Tag: radio 1
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RC 216: Pop Is Dead 1 – Radio Musicola
I started the Pop Is Dead mix back in 2004 or 2005 – yes 7 or 8 years in the making! Finally got round to doing it, and I’ve collected so many songs about the music industry that I decided to do a series of shows about the State of the Music Industry – starting…
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The death of Dubstep?
In every genre there usually comes the ‘breakout moment’ into mass consciousness – as it goes overground away from the dedicated fans and into the wider world. In dance music this usually spells the death of that genre, not (just) in some hipster ‘I heard it first’ sense but usually because that means the evolution…
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Daft Punk: Schooling from 1997
Amazing Daft Punk Radio 1 Essential Mix – check out from 15 mins in, Daft Punk were mashing it up in 1997 – mashup people take note! (from Ian Fondue). Basically if you wanted a good lesson in the last 20 years of dance and electronic music, there’s probably no better place to start than…
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Playlisted to death & Peel vs the Playlist
A few days ago there was a flurry on twitter as BBC Radio 1 live twittered this week’s Playlist meeting. What was said was very revealing and I think revealed a lot about where I think Radio 1 has gone wrong, especially as there really isn’t the same 80’s style monoculture anymore – the feeling…
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Saving 6 Music & Asian Network: Peel would be spinning in his grave
Well it’s official – the ‘not going to happen’ axing of BBC 6music, the only real music station now worth listening to, is going to happen.. Or will it? Let’s see. What can you do? Firstly there’s a flashmob protest at 6pm tonight outside Broadcasting House, dunno who’s organising it (the nature of flashmobs says:…