A history of the remix; from the avant garde tape loop experiments of the 50s, to the creative expansion of the standard three minute song in the late 60s. And the innovations in DJing and dancefloor dynamics of the 70s, through to the current situation when a remix is now more a statement of the remixer's musical expression that a reinterpretation of the original producer's work.

Featuring interviews with many of the key characters like Tom Moulton, Mel Cheren and Francois Kevorkian plus lots of the pivotal tracks that shaped the sound of dance music today.

Norman Whitfield playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bRq6ju63svO3C7eSBTW4Q?si=aT-KAms3RYuw9m-1ObNs8Q&pi=sXT7KBhdSdGDO

An update of episodes 24 and 26, where I introduced the genre of Dude Hop, mid 90s alternative rock infused hip hop made by white dudes with hangovers, with some more dude hop songs I've discovered over the last year or so

The Dude Hop Timeline playlist on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dNXabIDPDFwQ00UwK06Gr?si=TKt2fWXTQmOkkGSgdsHo3A&pi=idkD9sKhTGeYH

The Dude Hop sub Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/DudeHop

A selection of sometimes cringy, sometimes cool comedy rap tunes from the early to mid 80s, featuring tunes from England, Scotland, Ireland and The Netherlands

The Grove was a teenage disco in the Northside of Dublin, Ireland that ran for 30 years, from 1967 to 1997. and thanks to Cecil Nolan, who was the DJ for that entire time, and the music he played, The Grove became an essential part of the formative years of the tens of thousands of young Northsiders who attended.

In this episode, many of those who were lucky enough to have gone to the Grove share their stories and the music they heard there.

Links

Joe Kearns - What is the Grove?

https://thegrove-jk.blogspot.com/p/memories-of-grove-1973-to-1975-from-2025.html?m=1

The Grove Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/4512479386/?ref=share

The Grove radio show on NearFM

https://nearfm.ie/the-grove-show/

Eamonn McCormack's "Kindred Spirits" album

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7IYQbgnmiFhHdnp5WESEQV?si=hYYbsEFpTuWxxMuCwaFtiw

"More Than A Feeling" - RTE documentary on the Grove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iccATMMFBtM

32a - Irish Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPA8aUK3q80

Just in time for Halloween, I cover a dark subject in this episode; the stories of seven plane crashes and the famous musicians who lost their lives in them.

Seven songs thar feature spelling in the lyrics

From Motown to Boystown: A History of HI-NRG (1957-1989)

In this episode I look at the genre of electronic dance music known as Hi-NRG, and how innovators like Giorgio Moroder, Patrick Cowley, Bobby Orlando, Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench took this form of electronic disco from the dancefloors of gay nightclubs to the pop charts around the world.

We also trace the origins of this sound back to Hitsville. USA, the home of Motown Records.

Featuring tonnes of music and interviews with the main characters.

Jamaican Sound System Culture and its influence on British Music 1950 - 1991

Using Soul II Soul's massive 1989 hit Back to Life as a starting point we trace how Sound System Culture has played a fundamental part in shaping British Music; taking in early Jamaican Sound Systems and the American RnB t hey preferred, through Ska. Reggae, Roots. Dub, Lover's Rock, and Dancehall. Northern Soul, Jazz Funk, early Electro, Rare Groove, Acid House, Street Soul, acid Jazz and Trip Hop

Contained lots of great music and interviews with the Musicians, DJs, Producers. DJs, promoters and Soundmen involved.