''Resident Advisor'' (also known as ''RA'') is an online music magazine and community platform established in 2001 and dedicated to showcasing

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

, artists and events across the globe. Its editorial team provides news, music and event reviews, as well as films, features and interviews. Resident Advisor also provides global event listings and ticket sales platform, club and promoter directories, artist and record label profiles, and the ''RA

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''. The company has its headquarters in London, with additional offices in Berlin, Los Angeles, New York and Melbourne. The website won a People's Voice award in the 12th Annual Webby Awards in 2008.

History

''Resident Advisor'' was founded in

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in 2001 by Paul Clement and Nick Sabine as a website for providing news and information relating to the Australian dance music scene. As ''Resident Advisor'' grew both Clement and Sabine initially kept their day jobs and hired staff to help with the site. In 2006, after Clement and Sabine had moved to the UK, they both began working full time on ''Resident Advisor'' and incorporated the company in the UK, with an office in Berlin opening 2007. ''RA Tickets'' was unveiled in 2008 to allow promoters of electronic music to sell tickets. ''RA Tickets'' launched a face-value ticket resale system. In January 2014, the first complete redesign in the site's history was announced, adding mobile support, responsive design, a new logo, full SoundCloud integration on artist pages and other features. At that time, ''Resident Advisor'' started to have more than two million users per month. An article in ''

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'', published in July 2015, mentions ''Resident Advisor'' as "one of the most influential EDM-focused sites". The company launched its first consumer-focused iOS app in 2015. The ''RA Guide'', free in the App Store (iOS), takes the site's listings for clubs, festivals and concerts to the mobile market. Apple featured ''RA'' as a curator, with the launch of Apple Music, to contribute electronic music playlists to the streaming service. In October 2020, following the negative impact of the

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on British arts and culture organisations, ''RA'' received £750,000 from the Arts Council of England as part of the UK's Culture Recovery Fund initiative. At the start of 2021, ''Resident Advisor'' launched a redesign of their existing website. The new design also coincided with a change to their domain name, migrating from residentadvisor.net to ra.co.

Other media

The ''RA Podcast'' is a weekly mix of electronic music from top producers and DJs. It launched on 6 March 2006 with a mix from Troy Pierce. In 2010, ''Resident Advisor'' started a second podcast series titled the ''RA Exchange''. The site defines the ''RA Exchange'' as a series of conversations with artists (e.g., Guy Gerber, Morgan Geist, and New Order), labels (e.g., Defected Records, Future Classic, and Rush Hour), and promoters (e.g., Decibel, MUTEK, and Sónar) shaping the electronic music landscape. ''Resident Advisor'' launched ''RA Films'' in 2011, starting with a documentary series called ''Real Scenes'' that covered music culture in Bristol, Berlin and Detroit. Over the following years, RA continued to produce a variety of video-based content including; live performances, interviews, and both short and long-form reporting.

Annual polls

From 2006 to 2016 ''Resident Advisor'' conducted two annual voting polls at the end of each year under the name ''RA Poll''. The first polls the publications readers, who are asked to vote for their top 100 DJs and live acts of the year. ''Resident Advisor'' ceased the polls in 2017 due to concerns about diversity and their growing influence on the music industry.

Album of the Year

For 2017 and 2018, ''Resident Advisor'' published entirely non-ranked album lists. For the 2010s, ''Resident Advisor'' published a largely non-ranked album list.

References

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* {{Authority control Online music magazines published in the United Kingdom Dance music magazines published in England Magazines established in 2001 Magazines published in London 2001 establishments in Australia