Radio. Suckers never play me. Well, maybe Chuck D had a point but it didn't stop me getting a gig on local radio, despite being underground (Ok, ok - I work in publishing and live in Sussex, but in a perverse way that
is underground). Anyway, these files are hour-long mixes from my Thursday night show called "The Nightwatchman". The idea was to mix together some some late night music of all flavours - from rock and credible pop through to the more usual suspects such as soul/neo-soul, disco, house, electro and hip-hop. Did it work? It was probably more Alan Partridge than John Peel, but at least I gave it a go. It was cool just to blend together my favourite tracks from different eras and genres - whether lo-fi MP3s, old CDs with quiet recordings or new stuff with booming production - and push them all out over the radio in a single mix with that 'warm' FM sound. "An elaborate way to master your mix'" as one producer friend said. Cheaper than T-Racks, and a hell of a lot more fun. But the main reason I did it was just to reach people with the music I'm passionate about. I just love the idea of some local geezer in his car, stuck at the traffic lights, and hearing Theo Parrish, Larry Levan or Mantronix on my show. Oh, and he might also have heard Public Ememy. Looks like Chuck was wrong after all.
Some memorable quotes from the shows:
"The Aleem twins are welcome in East Grinstead anytime"
"Kudos is not a cheap aftershave"
"I spent hours trying to copy that dance move that Turbo did with the broom in the movie
Breakin', and I just couldn't pull it off. But at least the house was tidy afterwards."
