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ARCADE ADVENTURES!

Posted: January 26, 2018 in 1970s Electronic, 80s new wave, ELECTRONIC REMIXES, INDIE, NEW WAVE, NEW WAVE REMIXES, NORTHAMPTON RADIO, Uncategorized
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Subculture 8BIT

Tonight on Subculture: ARCADE ADVENTURES. Music that utilizes some of the most basic of early programmable consumer computer electronics. 8-bit, chiptune, bitpop, nerdcore… elements of these genres have shown up in new wave, house, techno, DNB and more. Thanks, Commodore 64! 🙂 TONIGHT! Artists from the 70s to today that sample 8-bit in their music, including The Postal Service, Flying Lotus and Laurie Spiegel; plus The Frankie Goes to Hollywood arcade game intro and music from Heaven 17’s 1980s 8-bit Commodore User magazine flexi disc!

Subculture: Friday, 8-10p EST 01.26.18 on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online anywhere @ valleyfreeradio.org // replays of tonight’s show can be heard the following Sunday 2-4a.

January 17 Redux.

Posted: January 28, 2017 in 1970s Electronic, 80s new wave, ELECTRONIC REMIXES, INDIE, NEW WAVE, Uncategorized
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jan

Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Bowie, Chinese New Year, Popcorn Day, the Women’s March, a slew of birthdays and a tribute to Tom Edwards of Adam Ant.

A lot happened in January 2017. Let’s recap!

HOUR ONE:

  1. MR. FINGERS- CAN YOU FEEL IT? (MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr.’s bday 01.16.29)
  2. CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION (2017 Year of the Rooster)
  3. NEW YORK DOLLS – FUNKY BUT CHIC (DAVID JOHANSEN bday 01/09.50 / JERRY NOLAN d: 01.14.92 of a stroke)
  4. CAN – MUSHROOM (RIP: JAKI LIEBEZEIT 01.22.17)
  5. RANDY RAINBOW – ALTERNATIVE FACTS
  6. FAD GADGET – SLEEP (ELECTRO-INDUCED ORIGINAL) [Festival Sleep Day 01.03]
  7. THE POSTAL SERVICE – SLEEPING IN [Festival Sleep Day 01.03]
  8. ANNE CLARK – SLEEPER IN METROPOLIS [Festival Sleep Day 01.03]
  9. HOT BUTTER – POPCORN (NATIONAL POPCORN DAY 01.19)
  10. NEW ORDER – WAY OF LIFE (BERNARD SUMNER bday 01.04.56 / GILLIAN GILBERT bday 01.27.61)
  11. COCTEAU TWINS – THE TINDERBOX (OF A HEART) [ROBIN GUTHRIE bday 01.04.62]
  12. DAVID J AND COMRADES (JOHN LENNON COVER) – GIMME SOME TRUTH (ANTI-TRUMP SONG)
  13. FIONA APPLE – TINY HANDS (PRO WOMEN’S SONG)
  14. DAVID BOWIE – ART DECADE (b: 01.08.47 d: 01.10.16)
  15. DAVID BOWIE – GIRL LOVES ME

HOUR TWO:

  1. BERLIN – PLEASURE VICTIM (JOHN CRAWFORD bday 01.17.57 / ROB BRILL 01.21.56)
  2. PORTISHEAD – CHASE THE TEAR (BETH GIBBONS bday 01.04.65)
  3. ORBA SQUARA – PERFECT TIMING (1st iPhone spot 2007)
  4. THE BANGLES – HERO TAKES A FALL (SUSANNA HOFFS bday 01.17.59)
  5. MADNESS – TOMORROW’S JUST ANOTHER DAY (SUGGS 01.13.61 / CHAS SMITH 01.14.59)
  6. INXS – ON A BUS (MICHAEL HUTCHENCE b: 01.22.60 d: 11.22.97)
  7. TALK TALK – AGAIN A GAME (PAUL WEB bday 01.16.62)
  8. SQUEEZE – SLAP AND TICKLE (JOOLS HOLLAND BDAY 01.24.55)
  9. ROXY MUSIC – TRASH 2 (GARY TIBBS bday 01.25.58)
  10. PETER GABRIEL – BIKO (MELT MIX) (HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 01.16)
  11. THE CURE – WHERE THE BIRDS ALWAYS SING (NATIONAL BIRD DAY 01.05)
  12. LEFTFIELD – OPEN UP (JOHNNY ROTTEN bday 01.31.56)
  14. ADAM & THE ANTS –  ANT MUSIC (RIP Tom Edwards 01.25.17 – one day after performing in Boston.)
  15. ADAM & THE ANTS – A.N.T.S.

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