The Young Punx FM Podcast /// BEATS – BANTER – BASSLINES

Legendary dance music podcast with tens of thousands of listeners worldwide, broadcast since 2007 from The Old Hit Factory in London.

Join multi-platinum record producer (and head of eclectic dance act The Young Punx) Hal Ritson and a crew of DJs, musicians and friends at the party everyone’s invited to. Fresh house music, drum and bass, breaks, disco, mashups and hip hop go head to head with anecdotes from the music industry, drunken revelry, live jamming and hardcore snack reviews!

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ep43. APOCALYPSO DISCO

Louis La Roche presents… a special Halloween DJ mix built out of less well known 70s creepy disco party tracks! It’s the apocalypse. So welcome to the disco…

MUSIC IN THIS SHOW

Count Floyd Intro – SCTV, Addrisi Brothers – Ghost Dancer, Cherries – Disco Devil , Mother Gong – Disco At The End Of World , Chromium – Haunted Disco, Manhattan Transfer – Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone, Witch Queen – Witch Queen (Of New Orleans), The Diabolic Soul Invention – Mephisto, Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters (acapella), Cerrone – Supernature, The Vamps – Disco Blood (Part II), Michael Jackson – Thriller (acapella), The Intergalactic Orchestra – Demon God, John Davis & The Monster Orchestra – Up Jumped The Devil , Andy Forray – Drac’s Back, Hot Blood – Terror On The Dance Floor, Johnny Wakelin – Dr. Frankenstein’s Disco Party, Count Floyd Outro – SCTV.

ep42. DECADE OF GLORY

Find out the facts and anecdotes behind the making of tracks on The Young Punx remastered best of 2004 – 2014 compilation. Including what it’s like to be literally in the eye of a tornado, what happens if you try to drive to the arctic circle in a ’71 Mustang, how you end up making a track about female pubic hair with Amanda Palmer and Peaches, and questioning whether putting the shipping forecast over a house beat constitutes a life well lived.

MUSIC IN THIS SHOW

The Young Punx : Wake Up, Make Up, Bring It Up, Shake Up, You’ve Got To… (Norman Cook Edit), Ready For The Fight (feat. Count Bass D), Young and Beatiful (Laurant Konrad Edit), Rockall, Drum and Bacharach, Kowloon Kickback (Gramophonedzie Edit), MASHitUP, Your Music Is Killing Me, Map Of Tasmania (feat. Amanda Palmer and Peaches), Never Die Pt. 2, Juice and Gin.

ep41. THE RISE OF THE TRIBE OF GOOD

Celebrating the album launch of The Young Punx’ disco and soul side project The Tribe Of Good!

MUSIC IN THIS SHOW

The Tribe Of Good – Turning It Up For The Sunshine, The Tribe Of Good – Loving You Baby, The Tribe Of Good – Siren Song.

GUEST MIX from Thomas Gandey of The Tribe Of Good : The Tribe of Good – Loving you Baby (Weiss Mix), The Young Punx – So Real (Mike Mago Mix), The Tribe of Good – Siren Song (Cassius Mix), The Tribe of Good – Heroes (Got Some Mix), Duke Dumont & Ebeneezer – Inhale (The Tribe of Good Mix), The Tribe of Good – Raise Your Head, Anderson Paak – Come Down (N-you-Up & Nick studer remix), The Tribe of Good – Heroes, Mt. Airy Groove – Pieces of a Dream, Cerrone & Jocelyn Brown – Hooked on you, Lone Lady – Groove it out, Rex the Dog – Sicko, Vladimir Cauchemar – Aulos, Underground Resistance – Timeline, Earth wind & Fire – September, Fatboy Slim – The Joker. Guest mix ends.

Roxy Music – More Than This (not the Discosocks edit though)

ep40. JUNGLE FIRE

Drum and bass legend™ John B joins us with a one hour DnB guest mix, a bottle of insanely hot chilli sauce and the world’s worst collection of puns about greek food. Spoonface and Chenai deliver freestyles based on John’s middle class shopping list. Word.

MUSIC IN THIS SHOW

Danny Byrd – Hold Up The Crown, Black Legend – You See The Trouble With Me, MIST – So High (feat. Fredo), The Young Punx – So Real (Mike Mago Mix),
[John B guest Mix Starts] John B – Pressure 2019 (LIR Intro Version), Xanadu – Helicon [Dom & Roland Productions], Moon in Your Eyes x Kallisto (Camo & Krooked / Serum etc), Numbers (Camo & Crooked VIP vs Millbrook’s ‘Cover version’), Mr Hackers Warp – Metrik / Sub Focus / Hazard, John B – Robot Lover, John B ft. Tiarum & Xenturion Prime – Approaching Zero (Club Mix), Eric Prydz – Niton (Metrik remix), Bad Company – Blind, Up All Night – (Epic Mix vs Murdock Bootleg Remix John B Edit), The Nine vs Miss Kittin vs Morning Light vs Alien Girl, Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Dope Ammo & DJ Hybrid Remix) – Baby D, Kaos Reigns – D*Minds, Geometry (Fre4knc Remix) – Kyrist, Als Wärs Das Letzte Mal (Boys Noize Remix) – DAF, Careful – Disphonia, The End [ENERGY] – A.M.C, The Hand That Feeds (Zardonic Remix) – Nine Inch Nails, Voodoo People (Pendulum VIP) – The Prodigy, Valley of The Shadows (Chase & Status Remix) – Origin Unknown, X-Ray (Metrik Remix) / Desire – Sub Focus x Dimension, Infinity [JB EDIT] – DJ TRACE, Red Sky (Feat. Shaz Sparks) – John B, The Chain (Emperor Re-nicks) – Fleetwood Mac, The Journey (Metrik Remix) – John B ft Code 64. [John B mix ends] Bobby Tank – Glass Moon, Mighty Mouse – The Spirit, Gerry Read – It’ll all be over (DJ Koze mix), Roisto – No Regrets, Huey Lewis and The News – Hip to be square, The Tribe Of Good – Broken Toys.

ep39. RIFF IN THE KEY OF E

Mike Mago of BMKLTSCH Records supplies a guest mix. Vula Malinga of Basement Jaxx / Quincy Jones supplies live vocals. Discosocks Graham evades all personal questions. RIP Phillippe Zdar.

MUSIC IN THIS SHOW

Marie Davidson – Work it (Soulwax mix), Lizzo – Juice (Breakbot mix), High Contrast – Going up, The Young Punx – So real , Uniile – Must be illegal, Lxury – Spirit shaker, Jamiroquai – Little L, BBC Rock School clip of Larry Graham, Boston Bun – Don’t wanna dance, Bruno Furlan and DJ Glen – Another Planet (plus live vocal PA of Basement Jaxx – Oh My Gosh), MK – Body2body, Cedric Gervais – Take you in, Medusa and Goodboys – Piece of your heart, The Young Punx – Bounce Jam Glow, Cassius – Don’t let me be, Cassius – Calliope. MIKE MAGO GUEST MIX. Perel – Angelika, Christine And The Queens – Girlfriend (feat. Dam-Funk) (Palms Trax dub), Mike Mago – Feel Like (Extended Master), Mat.Joe – The Healer, DJ Fopp, Daniele Danieli – It’s Alright, Wh0 – The Poet (Ft. Chuck Roberts), Chiqito – Crip Hop, Alex Preston ft. Stef Domazet – Electricity, ATFC, Mercer – Twisted (Illyus & Barrientos Mix), Ben Remember & Willy Washington – It Ain’t Easy Feat. Jazmina, Supernova – Love Express, FISHER (OZ) – You Little Beauty, Unit 2 – Sunshine (Kink Remix), DLG – Thats Right, Purple Disco Machine – Body Funk (Claptone Extended Mix), Antoine Clamaran – agua sin has, Shake It, Martin Ikin (Feat. Hayley May) – How I Feel, Leftwing : Kody – I Feel It, Mele – The 95 Vibe, Martin Badder X Lucy – Unknown Title (Mike Mago Remix). MIKE MAGO GUEST MIX ENDS. The Queens Head – Rude toy, John B – Get Stuffed, The Young Punx and CagedBaby – Blue Sky Sunshine, Yaeji – Raingrrl, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Don’t you forget about me, Kiefer – Orange Crayon, Kaytrana – Leave me alone, Mr Jukes – From golden stars come silver dew.

ep38. REESE SANDWICH

It’s the return of the prodigal sons as Phonat and Discosocks make a triumphant return to the podcast, together with Hal, Bobbi and newcomer James Yuill. Contains a spontaneous review of Phonat’s career, brand new The Young Punx, Chemical Brothers, Principleasure and lots more house, disco, drum and bass and eclectic selections. Live songs from Bobbi, who also attempts to explain what cheese curd is while Hal plays death metal at her. Contains obscenity from the outset and Peperami, sometimes at the same time.

MUSIC IN THIS SHOW
The Young Punx – Drop It Hard, Riton – Ginger, DiscoSocks – Motivation, [Phonat retrospective] Phonat – Set Me Free, Phonat – Set Me Free (Avicii Mix), Phonat – Spliff Dub, Phonat – Morden Life, Skrillex – Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Phonat Mix), The Chemical Brothers – We’ve Got To Try, The Young Punx – Rhythm Is Wild, Swindle – What We Do, Swindle – Water (feat. Mahalia), James Yuill – This Sweet Love, Charlotte OC – Satellite, Mr Oizo – Rythme Plat, Mr Oizo – Dolce Vita, Pino D’Angio – Okay Okay, Dadabots – Relentless Doppelgänger, Bobbi – Drink (acoustic live), Principleasure – Hexagonal Dab, Yola – Faraway Look, The Tribe Of Good – Heroes (KDA Mix), Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Black Star Dancing, DiscoSocks – 1000% Horse, The Young Punx – Wonderland, Joe Goddard – Jack Come Back, Todd Edwards – You’re Sorry, Freiboitar – Back Jack, Stealth – Black Heart (feat. The Dapp Kings), Napalm Death – Wolf I Feed, Fango – Admire, Bobbi – Please Don’t (acoustic live), Jvck James – Wave, High Contrast – Days Go By, Oliver Heldens & Lenno – This Groove, Mejfus – Sinkhole (Skeptical Mix), Crazy P – SOS, Count Bass D – Pressure (feat. Snoop Dogg), The Young Punx – Like Dat (Feat. Count Bass D), The Funk Hunters – Party Rockin (Kraak & Smaak Mix).

ep37. SPACE GHETTOS

It’s December at The Old Hit Factory and Hal, Ali, Stunt Simon and Chenai are having a Christmas party of sprout flavour crisps and champagne. Includes a guest mix from Simon Iddol in Budapest, loads of new releases and unreleased demos, an accidental UK garage throwback session and a disco after-party. Grass snake anaconda grass snake? Venetian Sex Parties? Hal in a soho hot tub? How Hal got to 25 to 1 for Christmas number 1 in 2003? And much more.

MUSIC IN THIS SHOW
The Young Punx – Gimme Honey, Bobby Tank – Catalyze (Metrik Mix), Rat Boy – Move, Prospa – Prayer, Friendly Fires – Heaven Let Me In, The Prodigy – Timebomb Zone, DJ Fresh & Shy FX – Gold Dust, General Levy & M-Beat – Incredible, Earth Wind and Fire – September VS Ozzie Osbourne – Crazy Train (DJ Cummerbund Mashup), The Young Punx – I Feel Free (Love), Yolanda Be Cool – Dance and Chant, Vladimir Cauchemar – Aulos, Doorly & Tan Dem – Awooo, Wax Worx – One Green Laser, Pryda – Stay With Me, SIMON IDDOL GUEST MIX STARTS, Saine – Act Natural, Beanfield – Human Patterns (Roman Flügel Remix), DJ S.K.T. – Lipstick And Perfume, Stephane Deschezeaux – Make It Hot (Minota Dub), James Curd – Laid Back With It ft. KE (Colour Castle Remix), Sharam Jey – Friday City ft. Little Boots (Philip Z Remix), Murat Ugurlu – Sazerac, BigZ & Malkov Feat. Below Bangkok – Eastern Lights (Asvajit Remix) SIMON IDDOL GUEST MIX ENDS, David Zowie – The Real Don, The Tribe Of Good – Siren Song (Cassius Mix), The Young Punx – Got Your Number, The Young Punx – Got Your Number (Vigi Mix), Craig David – Rewind, MJ Cole – Sincere, Doorly – Now 97, Double 99 – Ripgroove, Todd Edwards – Main Vibe, Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You, Eats Everything – Entrance Song, Ali Jamieson – The Sweetest Taboo, Robyn – Send To Robin Immediately, Mr Jukes – Angels / Your Love, Snakehips – Cruzin’, Anderson .Paak – Am I Wrong, Maxwell – This Woman’s Work, AFTERPARTY, McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stopping Us Now, Sister Sledge – He’s The Greatest Dancer (Dimitri From Paris Mix), The Tribe Of Good – Turning It Up For The Sunshine.

ep36. CAVIAR MONSTER MUNCH

After a slight 7 year pause ITS BACK in full effect featuring fresh cuts of Drum and Bass, House Music, Disco and Rap, combined with the ultimate high low snack mashup, a poisonous frog ceremony and a song about hard sex. Taste my snack…

MUSIC IN THIS SHOW

Brookes Brothers – Every Minute, High contrast – Remind Me, Rat Boy – Get Over It, Cassius – W18, High Contrast – Tobacco Road, Heavy Disco Sound System – Kids (Stranger Things Club Mix), Phonat – Because Of You (feat. Iago), Goldfish – Lies, Endor – Gunna be mine, Got some – Larry, Sneaky Sound System – Can’t Help The Way The I Feel (David Penn Remix), Mike Q – Get Sum (feat. Romanthony), Soundbed : High Contrast – Ambient Recovery, Wh0 – Mary’s Poppin, The Tribe Of Good – Turning It Up For The Sunshine (Friend Within Mix), Roger Sanchez – Walkin (demo version), Duke Dumont – Runway, Kaylee Johnston / Bobbi – In God’s Hands (acoustic live), Louis Cole – Things, Knower – The Government Knows, Snakehips – iii’m not sorry, Vibbar – Sweden, Kaylee Johnston/ Bobbi – Rough Love (acoustic live), High Contrast – God Only Knows.

ep35. SCONE!

The only dance music show in the world to feature an improvised opera about eating scones. Plus 2 hours of banging  house, breaks and Drum n Bass, and Nathan’s comedy pirate radio presentation skillz. Guest Ben Braund causes havoc.

MUSIC IN THIS SHOW

Grum – Through The Night, Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix), Hercules & Love Affair – My House (Tensnake Remix), Kraak and Smaak – My Synths Are The Bomb, Minitel Rose – Heart Of Stone, Breakbot – Fantasy, The Young Punx – Dope Ass Sound, Arveene & MiSK – Love Money Music Body (Evil Nine Mix), Mord Fustang – Lick The Rainbow, Ryan Riot – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney – I Love Rock N Roll, Housemeister – nBaxx feat. Boys Noise, Polymath – Discogoose, Medcab Presents – Me, Myself and Infekto, Medcab Presents – Infekto’s Message, Slyde – We Love It, Slyde – Space Bass Rock, Drummattic Twins – Hyperspeed, SCONE BREAK, Max Neutra – Nucleus, Doorly – Northern 2 Step, Redlight – Progress, Eats Everything – The Size, Parralax – Watching, Pheugoo – wUUUderwall (The Young Punx ‘You You You’ VS Oasis), Tom Waits – Martha. FIRST BROADCAST – MAY 2011

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