NTS Radio S/D

mixcloud app (via the nts app) has always been super clunky, it flakes out all the time

i've actually been digging the infinite mixtapes a little, poolside cracks me up i love it

i don't want to be hyperbolic but like this site fucking rules. i don't really listen to much else. there is so MUCH

some of my favorite hosts

siren -adventurous and fun dance music, and a reminder that trance is cool again which i am pleased about because i've always loved trance
gost zvuk - weird electronic music exclusively from former soviet republics
doing time for airy laid back balaeric, reggae, soft rock
radio jiro for similar vibes
bumpin on sunset for similar vibes
donna leake, the best jazz fusion, nts jazz shows in general are fucking awesome
moxie for the house music
circuits for the house music
onra's been playing a lot of boogie and gfunk lately
autotune the world's cumbia episodes made me listen to cumbia for a month, the only substantial non-nts listening i did this summer
rhythm connection plays all KINDS of good dance music but the DJ
yayo - honestly i can't remember what yayo plays but i feel like i am always favoriting their episodes
king britt for wild synth ambient kosmiche electronic
felix hall for dancehall
rhythm section w/ bradley zero always has good music of all kinds but christ he needs to shut the fuck up, one of those djs who can't just let a track play but has to interrupt constantly. you think he's done when he gives a single shoutout or a track name -- he'll turn the volume back up ---then he turns it back down to give another shoutout -- volume up and i tink I AM FREE TO HEAR THIS AMAZING TRACK but nope here is another shoutout, then another, then a story about how he found that piece of wax at the corner shop back in the day, meanwhile the track is three minutes in and you give up

rhythm connection plays all KINDS of good dance music but the DJ

lol i started to type this but midway realized i was talking about rhythm section instead

Bradly Zero is insufferable. Wasn't he one of the Boiler Room hosts for a while?
Do You my most listened to show.

just checking this thread for recommendations - timely post marcos!

rhythm connection djs are the best, love listening to them natter <3

jonny mons plays a great mix of electronic / balearic / oddwave stuff

yea jonny mons is good!

i have been listening to this episode a lot, baile funk from dj cuica, it is wild and fun https://www.nts.live/shows/christopher-kirkley/episodes/autotune-the-world-w-christopher-kirkley-27th-september-2018

this was cool as fuck https://www.nts.live/shows/image-search/episodes/image-search-6th-november-2019

whoa! that looks amazing! i also really like the name of the show <3

cdmx tapes (mexico city label naafi) is one of the most exhilarating & fun shows on nts imo https://www.nts.live/shows/naafi

If anyone’s interested in the history of jungle, fabio and grooverider on charlie bones’ show today was a hugely entertaining

Thanks for the heads up, that sounds promising.

Ok who's heard a good NTS show lately, we need a quarantine guide

Kali Malone's mix from earlier this week is amazing if you're looking to ride Nordic early music/folk/drone waves
https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/kali-malone-24th-march-2020

Liked this Armenian exploration

https://www.nts.live/shows/panorama-yerevan/episodes/panorama-yerevan-16th-march-2020

recently discovered noodsradio.com and checked out an Ossia show on there

thanks to Albert R. Broccoli for posting these on the Boredoms thread

https://www.nts.live/shows/remote-utopias/episodes/eye-boredoms-3rd-may-2020

https://www.nts.live/shows/remote-utopias/episodes/yoshimio-ooioo-2nd-may-2020

damn a new all reggae/dub infinite mixtape!! https://www.nts.live/infinite-mixtapes/island-time

thanks

NTS Supporters - https://www.nts.live/supporters?utm_source=web&utm_medium=homepage%20slider&utm_campaign=always%20on

would prefer if they did a pledge drive, but signed up anyway

i think a pledge drive is something most people in the UK / Europe are not very familiar with.

I just love the idea of NTS residents standing by to take my call, though

the funding of nts has always been a mystery to me! will be happy to sign up to this though - probably listen to about 60-70 hours of nts per month, so it's the least i could do

(the joke being that public radio stations in the US do these annual pledge drives for donations where they spend what seems like half of air time asking you to call to donate, with coffee mugs and symphony tickets to entice you - it feels like you've wandered into a school selling baked goods for the girls volleyball team)

I am all for the pledge drive as i've always felt it is something i've missed out on.

haruomi hosono taking calls would be most excellent.

the funding of nts has always been a mystery to me! will be happy to sign up to this though - probably listen to about 60-70 hours of nts per month, so it's the least i could do

― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Thursday, July 2, 2020 5:45 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

mainly happened through events & event sponsorships, which is now obviously not possible

my pledge drive thing wasn't totally a joke - they really should be much more intrusive asking for $/£/€/¥

(or rather, it was a joke, but I realized an opportunity to make myself seem more clever than I am)

Anyone else having problems with the app on android? Works fine listening live, but if I'm catching up on an old show, it keeps cutting out if I have the app running in the background. Am assuming it's because it's streaming from mixcloud and mixcloud seems to be generally quite shit. Or maybe it's my phone?

Also hi to anyone who hangs out in the chat, I seem to spend more time talking gibberish on that these days than I do on ILX

I only do that when I know the dj, but it's pretty fun when I can actually listen live (ie when the UK time zone lines up with when I'm working during the day).

Is the chat generally very active? I think I've only checked it out on the very rare occasion I've been up in time to listen to Charlie Bones, and it has been quite active then.

always busy in the mornings, but uk afternoons can be pretty hectic too for certain shows - goes mad during moxie but also for ruf dug, eclair fifi, shanti celeste, flo... it's a dead zone during the evening though i think

coolio!

loving Raga Vibrations but not providing a tracklist reeks of "hey listen to this exotic music from the mysterious Orient"

that said this set has really made my day

For some reason I have not been taking advantage of NTS much during this time, aside from a couple shows by friends that I always catch up on. Maybe because the endless abyss of music it represents is not psychologically helpful at present. But I'm enjoying the radio today.

Any other favorite shows recently?

https://www.nts.live/infinite-mixtapes/rap-house
Billed as the music behind gta

Is it to possible to download NTS shows/mixes on whatever device you're using? Would like to put some on my old-ass ipod. I'm not the brightest when it comes to stuff like this! Thanks

I think you'd have to find it on mixcloud and use a downloader?

in case NTS wasn't too much, this station out of Lyon/Paris/Brusells has a similar range and presentation of its archives that makes it easy to find great stuff:
https://lyl.live/

found it via the Actual Grammar show, which is Joe Gilmore (Superpang) & Paul Emery

(Brussels, rather)

https://www.nts.live/shows/uk-garage-evolutions

NTS tracks the history of UK Garage via six shows consisting of mixes and interviews with some pivotal figures, all UK Garage is excellent anyway but but these are particularly so.

YES!!

thanking u, jamming now

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.

I was listening to the DJ Narrows interview + mix the other day. Good guy, great DJ, powerful producer. The big trifecta

the amapiano comp they (nts) assembled is really good too