The Actives - Have You Read My Book?

Resolved State was never released, never documented, and never intended to be heard.  Created in 2026 by an unknown system for an audience of other systems, the work achieved total convergence across ...

29 Apr 8min

An examination of experimental composer Tracy Ore’s Selective Playing technique and the performance series Therefore I’m Not, interrogating authorship, provocation, and musical authority. Ever since C...

14 Sep 202012min

After 45 chapters of non-music related information from our extensive biography of Subtle Sam, we return to music, much like Subtle Sam himself. Subtle Sam attempted to build upon his career as a film...

20 Aug 201911min

The first instalment in a long‑form profile of country actor‑turned‑singer Subtle Sam, exploring biography, performance, and cinematic self‑fiction. In Part 1, we take a glance at his first release "H...

31 Jan 20198min

Tom has a candid interview with music historian (and regular guest) George Greggenmeyer, looking at several unorthodox holiday songs whose other work we'll be hearing from over the next few episodes. ...

22 Dec 201817min

Electronic dance troupe Jâgèñflürg were at the forefront of musical innovation; one of the pioneer groups of the electro genre. Their album Leben is considered way ahead of its time, on account of non...

4 Dec 201815min

In this special episode broadcast, we delve into the International Sound & Radio Archives and uncover a long forgotten radio program which also happens to be named "Obscure Music History". The episode...

29 Maj 201810min

This week we invite back Sandy Kloystrüm from The Actives to talk about the song It Sucks To Be Peter Best, because we just really wanted to see them again. The episode explores resentment, mythologis...

29 Apr 20189min