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Cassette Culture
The stories of the global underground movement that shaped experimental music and culture, told by the artists that were there…
For two decades during the '80's and '90's, the international mail system fostered a network of underground artists, exchanging cassette tapes of music and homemade artwork – all under the radar of mainstream media. Taking the DIY message of Punk as a jumping off point, we travel through the network to find the creators of the fanzines, the music, the…
Episodes
Cassette CulturePost-Punk’s High-Water Mark: Four Nights in London, 1979
The high-water mark of post-punk. Looking at the bill of the four nights at the YMCA in Central London during August 1979, its hard to deny that assertion…
Cassette CultureMind Bomb: The The & Eyeless In Gaza
Our Industrial News "tapes received" trail reaches into the early 80s, and attention turns to quality. Robert H. King leads us into this episode, where we…
Cassette CultureLet The Tribe Grow: Chris Connelly Receives The Gospel Of DIY
Searching for connection and community; we track the story of Chris Connelly (Fini Tribe, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Pigface) discovering Throbbing Gristle via…
Cassette CultureTapes Received: The Factory Connection
Some of the most surprising and revealing connections surface in this episode. Two worlds that rarely get mentioned in the same breath: Throbbing Gristle's…
Cassette CultureTapes Received: Industrial Music for Industrial People
From 1978-1980, Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records published a newsletter called Industrial News. With a philosophy of exchange and transparency, they…
Cassette CultureNo Words, No Titles, No Meaning - The World Of Alien Brains
The strange, uncompromising world of Alien Brains, the project led by Nigel Jacklin that helped define the outer edges of the early 1980s DIY cassette…
Cassette CultureEvolution of Snatch Tapes & The Storm Bugs
A hard to imagine London of derelict warehouses and ruined public buildings birthed the short, intense life of Snatch Tapes, the late-70s cassette label…
Cassette CultureUnder the Westway: 1979 Portobello Punks
Emerging from the squats, free gigs and improvised studios of late-70’s Portobello Road, F*ck Off Records operated at the volatile intersection of hippie…
Cassette CultureDeleted Funtime Rewind
After we spoke with Mark Automaton for our episode on Deleted Records and the Instant Automatons, he kindly shared his recollections of the music and bands…
Cassette CultureIntegrated Circuits: Colin Potter, ICR and the Cassette Network
Emerging from the same late-1970s underground that fuelled punk, DIY cassette culture, and European electronic experimentation, we explore the influence of…
Cassette CultureDeleted Records & The Instant Automatons
Underneath the safety pins, television expletives and bondage trousers that came with Punk in 1977, there was a coded message for those ready to hear it…
Cassette CultureSeason 2 - DIY Revolution: Owning The Means Of Production
The artists who made the template - In Season 2 we’re delving into the very origins of the underground cassette music scene from the late 70s and early…
Cassette CultureCheckpoint Staalplaat: Revisiting Radical Sound, with Geert-jan Hobijn
From vinyl to cassettes and the occasional... flexi-postcard! Geert-Jan Hobijn reflects on Staalplaat’s origins as a cassette label, and some current…
Cassette CultureCopy This Mix
Music mix by Joshua James Amberson drawing on cassette releases reviewed in issue #3 of the Copy This Cassette zine. Joshua is publisher of the Basic Paper…
Cassette CultureInside the Zine: Copy This Cassette with Blake Werts
From the worlds of mini-comix to independent music, D. Blake Werts is the creative force behind the fanzine, Copy This Cassette. Martin Franklin and co-host…
Cassette CultureUnderground Goes Overground: Freakbeat, & Planet Dog
3D glasses at the ready, we speak with Richard Allen, editor of psychedelic magazine Freakbeat, founder of Delerium Records, and Michael Dog of Club Dog…
Cassette CultureThird Mind, Fourth Dimension
Armed with fanzines, cassette tapes, and a fierce DIY spirit - two teenagers from Herne Bay helped shape the UK’s underground music scene. In this…
Cassette CulturePost-Punk Publishing, with Attrition and Adventures In Reality
Tales of handmade 'zines and the cassette underground with two key figures: Martin Bowes of the electronic-industrial band Attrition, and Alan Rider of the…
Cassette CultureWild Planet 1983: The World Gets Weirder
From the provocative performances of Throbbing Gristle at the Lyceum to Einstürzende Neubauten's infamous stage-demolishing concert at the ICA, this…
Cassette CultureErotic Art, CDr's and a Mystery Device from Hybryds
Amazing artworks, CDr's and a mystery device. The full unboxing experience of the package sent to us from Belgium by Sandy from the Hybryds. This is the Bonus…
Cassette CultureUniverse Of The Wyrd: The Cold Spring Story
At the forefront of Industrial and dark electronic music since the 1980s, Cold Spring Records emerged from the cassette underground to become a significant…
Cassette CultureContact-Exchange-Document: The Story of ND
DIY passion, artistic discovery, and the power of community. This is a story of the kind friendly networking that typified the cassette scene and it shines…
Cassette CultureEvolution of Noise: The 40 Year Journey of Satori
With a pile of scrap metal and a disused railway tunnel nearby, unemployed youths Dave Kirby and Rob Maycock began recording sounds that they’d use as…
Cassette CultureThe British Library Sound Archive Calls
We share the news of the preservation of the Cassette Culture podcast by the British Library Sound Archive and talk about some upcoming interviews. Coming…
Cassette CultureUnderground 'Zines And The Hunt For Lost Music
The Vital fanzine evolved from hand typed, xeroxed pages to pioneering online distribution, and connected artists from the USA and Europe. We dive into an…
Cassette CultureThe Package From Steve Arrives
Unboxing a Cassette Time Capsule sent to us from Steve Gears in the UK. We find a treasure trove of rare cassette culture artifacts from the 1980s and 90s…
Cassette CultureCassettes On The Radio: Underground Broadcasting
1980’s cassette networking branched out into independent radio shows, physical meet ups and gigs. For 14 years Sandy Nys ran his radio show on Antwerp's…
Cassette CultureChance Connections - He Got Talking To This Guy In The Record Store
Steve Gears (Pharoah Chromium Sound/The Happy Citizen), Richard Talbot (Marconi Union) and Tom Gibbs, (Infinite Expanse) take us further down the rabbit hole…
Cassette CultureFind The Others
A decade before the widespread adoption of the internet, a group of artists and musicians established an underground network to share their work with kindred…
Cassette CultureAnalog Connections - Join The Cassette Network
Taking the DIY message of Punk as a jumping off point, our travel through the underground cassette network departs from the bleak 1980's Thatcher-era UK…