Month: September 2020
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The Sound Makers
Fascinating audio from a 1963 BBC “Sound’ Documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The fact it’s on vinyl is because the BBC transcribed many of their works onto vinyl for safe-keeping and future re-use – the B-side is actually repeats of the A-side. It’s a fascinating look at the early Workshop, and features Desmond Briscoe,…
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RC 333: Three Birds Repeating
An episode dedicated to the number 3 and the birds that come and say hello when I paint and draw…and spookily the birds of Rhiannon, the Adar Rhiannon whose songs can wake the dead and lull the living to sleep. They also can simultaneously appear close and far, hence the artwork. From new age to…
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Return to Pepperland
Tom Caruana has just posted part one mix of a sequel to the Beatles sampling hiphop mashup album that was 2017’s An Adventure To Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space and it’s as good as that album that has been haunting my iPod since then. Get it while it’s hot! – or still up… Love the…
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‘Alexa play Radio Clash Music Podcast’
Say ‘Alexa play Radio Clash Music Podcast’ It works! 🙂 The future is here! (Well if you have a Fire TV/Stick or I guess Alexa Echo – if you have the latter please try it and let me know) The big news in podcasting is that Amazon has entered the ring, and I think will…
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RC 332: Rain on Brass
Of course I recorded this autumnal podcast over a week ago when it was a rainy late August and early September with brass monkey weather….and now to utterly mock me we have a late Indian summer and bright sunshine! And lo this podcast seems completely irrelevant…until then next autumn shower. Maybe it’s sunny because of…
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Other side of the Tracks
Just heard this excellent introduction to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with a few rare tracks I’d not even heard via Other Side Of The Tracks from pirate radio station Free Radio Santa Cruz. It came around randomly while I was ripping my copy of the Four Albums from The Radiophonic Workshop – yes I succumbed,…