Podcasts: Electronic Music

05Feb08

Not that I want to give away any secrets, but I thought people may be interested in hearing about some of the podcasts I listen to. However, if you hear about some good music before I do, and it comes from one of these podcasts, you must forever hold your peace until I listen to it, lest you become more knowledgeable about music than I am. This is a cardinal sin, you will go to hell for knowing more than me, Jesus told me.

I have found that podcasts can be really helpful to listen to, especially if you can find an artist’s (or DJ’s) mix that you would like to emulate, so that you can as cool as they are. I have only recently found the joys of podcasts, so I don’t listen to as many as I would like. If you have any suggestions, you should post them in the comments section for me (and, I guess, the other readers).

The Fabric Podcast

For those who don’t know, Fabric is a club (I don’t mean this kind of club). I have never been there, obviously, it is in London, but I hear it is really good and some even say it is “underground”. Now, I don’t know how “underground” a club that has a podcast could be, but whatever, they broadcast some good tunes. Though Fabric is a club, the podcast doesn’t play exclusively club music (thank god). Rather, it has a host of different genre’s, some that I have never even heard of. According to Fabric, they have supposed musical “luminaries” on their program, which, at times, I find hard to believe. How could Johnny Trunk be a luminary if for a good portion of his set he plays songs from 70s Italian softcore porn movies? Anyway… It is eclectic (a word that usually is supposed to reference how “genre defying” a person’s tastes are or whatever, but it really just means they listen to weird shit and some of it probably isn’t good), just like me, so it must be good.

The Resident Advisor Podcast

Resident Advisor is a dance and electronic music magazine, covering some of the best electronic musicians on the market. I think the magazine is rather pretentious, but it is still a fantastic resource. As of now, I have only three of their podcasts but they are all monsters–Tobias Freund (from nsi. fame), Kalabrese (whose album “Rumpelzirkus” is just brilliant) and Andy Stott (minimal techno heavy hitter). You know that is you can get these boys mixing for you that you are doing something right.

Electronic Explorations Podcast

Rob Booth mixes this obscure podcast, which dedicates a lot of time to dubstep. This doesn’t mean that if you like Burial that you will enjoy Booth’s mixes, this is hardcore dubstep from Skream to Vex’d and is certainly not for the faint of heart. However, Booth does shake up the tunes every once in a while, throwing in a little Drum and Bass (which I despise. I thought that shit ended with the rave scene in the 90s. I guess the Brits haven’t got the idea that the genre has devolved into derivative, unoriginal drivel.), IDM and Minimal. The best part of this podcast by far are all of the celebrity (can dubstep artists be celebrities?) mixes. Booth has roped in some of the heaviest hitters in dubstep and general electronic music. Boxcutter (whose latest album “Glyphic” is rockin’ my world and is also on sale at Boomkat) recently played a show, along with Vex’d and Milanese, among others.

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