Tag: Canada
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The Secret Life of The Optigan
Following on from the previous post I looked up the source of the sample in the Paloma Faith track Upside Down and was surprised – it was from the Optigan. ‘That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time…’ /OB1 The Optigan was a home organ, really a kid’s toy made by Mattel, a…
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RC 339: Tier Drops At Xmas aka XMash
With the rushed news of a rushed Tier 3 for Lockdown London (which I have just rebranded Lockdon as of two seconds ago), I decided to follow suit and rush out a podcast early for the second of the Xmas shows. I bet you were ‘havering‘ for it! *bad inside Lockdon joke* This is of…
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RC 330: Lost Stars
Are we all lost stars trying to light up the dark? This episode is more of a downbeat/upbeat commemoration of some artists we have lost recently, have become stardust on the way to the big (Champagne?) Supernova. So this one goes out to Peter Green, Denise Johnson, Neil Innes, Andrew Weatherall and of course that…