Important Info
Live Shows
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: All information must be submitted via the submission form four days before your show at the latest. Artwork will be created and sent to you two days prior to your show, so image(s) and artwork cannot be created for submissions received later than this.
ARRIVAL TIME: Please be at Weserstraße 166, 12045 at least 15 minutes before your show. The studio is in the backroom, through the bar area.
CHAT ROOM: It’s radio, not a DJ mix, so talking on the microphone is warmly welcomed :) Shout out the chat room if possible, people can join in at refugeworldwide.com/chat
DRINKS: Everyone doing a show live from the studio gets 1 x free soft drink, beer OR house wine. Please note no drinks in the DJ booth.
We have a bar, feel free to invite your friends to hang out and listen to your show live!
ACCESSIBILITY: Unfortunately, the space is not accessible for wheelchairs: there is a step at the entrance of the building, a narrow corridor and a toilet not accessible for wheelchairs. Please let us know if you need assistance or have access needs, we will try to provide support as best we can.
TECH: Someone from our team will be available to help with any tech questions or issues, don’t hesitate to ask. Please let us know in the submission form if there are any special requests or equipment that need to be set up.
BOOTH VOLUME: We have a limiter installed in the booth to keep our lovely neighbours happy, which activates when the Booth Monitor knob is turned past 12 o’ clock. Beyond this point it won’t get louder in the booth but it will sound worse — please bear this in mind! The master volume is for the radio broadcast / people listening at home (please do not adjust it).
SHOW RECORDING / DOWNLOAD: Your show will be available to download here a day or so after recording: https://bit.ly/refuge-show-dl. Please wait a week before uploading to Soundcloud (and if possible share our website link first).
MIXCLOUD: Please note that Mixcloud has some new rules regarding multiple songs from the same artist, album or compilation in one recording. Breaking any one of these rules will result in your show automatically being removed from Mixcloud. For more info, please check here.
Pre-Recorded Shows
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: For pre-recorded shows, which are always broadcast on Mondays, we need the file by Thursday of the previous week at the latest.
TECHNICAL INFO: Recordings often arrive too quiet or too loud. Best practice is to compare the overall volume with another show on our site and make adjustments as necessary. If possible, set peak volume (normalization) to -0.3dB.
Please also check mic levels are consistent before sending, these should be peaking around -5/6dB.
Recordings should be as close as possible in length to that of your agreed show time (1 or 2hrs)
MIXCLOUD: Please note that Mixcloud has some new rules regarding multiple songs from the same artist, album or compilation in one recording. Breaking any one of these rules will result in your show automatically being removed from Mixcloud. For more info, please check here.
Pre-recorded shows only air on Mondays, if your show is on any other day - it is scheduled as a live show from the studio (unless otherwise agreed). Thank you!