Tag: Claude Debussy
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RC 381: This Is My Church / 50th
Recorded on my 50th birthday, this is the church where I heal my hurt. It’s a speed garage special for punk rockers with flowers in their hair (in the pouring rain or buying them for yourself). We also have a tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto, a middle finger to complaining neighbours, various mashups new and old,…
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RC 292: Halloween Queen
Halloween puts the willies up me, with things going bump in the dark and all that woo. Here’s a dark yet upbeat selection for the Twerking Witching Hour: from monstrous mashups to spooky soundracks, evil electronica to ghoulish grime, Amy Ghost House, The Punkergeist and the zeitgeist horror of now*. Oh and the theme from…
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RC 278: Snow Pucker Lips aka Snow Business
If spring can take the snow awayCan it melt away all of our mistakesMemories made in the coldest winter… As is completely predictable and traditional, I do an episode about snow and it’s mostly all gone in my part of London by the time I upload it. This is for those affected by Snowmageddon-it-can-stop-now, I…
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PC Music
I’ve said for a long while that 16 bit / 90’s sounds would make a comeback – most recently in the 16bit shows. We’ve had future aka speed garage and a sort of brief dalliance with 90’s deep house which remains to be seen if it goes overground…but unexpectedly the ‘Casio Kids’ have struck back,…
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Footprints In The Snow
Surprised to find out last night my partner saying that Gymnopedies by Satie was one of his favourite tunes (surprised because he’s such a Wagner/ Handel freak). Me too, along with Debussy…music impressionism, humour, experimentation, tone/texture, ambience and fighting the dominant classical form and experimenting with non-Western scales…what’s not to like? Also most modern soundtrack…