Pirate Radio Ads

byBen Willmott
April 14, 2022

We travel back to the good old days of pirate radio and meet Luke Owen, the man behind a new collection of quirky between-song adverts that used to fill our illegal airwaves

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Telex Take On Eurovision Song Contest

byJools Stone

We backpedal to 19 April 1980 when leftfield Belgian electronic outfit TELEX took the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest in a bid to bag the legendary musical prize… or failing that, come last with null points

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Richard Norris, The Grid

byJonathan Wright

In his new memoir, ‘Strange Things Are Happening’, Richard Norris remembers when The Grid headed to Asia and Australasia for a culture shock-inducing tour supported by Autechre

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Del Shannon

byMark Brend

We set the dial to 1961 where the unmistakable sound of Del Shannon’s Number One smash hit ‘Runaway’ rules the airwaves… but what is that flute-like sound that drives it along? Prepare yourself for a lesson in electronic music instrument history.

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Orbital, Glastonbury 1994

byPaul Clarke

Paul Hartnoll remembers Orbital’s era-defining Glastonbury headline performance of 1994, which thrust electronic dance music into the spotlight like never before

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