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ep18. PHONAT’S FIDGET MIX

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Phonat takes over this month with DJ mix heavy on fidget house, blog house and electro house. Recorded June 2008

Music in this show : 1: DSL – Invaders (Zoukatronic Remix)_Ed Banger 2: Giant Jr. – I want to be evil (The Young Punx Remix) 3: Riva Starr – Scratch ‘n Itch (Original Mix)_Southern Fried 4: New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream (Herve Goes Bananas Remix)_Modular 5: Dizzie Rascal – Flex (Dave Spoon Remix) 6: Delicious Vinyl All Star – Bust A Move (Don Rimini Remix)_Delicious Vinyl 7: Trafik – Cut Your Teeth (Phonat Remix)_Global Underground 8: Streetlife DJs – Gunn Crime (Original Mix)_Kitsuné 9: Groove Armada – Get Down (Japanese Popstar Remix)_Strictly Rhythm 10: Phonat – Learn To Recycle (4 on the floor mix)_Mofo HiFi 11: DJ Fixx, Keith Mackenzie – Feelin’ The Luv (Twocker Remix)_IllevenEleven 12: Estaw – Break It Down (Herve’s Spitfire Remix)_Brooklyn Zoo 13: Sharooz – Sexitude (Phonat Remix)_InStereo.

ep17. HOWARD JONES INTERVIEW

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80s synth-pop pioneer Howard Jones joins Hal for a proper synth-geek deep dive, and even records a new vocal for a house remix while he’s there. From working in a cling-film factory to fund his keyboard habit to wrestling with temperamental synths onstage, Howard recalls the making of his groundbreaking live show. They revisit New Song, The Young Punx’s Mohito collaboration and dancefloor reworks by Eric Prydz and Cedric Gervais, plus the chaos of selling freshly recorded concert CDs straight after gigs. And Howard would like you to know he’d rather be called ‘Synth Wizard’.

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ep14. PODAGEDDON

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A £17 meal becomes £170 at a Tokyo ninja restaurant, giving Hal and Betto plenty to discuss between electro house, breaks, hip-hop and drum & bass. Phonat is summoned from next door to introduce his freshly finished Ghetto Burnin, while Guthrie Govan’s first-take guitar jams on unfinished Young Punx tracks are frankly ridiculous. There’s a sweat-drenched live recording of Drum and Bacharach from Japan’s Summer Sonic festival, spectacularly obscene rap from MC Paul Barman, and an attempt to get Chase & Status on mic, thwarted by their urgent discussion about how much cash you’re legally allowed to keep at home. Plus cowbells from the Box of Fun. Naturally.

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