Tag: Radio 3
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Selected Aphex Works
I recently posted here about the tracks posted on Soundcloud by Aphex Twin, or AFx as he goes on there (which is more snappy than user48736353001!). Nice to get verification, both from U-ziq and now DJ Food that the tracks turning up seem genuine and match old tapes – but as I said before it’s…
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The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain at the Proms
On Tuesday I made my first ever trek to the BBC Proms to listen to silly ukelele music and nearly 1,000 people play Ode to Joy, as you do. Yes I was at Proms 45 to hear the The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain – an 8 piece band, they’ve been going for24 years doing…
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(Don’t) Skip to the end – great podcast
Long time friend of the show (and myself), Pete Juxtaposeur has started a new podcast called Skip to the End – well he did back in October but I was too busy pre-Xmess to listen to it, but more fool me as it’s BRILLIANT. Very professionally done, and strangely reminds me of Radio 3 when…
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Streaming Wars: The Great Switch Off
Just got this email from Pandora (the online streaming intelligent ‘learning’ radio site) hi, it’s Tim, This is an email I hoped I would never have to send. As you probably know, in July of 2007 we had to block usage of Pandora outside the U.S. because of the lack of a viable license structure…