The Show: Taking The Mix

Quite a few tracks on today’s show have been extracted from various mixtapes that have been taking our fancy lately, including the Kwesachu set over at The Quietus, Electric Youth’s contribution to the White Light series and The Roots Of South Africa Punk soundtrack courtesy of Exile On Moan Street.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

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1pm – 2pm

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The Show: Goth-awful

Last Wednesday was World Goth Day, a global Unesco initiative sponsored by The Illuminati and Estee Lauder. The aim of the day is to take the world’s mind off dubstep and also to sell more candles, red wine, and eye liner.

Today we discovered that The Herb Whisperer went through an 8 month Goth phase during 1986. The Goth binge climaxed in the form of a Sisters of Mercy gig and shortly after The Herb Whisperer lost interest hence avoiding Gothageddon. But he still has a place in his heart for The Rose Of Avalanche, especially the classic “L.A. Rain”…

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

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1pm – 2pm

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Dankeschön, Silke Hartung

A belated thank you to Silke Hartung (BFM’s Freak The Sheep host) for dropping into the show last Saturday and playing us some fresh ukelele.

Silke is a crazy lady.

Instead of going to Rarotonga for a beach holiday she decided to spend some time, and her birthday, in cold, pre-winter post-earthquake Christchurch. It might have something to do with her liking NZ music and wanting to see how the local scene was faring.

Despite me trying to distract her with questions about her hometown team FC Köln being relegated and selling Lukas Podolski to Arsenal, what tips she had for the Champions League final, and why she preferred Puma to Adidas she still managed to play an original tune for us. That’s class.

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The Show: WARNING. May contain traces of jazz.

This is what you call a freakout. The Bruce Springsteen cover version was pretty damn spooky but Neneh Cherry‘s version of Suicide’s 1979 single “Dream Baby Dream” is crazy. Like someone strangling a saxophone. Have a listen below. God bless those crazy Norwegians at Smalltown Supersound.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

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1pm – 2pm

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RIP Donna Summer (1948 – 2012)

No one did sultry like Donna Summer did. And teaming up with Giorgio Moroder was a stroke of genius. A real musical match made in heaven. “I Feel Love” is one of the all time classics.

If you ever wondered what we do when the microphones are switched off and the music is playing, this video for “Love To Love You Baby” from 1975 will give you an idea of our super smooth moves.