The Young Punx FM Podcast | Dance music and entertainment. Beats, banter and basslines since 2007.

The party everyone’s invited to!

Join multi-platinum producer Hal Ritson and a revolving crew of DJs, musicians and friends for a genre-hopping feast of house, drum & bass, breaks, disco, mashups and hip hop, alongside musical discoveries, stories from behind the records, music industry gossip, live jamming and hardcore snack reviews.

Part dance music radio show, part backstage afterparty, part complete nonsense. Broadcasting since 2007, with roots at London’s Old Hit Factory.

Beats, banter and basslines from The Young Punx!

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ep46. TOO BIG FOR THE BUN

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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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ep45. WELCOME TO MAISON J

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A special guest mix from Tokyo Based MofoHifi artist Maison J, heavy on disco house and Japanese CityPop.

ep44. 100 DUCK SIZED HORSES

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A lost episode from the archives! It’s January 2013, and as a blizzard sweeps across London, the talented and charming DJ Mighty Mouse (Matthew Ward) joins The Young Punx deep below London Bridge to play a stellar selection of disco edits and house music while discussing duck sized horses, horse sized ducks, DJ etiquette, pigeon holes full of puffins and dragons having sex with muscle cars. yasss!

ep43. APOCALYPSO DISCO

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🎃 A forgotten world of Halloween disco! Louis La Roche takes over The Young Punx FM Podcast for APOCALYPSO DISCO, a special DJ mix unearthing obscure 1970s disco records inspired by ghosts, vampires, monsters and gloriously camp horror. If you’re tired of hearing the same old Halloween party tracks, there’s a whole lost treasure trove of spooky disco waiting to be discovered!

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ep42. DECADE OF GLORY

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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

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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

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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.

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ep39. RIFF IN THE KEY OF E

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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

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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).

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