It’s been exactly a year now since we started our Podfood series: a weekly serving of fresh music from the Academy universe. We had great tunes from the likes of J-Wow and Aloe Blacc, BBE’s Julien Dyne, Flying Lotus, Mark Pritchard’s and Steve Spacek’s Africa Hi-Tec project that’s now signed to Warp, the Italian power tandem of Cécile and Delphi, Parallel Dance Ensemble, Soul Jazz’s Kalbata, or Mr Hudson. We had great fun, digging through our archive of Academy recordings and browsing global frequencies to find out what’s cooking in our alumni’s labs these days. And we had the feeling it was about time to add new ammo. Enter the Red Bull Music Academy Podcast.

From now on, we’ll present a new edition of this podcast every month, drawing you deep into the world of the Academy. Exclusive interviews, unreleased tracks, and regular updates on what’s going on with those who are now shaping the soundtracks to our future.

In the first instalment we take a look back at the festival season, travelling around the world to events like Melt!, Sónar, Laneway, Dissonanze, and Bestival, with Diplo, Daedelus, Débruit, Atom TM, and Martyn as our tour guides. Download Vol 1 here and subscribe here to your monthly trip round the Academy world.