Recommended radio shows

Ye olde wireless radio, families gathering round to listen to their favourite pirate radio show broadcasting the latest hot releases in techno, deep house, drum’n'bass and 2-step.

Technology has marched on and it’s now all on t’interweb, thousands of stations streaming their content everywhere; a deluge of data. It was all much more simple back in the day, Kiss 100, legitimised from it’s pirate status, reached out with it’s rays of audio gold to deepest darkest Essex to rescue me from a life of MOR rock and buying music on cassettes.

Moving to London during the nineties and there were loads of the illegal blighters, crowding the airwaves, sometimes drowning out legitimate stations. I had my dial locked on to Girls FM “for 100% house and garage” and Chill FM for the ambient shows, when it wasn’t playing 200+bpm gabba. I lost the habit of wanting to tune in after returning from living abroad but my musical needs were better served by downloading the mixes from various forums (e.g. discogs) however lately I’ve been re-discovering the pleasure of radio via a live internet stream. Below is a summary of shows that I regularly tune into, tune in until you drop off.

EstimuloShow

Every Saturday 1000PST, 1300EST, 1800GMT & 1900CEST.
Duration: 3hrs

Estimulo – the “deep barometer” for those of you too busy to seek out deepness in house and techno, playing nourishing vibe nuggets from the past and present with presenters and djs from around the globe. The normal schedule is below but check the homepage for the definitive list of who is playing when or alternatively sign up to the mailing list on Mixomat-Recordings.de for an email reminder just before the show begins.

www.mixomat.org/estimuloshow
www.mixomat-recordings.de

The monthly line-up:

1st Sat: London, UK – Pinky Chukkles, Truly-Madly & Conradio
2nd Sat: Berlin, Germany – Estimulo & Makarov
3rd Sat: San Francisco, USA – Roxnadz
4th Sat: Toronto, Canada – Mike Bishop

Although the show usually lasts longer than three hours, as of April’09, only the first three hours will be archived here and made available on the listen-again facility to download or stream; for the full flava, you’ll have to tune in. DJ bios and download links for all shows hosted on this blog here; for tracklists and streaming, consult the archive.

Underground Quality Radio Show

Every Wednesday 1900-2100 EST, 0000-0200 GMT and 0100-0300 CEST.
Duration: 2hrs

DJ Jus-Ed in the house, serving up fat wedges of deep house pie. Download links for the last five shows hosted on this blog, see below. For a full list, go here or alternatively for tracklists and streaming, consult the archives. I update the latest shows in my spare time and if I remember to record them so there will be gaps in the archive.

www.myhouse-yourhouse.net
www.undergroundquality.com

Alucidnation presents Electronica

Every Sunday 2200GMT, repeated the following Saturday, same time.
Duration: 2hrs

Bruce Bickerton under his artist moniker does exactly what it says on the tin, delivering a right mixed bag of beans and beats. He keeps previous shows on his website; formerly they were only made available for a couple of weeks after broadcasting but now appear to be hosted permanently so the archive here may no longer be necessary. He rather diligently provides a track listing in the form of a downloadable pdf file; I’ve kept an archive of older shows but sometimes they are repeated on Chill DAB Radio.

www.alucidnation.co.uk
www.helpmechill.com

Jenifa Mayanja’s Bu-Mako Experience

Every Friday 1400EST, 1800GMT and 1900CEST.
Duration: 1hr

Weekly soul food with a deep twist including exclusives from her label and others; fortunately, since I usually miss the show, she has conscientiously kept some archives so we can all fill our bellies with good vibes, I applaud.

www.motionfm.com
www.bu-mako.com