filth. This interview is part of a special Outopia takeover, in which we air four and a half hours of mixes from the latest Outopia party, which took place in Barcelona in November. This is 90 minutes of Drazzit at their finest.

Sita Abellán is perhaps best known for her work with fashion, being a model designer and stylist who has worked with the likes of Rihanna and J Balvin. She is also a dance music enthusiast, DJ and club promoter, putting together the Outopia parties in Barcelona. And that is what we talked about in our interview: from those early clubbing days, to pop vocals, from Ms Kittin to her ambitions for Outopia. This interview is part of a special Outopia takeover, in which we are going to air four and a half hours of mixes from the latest Outopia, which took place in Barcelona in November. After this interview we have DJ sets, from Drazzit, Lee Ann Roberts and Sita herself, all recorded live at Outopia. Photo by Marteen van der Kamp.

RPS met Neil Halstead from the legendary guitar band Slowdive at the 2022 Primavera Weekender, to talk successful reunions, ambient electronics, new album plans, Haçienda nights and the madness that was Creation records.

Fa 4 anys que no sabiem gaire d’ells i 5 de la publicació del seu disc debut. Des de llavors, el segell on eren, Famèlic, ha desaparegut i ara han tornat amb un nou disc editat per La Castanya el passat 25 de novembre, 'Old Cry, I Walk'. Parlem amb la mateixa Heather Cameron i l’Aitor Mohedano de Heather sobre el seu nou disc, el procés de gravació, la possibilitat de cantar en català, enganxar fotos de carnet o de fer quilòmetres de més per menjar on hi ha camions i jubilats.

Fa res va fer deu anys de la publicació del seu primer disc, 'Holy Slap' (La Castanya, 2012). I feia 4 anys que no escoltàvem res nou d'ells des d'aquell 'Brother' (La Castanya, 2018). Ara, Aliment han tornat amb 'Incondicional' (La Castanya, 2022), el seu quart llarga duració i el primer que canten íntegrament en català. L'Eduard Bujalance i l'Ignasi Reixach aprofiten per parlar amb el Sergi Cuxart de l'amistat dins del grup, de la tornada als orígens o de l'evolució natural al català.