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For the third episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined once more by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics. This is the final part of our recent chat. We talk about how free parties and festivals joined with the emerging rave movement in the 90's in the UK as well as the rise of a wide variety of autonomous sound systems. We also discuss how a network of events across Europe and beyond allowed the promotion of underground music through a DIY scene reminiscent of punk in the 1970's. Ian finishes by discussing his move into music production and how he became Blackmass Plastics. Support the showhttps://www.youtube.com/@ControlledWeirdnesshttps://open.spotify.com/artist/20nC7cQni8ZrvRC2REZjOIhttps://www.instagram.com/controlledweirdness/https://controlledweirdness.bandcamp.com/Theme song is Controlled Weirdness - Drifting in the Streetshttps://open.spotify.com/track/7GJfmYy4RjMyLIg9nffuktHosted from a South London tower block by Neil Keating aka Controlled Weirdness. Tales from a Disappearing City is a chance for Neil to tell some untold subcultural stories from past and present, joined by friends from his lifelong journey through subterranean London. Neil is a veteran producer and DJ and has been at the front line of all aspects of club and sound system culture since the mid 80's when he first began to go to nightclubs, gigs, and illegal parties. His musical CV includes playing everywhere from plush clubs to dirty warehouses as well as mixing tunes on a variety of iconic London pirate radio stations. He has released music on numerous underground record labels and was responsible for promoting and playing at a series of legendary early raves in the USA at the start of the 90's. He still DJ's in the UK and throu...
For this second episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined again by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics to discuss our memories of 90's record shops as well as key parties and raves. This is part two of our chat and we start in the early 1990's and finish as free parties and alternative underground ways of distributing music start to become more important. We discuss influential clubs such as Pyramid, Club Dog, Knowledge and AWOL as well legendary DJ's such as Colin Favor and Colin Dale who helped spread weird electronic music over the airwaves of London. Next episode we head into the warehouses and fields to go to free parties and play and dance at underground sound systems. Stay tuned.Support the showhttps://www.youtube.com/@ControlledWeirdnesshttps://open.spotify.com/artist/20nC7cQni8ZrvRC2REZjOIhttps://www.instagram.com/controlledweirdness/https://controlledweirdness.bandcamp.com/Theme song is Controlled Weirdness - Drifting in the Streetshttps://open.spotify.com/track/7GJfmYy4RjMyLIg9nffuktHosted from a South London tower block by Neil Keating aka Controlled Weirdness. Tales from a Disappearing City is a chance for Neil to tell some untold subcultural stories from past and present, joined by friends from his lifelong journey through subterranean London. Neil is a veteran producer and DJ and has been at the front line of all aspects of club and sound system culture since the mid 80's when he first began to go to nightclubs, gigs, and illegal parties. His musical CV includes playing everywhere from plush clubs to dirty warehouses as well as mixing tunes on a variety of iconic London pirate radio stations. He has released music on numerous underground record labels and was responsible for promoting and playing at a series of legendary early raves in the USA at the start of the 90's. He still DJ's in the UK and throu...
For this first episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics to discuss our early memories of buying vinyl and visiting record shops. This is part one of our chat and we start in the 1970's and finish as the 1990's begin. We discuss the importance of Woolworths and WH Smiths as well as topics such as did Metal Mickey invent techno and electro. We also discuss the early electro and jazz funk scene in South London and the importance of cool staff in record stores getting you into tunes or new genres. Fact check, Sid Owen was not actually in Metal Mickey as I claim on the podcast but he should have been. Next episode we head into the 90's. Stay tuned.Support the showhttps://www.youtube.com/@ControlledWeirdnesshttps://open.spotify.com/artist/20nC7cQni8ZrvRC2REZjOIhttps://www.instagram.com/controlledweirdness/https://controlledweirdness.bandcamp.com/Theme song is Controlled Weirdness - Drifting in the Streetshttps://open.spotify.com/track/7GJfmYy4RjMyLIg9nffuktHosted from a South London tower block by Neil Keating aka Controlled Weirdness. Tales from a Disappearing City is a chance for Neil to tell some untold subcultural stories from past and present, joined by friends from his lifelong journey through subterranean London. Neil is a veteran producer and DJ and has been at the front line of all aspects of club and sound system culture since the mid 80's when he first began to go to nightclubs, gigs, and illegal parties. His musical CV includes playing everywhere from plush clubs to dirty warehouses as well as mixing tunes on a variety of iconic London pirate radio stations. He has released music on numerous underground record labels and was responsible for promoting and playing at a series of legendary early raves in the USA at the start of the 90's. He still DJ's in the UK and throu...
After a week in the wilderness, we're back with great unknown artists, cult legends and some incredible collaborations. We kick off with a demo from jazz rockists Blegology and soon mix things up with dystopian electro, flute folk, Brazilian funk, and heavy hitting Soweto. We have collaborations between techno legend Surgeon and Manchester psych rockers Gnod, as well as Portugeses psych band Black Bombain and saxophonist Peter Brötzmann. Throw in some Half Man Half Biscuit and you've got yourself an immens
Mantis Radio 210 + Mindtrick Records In session this week, Rotterdam’s Mindtrick Records. Up first, an hour with DVNT who has new material from hype williams, War, Blackmass Plastics, Matt TdK, DMX Krew and more. Show playlist available at Darkfloor.
Mantis Radio 210 + Mindtrick Records In session this week, Rotterdam’s Mindtrick Records. Up first, an hour with DVNT who has new material from hype williams, War, Blackmass Plastics, Matt TdK, DMX Krew and more. playlist → show archives. support the show → become a patron.
Heading to San Diego we bring you the dark, murky witch house and drag sound of captivating duo AAIMON. With music from Death Grips, The Future Sound of London, King Cannibal, Luke Slater, Dead Sound, Swarm Intelligence, Blackmass Plastics, and more, in hour 1. Episode playlist - https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio89 Support us - https://patreon.com/mantisradio
Tracklist available at Darkfloor.
Tracklist available at Darkfloor.
Mood — Clean & Compleat – 02/02/2010 1. Golden— Scuba (Hotflush) 2. Masai Mara—Youngsta, Seven (Wheel & Deal) 3. Gold or Soul—Hyetal (Soul Motive) 4. Berlin Call—Von D (Argon) 5. Revesrse—Scuba (Hotflush) 6. Experience—Headhunter (Tempa) 7. Fat Larry’s Skank—Kode 9, Benny Ill (Tempa) 8. Ragga Dub—Dodger Man (Boomshank) 9. Hallucinations, The Bassist rmx—Ntrld (Brap Dem) 10. Impossible Encounter, Blackmass Plastics rmx—Full Spektrum (Urban Scrumping) 11. Bulgarian Funk—Antiserum, DJ G (True Tiger) 12. Socket Box—Full Spektrum (Urban Scrumping) 13. When I Look at You—Emalkay (Dub Police) 14. Girlfriend—El Wiz (Dub Police) 15. Juxta—DZ (Badman Digital) 16. Killa Sound, Skream rmx—DJ Zinc (Bingo Bass)
Since launching in 2004, Combat Recordings hasn't so much carved a niche in London’s bass music scene as hacked a gaping hole in it with a heffing great katana. Oscillating between brooding breakbeats, brutalist electro and rough-edged 2-step/dubstep flavours, label releases have been dropping thick and fast from respected bass technicians such as Ardisson, Blackmass Plastics, Point B, Scanone and, most recently, the mighty Scorn. Featuring highlights from the Combat back catalogue alongside unreleased goodies (such as Threnody's dubplate-only remix of Unnatural Causes by Paradox — a track you'll never hear again in any other form), this mix was recorded late last year by label boss Stormfield. A shortened version of the mix recently featured on Rob Booth's excellent Electronic Explorations podcast series; the show has served up a ton of great guest mixes from the likes of Surgeon, Milanese and Neil Landstrumm — if you've not caught the series so far, head over there and get up to speed. Tracklisting: Stormfield — Intro (Sewer Scene) Komonazmuk & White Boi — Apocalypse Cursor Miner — Carnivore (Milanese remix) Stormfield — Interlude (Gutter Ambush) Stormfield — Inner Silence, Outer Violence Stormfield — Haiku (Blackmass VIP) Scanone — Atlas Dolphin — Mimulus Scanone — Static Shock Scanone — Mr Tant (Point B remix) Blackmass Plastics — Bigabunda Scanone — 7th Bullet (Ardisson VIP) Cursor Miner — Adroit Manglebot Blackmass Plastics — Torture Sequence Scorn — Gravel Bed Cursor Miner — Grindloop Paradox — Unnatural Causes (Threnody remix) Blackmass Plastics — DXG Cursor Miner — Grimewatch Komonazmuk & White Boi — Search 4 Truth Scorn — Super Mantis Stormfield — Liquid Metal Being ^ Super Mantis Part 1 by Scorn is out now on Combat Recordings
A true veteran of the UK's electronic music scene, Warlock has been busily blurring boundaries through his DJing, production work and the output and associated parties of the genre-mashing Rag & Bone label that he co-runs out of south London with Noyeahno. ^ Read Spannered's interview with Warlock. Tracklisting: Crooked One — Let Us Pray (dub) Crooked One — Voided (dub) Crooked One — Paradroid (dub) Crooked One — Annilhilation (Starksound) Komonasmuk v Whiteboi — Shankstep (dub) Soundbox — Ghost Train (dub) Elemental — Shiner (dub) Starkey — Shoulder Lean (dub) Hue Jah Fink & Kirsty Hawkshaw — Out Of Reach (dub) Blackmass Plastics — Nite boat (Dirty Needles dub) Komonasmuk v Whiteboi — Ayatollah (dub) Inasekt — Untitled dub (dub) Matt Head — Thrill Kill (dub) Matt Head — Skyjacker (Ruff) Inasekt — Bug Powder (dub) Warlock — Click Clack (Starksound) Warlock — Bish Bosh (Starksound) Sky City Rising — Fever Gasp (Brooklyn Beats) Kode 9 — Sniper Dub (dub) Aaron Spectre — Say More Fire (dub) Protocol X — Screwheads (dub) Warlock — Window Smasher (Rag & Bone) Drop The Lime — Come To Life (dub) Starkey — Let U Go (DTL remix) (dub)
Built by Ian Blackmass of London's Dead Silence Syndicate. ^ Listen to Pinga (Soul Slinger & Disco D mix) by Fulerô O Esquema ^ Read Spannered's interview with Fulerô O Esquema