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― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Monday, 30 April 2018 10:27 (six years ago) link
There's loads fo great stuff on NTS- some of my favourites...
Radio Fenriz - all things metalhttps://www.nts.live/shows/radio-fenriz
Ted Draws for hip hop, particularly his year on year shows:https://www.nts.live/shows/TED-DRAWS
OPTIMOhttps://www.nts.live/shows/optimo
Test Pressing- Balearic lovelinesshttps://www.nts.live/shows/test-pressing
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Monday, 30 April 2018 10:47 (six years ago) link
so many great shows i can't even remember what's good but i always make an effort to listen to moxie and unknown to the unknown (both house & techno). charlie bones is sometimes great and sometimes kinda meh depending on his guests. the one with young marco from a couple of weeks back was a classic though
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Monday, 30 April 2018 12:12 (six years ago) link
Field Work! Lovely ambient, dub and new age show punctuated by bizarre found sounds and samples
― JLB Credit (Jack BS), Monday, 30 April 2018 12:17 (six years ago) link
the steve davis + kavus shows are always A++ great if you like weirdo prog sounds
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Monday, 30 April 2018 12:18 (six years ago) link
Great thread idea. Some shows I regularly check for, mostly electronic:
Akito (contemporary club music)The Astral Plane (experimental electronic & dance music)Nite Bus Radio w/Gage (grime, UK dance, etc)LOFT (experimental electronic)Livity Sound (UK techno/dance)
But honestly, between the two channels I can always find something interesting when I'm cooking or at work.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 30 April 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
Especially with all the shows archived on Mixcloud, I sometimes think about how if I made NTS my only source of music listening, it would still be a bottomless wellspring.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 30 April 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
thanks, everyone. I went deep down the New Age rabbit hole yesterday, great stuff
― sleeve, Monday, 30 April 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
i mentioned this on the autechre thread, but my introduction to NTS was haruomi hosono day: https://www.nts.live/shows/haruomi-hosono-ymo-day
A 15-hour tribute to the influential Japanese songwriter, Haruomi Hosono, known from his prolific productions and work in the electronic trio, Yellow Magic Orchestra. Expect mixes exploring his career and adjacent music from NTS' most dedicated Hosono-philes.
it's a great soundtrack to a weekend. visible cloaks did a great deep dive all-hosono set, and i really liked jen monroe's set that leans on hosono but also branches out into other music from the era. and for those that aren't familiar with YMO, 2ManyDJs' set was more focused on them.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 30 April 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
NTS is a good twitter account to follow, too.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 30 April 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
Jordan's right, it's an embarrassment of riches
Weatherall of course always worth a listen!https://www.nts.live/shows/andrewweatherall
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Monday, 30 April 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
Great thread idea, there's so much good stuff - embarrassment of riches is right!
Usually I find something from the recent NTS Picks or when tuning in to what's live. In addition to what's been mentioned above, I do always look forward to (and warmly recommend) the Blackest Ever Black/Low Company and Silent Servant shows (for post-punk, wave, dark techno and electro, etc.), Whities and Livity Sound (for new leftfield techno), Quiet Storm (for RnB and Jazz), and Sees to Exist and Jazzman for Jazz.
Also having the archives is amazing, as I'll randomly discover a new show I'm feeling and have a treasure trove of back eps to listen to.
xp on the Discogs wantlist...it's not just Charlie Bones who does that!
― Federico Boswarlos, Monday, 30 April 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
Yes! I listen to the NTS archives on Mixcloud at work, just dipping in and queuing up things with interesting names (so no doubt missing lots of good stuff) and always manage to queue up more shows in a week than I actually get round to listening to.
Given the hit rate and the randomness of my clicking I feel a bit bad trying to pick favourites, but still - lately I remember enjoying shows by Trevor Jackson, Carla dal Forno, Samuel Kerridge, Not Waving, Silent Servant, mostly on some kind of spectrum between post-punk and post-industrial techno sludge. Particularly enjoyed Not Waving throwing some Italo tracks in along the way too.
― a passing spacecadet, Monday, 30 April 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
nts has been my work soundtrack since spotify stopped working on my computer six months ago. best thing that's happened to my listening in a long time
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Monday, 30 April 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
I'm extra-appreciative of NTS/Mixcloud today since Soundcloud is having struggles (was down for a few hours, now going in and out).
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 30 April 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
i love NTS
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 30 April 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
what shows do you like?
― sleeve, Monday, 30 April 2018 23:37 (six years ago) link
its a fairly recent discovery for me (see: the origins of this thread) but got super into this show:
https://www.nts.live/shows/naafi
they just did one yesterday hopefully its up on mixcloud soon
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 07:50 (six years ago) link
also for obvious reasons,
https://www.nts.live/shows/radio-free-numero/episodes/the-numero-group-8th-february-2018
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 07:51 (six years ago) link
The Haxan Cloak has done a few shows I've really loved, and Test Pressing is always great.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 09:18 (six years ago) link
This is shocking to me, I'm shocked
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
???
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
Mostly kidding, but NAAFI seems a little "frankendance" for your tastes
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
(cool though!)
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
idk maybe it gets that way sometimes but i didnt have that problem w this episode: https://www.nts.live/shows/naafi/episodes/cdmx-tapes-30th-april-2018
it just mainly felt like uptempo banging dance music that wasnt afraid of some subtle groove shifts for rhythmic variety
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
Well, then I have a lot of music for you. NTS-wise, you should at least check out Akito's show that I linked up upthread.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
Also worth mentioning Jack Rollo's weekly slot on Do You every Monday morning. Lots of weird and wonderful sounds.
― millmeister, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
NTS live?
― just sayin, Thursday, 31 May 2018 09:58 (six years ago) link
Also william basinski's doing a show today
sounds of the dawn is such a good program https://www.nts.live/shows/soundsofthedawn
― marcos, Thursday, 30 August 2018 12:52 (six years ago) link
this rules, dubbed out spacey blip goodness:
https://soundcloud.com/the-trilogy-tapes/ttt-nts-cs-kreme
― sleeve, Sunday, 9 September 2018 02:51 (six years ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/jamma-dee
Love these Jamma Dee shows a lot, recommended if you're into 80s soul, new jack swing and 90s garage house
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 9 September 2018 07:59 (six years ago) link
sounds of the dawn is amaaaaaazing ty
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
damn an ilxor booked an eight hour block of programming and it never got mentioned smh
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 16 September 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link
who and when?
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 10:08 (six years ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/chicago-takeover
― lowercase (eric), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 10:30 (six years ago) link
how the hell do you manage & keep track of shows? there's so many and i can't figure out how reasonably keep track of where i left off, which ones to save or bookmark or whatever. i thought maybe the mixcloud app would have some mechanism for this but it was so rudimentary and shitty that i deleted it after 5 minutes of use. i want to be able to seamlessly pick up where i left off and save shows the way i do w/, say, podcasts on on the native iOS podcast app
― marcos, Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Tuesday, September 11, 2018 1:59 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it really is! of the few years of shows up there i think i've only passed one 2 or 3. if you like sotd you might like microdosing, not quite as good but close https://www.nts.live/shows/microdosing
― marcos, Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
passed on* 2 or 3
― marcos, Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
there's an NTS app for iOS that lets you favorite shows and episodes
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 11 October 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
doesnt work for android though
oh cool I didn’t know, perfect
― marcos, Thursday, 11 October 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
I sometimes think about how if I made NTS my only source of music listening, it would still be a bottomless wellspring.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, April 30, 2018 10:42 AM (six months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea it's probably 90% of what i listen to now. three to four clicks at most between the live sets and the archives and i'll hear something new and interesting.
radio, when you have a good host w/ some conception of a program and you are open to what they are doing, is truly wonderful, one of the best ways of hearing recorded music. i love passing over control to this person and going where they want to go, it can be an intimate experience especially w/ live radio, you feel very aware of this other person somewhere else hearing it with you. radio also helps me surrender that possessive, consumptive drive of a collector, of needing to *to own* music, regardless of format, so that i can queue it up again at will and incorporate into some kind of a collection. i don't want a collection anymore. it's not that fun to pick out an album to listen to from a shelf or my files. i usually want someone else to do it.
― marcos, Friday, 9 November 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
^^
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 November 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
favourite shows atm?
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Friday, 9 November 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
yea! i like all these shows despite not really being familiar w/ a lot of the music, that's part of the appeal for me, other ilxors might look at the setlists and think that shit is pedestrian and that's fine, i am a pedestrian.
erased tapes japan specials can be really good - https://www.nts.live/shows/erased-tapes/episodes/erased-tapes-19th-february-2018 the four elements: japanese ambient, environmental, new age & healing music 1980-1993 - https://www.nts.live/shows/the-four-elements-japanese-ambient-environmental-new-age-healing-music-1980-1993that recent siren show w/ rui ho starts off a little slow but gets super fun - https://www.nts.live/shows/siren/episodes/siren-w-rui-ho-1st-november-2018some parts of silvia kastel's set the other day were really wild https://www.nts.live/shows/carla-dal-forno/episodes/silvia-kastel-30th-october-2018sounds of the dawn is consistently great as i mentioned earlier itt - https://www.nts.live/shows/soundsofthedawnkaitlyn aurelia smith's touchtheplants is generally great though i'm not as into the folk and pop stuff she sometimes playskranky's monthly set is good for catching up on their stuff, occasionally boring but mostly good - https://www.nts.live/shows/krankyautotune the world had some really good pop & dance from the middle east the other day - https://www.nts.live/shows/christopher-kirkley/episodes/autotune-the-world-w-christopher-kirkley-25th-october-2018
― marcos, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
ive been leaning mostly toward ambient, experimental, new age, some house & techno & various dance. genres beyond that i'll listen to live but haven't gone into any archives really
― marcos, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
YES: thank you for those links. i've heard a few of those shows. i haven't listened to the four elements show, but i've been obsessively listening to the three releases in the Wave Notation series recently (Music for Nine Postcards by Hiroshi Yoshimura is the most well-known, but Still Way by Satoshi Ashikawa is even better, somehow)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
oh rad i don't know those!
― marcos, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
i barely know anything about them. i just put this on while i'm drinking coffee and reading and i love it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaWdVJO5H98
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
thanking u, jamming now
― sleeve, Sunday, 1 August 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
Ooh I've been meaning to get into that, maybe this is what I need to finally figure out how to dl/listen to NTS shows in the car.
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 1 August 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
I was listening to the DJ Narrows interview + mix the other day. Good guy, great DJ, powerful producer. The big trifecta
― hbbh111, Sunday, 1 August 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
the amapiano comp they (nts) assembled is really good too
― adam, Sunday, 1 August 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSy5F3Cscrd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
end of an era
― adam, Friday, 20 August 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
yeah, will miss it hugely
― Position Position, Friday, 20 August 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
Got me through a lot of mornings when I was doing a dull desk job. He did ask me to be a guest on the show a few months back which was quite funny, but it never quite happened, more's the pity (if you ever listened to doyou jukebox, i'm faustapes). Anyhow some great shows in the archives - it's really had a big impact on my tastes, discovered a lot of amazing music along the way
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Friday, 20 August 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
if you ever listened to doyou jukebox, i'm faustapes starstruck rn
― adam, Friday, 20 August 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
ditto lol
― bingo dabber acid, Friday, 20 August 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
aww shucks :)
― primate marmite (NickB), Saturday, 21 August 2021 11:07 (three years ago) link
Out to Faustapes, out to the Self-Existing Eagle
― Kangol In The Light (Craig D.), Saturday, 21 August 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
Heartbreaking
I loved the music of course but the tone / affect of the show, the low stakes, unpressured feel of how it was run, was such a huge part of its appeal… so refreshing on today’s internet
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Saturday, 21 August 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
For sure--a cosmic alignment of the funniest high-strung-yet-chill guy with the best taste ever
― Kangol In The Light (Craig D.), Saturday, 21 August 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
This is surprising: https://thevinylfactory.com/news/charlie-bones-launching-do-you-radio/
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 9 October 2021 13:13 (two years ago) link
anyone catch theo parrish' 6-hour live set yesterday? shit was SO good
― marcos, Monday, 29 November 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/theo-parrish-six-hour-mix-28th-november-2021
― marcos, Monday, 29 November 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
ah damn nm it's not available on that link
― marcos, Monday, 29 November 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
i had it on during my kid's birthday party, there was some dancing
― adam, Monday, 29 November 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
ahh that is awesome we listened to it while i played chess w/ my kids just passing the hours it was so good
― marcos, Monday, 29 November 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
available here!
https://www.nts.live/shows/theo-parrish/episodes/theo-parrish-28th-november-2021
― just sayin, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 02:12 (two years ago) link
Eclair Fifi had a bit of a mare today - she opened her show with a yasuaki shimizu track of his album IQ-179, and I think she just intended to play some interesting textural stuff to ease into the set with, but unfortunately she played the one with Hitler speeches and people sieg heiling all over the place and I'm not sure anyone was quite ready for that, I think she almost died of embarrasment. My heart went out to her but also it was quite funny. Anyway, I'm not entirely sure what shimizu's intentions were with that piece, but djs beware!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 27 January 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link
Should say the rest of the show was excellent though as always, she's the best
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 27 January 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
amazing.
have been enjoying the new morning lineup, flo and zakia are extremely good but john gomez, lupini and ruf dug have been killing it in the slot right after.
scratcha is unbearable though. boring selections, unending unfunny patter.
― adam, Thursday, 27 January 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link
That's too bad, I'm a fan of his music and twitter account.
(omg @ Hitler ambient)
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 27 January 2022 20:41 (two years ago) link
Downloaded the app a few weeks ago, what an embarrassment of riches.. Theo Parrish is one of the new regulars announced for '22, 5hr show from Jan 30 now available
― willem, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 14:21 (two years ago) link
Not really nts news so sorry for thread abuse but I'm doing a show on c.bones' do you radio tomorrow at noon UK time: https://doyou.world/
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 21 April 2022 14:12 (two years ago) link
that's awesome, congrats
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 21 April 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
thanks map! It's a pre-record because I can't get to their studio and I'm regretting some of my choices already (mostly there's way too much record nerd chat iirc), but lol I've never recorded a mix before, let alone a radio show so I'm amazed I even got this far
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 21 April 2022 14:43 (two years ago) link
I mean it did turn out okay, it's not a total disaster anyway!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 21 April 2022 14:44 (two years ago) link
Slightly tangential, but it looks like Mixcloud updated their Premium plans last night, and offline listening is now available for all shows on the Premium plan. (Previously it was only available on a per-creator basis via their Select thing). This means offline listening for the NTS archives, plus all the other radio stations that use Mixcloud for their archives (Dublab, Noods...). Given that I currently have to commute on the tube, this is good news.
― bamboohouses, Thursday, 18 August 2022 15:43 (two years ago) link
my friend put together this fantastic show that aired over the weekend exploring 'spoken word' in various forms
― devvvine, Monday, 7 November 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/plastic-language-5th-november-2022
― devvvine, Monday, 7 November 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
ugh
Not sure how this hasn't been mentioned in the music press already, especially since the deal went down months ago, but I wrote about @NTSlive and its surprising new investor in today's @_FirstFloor. pic.twitter.com/sn7x5LCHJa— Shawn Reynaldo (@ShawnReynaldo) October 24, 2023
― city worker, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 16:00 (ten months ago) link
O no
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 16:11 (ten months ago) link
this was publically revealed months ago. odd he only mentions it now.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 16:42 (ten months ago) link
feels alarmist
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 17:27 (ten months ago) link
i do think it seems like an odd match but also feel those who run NTS know what they are doing and aren't into it purely for the £s.
i thought it was interesting that Peter Gabriel was revealed to have been an early big investor too.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 17:33 (ten months ago) link
I would love to live in a world where grassroots culture organisations are able to thrive independently, and I'm a proud paying supporter of NTS. That said, this feels nothing new in that NTS have been running spon-con for distinctly un-grassroots companies like Nike, Uniqlo, Rockstar for years.
It does also feel different to the Bandcamp situation in that the NTS template is, and has proven, to be infinitely replicable. It does feel like we're living in a golden age of eclectic community radio. If NTS falls I'll be very sad but the question of "well what do we use now?" is quickly and comprehensively answerable, unlike with Bandcamp.
(Tangential thought - maybe the company we should all be on tenterhooks about is Mixcloud, given how central their archives are to so many small radio operations, including NTS. If THEY go...)
― bamboohouses, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 08:42 (ten months ago) link
Can't say I'm thrilled about this, but the bigger picture is NTS losing their Arts Council funding earlier this year. Whether the Universal investment preceded that or not, it's another example of the increasingly grim situation for publicly funded culture in the UK.
― Composition 40b (Stew), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 09:51 (ten months ago) link
that's a very salient point, I had no idea
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 10:05 (ten months ago) link
Bit of context here: NTS was an National Portfolio Organisation, in that it got funding for 3 years. They may still be getting smaller project grants etc, but it's harder for them to plan ahead.
https://bachtrack.com/news-arts-council-england-contemporary-music-cuts-november-2022
― Composition 40b (Stew), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 10:27 (ten months ago) link
just to add that i don't think it's a good thing they are in bed with UMG but i'm way less concerned about this than the Bandcamp situation.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 16:31 (ten months ago) link
You can rewind on Mixcloud now?!!
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 11 December 2023 18:18 (nine months ago) link