ep46. TOO BIG FOR THE BUN

After ten years apart, The Young Punx reunite for an unexpected adventure in Tokyo. Naturally, it all begins with Betto and an airport sausage. Hal runs 100 metres across an enormous stage, Hal and Nathan play a live DJ set on Japan’s block.fm, and the whole gang pick up pretty much where they left off a decade ago. Expect Japanese adventures, questionable conversations and a healthy selection of the finest disco, house and drum & bass that’s caught our ears. Too big for the bun? Aren’t we all?

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ep40. JUNGLE FIRE

Drum & bass legend John B arrives with a blistering one-hour recreation of his Let It Roll festival set, plus a bottle of homemade Jungle Fire chilli sauce. The latter is arguably more dangerous. Spoonface and Chenai improvise vocals from John’s spectacularly middle-class shopping list, while Greek-food puns reach crisis levels. John explains his eyeliner-and-robot-dancing approach to drum & bass and tells the story of Nicki Minaj sampling his track Red Sky, followed by a rather less glamorous battle to get paid. There’s also Spoonface’s Star Wars LEGO fame, some house, disco and Fleetwood Mac, and increasingly questionable decisions about how much chilli sauce is reasonable.

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