Tapes Received: Industrial Music for Industrial People
From 1978-1980, Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records published a newsletter called Industrial News. With a philosophy of exchange and transparency, they listed attendance numbers at their concerts, ...
28 Maj 26min
No Words, No Titles, No Meaning - The World Of Alien Brains
The strange, uncompromising world of Alien Brains, the project led by Nigel Jacklin that helped define the outer edges of the early 1980s DIY cassette underground. Emerging from a school science lab, ...
5 Apr 29min
Evolution of Snatch Tapes & The Storm Bugs
A hard to imagine London of derelict warehouses and ruined public buildings birthed the short, intense life of Snatch Tapes, the late-70s cassette label founded by Philip Sanderson of Storm Bugs. Laun...
6 Mars 29min
Under the Westway: 1979 Portobello Punks
Emerging from the squats, free gigs and improvised studios of late-70’s Portobello Road, F*ck Off Records operated at the volatile intersection of hippie idealism and punk DIY. Active between 1979 and...
26 Jan 26min
Deleted Funtime Rewind
After we spoke with Mark Automaton for our episode on Deleted Records and the Instant Automatons, he kindly shared his recollections of the music and bands presented on the legendary “Deleted Funtime”...
28 Dec 20251h
Integrated Circuits: Colin Potter, ICR and the Cassette Network
Emerging from the same late-1970s underground that fuelled punk, DIY cassette culture, and European electronic experimentation, we explore the influence of Colin Potter - sound artist, producer, and f...
23 Dec 202528min
Deleted Records & The Instant Automatons
Underneath the safety pins, television expletives and bondage trousers that came with Punk in 1977, there was a coded message for those ready to hear it. Resolutely independent, the Instant Automatons...
27 Nov 202527min
Season 2 - DIY Revolution: Owning The Means Of Production
The artists who made the template - In Season 2 we’re delving into the very origins of the underground cassette music scene from the late 70s and early 80s, featuring insights from key musicians who r...
9 Nov 20254min
