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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome artist, DJ, A&R executive and the man that put the ‘M' in M People - Mike Pickering to the podcast. Mike talks to Gary and Guy about a life in music from seeing the Beatles aged just 8, to the early days of the Manchester music scene, the Hacienda, Factory Records and then starting M People. This episode is a great companion to his new book which is out now called ‘Manchester Must Dance' - which is getting rave reviews…if you pardon the pun.Order the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-Must-Dance-Madness-Moving/dp/1526190567Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @pickering54 @gimmesugarproductions Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteursFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RockonteursTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteursProduced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome artist, DJ, A&R executive and the man that put the ‘M' in M People - Mike Pickering to the podcast. Mike talks to Gary and Guy about a life in music from seeing the Beatles aged just 8, to the early days of the Manchester music scene, the Hacienda, Factory Records and then starting M People. This episode is a great companion to his new book which is out now called ‘Manchester Must Dance' - which is getting rave reviews…if you pardon the pun.Order the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-Must-Dance-Madness-Moving/dp/1526190567Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @pickering54 @gimmesugarproductions Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteursFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RockonteursTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteursProduced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chris Hawkins is joined by legendary Hacienda resident and British house pioneer Graeme Park. From growing up a Factory Records fan in Scotland, through his early days in Nottingham's record shops and clubs, to becoming a key figure on the UK house scene, Graeme shares candid stories, reflections on the evolution of DJ culture, the unforgettable energy of the Hacienda, and his adventures remixing and touring the globe. Plus, they discuss staying passionate after four decades, adapting to new technology, life and loss, recovery from cancer, and what keeps the dancefloor magic alive. How to DJ is a Listening Dog Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Stephen Emmer, a Dutch composer and musician based in Amsterdam. Stephen came up in the late 70s post-punk underground, and his band Minny Pops was the first international act signed to Factory Records. He is a curious genre-explorer who has worked with Lou Reed, Chaka Khan, Tony Visconti, Trevor Horn, Flood, and many others.His latest album, Asymmetrical Dot, is a chamber work rooted in his Dutch-Indonesian heritage, built around sustained tones, wordless vocals, vibraphone, and strings. The record came out of a year when his mother died, and his first grandson was born, and the contracting themes of grief and arrival appear throughout the work.We cover the album, his hearing loss, and why he walked away from commercial work to make the most personal music of his career.(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Stephen Emmer's Asymmetrical Dot)—Dig Deeper• Artist and Albums:Visit Stephen Emmer at stephenemmer.com and follow him on Bluesky, Instagram, and YouTubePurchase Stephen Emmer's album Asymmetrical Dot from Bandcamp or Qobuz and listen on your streaming platform of choiceThe two previous installments in the 'introspective trilogy': Maison Melody (2020) and Mt. Mundane (2024)• Key Collaborators:Tony Visconti — Producer of Recitement; longtime producer of David BowieBeth Hirsch — Vocalist and co-writer on Asymmetrical Dot, Track 5; best known for AIR's Moon SafariFernando Aponte — Grammy-winning mixing engineer, HoustonEverton Nelson — Concertmaster and violinist; has performed with the LSO, BBC Concert Orchestra, and on recordings for Radiohead, U2, and Paul McCartneyPatricia Sullivan — Mastering engineer at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles• *Recitement* and Its Voices:Recitement — Emmer's 2007 spoken-word album, produced by Tony Visconti.Ken Nordine — Voice-over artist and "Word Jazz" pioneer; voiced "Absolutely Grey" on RecitementColors — Ken Nordine's 1966 album, originally commissioned as radio spots for the Fuller Paint CompanyLou Reed — Rock musician and poet; voiced "Passengers" on RecitementAllen Ginsberg — Beat poet; voiced "Disconnected" on RecitementRichard Burton — Welsh actor; voiced "The Leaden Echo" and "Boy with a Cart" on Recitement• Musical Influences and References:Gamelan — Traditional Indonesian percussion ensemble; central to the sonic concept of Asymmetrical DotDave Brubeck — American jazz pianist; one of the first musicians Emmer heard as a child, via his mother's ballet teachingHeitor Villa-Lobos — Brazilian composer; among the diverse influences Emmer's mother brought to her ballet classesClaude Debussy and Gamelan — Referenced by Emmer as a historical predecessor in integrating gamelan into Western composition• Contextual References:Holiday on Ice — International touring ice show for which Emmer served as music directorMotörhead — British heavy metal band; Emmer's hearing damage traces to a backstage encounter with their sound systemCharles Ives — American modernist composer who ran a successful insurance business alongside his musical career; referenced in the episode's discussion of portfolio careersAmbon, Indonesia — Island in the Maluku province of Indonesia, historically known as Amboina; birthplace of Emmer's mother and inspiration for the album's track "Amboina (for Roekie Aronds)"—Dig into this episode's complete show notes at podcast.thetonearm.com—• Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate The Tonearm ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of The Tonearm in your podcast app of choice. • Looking for more? Visit podcast.thetonearm.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Talk Of The Tonearm email newsletter. You can also follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, and LinkedIn. • Be sure to bookmark our online magazine, The Tonearm! → thetonearm.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Stephen Emmer, a Dutch composer and musician based in Amsterdam. Stephen came up in the late 70s post-punk underground, and his band Minny Pops was the first international act signed to Factory Records. He is a curious genre-explorer who has worked with Lou Reed, Chaka Khan, Tony Visconti, Trevor Horn, Flood, and many others.His latest album, Asymmetrical Dot, is a chamber work rooted in his Dutch-Indonesian heritage, built around sustained tones, wordless vocals, vibraphone, and strings. The record came out of a year when his mother died, and his first grandson was born, and the contracting themes of grief and arrival appear throughout the work.We cover the album, his hearing loss, and why he walked away from commercial work to make the most personal music of his career.(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Stephen Emmer's Asymmetrical Dot)—Dig Deeper• Artist and Albums:Visit Stephen Emmer at stephenemmer.com and follow him on Bluesky, Instagram, and YouTubePurchase Stephen Emmer's album Asymmetrical Dot from Bandcamp or Qobuz and listen on your streaming platform of choiceThe two previous installments in the 'introspective trilogy': Maison Melody (2020) and Mt. Mundane (2024)• Key Collaborators:Tony Visconti — Producer of Recitement; longtime producer of David BowieBeth Hirsch — Vocalist and co-writer on Asymmetrical Dot, Track 5; best known for AIR's Moon SafariFernando Aponte — Grammy-winning mixing engineer, HoustonEverton Nelson — Concertmaster and violinist; has performed with the LSO, BBC Concert Orchestra, and on recordings for Radiohead, U2, and Paul McCartneyPatricia Sullivan — Mastering engineer at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles• *Recitement* and Its Voices:Recitement — Emmer's 2007 spoken-word album, produced by Tony Visconti.Ken Nordine — Voice-over artist and "Word Jazz" pioneer; voiced "Absolutely Grey" on RecitementColors — Ken Nordine's 1966 album, originally commissioned as radio spots for the Fuller Paint CompanyLou Reed — Rock musician and poet; voiced "Passengers" on RecitementAllen Ginsberg — Beat poet; voiced "Disconnected" on RecitementRichard Burton — Welsh actor; voiced "The Leaden Echo" and "Boy with a Cart" on Recitement• Musical Influences and References:Gamelan — Traditional Indonesian percussion ensemble; central to the sonic concept of Asymmetrical DotDave Brubeck — American jazz pianist; one of the first musicians Emmer heard as a child, via his mother's ballet teachingHeitor Villa-Lobos — Brazilian composer; among the diverse influences Emmer's mother brought to her ballet classesClaude Debussy and Gamelan — Referenced by Emmer as a historical predecessor in integrating gamelan into Western composition• Contextual References:Holiday on Ice — International touring ice show for which Emmer served as music directorMotörhead — British heavy metal band; Emmer's hearing damage traces to a backstage encounter with their sound systemCharles Ives — American modernist composer who ran a successful insurance business alongside his musical career; referenced in the episode's discussion of portfolio careersAmbon, Indonesia — Island in the Maluku province of Indonesia, historically known as Amboina; birthplace of Emmer's mother and inspiration for the album's track "Amboina (for Roekie Aronds)"—Dig into this episode's complete show notes at podcast.thetonearm.com—• Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate The Tonearm ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of The Tonearm in your podcast app of choice. • Looking for more? Visit podcast.thetonearm.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Talk Of The Tonearm email newsletter. You can also follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, and LinkedIn. • Be sure to bookmark our online magazine, The Tonearm! → thetonearm.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cabaret Voltaire are no one thing. Depending on which corner of the internet you found us from, you might know them as the caustic Sheffield noise act who preceded post-punk, the sinister electro-industrial outfit with a penchant for evangelical samples and anti-fascist agitprop, or the dancefloor-adjacent act who fetched up on Factory's Belgian satellite label and made something close to club music. You're all correct.This week, we have a guide. Phil Eaglesham — P6, former front person of Stretchheads and De Salvo, current singer in OMO, musical walking tour operator, man of broad and alarming musical learnings — is here to help us navigate one of the most complex and wilfully uncommercial bands to come out of the UK, via their transitional compilation Eight Crepuscule Tracks.We trace the band's origins in a Sheffield attic in 1973, chart their debts to dub, Black American music, and the sci-fi soundscapes that shaped a generation of working-class ears, and make the case that Cabaret Voltaire — despite their apparent difficulty — were one of the most industrious and fundamentally political bands of their era. We also get into their time at Western Works Studio, which functioned less like a recording facility and more like the gravitational centre of an entire Sheffield scene; their complicated relationship with Rough Trade; and their connections to Joy Division, Lydia Lunch, Clock DVA, and the bands that would become the Human League and ABC.Along the way, Phil brings original artefacts including a signed 1979 TG/Cab Vol/Rema Rema poster from Tottenham Court Road, and the original 12-inches the album is built from. We also ask what would have happened to Cabaret Voltaire without punk — and conclude they'd likely have ended up an academic footnote rather than a foundational text. Highlights: 00:00 Intro03:56 Meet Phil Eaglesham07:47 P6 — The Name and the Character09:29 Queer Identity in the Industrial Scene12:55 Pseudonyms and Rockism17:44 Cabaret Voltaire: The Basics22:32 Sheffield, Western Works, and the Scene25:18 Rough Trade, The Fall, and Being Prolific29:10 Working-Class Roots and Industrial Culture32:33 Sci-Fi Soundscapes and Electronic Prehistory35:11 Musique Concrète to Cab Vol: How Close Were They?36:13 Dadaism, Situationism, and Confrontational Art38:40 Punk's Effect on Audiences (Not Just Music)40:11 The Counterfactual: Cab Vol Without Punk41:43 Black Music, Funk, and the DNA Nobody Talks About43:39 New Wave, No Wave, and New York Connections46:29 Factory Records, Crépuscule, and the Belgian Connection47:49 Original Artefacts: Posters, 12-Inches, and History50:31 Why Eight Crepuscule Tracks?52:54 Looking Towards Next Week and Outro
On this week's Line Noise, Ben Cardew spoke to Mancunian extraordinaire Mike Pickering, a man whose musical history makes ordinary people quake. They spoke about Quando Quango, Factory Records (where Mike signed James), being the resident DJ at the Haçienda in the glory years of rave, making the first British house record (perhaps), forming M People and winning the Mercury Prize, A&Ring Calvin Harris and - most of all - Mike's new book Manchester Must Dance: A Life of Music, Madness and Moving On Up. is he the best connected man in Manchester? Quite possibly. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.
On this week's Line Noise, Ben Cardew spoke to Mancunian extraordinaire Mike Pickering, a man whose musical history makes ordinary people quake. They spoke about Quando Quango, Factory Records (where Mike signed James), being the resident DJ at the Haçienda in the glory years of rave, making the first British house record (perhaps), forming M People and winning the Mercury Prize, A&Ring Calvin Harris and - most of all - Mike's new book Manchester Must Dance: A Life of Music, Madness and Moving On Up. is he the best connected man in Manchester? Quite possibly. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.
Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley read a review of the Sex Pistols in February 1976, borrowed a car, drove to London, asked the NME where they'd find the band and were told ‘try a sex shop in the King's Road'. The events that followed changed both the culture of Manchester and the course of rock history, a story mapped out in David Nolan's excellent ‘I Swear I Was There', a book as much about the audience as the band. His theory: “If the Pistols hadn't played the Lesser Free Trade Hall … no Buzzcocks, Joy Division, Factory Records, ‘indie' scene, Smiths, Fall, Nirvana, Blur, Oasis, Radiohead or Prodigy.' As the 50th anniversary looms, he talks to us here about … … those who claimed to be there and the ones who actually were … the contrast between myth and reality … the letter Morrissey sent the NME: “Maybe the Pistols will be able to afford some clothes which don't look as though they've been slept in” … punk metaphor: Howard Devoto asking a tailor to narrow his trouser legs and being told, “there's no going back” … North/South crowd violence: “a battle with a gig breaking out in the middle” … the three reels of home-movie and the photos that turned up 36 years later … Sister Rosetta Tharpe, ‘Judas' at the Free Trade Hall, Stones In The Park and other landmark Manchester moments ... the pioneering impact of Granada TV … “if you look at Manchester now, its media, its skyscrapers, its cultural prosperity, none of that would have been happened without those Pistols gigs” … “Sheffield would have admired them, Manchester thought: we can do better!” … and various bit-part players – Tony Wilson, Peter Hook, Paul Morley, Jordan and Jon the Postman. Order ‘I Swear I Was There' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Swear-Was-There-Pistols-Manchester/dp/1786060159 Book promotions at Walthamstow Rock & Roll Book Club, London - 25 May (link below); Nudie, Manchester – 28 May; Central Library, Manchester - 11July: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there-tickets-1985356197832?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=0713ff5cbb20ee739ec0a8803927c4228f74fda0c5bac9785b11548a1e5b7c04ba91c0af5267ba677dfafa61163636f97633016b86ba8be02a78ecdb7f234740f0be4f90136c5fd636905d294bHelp us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley read a review of the Sex Pistols in February 1976, borrowed a car, drove to London, asked the NME where they'd find the band and were told ‘try a sex shop in the King's Road'. The events that followed changed both the culture of Manchester and the course of rock history, a story mapped out in David Nolan's excellent ‘I Swear I Was There', a book as much about the audience as the band. His theory: “If the Pistols hadn't played the Lesser Free Trade Hall … no Buzzcocks, Joy Division, Factory Records, ‘indie' scene, Smiths, Fall, Nirvana, Blur, Oasis, Radiohead or Prodigy.' As the 50th anniversary looms, he talks to us here about … … those who claimed to be there and the ones who actually were … the contrast between myth and reality … the letter Morrissey sent the NME: “Maybe the Pistols will be able to afford some clothes which don't look as though they've been slept in” … punk metaphor: Howard Devoto asking a tailor to narrow his trouser legs and being told, “there's no going back” … North/South crowd violence: “a battle with a gig breaking out in the middle” … the three reels of home-movie and the photos that turned up 36 years later … Sister Rosetta Tharpe, ‘Judas' at the Free Trade Hall, Stones In The Park and other landmark Manchester moments ... the pioneering impact of Granada TV … “if you look at Manchester now, its media, its skyscrapers, its cultural prosperity, none of that would have been happened without those Pistols gigs” … “Sheffield would have admired them, Manchester thought: we can do better!” … and various bit-part players – Tony Wilson, Peter Hook, Paul Morley, Jordan and Jon the Postman. Order ‘I Swear I Was There' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Swear-Was-There-Pistols-Manchester/dp/1786060159 Book promotions at Walthamstow Rock & Roll Book Club, London - 25 May (link below); Nudie, Manchester – 28 May; Central Library, Manchester - 11July: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there-tickets-1985356197832?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=0713ff5cbb20ee739ec0a8803927c4228f74fda0c5bac9785b11548a1e5b7c04ba91c0af5267ba677dfafa61163636f97633016b86ba8be02a78ecdb7f234740f0be4f90136c5fd636905d294bHelp us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley read a review of the Sex Pistols in February 1976, borrowed a car, drove to London, asked the NME where they'd find the band and were told ‘try a sex shop in the King's Road'. The events that followed changed both the culture of Manchester and the course of rock history, a story mapped out in David Nolan's excellent ‘I Swear I Was There', a book as much about the audience as the band. His theory: “If the Pistols hadn't played the Lesser Free Trade Hall … no Buzzcocks, Joy Division, Factory Records, ‘indie' scene, Smiths, Fall, Nirvana, Blur, Oasis, Radiohead or Prodigy.' As the 50th anniversary looms, he talks to us here about … … those who claimed to be there and the ones who actually were … the contrast between myth and reality … the letter Morrissey sent the NME: “Maybe the Pistols will be able to afford some clothes which don't look as though they've been slept in” … punk metaphor: Howard Devoto asking a tailor to narrow his trouser legs and being told, “there's no going back” … North/South crowd violence: “a battle with a gig breaking out in the middle” … the three reels of home-movie and the photos that turned up 36 years later … Sister Rosetta Tharpe, ‘Judas' at the Free Trade Hall, Stones In The Park and other landmark Manchester moments ... the pioneering impact of Granada TV … “if you look at Manchester now, its media, its skyscrapers, its cultural prosperity, none of that would have been happened without those Pistols gigs” … “Sheffield would have admired them, Manchester thought: we can do better!” … and various bit-part players – Tony Wilson, Peter Hook, Paul Morley, Jordan and Jon the Postman. Order ‘I Swear I Was There' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Swear-Was-There-Pistols-Manchester/dp/1786060159 Book promotions at Walthamstow Rock & Roll Book Club, London - 25 May (link below); Nudie, Manchester – 28 May; Central Library, Manchester - 11July: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there-tickets-1985356197832?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=0713ff5cbb20ee739ec0a8803927c4228f74fda0c5bac9785b11548a1e5b7c04ba91c0af5267ba677dfafa61163636f97633016b86ba8be02a78ecdb7f234740f0be4f90136c5fd636905d294bHelp us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This playlist is 68% vinyl friendly. Poor. Teenage Engineering’s PO–80 Record Factory turntable. In a move to avoid wrecking their dads’ pride and joy, maybe an inexpensive (approx £300) route to young kids getting the feel of spinning vinyl? Beyond maybe playing a Factory Records record on this Record Factory turntable, with six black five-inch blank records plus sleeves included they can even cut their own recordings! That’s all after you’ve built the thing… as it comes in a kit. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms tweak/edit/chop and the occasional tune might sound a bit dodgy, quality-wise. On top of that, the switch between different decades and production values never helps in the mix here. Lyric of Playlist 150 ‘And the award goes to… ‘ Tracey Thorne and Ben Watt… A long, long time ago some of their words would have rung true here. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983. Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW ORDER – Crystal (Lee Coombs Remix) * – 12″ – London – 2001 Fresh from the release of the band’s Get Ready album, both its opening track and their set opener on all three of the Brixton Academy, London gigs I caught in 2001, this version is maybe weighted more on the remixers side than usual when kicking off 41 Rooms with New Order but this one really drives. 08.13 MESOSAUNA (feat DANIELE GAS) – Rotta Calabra – Download only – Factory Flaws – 2025 Out of Milan and Italy (albeit with a bit of a Teutonic feel) the title translates as “Calabrian Route”, ‘naming the path many take across the sea, hoping for something better on the other side‘. That fish below though needs to stick to the water. 13.46 FOUR TET – A Joy (Album version) – 7″ – Domino – 2005 The ‘Album version’ on a 7″ single and to these ears, Kieran Hebden sounding a long way from anything joyous. 16.42 WIELORYB – Iron – Stream only? – ? – 2026 ‘Spongey industrial’ sounds from Poland and best explained, aurally and visually, within his regular Meta/Fb page posts. 19.08 CHOZE x BARBARELLA – Heartbeat Drums – Stream only – Facebook – 2025 ‘Built from the ground up, written, recorded and filmed in a single five hour session‘… with, as I hint on the show, Massive Attack’s Bristol, UK in their bones it would seem, even though with far flung ancestry they’re based in London. 22.40 MASSIVE ATTACK – Safe From Harm (12″ Version) – 12″ – Wild Bunch – 1991 And to the slow beats bosses themselves… ‘Wailed like ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ by Shara Nelson, this wind swept strange very densely rumbling slow swaying tugger is out first (contrary to the sleeve listing) in Nellee Hooper’s (0)-81.6bpl 12″ Version and 0-81.4bpm Instrumental, plush group’s 0-82.3bpm Original, with apparently a Paul Oakenfold remix to follow‘. – James Hamilton, Record Mirror (Music Week), 1.6.91 29.13 RAE & CHRISTIAN – Anything U Want – 12″ – Grand Central – 1998 The instrumental dub side made it to 41 Rooms eons ago but contrary maybe to the ‘antennae’ of a hardcore rap fan, this vocal version is an example of how my senses tend to pick up on any counter vocals or sounds to the rap – and here it’s that soulful bv. If they weren’t there this tune would have passed me by without much fuss – even though it’s Mark Rae (and Steve Christian) at the controls. 32.47 ADDIS ROCKERS – Enter Addis Ababa – Enter Addis Ababa, LP – Warriors International – 1985 An album I only honed in on decades after John Peel played the album’s Broadwater Farm Affairs track and if ever anyone can find a near mint copy of this album, they’re a better soul than me. It’s the sleeve that’s always the bigger problem. Lamination of some sort might have done the trick. 37.06 MISTY IN ROOTS – Soddom and Gomorrah (Peel session, 27.11.79) – The John Peel Sessions, CD only – Strange Fruit – 1995 Importantly for me, The John Peel Sessions covers four of the seven tracks recorded for the band’s first two (and best?) visits to the Beeb’s Maida Vale studios, with the second being right up there with any or most done for Peel’s radio show, and before the dawn of Discogs I had the notion the above release might have been on vinyl as well. Sadly, to date it’s not the case. 41.42 MAE McKENNA – Sayonara – Nightfallers, LP – Virgin – 1988 Find me another online playlist where Mae McKenna has sat next to Misty In Roots. It won’t be happening. Somewhere soon after this album came out I was on a holiday back in Ireland and after an evening in the pub with cousins we reconvened in my mum’s childhood home and were playing ‘Rings’ (look it up, kids) on a Ring Board on the door down to the ‘parlour’ and this tune came on the radio. The things you remember… 47.04 RAIN TREE CROW – Every Colour You Are – Rain Tree Crow, LP – Virgin – 1991 With all four (ex)members of Japan involved, Rain Tree Crow was seen at the time as ‘a long term project, with a fresh artistic start‘. Keen to avoid any notions of a nostalgic Japan reunion, David Sylvian, especially, was aiming to ‘create improvised, atmospheric music departing from their past commercial sound.’ Unsurprisingly, I’ve gone for the track that maybe could most happily have sat on any new Japan album of the time. :) 50.44 DAVID BOWIE – Right – 7″ b-side – RCA – 1975 This mistakenly slipped off the 41 Rooms radar til now. Gold star quality from my fave Bowie era. 54.55 CHAKK – Falling – 10 Days In An Elevator, LP – MCA – 1986 From the early doors, tougher industrial funk of Out Of The Flesh through to the ‘10 Days… ‘ album and Falling, where he’s absolutely soaring, Jake Harries was well suited as Chakk’s vocalist, even if (it seems) singing didn’t transpire to being a long term career path. 58.35 TERRY CALLIER – Love Theme From Spartacus – Timepeace, LP – Talkin’ Loud/Verve – 1998 Folk… soul… class… The film’s instrumental theme tune re-imagined. 01.03.01 LYNDA SLOANE-CUSACK – Dreams (part) – Stream only – 2026 I’ve side-stepped matching the track after this, here with the more obvious Fleetwood Mac reference point (Rhiannon) – and albeit a short, one-time take, this is a beaut of a FM cover. Cork, Ireland-based, Lynda’s actually a wedding ceremony singer and guitarist, so that accounts for the church acoustics in the mix. 01.04.50 KELLY JEAN CARTER – Yellow-Back Novel – Yellow-Back Novel, download only – Red Bird Music – 2025 Seemingly out of nowhere (though there’ll have been an algorthymic reason) this quality song popped up on my Fb/Meta feed and seeped into my brain. A sleeper of a song that maybe mostly hits the mark with anyone who grew up in the ’70s hearing singer-songwriters regularly on the radio. 01.09.53 DAVID McWILLIAMS – As I Used To Know Her – Livin’s Just A State Of Mind, LP – Dawn – 1974 The first of two artists from Northern Ireland on this show and until recently, McWilliam’s signature tune, Days Of Pearly Spencer was the only single/track of his I (back in the ’70s) ever owned. If I’m honest, this was one of those grab-the-album-for-the-one-and-only-track-I-like sketches… but I recently spotted and bought this acetate, so that added some appeal. Maybe half a dozen at most ever cut? 01.14.11 THIS MORTAL COIL – I Want To Live – Filigree & Shadow, 2LP – 4AD – 1986 Deirdre Rutkowski owns it here but I remember thinking F&S was a single album at best and listening now to the two LPs it still feels ‘patchy’ and like a project that fell short of its initial goals. Could be wrong, of course. 01.18.04 JAZZ THE GLASS / GOT-TA-SCATTA – The Journey – Demo, unreleased – Stream only – 2015-2025’ish Dave Summersgill and myself (GOT-TA-SCATTA) with the ‘ingredients’ here and judging by the working versions I have, this track is only(!) a little over a decade old, though this version was fine-tuned in more recent times by Dave (Jazz The Glass). With our favourite unwitting contributor of the time, Maya Angelou on the mic and samples from elsewhere. 01.22.16 BUNNYDRUMS – Ugh and… 01.25.13 BUNNYDRUMS – Sleeping – P.K.D., LP – Red Music – 1983 Such is the way I put these shows together I was smugly thinking Sleeping very neatly fitted after Ugh before I realised it was the same band! So, an accidental and rare ‘double tune’ outing on 41 Rooms. 01.29.28 JOY DIVISION – The Only Mistake – Still, 2LP – Factory – 1981 Yep, my copy of Still sadly water damaged along the way. As for the ribbon that ‘wrapped’ it in 1981, that would have been low on my radar to conserve back then. 01.33.28 MOUNT PALOMAR (feat ENOLA GAY) – Feeding Frenzy * – Stream only – 2026 Tuff!!!!! Something akin the traits I mention above with Rae & Christian, I’m a bit of a sucker for a verse and chorus structure that wildly contrasts… and this really smacks. 01.37.04 ATRIC & FRIDA DARKO – My Dog – Download only – 2025 Even though they’re from Leipzig, Germany, this sounds darker than some of their profile pics and track visuals would suggest. 01.42.13 SHIPS – Where We Are – Precession, LP + 7″ – Self released – 2017 Actually, the a-side of the (blue vinyl) 7″ part of the package – with the album being clear vinyl. With my copy currently residing in California, let’s hear it for the bespoke packaging approach! The Dublin-based duo, Sorca McGrath & Simon Cullen’s first and only album, to date. 01.46.47 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – Missing – Amplified Heart, LP – Blanco y Negro – 1994 It’s maybe hard to remember there was a time – before Todd Terry’s intervention took the song global – when Missing was (just) a track on an album, as classy as the duo, Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn are. If I’d gone for the purest ‘least cluttered by other tracks and/or mixes’ vinyl to get this original version, it would have been on an expensive Italian promo only 7″… but I haven’t. 01.50.25 FAYLEINE BROWN – You Know I Missed You (Todd Edwards Remix) – 12″ – Azuli – 1996 ‘Device and Devibes deliver a mature-sounding vocal with a smokin’ underground break which continues in the dub with whirling vocals and swinging drums. The Todd Edwards mix has his typical anagramatic vocal arrangements and although it will not win him any new fans, it will certainly keep a confused but contented smile on the faces of his existing ones. Finally, there is D&D Tribal dub which will work well for those who prefer harder repetitive house‘. **** Jeremy Newall, Record Mirror (Music Week), 2.3.96 And from a song with the line ‘and I miss you’ to one with the title, ‘You Know I Missed You’. Totally coincidental… with Todd Edwards in the house garage! Maybe with a bit of a nod to M(ark) K(inchen)’s vocal cut up style, this had me bouncing and cheery in its time, as it did with the London underground scene… and yet it’s another 12″ you can now pick up, still in mint condition for less than the price of a pint. 01.55.32 ST. GERMAIN – Alabama Blues (Todd Edwards Vocal Mix) – 12″ – F Communications – 1995 ‘This label’s best release gets another chance with some more radio friendly mixes that feature a lot more vocal and mixes by Todd Terry that make the blues/house combinations less effective but still catchy. The sparser deeper original mix is still the best with its simple moody organ creating the atmosphere, but this groundbreaking tune deserves a re-release and the new versions at least give it a new angle‘. – Tim Jeffery, Record Mirror (Music Week), 11.11.95 ‘Todd Edwards is New York’s fastest rising production star. Here, he helps the leading light of the French new school jazzers to forge stronger links to the dancefloor. With his distinctly smooth yet hyper style, the MK-like vocal snippets work particularly well on the dub, where Stevie Wonder cut-ups jump off the vinyl. And for those who missed out on the first release of this in 1993, the oh-so-cool original is also included‘. ****1/2 Michael Morley, Muzik #6, Nov ’95 Yep, with the wrong Todd noted in the first review, it’s a Todd Edwards reprise as he works his skills on the French producer’s original. Show 151 will upload May 3. Dec x The post Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 150 – Original upload 5.4.26 appeared first on 41Rooms.
In 1995, after five years of court cases, silence and mounting expectation, The Stone Roses are finally back. The Second Coming has been released, and a Glastonbury headline slot awaits. Then on a rare day off in America, guitarist John Squire falls from his bike and breaks his collarbone. The momentum snaps.Meanwhile, Britpop storms the charts. Blur and Suede set the tone and Oasis inherit Manchester's swagger and carry it into a different decade. Then, on 15 June 1996, a bomb detonates in Manchester city centre. The physical damage is vast. The city rebuilds quickly, shinier and safer, the rough edges that once nurtured experimentation begin to disappear.By the time The Stone Roses limp onto the stage at Reading Festival in August 1996, expectation outweighs belief and the performance falters. Within months, the band are finished. The Happy Mondays have already collapsed under the weight of addiction and excess. Factory Records is gone. The Hacienda is fading. The party is over.Episode 7 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester charts the slow unravelling of a movement that once felt unstoppable. This is the story of how Madchester dissolved and how the city it transformed, moved on without it.A BBC Audio Production.
Barbados was supposed to save them. In early 1992, The Happy Mondays are flown to the Caribbean to record their next album. Fresh from the success of Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, this should be consolidation. Instead, Shaun Ryder drops his methadone at Manchester airport, the studio fills with smoke rather than songs and the budget disappears pound by pound. A sun lounger is sold for drugs. Back home, the gold rush continues. James score a number two single with Sit Down and a wave of new bands flood the charts. A&Rs circle the city nightly, desperate for the next Madchester success.But at The Hacienda, the mood has changed. Security tightens as gangs move in. Tony Wilson announces the club's temporary closure. When it reopens, it does so under suspicion and noise complaints from new city centre flats rising around it. Meanwhile, the Stone Roses vanish into courtrooms and contracts. By 1992, Factory Records is running on fumes. The Hacienda is bleeding money. And in a final, almost absurd twist, Shaun Ryder sells the master tapes of Yes Please! for £50, a moment that tips the label into bankruptcy.Episode 6 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester is the story of the comedown and how the movement that once felt unstoppable begins to fracture under its own weight.A BBC Audio Production.
Manchester in the late 1970s is a city in retreat. Industry is collapsing and jobs are disappearing. Whole neighbourhoods feel abandoned. Out of that stillness comes a stark, unsettling new sound. Joy Division capture the mood of a city that has lost its rhythm. Their music is tense, mechanical and unflinching. When Ian Curtis dies in May 1980, just as the band stand on the brink of America, it feels like the end of something fragile and important. A month later, Love Will Tear Us Apart is released. But this story does not end there.Tony Wilson, television presenter and cultural instigator, has already opened a club night called The Factory. Within two years, the surviving members of Joy Division return as New Order and take a huge gamble to open a cavernous nightclub by the canal. On opening night at The Haçienda, a white grand piano sits in the middle of a vast, echoing room. Almost nobody dances.Episode 1 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester tells the story of how a broken industrial city began to rebuild itself through sound. From the Russell Club in Hulme to the birth of Factory Records, from the stark poetry of Joy Division to the uncertain promise of the Haçienda, this is where Manchester finds a room… and the faintest hint of a new pulse.Featuring archive interviews from Tony Wilson, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris and a new interview with Mike Pickering.A BBC Audio Production.
Show #1140 Black History Month 01. Otis Clay & Johnny Rawls - Living On Borrowed Time (3:41) (Soul Brothers, Catfood Records, 2014) 02. Jovin Webb - Drunk on Your Love (3:42) (Drifter, Blind Pig Records, 2025) 03. Bernard Allison - Groove With Me (4:03) (Chills & Thrills, Ruf Records, 2007) 04. Candice Ivory - Strong Black Mattie (4:06) (New Southern Vintage, Nola Blue Records, 2025) 05. D.K. Harrell - Honey Ain't So Sweet (5:29) (The Right Man, Little Village Foundation, 2023) 06. Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues - Dead End Street (4:47) (The Blues is My Biography, Rosa's Lounge Records, 2025) 07. Sierra Green & the Giants - Promised Land (3:36) (Here We Are, Big Radio Records, 2024) 08. James Blood Ulmer - No Escape From The Blues (3:32) (No Escape From The Blues-The Electric Lady Sessions, Hyena Records, 2003) 09. Jesse Fortune - Be Careful With A Fool (4:14) (Fortune Tellin' Man, Delmark Records, 1993) 10. Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band - Cruisin' (3:46) (Shoutin' In Key, Hannibal Records, 2000) 11. Solomon Burke - It Makes No Difference (5:27) (Make Do With What You Got, Shout! Factory Records, 2005) 12. Super Chikan - Coochie Daddy (3:38) (Sum' Mo' Chikan, VizzTone Records, 2007) 13. Denise Lasalle - You Gotta Pay To Play (4:04) (Trapped By A Thing Called Love, Westbound Records, 1972) 14. Biscuit Miller - Bottle Of Whiskey, Bottle Of Wine (4:29) (Wishbone, self-release, 2016) 15. Eric Gales - The Change In Me (5:44) (Relentless, Blues Bureau International, 2010) 16. Bizz Bigsby - Step (5:32) (Here In This Town, self-release, 2025) 17. Magic Sam - Scratch My Back (4:06) (Magic Touch, Black Magic Records, 1983) 18. Slim Harpo - Baby Scratch My Back (2:52) (45 RPM Single, Exello Records, 1965) 19. Albert Collins - Avalanche (2:39) (Ice Pickin', Alligator Records, 1978) 20. William Bell - Strange Fruit Is Still Hanging (5:02) (Single, Wilbe Records, 2024) 21. Robert Jr. Lockwood - Blues And Trouble (3:29) (Steady Rollin' Man, Delmark Records, 1970) 22. Gina Coleman - Unequivocally Blue (3:08) (Unequivocally Blue, Guitar One Records, 2025) 23. Duwayne Burnside - Talk Sweet To Me (4:12) (Red Rooster, Lucky 13 Records, 2025) 24. Mr. Sipp - Strings Attached (5:53) (Knock A Hole In It, Malaco Records, 2017) 25. Eric Bibb - Hope In A Hopeless World (5:08) (Painting Signs, EarthBeat Records, 2001) 26. Shirley Johnson - Take Your Foot Off My Back (5:05) (Selfish Kind of Gal, Delmark Records, 2025) 27. Michael Burks - Take A Chance On Me Baby (5:17) (Show Of Strength, Alligator Records, 2012) 28. Garry Burnside - High (3:09) (It's My Time Now, Strolling Bones Records, 2025) For more information about Black History Month: https://www.bandanablues.com/links.html Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.
Today we celebrate a belated Valentine's Day by diving into our favorite singles with a theme of love. Join Frizz and Bob as they chat about Factory Records, the Titanic, friend of the show Seal, the Skatt Bros, and more!
Nueva entrega de Música de Contrabando, semanario de actualidad musical (22/01/2026)Entrevistas:- Lagartija Nick. Charlamos con Antonio Arias.- El fotógrafo Domingo J Casas, Premio Carlos Tena, es el comisario de la Expo " David Bowie. 10 años"- Con JJ Iniesta, de La Culturería, descubrimos los 10 artistas murcianos más escuchados en Spotify. ¡y hay sorpresas!.Noticias: Muere Bob Weir, cofundador de Grateful Dead. Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, guitarrista de black midi, nos dejó tras luchar con problemas de salud mental. Los BRIT Awards han anunciado su lista completa de nominados para su edición de 2026 . Gorillaz y Bizarrap han colaborado en "Orange County", una de las canciones de "The Mountain" .Morrissey cancela seis conciertos de su gira norteamericana. Sleater-Kinney forman banda de versiones de Ramones: The Return of Jacky and Judy. NOFX comparten un trailer "para adultos" de su documental . Sting obligado a pagar más de 800.000 dólares a sus excompañeros de The Police. Aphex Twin supera a Taylor Swift en oyentes mensuales de YouTube. Vendidas todas las piezas de la subasta de The Haçienda y Factory Records .Gibson lanza dos réplicas de la guitarra ES-355 de 1960 de Keith Richards. Arctic Monkeys regresan con una canción benéfica, su primera canción en 4 años este mismo jueves. El tema formará parte de un disco destinado a recaudar fondos para la ONG War Child y varios artistas formarán parte de él.Edwyn Collins se despide del público español con 10 fechas.Novedades musicales:Arctic Monkeys, Sleaford Mods, Courtney Barnett, Arlo Parks, Westside Cowboys, Morrissey, Taylor Swift, Dry Cleaning, Suede, Gorillaz ft Bizarrap, Lola Young, La Amenaza Constante, Noise Box, Clara Plath, Lisasinson, Ladilla Rusa, Amore, Victorias, Bicicleta, Mujeres, Leverse, Walls, Flea ft Thom Yorke, Xoel López, Eskorzo y Muerdo, Ruto Neón y Muerdo, Carlangas y Leiva, Ian Iris, Ángel Stanich, Ellie, Charlotte Day Wilson, Snail Mail, Father John Misty, Daughter, The New Pornographers, Le Mur.Agenda de conciertos:Lagartija Nick, Repion, Rubén Pozo, Helio, Celtia, Manu Sequera, Kilara, David Otero, A Mares...
In episode 117 we're going back to the mid 90s with a band that captured the wild spirit of Madchester, acid house, and Britpop all in one cosmic mash up Space Monkeys!Formed in Manchester, signed to Factory Records, and produced by none other than Peter Hook from New Order, Space Monkeys were one of the last great acts to ride that post-rave wave blending funk, rock, and psychedelic energy into something truly unique.Their debut album The Daddy of Them All dropped in 1997, just as the scene was shifting and though their story burned fast, their influence has lingered in unexpected corners of modern indie and dance musicSo buckle up we're heading back to the days of baggy jeans, warehouse parties, and the final days of Factory. This is the story of the Space Monkeys: the band that took Manchester to the moon!Stupid & Contagious STORE https://stupid-contagious-podcast-shop.fourthwall.com/Welcome to The Stupid And Contagious podcast, a podcast focused on bringing you interviews with the bands that defined a generation!That generation grew up in the 90s with the Grebo bands (Senseless Things, PWEI, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Mega City Four, The Wonderstuff and many more) on the UK side of the pond and quickly joined by the grunge bands (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and many more) on the US side of the pond.We are not limiting ourselves to these genres though, we will chart the guitar bands from all genres throughout the decade that was the 1990s.If you are into 1990s guitar music or just a music lover in general then this is the podcast for you!Please also subscribe and follow the podcast on the social media links belowStupid & Contagious PodcastItunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/stupid-contagious/id1705645715All the Socials! https://linktr.ee/stupidandcontagiousFacebook https://www.facebook.com/stupidandcontagiouspodcastYoutube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfPJ5FhcYAHO7UhrRtTtgGwInstagram https://www.instagram.com/stupidandcontagiouspodcast/Spotify MIXTAPE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3j3wvOd6oQsyAUos4TiEUf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What does it mean to shape culture through design? For Peter Saville CBE, one of the most influential designers of our time, it has always been about perception. From his early work at Factory Records, crafting the visual identities of Joy Division and New Order, to collaborations with fashion houses like Yohji Yamamoto, Burberry, Calvin Klein and Chanel, Saville has consistently redefined how we experience music, fashion, and culture. Now in his late sixties, he reflects on a career that blurred the lines between art, design and branding, sometimes to his dismay, as he laments the loss of authenticity in today’s brand-saturated world. Listen as Vince and Peter explore his iconic album covers, his transition from music to fashion and cultural institutions, and why, in his words, he has “always been designing himself.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pre-sale begins 10am local time - Wednesday 1st October 2025 General sale from 10am local time - Friday 3rd October 2025 Tour Dates available below: Briancoxlive.co.uk After performing his sell-out, record-breaking show 'Horizons' to nearly half a million people across the world, Professor Brian Cox is back with new tour world tour Emergence. Tickets for shows spanning the UK & Ireland, Europe, the US, Australia, Asia-Pacific and beyond go on general sale at 10am (local times) on Friday 3rd October 2025 via briancoxlive.co.uk. In the winter of 1610 Johannes Kepler was crossing Prague's Charles Bridge when he noticed a snowflake land on his arm. Why, he asked, are all snowflakes six-cornered? "I do not believe," he wrote, "that even in a snowflake, this ordered pattern exists at random." 400 years later, we have part of the answer. Snowflakes are made of water molecules, which are made of atoms, which are made of quarks and electrons - which might be made of superstrings - all held together by forces of nature described by quantum theory. But how does such delicate beauty emerge from such abstract simplicity? Emergence is a celebration of the intricacy of the Universe and an exploration of the laws of nature that sculpted it. From the largest structures in the known Universe - the rivers and flows of galaxies that trace the cosmic web - to Earth's interlinked ecosystems and the structure of the human brain - from black holes to snowflakes - we observe a world of dazzling complexity underpinned by magnificent simplicity. How did a quarter of a million-year-old species of great apes on one small planet amongst trillions orbiting around a middle-aged star in an average galaxy figure all this out, guided by curiosity, mathematics and an aesthetic sense of symmetry and beauty? And what might we become if we can hold onto the ideas of the enlightenment so successfully developed and deployed by Kepler and his contemporaries and successors - ideas that have allowed us to begin to read the story of the Universe and carried our spacecraft to the edge of the solar system and outwards to the stars. Professor Brian Cox said: "I've loved creating Emergence - it's the most ambitious live show I've ever written. I've been very lucky to collaborate with a wonderful group of scientists, musicians, filmmakers and graphic artists to bring cosmology, biology, philosophy and history to the largest and most advanced LED screens available, with the best sound and lights I could find. I hope the show is an all-encompassing experience, and I hope it leaves everyone, whether they love science or music or history, or simply contemplating the beauty of Nature, with something new to think about." Brian has worked with a world-leading team of creatives for Emergence. Graphics and visual effects have been created in collaboration with Emmy Award winning director Nic Stacey and digital artist Erik Wernquist, and branding is by Peter Saville CBE, the renowned art director known for his original work with Factory Records. Brian has appeared in many landmark science programmes over the last 15 years, from the Peabody Award-winning Wonders of the Solar System to worldwide hit series The Planets to his most recent landmark series Solar System, which has become one of the best watched science series of the last decade. You can learn more about Professor Brian Cox by following him on social media @ProfBrianCox ABOUT PROFESSOR BRIAN COX CBE FRS Brian is widely recognized as the foremost communicator for science, cosmology and astronomy in the world. He is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In September 2025 he was appointed as The Francis Crick Institute's first-ever Crick Scholar. Brian has presented a number of highly acclaimed, award-winning science programmes for the BBC watched by billions around the world including 'Adventures in Space a...
A (relatively) in-depth analysis of the English post-rock band Bark Psychosis (as well as some other general stuff) in (just under) twenty five minutes.Originally, Bark Psychosis was a quartet of Graham Sutton, Daniel Gish, John Ling and Mark Simnett. This line-up (with contributions from other passing members) recorded early singles and EPs plus the debut album Hex, before gradually dissolving over the course of 1994, with Sutton moving on to his drum and bass project Boymerang and to production work. Sutton reformed the group in 2004 without any of the other previous members, as a flexible project in which he was supported by a shifting roster of guest musicians (including Talk Talk drummer Lee Harris and experimental guitarist Colin Bradley of Dual).In 2005, Bark Psychosis released the 400 Winters EP. This featured three Dustsucker album tracks 'deconstructed and reassembled' by Colin Bradley.Bark Psychosis has been dormant since 2005, mainly due to Sutton concentrating on his work as a producer. Pendulum Man was featured in the 2008 movie Definitely, Maybe.In 2017 Hex was reissued on vinyl and CD on Fire Records.I do hope you enjoy this episode.Mathew Woodallhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1F15mx4ea3/https://buymeacoffee.com/lownoiseWhy buy me a coffee?Low Noise is proudly ad-free. If you would like to to say thank you for any of the content you have enjoyed (and help support the continuation of creating more), the above link provides a way to make a small donation of your choice (I also function on coffee!).Feel free to leave a note with your donation to let me know what you enjoy about the podcast or any topics you would like me to discuss in the future.(relatively) in-depth analysis of the English rock band Joy Division (as well as some other general stuff) in (just over) thirty minutes.Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook formed the band (initially called Warsaw) after attending a 1976 Sex Pistols concert. While Joy Division's first recordings were heavily influenced by punk, they soon developed a sparse sound and style that made them one of the pioneering groups of the post-punk genre. Their self-released 1978 debut EP An Ideal for Living drew the attention of Tony Wilson, who signed them to his independent label Factory Records. Their debut album Unknown Pleasures, recorded with producer Martin Hannett, was released in 1979.Despite a short career, Joy Division have exerted a wide-reaching influence and achieved widespread critical acclaim.I do hope you enjoy this episode.Mathew Woodallhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1F15mx4ea3/https://buymeacoffee.com/lownoiseWhy buy me a coffee?Low Noise is proudly ad-free. If you would like to to say thank you for any of the content you have enjoyed (and help support the continuation of creating more), the above link provides a way to make a small donation of your choice (I also function on coffee!).Feel free to leave a note with your donation to let me know what you enjoy about the podcast or any topics you would like me to discuss in the future. (as well as some other general stuff) in (just over) thirty minutes.Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook formed the band (initially called Warsaw) after attending a 1976 Sex Pistols concert. While Joy Division's first recordings were heavily influenced by punk, they soon developed a sparse sound and style that made them one of the pioneering groups of the post-punk genre. Their self-released 1978 debut EP An Ideal for Living drew the attention of Tony Wilson, who signed them to his independent label Factory Records. Their debut album Unknown Pleasures, recorded with producer Martin Hannett, was released in 1979.Despite a short career, Joy Division have exerted a wide-reaching influence and achieved widespread critical acclaim.I do hope you enjoy this episode.Mathew Woodallhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1F15mx4ea3/https://buymeacoffee.com/lownoiseWhy buy me a coffee?Low Noise is proudly ad-free. If you would like to to say thank you for any of the content you have enjoyed (and help support the continuation of creating more), the above link provides a way to make a small donation of your choice (I also function on coffee!).Feel free to leave a note with your donation to let me know what you enjoy about the podcast or any topics you would like me to discuss in the future.
A (relatively) in-depth analysis of the English rock band Joy Division (as well as some other general stuff) in (just over) thirty minutes.Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook formed the band (initially called Warsaw) after attending a 1976 Sex Pistols concert. While Joy Division's first recordings were heavily influenced by punk, they soon developed a sparse sound and style that made them one of the pioneering groups of the post-punk genre. Their self-released 1978 debut EP An Ideal for Living drew the attention of Tony Wilson, who signed them to his independent label Factory Records. Their debut album Unknown Pleasures, recorded with producer Martin Hannett, was released in 1979.Despite a short career, Joy Division have exerted a wide-reaching influence and achieved widespread critical acclaim.I do hope you enjoy this episode.Mathew Woodallhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1F15mx4ea3/https://buymeacoffee.com/lownoiseWhy buy me a coffee?Low Noise is proudly ad-free. If you would like to to say thank you for any of the content you have enjoyed (and help support the continuation of creating more), the above link provides a way to make a small donation of your choice (I also function on coffee!).Feel free to leave a note with your donation to let me know what you enjoy about the podcast or any topics you would like me to discuss in the future.
A (relatively) in-depth analysis of British rock band The Railway Children in (just under) twenty minutes. Formed in Wigan in 1984, the group comprised Gary Newby (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Brian Bateman (rhythm/guitar), Guy Keegan (drums), and Stephen Hull (bass).Their debut single A Gentle Sound was released on Factory Records in 1986. This was followed by their debut album, Reunion Wilderness in 1987. They were then signed by Virgin Records and their second album, Recurrence was released in 1988. They supported R.E.M. on tour in Europe and The Sugarcubes in the US. and in 1990, they released the album Native Place, which took a more pop oriented direction. The band parted ways with Virgin Records in 1992, and broke up soon after. Keegan later had a spell in the Wigan-based folk rock band The Tansads, while Hull and Bateman left music for good.In 2016, the original line up of Newby, Keegan, Hull and Bateman reunited for a series of live dates. They went on to play several times over the following two years, including the NYC Popfest, the Shiiine On Weekender and concerts in Manchester, Berlin and London as well as a hometown gig at the Wigan Diggers Festival. Their final concert was at the Borderline, London in December 2018, after which Hull and Bateman decided to bow out of performing for good.In this episode I am in discussion with Dr. Andrew Webber.Mathew Woodallhttps://www.railwaychildren.co.uk/https://www.facebook.com/share/1F15mx4ea3/https://buymeacoffee.com/lownoiseWhy buy me a coffee?Low Noise is proudly ad-free. If you would like to to say thank you for any of the content you have enjoyed (and help support the continuation of creating more), the above link provides a way to make a small donation of your choice (I also function on coffee!).Feel free to leave a note with your donation to let me know what you enjoy about the podcast or any topics you would like me to discuss in the future.
On this week's show, Julia, Dana, and Steve return to the Rage Virus-infected world first created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland two decades ago. They talk about 28 Years Later and what the zombie movie sequel has to say about now. A lot it turns out: COVID, Brexit, human mortality, and more. Next, they grapple with the media phenomenon that is Alex Cooper—the spunky and sexually frank host of the blockbuster podcast Call Her Daddy— by discussing the recent documentary about her rise, Call Her Alex. Finally, they analyze the loping, charming, sister-rock appeal of Haim's new album I quit. In an exclusive Slate Plus segment, the hosts spoil the ending of 28 Years Laters and get into all the film's twists that make it such a surprising, interesting ride. Endorsements: Dana: More Haim, specifically their 2020 Tiny Desk concert performed on Zoom. Steve: The underappreciated band The Cry. And if you like that, more music from their Manchester-based record label Factory Records. Julia: The charming hang of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's show, Julia, Dana, and Steve return to the Rage Virus-infected world first created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland two decades ago. They talk about 28 Years Later and what the zombie movie sequel has to say about now. A lot it turns out: COVID, Brexit, human mortality, and more. Next, they grapple with the media phenomenon that is Alex Cooper—the spunky and sexually frank host of the blockbuster podcast Call Her Daddy— by discussing the recent documentary about her rise, Call Her Alex. Finally, they analyze the loping, charming, sister-rock appeal of Haim's new album I quit. In an exclusive Slate Plus segment, the hosts spoil the ending of 28 Years Laters and get into all the film's twists that make it such a surprising, interesting ride. Endorsements: Dana: More Haim, specifically their 2020 Tiny Desk concert performed on Zoom. Steve: The underappreciated band The Cry. And if you like that, more music from their Manchester-based record label Factory Records. Julia: The charming hang of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Yasi is joined by Big Picture host Sean Fennessey to talk abou music biopics, specifically diving into two films that deal with key figures in the British music landscape, Tony Wilson of Factory Records in 24 Hour Party People (2002), and Alan McGee of Creation Records in Creation Stories (2021). CREDITS: Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek Guest: Sean Fennessey IG: @seanfennessey, X: @SeanFennessey Producer: Liz Sánchez Audio Editor: Adrian Bridges Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ah, the bizarre love/hate life of the New Order fan. What's your most loved and least favorite song on Low-Life?! For our fourth Request Episode Election, we went through dozens of listener suggestions to nominate Joe Jackson's Look Sharp, Jane's Addiction's Ritual de lo Habitual and this 1985 Manchester classic, which won in a landslide election. While half of us moaned about the album choice from our mystery nominators (MIA), we all had lots of great memories to share of adoring and rolling our eyes at NO. Superfan Sam hosted and held up lots of New Order vinyl, old tshirts were dusted off and Adam delivered an avalanche of guest rankers, starting with internationally-loved San Diego superstars Koi Division, who donned their iconic fish heads for a filmed interview. Days later, he visited Gold Diggers Sound in Los Angeles to chat with Dave Trumfio of the synth-lovin' Pulsars, whose lone 1997 debut/farewell album has finally recently been reissued. The two full interviews will be on our Youtube channel. Just you wait. In addition to getting tribute band opinions from San Francisco's Temptation and San Diego's Thieves Like Us (Substance responded too late to have their support for "Sunrise" be included), he got first hand accounts of 91X FM's infamous 1985 year-end countdown switcheroo from DJs Dwight Arnold, Pam Wolf and Billy Bones. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite voting booth. Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:Angel dust, Angel Dust, Dwight Arnold, As It Is When It Was, Blue Monday, Billy Bones, breathing solo, Brotherhood, capitalization, Jimmy Cliff, Ian Clownfish, cowbell, the Cure, dance pop, darkwave, Darker Waves Festival, Jonathan Demme, Depeche Mode, double claps, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elegia, England, Erasure, Face Up, Factory Records, folk music, frogs, funeral soundtrack, Gene Loves Jezebel, Gillian Gilbert, harpsichord, Hook, Peter Hook, hooky, Hooky, Joy Division, Koi Division, Love Vigilantes, Low-Life, Manchester, Ennio Morricone, Stephen Morris, New Order, new wave, 91X FM, Oyster Band, Paradise, The Perfect Kiss, post-punk, Power Corruption and Lies, Pretty In Pink, Pulsars, request episode, Bernard Salmon, Peter Saville, seasonable, shaft, shenanigans, Simple Minds, Sooner Than You Think, Sub-culture, Bernard Sumner, Sunrise, synthpop, Temptation, terrible lyrics, Thieves Like Us, This Time of Night, tribute band, Dave Trumfio, Weirdo, Steve West, Pam Wolf, 1963, 1985. US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comNEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupodhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com(Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)
This week, we talk to BRETT BOHAM (producer of Double Threat & The Best Show w/ Tom Scharpling + co-host of Movies Babyyyyy) about the UK film 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE. We discuss Steve Coogan's incredible performance as Tony Wilson (who put out records by Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays) and Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton, unearthing fake Stone Roses footage that was not used in the film, pivotal video store moments, working with Julie Klausner & Tom Scharpling, Brett being able to relate to Tony Wilson's handling of artists, discovering Joy Division, Shawn Rider, visiting the Hacienda, Goodfellas coke scenes, The Fall and the Manchester music scene, Tony Wilson being a prick in real life, Hollywood Vs. Blockbuster video stores, the B52s and the Athens music scene, Fassbinder films, getting your videos from your local bike shop, 1999 movies, the UK music press, Outkast, how the film uses actual news footage of Tony Wilson, backing up being a pretentious person, Todd Haynes, the Factory Records artwork, not having a contract with an artist, Martin Hannett, legendary under attended rock shows, early White Stripes and Dinosaur shows, how the Sex Pistols playing Manchester changed the course of music forever, Touch & Go records & Butthole Surfers, filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, Coffee & Cigarettes, Alan Partridge, A Certain Ratio, passing the car stereo test, skinheads infiltrating the UK music scene, Pulp and various Factory releases such as #61 Lawsuit featuring Martin Hannett & #501 Tony Wilson's Coffin. So, let's go ahead and sign a contract in blood as we delve into this week's Revolutions Per Movie.BRETT BOHAM:https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday. If you like the show, please subscribe, rate, and review it on your favorite podcast app.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. There, you can get weekly bonus episodes and exclusive goods just for joining.SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieX, BlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.comARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Click here to get EXCLUSIVE BONUS WEEKLY Revolutions Per Movie content on our Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's Talkhouse Podcast we've got a couple of guys who are big parts of hardcore's current wave: Julian Cashwan Pratt of Show Me The Body and Graham Sayle of High Vis. Show Me The Body was conceived when Pratt was still in high school in New York City, enamored of the town's history of aggressive punk—and that music's propensity for political lyrics. But Show Me The Body, like other current hardcore bands making waves in the past few years, doesn't stick with the genre's typical signifiers. For one, Pratt's primary instrument is banjo, and it's attached to sounds that draw not only from hardcore's past, but also electronic blasts of noise and even some hip-hop. Show Me The Body's latest album is called Trouble The Water, and it's both tense and intense. It's a hell of a listen, though the band needs to be seen live to fully experience it. The other half of today's conversation is Graham Sayle, whose band High Vis formed in London around 2016, and whose version of hardcore dials in a healthy dose of British post-punk. They've been described as a mix of Factory Records and Cro-Mags—that'd be the legendary label that spawned Joy Division and New Order plus the legendary New York hardcore band—which is sort of perfect. There are elements of goth in there as well, but with a smart, sneering energy that's tough to deny. Show Me The Body and High Vis just started a US tour together, and they collaborated on a song and accompanying video that was just released on an EP called Corpus II EP II. You can find tour dates at showmethebody.com, and check out a little bit of their collaborative track, called “Stomach,” right here. As hardcore dudes often do, these guys chatted about what hardcore means to them, including that sense of community you can't get anywhere else. They also talk about how having a child has changed Pratt's outlook a bit, but how he's still fired up politically and ready to put it all out there on the stage. Enjoy. Thanks for listening to the Talkhouse Podcast, and thanks to Julian Cashwan Pratt and Graham Sayle for chatting. If you liked what you heard, please give the Talkhouse Podcast a review on your favorite platform, and don't forget to check out all the good stuff at Talkhouse.com. This episode was produced by Myron Kaplan, and the Talkhouse theme is composed and performed by the Range. See you next time! This episode is brought to you by DistroKid. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keep 100% of their royalties and earnings. To learn more and get 30% off your first year's membership, visit: distrokid.com/vip/talkhouse
Britain's Railway Children were a band stuck between movements. Too late for the post-punk explosion of the early 80s and done just before Britpop conquered the world, they released a handful of albums and songs that deserved more attention. "Every Beat of the Heart" did crackthe UK top 40 and singles like "A Pleasure" and "Brighter" did well on the indie charts, but it wasn't enough and the band called it quits in the early 90s after three albums. Frontman Gary Newby joins us this week to explain how it all went down including their tours of the states, going from Factory Records to Virgin, and releasing more music on the band's name. These guys are ripe for rediscovery. Enjoy! www.railwaychildren.co.uk www.patreon.com/thehustlepod
Peter Saville is an English art director and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of Factory Records in 1978 and designed many record sleeves for their bands including Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' and New Order's 'Power Corruption and Lies'. Outside of Factory he did work for artists such as Roxy Music, Wham!, OMD, Ultravox, Peter Gabriel, Suede and Pulp. He's worked with various fashion houses including Christian Dior, Stella McCartney and Calvin Klein. He was the Creative Director of the City of Manchester, designed the England football team home shirt and in 2020 was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to design.Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Saville_(graphic_designer)Work For Sale: https://www.paulstolper.com/artists/28-peter-saville/works/Fan site: https://petersaville.info/The Cluster F Theory Podcast is edited by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada https://www.yada-yada.net/. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com
How Queer Culture Shaped Pop Culture "The 1972 version of David Bowie didn't spring from nowhere. Although he refused to affiliate himself explicitly with gay liberation, he had found both artistic and social inspiration in the gay world, in particular the renewed sense of freedom and possibility that rippled through the British gay subculture in the early 1970s." We finally lured the award-winning, bestselling author, pop-culture, punk penman Jon Savage to the Bureau to talk about his life and epic new book The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance Shaped Popular Culture (1955–1979) It's an electrifying, massively entertaining - and at times, tragic - look at key moments in music history between 1955 and 1979, which helped move gay culture from the margins to the mainstream and changed the face of pop forever – from the ambiguous sexuality of stars such as Little Richard in the 1950s through to David Bowie, glam rock and Sylvester's ‘You Make Me Feel(Mighty Real)'. We talked about all that, about Punk, Joy Division, Tony Wilson, Johnny Marr, Factory Records and about how Jon grew up in the London of the late '50s and '60s, how he became a writer during one of the most exciting times for music journalism in the '70s and '80s - and about his own Secret Public Life.. More on the book here More on the compilation album here More on Jon here #homosexuality #sex #london #queer #gayliberation #musichistory #sexuality #gay #tomrobinson #gladtobegay #queerculture #counterculture #punk #comingout #homesexuality #joydivision #theclash #sex #johnnymarr #factoryrecords #johnnymarr #faberandfaber #littlerichard #glf #gayliberationfront #bisexuality #pride #london #queer #gayliberation #lgbtq #sexuality #gay #thesecretpublic #musicpress #gaydisco #jonsavage #thesmiths #bowie
Lines of Silence are a kosmische / krautrock referencing band hailing from Todmorden, West Yorkshire by way of South East London and Manchester. Formed in 2020 as a side project for David Little, Lines of Silence subsequently expanded into a loose collective of like-minded musicians, often playing improvised live sets with an ever-shifting line-up. Lines of Silence's 2024 incarnation is centred around a core duo of Todmorden's David Little and Manchester's Dave Clarkson, with live visuals supplied by John Bonner and Adrian Ball. The band's newest member, Dave Clarkson, has an extensive and illustrious history in electronic and experimental music circles spanning three decades. Dave is a member of the band Scissorgun alongside Alan Hempsall of Crispy Ambulance, as well as recording as a solo artist. Recent solo work has included a series of Pocket Guide field recording based albums and an album of mini soundtracks called Dreamadelica – Music for Dreamachines. Dave's past work has included collaborations with Ruth Davies (as Spectral Bazaar), Factory Records legend Vini Reilly, 808 State's Graham Massey, Alastair Stray (as Psychic Frequencies), the Burst Couch collective as well as providing soundtracks for various filmmakers. #Lines #Silence #Music #interview #AnalogueTrash
Show #1042 Still Got The Digital Blues 01. Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got The Blues (6:25) (Live At Legends, RCA Records, 2012) 02. Bobby 'Hurricane' Spencer - I Got The Blues (4:08) (Unleased, Annie Mae Records, 2014) 03. The John Weeks Band - The Blues Just Got More Blue (3:43) (Dark Angel, self-release, 2016) 04. Scott Ellison - These Blues Got A Hold On Me (4:38) (Skyline Drive, Red Parlor Records, 2020) 05. Barbara Carr - I Got The Blues (3:28) (Keep The Fire Burning, Catfood Records, 2012) 06. The Texas Horns - Blues Gotta Holda Me (2:31) (Blues Gotta Holda Me, VizzTone Records, 2015) 07. The Rolling Stones - I Got The Blues (3:54) (Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones Records, 1971) 08. Solomon Buke - I Got The Blues (4:11) (Make Do With What You Got, Shout! Factory Records, 2005) 09. Markey Blue Ric Latina Project - You Got The Blues (4:39) (Jumpin' The Broom, SoulOSound Records, 2022) 10. Blind Lemon Pledge - You Know You Reallty Got The Blues (3:39) (Pledge Drive, Ofeh Records, 2016) 11. Sass Jordan - Still Got The Blues (5:43) (Rebel Moon Blues, Stony Plain Records, 2020) 12. Guy King - I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (5:34) (Truth, Delmark Records, 2016) 13. Al Collins Orchestra - I Got The Blues For You (2:29) (78 RPM Shellac, Ace Records, 1955) 14. Jim Wake & Sleepwalker - I Got The Blues For You (2:45) (Whatever It Is I'm Against It, self-release, 2012) 15. Laura Tate - Still Got The Blues (4:30) (Let's Just Be Real, 811 Gold Records, 2017) 16. JP Williams Blues Band - The Blues Got A Hold On Me (7:35) (Stolen Cadillac, Gizzifter Records, 2017) 17. Ray Fuller & The Bluesrockers - You've Got The Blues (2:46) (Long Black Train, Azuretone Records, 2016) 18. Elkie Brooks - I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues (3:39) (Nothin' But The Blues, Castle Records, 1994) 19. Georgie Fame - I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues (3:58) (The Blues And Me, Go Jazz Records, 1992) 20. Thornetta Davis - I Gotta Sang The Blues (5:11) (Honest Woman, Sweet Mama Music, 2016) 21. Art Pepper - Red Pepper Blues (3:40) (Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section, Contemporary Records, 1957) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.
Lieve Monnens was born in Belgium in the 1960s. She had a musical awakening when she was eleven years old through listening to her dad's records by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys. She became interested in going to live shows, then later took internships with radio and record companies which led to several jobs in the music industry. In 1990, Lieve moved to England and began working at Factory Records in Manchester, only 2 and a half years before the label dissolved. Over thirty years later, she has been featured in the book, I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records by Audrey Golden, which has just been released in the U.S. She offers her thoughts on the experience of being a woman at Factory at the time, what it's like looking back, and the importance of recording our lesser-known histories. After introducing the show, co-hosts Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée share their This Fortnight I Learned facts; Wendy learned something cool where Babylon 5 meets International Women's Day, while Robin copped out and read the day's Google Doodle fact about fancy coffee drinks. Just the Tip news includes the State of the Union address and the Katie Britt response, Greta Thunberg climate protest, the passing of Akira Toriyama, and The Oscars. A call by Rosemarie Mallet, Bishop of Croydon for the Church of England to pay hefty reparations for chattel slavery, decreasing power of anti-trans talking points, SCOTUS taking up the presidential immunity question, and more are discussed In Deep. In The Earthscape segment, Wendy leads a discussion on early spring gardening. Robin nominates Clementine Morrigan as Lefty of the Week. Things to do: Get the book! I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women At Factory Records by Audrey Golden. Listen to Saved By Zero - Factory Records Favorites w/ Lieve Monnens. Check out the book event for I Thought I Heard You Speak on March 30th at Record Grouch, 986 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222. Reading by author Audrey Golden. Former Factory colleagues Lieve Monnens and Seema Saini will be in attendance. Time TBD - Keep an eye on the Record Grouch events page. Learn about Lefty of the Week, Clementine Morrigan. Read American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard. Donate to Vote Save America to help the most important campaigns in the upcoming U.S. elections. Keep track of the Trump trials.
Tomorrow's fascinating episode features an extraordinarily eclectic and creative character - Mark Reeder. He is a musician, record producer, remixer, DJ, graphic designer and film maker who has been living and working in Berlin since 1978. Originally from Manchester, his clandestine musical career has spanned over more than four decades. He was a founding member of The Frantic Elevators together with Mick Hucknall (Simply Red). Upon moving to Berlin in 1978, he became the German representative for Joy Division and the legendary Manchester record label Factory Records from 1978-1983 and a member of synthpop bands Die Unbekannten and Shark Vegas. Reeder is also meanwhile, an established DJ and remixer, for artists such as New Order, Depeche Mode, The Pet Shop Boys, Blank & Jones, John Foxx, Anne Clark, Yello or Die Toten Hosen. He has DJ'd all over the World in some of the most prestigious locations, from events in Amsterdam, Turin, Bogota, Stockholm, Vilnius, Taipei, Moscow, Minsk, Beijing, Shanghai, to venues like Berlin's Kraftwerk, or Ohm club, to more exotic locations as The Morning House Festival in Chengdu, China, Contact club in Tokyo, or in the Sydney Opera House and O2 Arena in London for New Order. Ladies and gentlemen – prepare to be immersed in the Berlin scene – meet Mark Reeder... If you can, please support the Electronically Yours podcast via my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/electronicallyours
That's right! We're getting mad wi' it! We're goin' all the way to Manchester, the birthplace of exciting musical new waves since the dawn of time! We're uncovering the Tony Wilson musical biopic 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE! Tony would make you believe this is not a film about him and how instrumental he was in nurturing these HUGE musical talents over the years using his clout as a TV personality to create the legendary Factory Records but you'd think otherwise. Honestly, Michael Winterbottom has made a real special biopic here with a stellar cast of top shelf British talent and cameos from countless musicians who lived through this "true-to-life tale". Don't miss out and enjoy the party!
On this award-winning show which has just reached a total of 350,000 listens - we meet Phil Saxe, the very first Mondays manager who spills the beans on the early days - from the day Paul Ryder and Paul Davis went to buy flares from his market stall to them signing their first record deal, their first taste of crack in New York - "never again!" - and the recruitment of Bez into the ranks, fight Nazis on stage in Blackburn and the bankruptcy of Factory Records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Staci chats with arts and culture writer Audrey J. Golden. Audrey has a new, unprecedented oral history book out called I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records. She is also the station manager of Louder Than War Radio, where she's also a DJ and presents the weekly show ‘Breaking Glass' that highlights women in music. Audrey touches on her interview techniques, gives the scoop on the challenges she faced in writing a book that involved dozens of interviewees from the defunct Factory Records, talks about the women behind the New Order hit ‘Blue Monday' and the movie 24-Hour Party People. Her “rock & roll nightmare” involves Nick Cave and The Birthday Party.
"The smaller the audience, the bigger the history." So, at least, said Tony Wilson, co-founder of Factory Records and larger than life character at the center of Michael Winterbottom's 2002 punk pseudo-music-doc, our topic today! We are joined by Professor of Italian Studies at Boston College to explore the pull of nostalgia, anticipated retrospection, how the film's blend of fact/fiction/and legend reflects the mythmaking of its protagonist, and, of course, the music duh! What do you think of the movie? What do you think of the show? Email us at cowspod@gmail.com! Reach out to us on Twitter @cowspod! And find us on the web at www.cowspod.com
Ever wondered how embracing a unique blend of post-punk and electronic music could move an entire culture? Join us as we traverse through the realm of music, focusing on the influential post-punk band from Manchester, New Order. Our journey takes us through their unique musical style, the impact of their partnership with Factory Records and Tony Wilson on their success, and how they redefined the music scene with their innovative sound. We also explore the pulsating Madchester scene, relive the summer of love in the 80s, and unmask the influence of DJs and American music on the band.This episode isn't just about music, it's about expressions, transitions and finding beauty in the harshest of environments. We dive into New Order's 2nd studio album, drawing parallels between the band's transition from Joy Division and the evolution of music over the years. Our conversation sways towards the intriguing world of face yoga - a practice that promises to reduce dark circles and facial problems. We also delve into how teenagers and young adults across cultures express themselves, the importance of the 'birds and bees' talk in today's world, and the effect of drugs on the youth.As we wrap up our journey, we reflect on the role celebrities play in our lives and how they could mold our decisions. We also draw conclusions on how New Order's age of consent has shaped their music. Lastly, we take a moment to appreciate the beauty of harsh environments and the remarkable inspiration they offer. Don't miss out on this thrilling exploration!Support the show
Gaz Whelan of Happy Mondays shares memories of early records, recordings, Manchester, Factory Records, The Hacienda, Martin Hannett, John Cale, Paul McCartney, the upcoming Aus/NZ tour & lots more. Welcome Gaz to the show Touring after Paul Ryder passed away The Paul Ryder Tapes Podcast Picking up drums after watching the Beatles on TV Paul McCartney commenting on Happy Mondays Sex Pistols and 1st wave punk in Manchester Soul and Northern Soul records Talking to Noel Gallagher about the “Get Back” Television series Earlier Manchester bands – Joy Division, The Smiths, etc Forming Happy Mondays, early band names Getting the attention of Factory Records Memories of The Hacienda – FAC51 The story of the “Forty Five EP” Tony Wilson testing Happy Mondays before making an album "Freaky Dancing" single Working with John Cale on the 1st album Gaz has some original tapes from Tony Wilson Making up the album title for the 1st album The track “Desmond” was removed from the 1st album 24 Hour Party People single creating opportunity for 2nd album Bez joining the band Memories of Martin Hannett as producer Rumours of Happy Mondays selling pills The design of Happy Mondays products and the Factory Records aesthetic Northen Soul records turning up in UK Does Paul have many records? Did “Yes Please” bankrupt Factory Records? Post Happy Mondays activity, Black Grape, etc Will there ever be another Happy Mondays album? Many Happy Mondays tapes were likely destroyed with the Hacienda Interview wrap up Happy Mondays Aus/NZ 2023 tour tix & info Extended, Commercial-Free & High Resolution version of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8
This week on The Clientele Podcast, host Robin Allender talks to the American writer Audrey Golden. Audrey is a longtime fan of The Clientele and talks about hearing Suburban Light for the first time, seeing them live in a small venue, and interviewing Alasdair recently about the new album. Audrey has recently published her first book I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records, an oral history of the legendary label.Audrey Golden's website, from which you can order I Thought I Heard You Speak:https://www.audreyjgolden.com/Audrey's interview with Alasdair on Louder Than War:https://louderthanwar.com/the-clientele-interview-with-alasdair-maclean/This is the first of three episodes in which Robin speaks to fans of the band. Next week's episode will be a discussion with the Australian writer Anwen Crawford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this episode, Marc talks to Audrey Golden, author of “I Thought I Heard You Speak: Woman At Factory Records,” published in June of 2023. It's a fascinating oral history of the legendary UK record label told exclusively by women involved in at all levels. Golden talked to nearly 100 individuals for her book, from people who ran the office, to people who managed the bands, to people who promoted the music, to people who worked at the label's nightclub, the Hacienda, and so much more.As she writes in her introduction, “I set out to do two things: to create an innovative historical record of Factory and its cultural influences, and to collate an archive of women's experiential knowledge in all its vast, varied, and anecdotal complexity.”We hope you enjoy Marc's conversation with Audrey!
LONGEST EPISODE EVER. Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film 24 Hour Party People is a semi-fictionalized account of Factory Records in Manchester, covering the years 1976-1992. Joy Division, Happy Mondays, New Order, Durutti Column, A Certain Ratio, many many more get covered in an insanely entertaining film that the three of us have seen collectively about 50 times. We have a LOT to say. So we edited very little. Its chaotic, its long and its great. Enjoy.Songs:Durutti Column - Chanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAYZO1fo-Mc&ab_channel=TheDuruttiColumn-TopicHappy Mondays - Cowboy Davehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acnZi5ANYUI&ab_channel=LondonRecordsJilted John - Jilted Johnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybp-NbONgBo&ab_channel=fritz51304
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Join our investigators who learn more about the strange machinery in the factory and its purpose. (Part 2 of 2)**Add our Patreon Feed to your Podcast App**https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/3607115This series is not suitable for listeners under the age of 18 and may contain material some people find disturbing.CONTENT WARNINGS:Body Horror, Lewd Humor, Profanity, Rats, Substance Abuse, ViolencePlayer CharactersScott Dorward as Keeper of Arcane LoreBridgett Jeffries as Minniecuppycup as C.C.Rina Haenze as BonnieWes Davis as BlaneProduction and CreativeGame Rules and Setting: Call of Cthulhu 7e by Chaosium, Inc.Transcriptions: Sabrina Haenze and Sonix.aiPatreon Ideas we used in the story: "A one way ticket to Haiti", "HVAC", "Robot to spread peanut butter on bread", "The Gate" by firecop890, "NFTs", "Commodore 64" by Ethan J, "The broken latch on my front door which I'd appreciate having done sooner rather than later, thanks" by Heather P., "Leaf blower to power a raft", "Legend" by Grodel, "Busted pipes", "Poltergeist" by Bad Alex, "A coffee mug shaped like a crocodile", "Sink clogged with hair", "Anything is a dildo if you try hard enough" by Coffey, "Half used gift card" by Drew M, "Burst water pipe in the attic" by Killius Manjaro, "New Teeth" by Cardinal Catastrophe, "A stuck window", "Take On Me" by Dusty Dean, "Electric toothbrushes", "A clogged drain" by Vovina Games, "Oven will not heat up, yes, the pilot light is lit" and "Garbage Pail Kids" by Erik Day, "A purpose in life", "I wasn't alive for the 80s" by Caolán, "Anything diamond", "Half a twinkie wrapped in its originally packaging - it's still good" by TanyaLashea, "electric toothbrush as a vibrator" and "a crisp high five" by Thursday Euclid, "a nice little smile", "Old TV emptied out with dog bed inside" by Sig-Free & CoyPatreon ShoutoutAlthalos, Anthony D., Caolán M., Drew M., E.M.F.D., Heather P., India thank you terror, Kevin M., Killius Manjaro, Lancey Pants, Matthew C., Mikah S., Steven H., Tomboi LaCroix, ai.mmm0rphine, Call Me Dirt, Dan F., firecop890, Jeff F., Jessen, Mario S., Michael H., Nathanael C., Not That NicNew PatronsBen L., Oisin M., Mika S., Ogden, Michael S., Daniela Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join our investigators who are scouting an abandoned factory as a new rehearsal space for their experimental band. (Part 1 of 2)**Add our Patreon Feed to your Podcast App**https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/3607115This series is not suitable for listeners under the age of 18 and may contain material some people find disturbing.CONTENT WARNINGS:Lewd Humor, Profanity, Substance Abuse, ViolencePlayer CharactersScott Dorward as Keeper of Arcane LoreBridgett Jeffries as Minniecuppycup as C.C.Rina Haenze as BonnieWes Davis as BlaneProduction and CreativeGame Rules and Setting: Call of Cthulhu 7e by Chaosium, Inc.Transcriptions: Sabrina Haenze and Sonix.aiPatreon ShoutoutAlthalos, Anthony D., Caolán M., Drew M., E.M.F.D., Heather P., India thank you terror, Kevin M., Killius Manjaro, Lancey Pants, Matthew C., Mikah S., Steven H., Tomboi LaCroix, ai.mmm0rphine, Call Me Dirt, Dan F., firecop890, Jeff F., Jessen, Mario S., Michael H., Nathanael C., Not That NicNew PatronsBen L., Oisin M., Mika S., Ogden, Michael S., Daniela Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Darin chats with Cream Co. Meats' CEO, Clifford Pollard, about his game changing butcher company. Clifford shares how he got his start in the San Francisco dining scene, talks about his approach to working with farmers, and what he likes to listen to when he's breaking down animals. Then we dip into the archives for performance from Triple Hex, who swung by in 2016 to share their new full length LP, Bust For Life, that resonated with fans of Bauhaus, 70s NYC rock n roll, and Factory Records. They played some tracks of the album and talked about what went into the recording!Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music (Phaidon), is now on shelves at bookstores around the world. It features 77 of the world's top chefs who share personal stories of how music has been an important, integral force in their lives. The chefs also give personal recipes and curated playlists too. It's an anthology of memories, meals and mixtapes. Pick up your copy by ordering directly from Phaidon, or by visiting your local independent bookstore. Visit our site, www.snackytunes.com for more info.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Snacky Tunes by becoming a member!Snacky Tunes is Powered by Simplecast.