Tag: Depeche Mode
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Synth Britannia
People have been mentioning this for AGES saying ‘Have you seen Synth Britannia?’ and I was wary since I thought it might be another 80’s nostalgia fest with the usual faces. Not at all – and I was blown away how indepth they went, even visiting my old alma-mater at Psalter Lane (my claim to…
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RC 210: Happy House (We’re Happy Here)
Collage: Margate Turner 2011. Fun, fun, fun….woahhhh. It seems some of the Happy Inmates are Unhappy in the Happy House, even though We’re Happy Here…they want new shoes. Consoles. 55″ TVs, part 3 of 3…woahhh. I’m H-A-P-P-Y, I’m H-A-P-P-Y, I know I am, I’m sure I am…(101Mb, 1:49) Leana Hosea speaks to Croydon looters Ruts…
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RC 209: Norwegian Blue
Although I recorded this last week I was so busy only just got round to posting it now, the 2nd of the 3 back to back (ish) shows…and this is a companion piece to RC 167: Not Here Right Now, with a downtempo look at that terrible events in Norway and the death of Amy…
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On they pound the Noise that never sleeps, in the heart of the city
London. It’s 1984, and a band called The Art of Noise make their first video, and a previously unknown dutch director and music photographer creates his second ever video for them. The photographer/directors name? Anton Corbijn. Great video including shots of London in the mid 80’s…makes me feel all nostalgic. Where’s Night Network to play…
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Electro Bears in Rubber and Lace oh my!
Like some cross-dressing mashup of Minty meets The Presets via Front242 and Depeche Mode (and a faint whiff of Jonny Slut’s band Atomizer or is that just me?) San Francisco’s Ejector are not only rubbered up and bear-friendly (and probably NSFW in this video, but whose work doesnt like greased up wrestlers and techno bears…
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Creative burst – new mashups a-coming!
Well I retired the DJing but seem to have gone through a creative burst on the mashup front – a new one from DJNoNo (in the realms of a Supercalibreakz classic, I mean it!) which might be released tonight or tomorrow, and a few others in production! Iin the mean time you can hear an…