Tag: LFO
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RIP Mark Bell
Sad to hear the death of LFO’s Mark Bell after complications from an operation last week. LFO along with Altern-8 were the reason I started making music over two decades ago, and I’ve never stopped loving their music. RIP Mark – here’s Intro from their first LP, Frequencies which lays out their manifesto and influences,…
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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…
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That 90’s Revival: 808 State
If the kids are looking for things to nick inspiration for that 90’s sound they can’t go far wrong with 808 State, as did seemingly Silverclub (with a helluva lot of LCD). Finally found out where that ‘What You Need’ sample is from Ancodia, it’s from Unique. Also never knew there was a video, I’m…
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Acid Hunger: Acid Relief for East Africa
It seems that when there is a musical response to a disaster or event (concerts, albums, Live-8, Band Aid etc.) you get the most middle-of-the-road acts involved, necessarily I suppose for the widest appeal. But the thing is, most often than not the music is throwaway and you just think ‘I’d rather just donate and…
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Not drowning but raving – 50PoundNote rave mix
I’ve been on a 1992/rave/acid tip recently, and one of the things that inspired that is 50PoundNote’s new Rave mix. Where were you in 92? Really recommended – always good to hear that Prodigy remix of Art of Noise (payment for the ‘HEY!’ sample in a Prodigy track – Liam did a lot of mixes…