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Every show we drop the needle on the tracks that were part of the mixed tapes and mixtapes of my 80's and 90's. Tunes that followed me on the train in the morning, on the way to my adventures on the weekend and all the times in between. Every track i play here i owned back in the back in the day.

Michael Philbey

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    Ivory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 6:36


    A track from 1991 with overt drug references with very little information on lineWhat it was like to be a Raver in Sydney in 1991 and 1992Greater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

    The Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 6:53


    A Eurodance classic with one of the catchiest hooks of all timeA night to remember in Paddington, the controversy around A radio station playing a Track by NWA and a used futon.Greater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

    Last train to Trancentral

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 7:33


    Three Letters K L FNuff SaidA night to remember in Redfern with my best mate and some Fish Stew, Donuts and Video gamesGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

    Sesame's Treet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 7:09


    Part 3 of my Metropolis story.A very average track That was late to the game in my opinion.And how 3 very average rappers ruined a secret gig of one of the biggest artisits in the worldGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

    Everybody

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 7:07


    Send us a textPart 2 of my series on experiences at Metropolis. Another italian House Classic, remixed by DJ ProfessorA late 1990 formalLuncay Gary Clail and the On-U soundsystemGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

    Rich in Paradise

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 6:46


    A great example of Italian House from 1989, and the first of 3 episodes covering my personal history with North Sydney's Metropolis night clubGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    Michael on Arvos with Tim Shiel

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 5:56


    A special episode.Me giving my opinion of Adore U by Fred Again featuring Obongjayer to Tim Shiel on Double J Arvos. Check out the track Adore U - Fred Again featuring  ObongjayerIf you enjoy this podcast you will love Double J. Its where i get a lot of my new musicDouble JGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    Beat Dis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 7:15


    A debut single that shook the dancefloor everywhere,  started a production career, and was played at my family home in the afternoon when my school mates would wait for their busses.Greater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    We love you

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 7:59


    A track that found fame as part of one of the great Dance Compilations of the early 90's. And I give the highlights of a rather epic weekend I spent in Bathurst.Greater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    Big Car (Retread)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 7:16


    A little known remix from a pioneer of industrial and electronic music, and their Australian, Severed Heads.I head back to Lawson Street in Redfern, my base of operations for the winter  of 1990.  Me, an ex Goth, and a passive aggressive Goth couple.Greater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 7:49


    A sample laden UK hit that took 6 months enter the Australian charts, just.Thursday nights on the Lower Noth Shore in 1990. We were Stompers and we Stomped.Greater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    James Brown is Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 7:07


    A global techno hit from the Netherlands that charted in the US and in Australia, and how i used to spend my Friday night bringing the Rave to the kids of the North shore of SydneyGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    Lionrock

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 7:41


    A prog house classic, and yet another debut single. Thank You Justin. I'm thinking about what we wore and where we got it, this episode might be a little RiskyGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    Malfunction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 5:48


    A British techno classic that wasn't the lead track, and the person that introduced me to this song. one of my best friends, NatahsaGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    We Gotta Do it

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 9:15


    A banging Italian techno house track that filled the dancefloors of the Sydney Rave Scene and how we spent our Friday nights in late '91 and early '92Greater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    Spin that Wheel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 7:36


    Its time for some Turtle Power with this hip house track from 1990And a night out with my oldest friend where this tune provided the soundtrack and we ate gingerbread men shape like a cartoon pizza chef on the way homeGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    Pump Up The Volume

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 7:46


    The first big UK produced House track that charted globally. And how an initiation to a dance in 1988 spawned in to friendships that have endured to this dayGreater Dub - Severed Heads1991Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

    Touched by the hand of Cicciolina

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 8:34


    It's bee a while and this week I am going back to when Italian politics and intergalactic punk rock hip hop collide in the name of football.And i recount something insidious found while working in a big hotel

    High on Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 5:51


    An under appreciated track from back in the day. Stadium house vibes without being stadium house.And how i met my brother from another mother at Happy Valley

    Charly

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 5:54


    An absolute classic debut from one of the great bands. Really the first of its kind. And Crown street my home in late 1991 and most of 1992i was really at the centre of things.

    Hyperactive

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 5:41


    A synthpop favorite of mine from an artist I still listen to today.And how Australia's National broadcaster helped shape my musical tastes and these of a generation of kids.https://linktr.ee/lostin12inches

    Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 7:25


    A Minor hit in Australia that takes me back to one of the best night of my young life. Happy Valleyhow I could be a real arse at timeshttps://linktr.ee/lostin12inches

    Istanbul (not Constantinople)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 6:02


    A newly discover remix of one of my favourite songs by one of my favourite bands They Might Be GiantsThis track has all the samplesI talk about moving out of home and the place that I moved to.https://linktr.ee/lostin12inches 

    Come Together

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 10:53


    The 10 minute long second single from one of the great albums of the 1990's and how I met my dearest friend.WolIf you would like to hear this with out me ruining it check out the YouTube link belowhttps://youtu.be/rESWc50cAGQ

    Slave to the Rhythm

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 9:18


    The signature tune for Grace Jones from 1985 and a tale of a young mans efforts to see her in 1989.A waitering job that led to disappointment.Check out the Video at https://youtu.be/YIZ388EhIgw


    in this episode we are getting Strret Tuff, Abercrombie Street Tuff, the house spent most of 1990 and a track that was very  much in the background.


    Progressive hose in the most opulent of settings. An Anagram for a band name and you have a track that has stood the test of time its 1992, its Wednesday night and we are at Stun.Here is it without me talking over it https://youtu.be/hxVq3BWyoXg

    Everything starts with an 'E'

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later May 27, 2021 8:25


    the week i look at one of my favorite walking songs. Funded By Boy George, the first song on his More Protein label.I talk you through the walk i used to take to work everyday and the sights and smells along the way.Check out the version with out me ruining it at https://youtu.be/Rhhgo9xxLk8

    Different Strokes

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later May 20, 2021 6:50


    This week I talk about a song with very little back story produced by a DJ and Promoter still putting parties to this day. And how me lugging around some sofa's and old carpets led me to the next chapter.Oh yes and I also talk about some lights.This is Different Strokes

    Rok da House

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later May 13, 2021 7:19


    The First Hip House Track.Me rambling on a bit about growing up on the North Shore of Sydney in the late 80's and how I would escape.

    Is there anybody out there

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later May 6, 2021 9:36


    A real case of love at first hear. i though I had tracked it down at Central Station but wound up buying one of the samples.My last purchase at the original Central Station records store on Pitt Street and this got me thinking about all of the other record shops that used to be up and down that street.this week we have a real bangerNever officially released in AustraliaCheck out the version with out me ruining it at https://youtu.be/JHNaeHK1UVQ

    music records rave central station is there anybody out there pitt street bassheads central station records

    A Remix, A Party, A Record box, A Club Night. Hear me talk about the greatest Dome track. In this episode I give you Hallelujah. The song that introduced me to Happy Mondays.

    7 Ways to love

    Play Episode Play 21 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 5:33


    A side project more successful than the band that spawned it. hear my thoughts and a bit of what was going on at the time.

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