Tag: 808 State
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BabyLondon mashups: Bob Vylan vs Ruts & The Clash vs Pet Shop Boys vs 808 State
Two very apocalyptic love/hate mashups about my manor…London, and part of a series called BabyLondon WINNER of the 1989 Crumplbangers Discord Challenge! So had to do something with 808 State as both Quadrastate and 90 (both of which I own, on vinyl and cassette respectively) were released in 1989, and back then I was all…
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RC 386: Bagpipes, Big Smoke & Bling
Bagpipes are the new rock n’ roll, as is fiddles, accordions and folk is not a four letter word. From London to Scotland via Ireland, we visit hiphop, mashups, deep house, the new ANOHNI album, new Grove and new-ish AFX, and visit two kinds of Drakes (and don’t talk about one of them). And the…
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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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Open Your Eyes
In the dark of winter I’ll go for anything that reminds me of the sun, and the exotic deep house of Marshall Jefferson’s Open Your Eyes will do just fine. Apparently this track was the inspiration for 808 State’s Pacific State according to Graham Massey. Proper deep house, not this strange modern version which isn’t…
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RC 250: Make Mine A 89-99 – 9th Year Anniversary Show
Hope you like the cover, it was quite hard to design badly, and break all the rules…must….not…correct! Yes Radio Clash is 9…number 9…number 9…years old as of last week, and I go Back to the 90’s (ALL the 9’s – 89-99!). A paean to covermount CDs and cassettes, and to Deep Heat, Thin Ice, Right…