Tag: Arabic

  • RC 362: Streaming For One

    RC 362: Streaming For One

    The loneliness of the long-distance streamer – after the streaming goes wrong…. This is not the version announced here, as that had severe technical issues so after that run through I re-recorded it late on a Monday night solely to an audience of Russian bots. Not sure there will be another ‘Radio Clash Live’ for…

  • Kleptones – ER

    Kleptones – ER

    Another Wednesday so that means another Kleptones album as part of the OV/ER/LO/AD quad-trilogy. This week it’s the turn of ER – starting with a startling current quote from cult 1981 British film Babylon – as sampled by Congo Natty and Bob Vylan (‘lady this IS my fucking country’) and then on Urban Clearway (the…

  • RC 349: England’s Screaming

    RC 349: England’s Screaming

    It’s coming home, coming home, Delta’s coming home…. As England are in the Euro final (something that was days away from when I recorded this last Saturday), I break my rule about always releasing a podcast at 9am on a weekday and release it on a Saturday as I think this needs to be out…

  • RIP Elias Rahbani

    RIP Elias Rahbani

    Sadly just heard the very gifted Lebanese composer Elias Rahbani has died of COVID-19. I suspect not many in the west have heard of him unless like me they have a penchant for Arabic funk/disco/psych verging on prog – he covers all of these bases! As of hearing of his death, three of his tunes…

  • RC 289: Pooh Sticks

    RC 289: Pooh Sticks

    A bear of little brain playing acoustic pooh sticks with lots of musical honey, from songs about sheep to a house party Fox, 8-bit grunge covers to Victorian space hip-hop, Spanish funk to castles in space, ancient synthesisers to arabic hiphop, and Clangers and steam engines oh my! And of course the usual helping of…

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