Hang The DJ - Old Git Makes Podcast Shock

I thought I would have a go at making my own radio show, so here's 95-ish minutes of (other people's) great music and my mansplaining, over on Mixcloud. Episode #1 is called Paying Dues, and here's the track listing:

Lola - The Kinks
Lola - The Raincoats
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Magazine
Al Capone - Prince Buster
Gangsters - The Specials
No Escape - The Seeds
No Escape - Cabaret Voltaire
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - The Slits
The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey & The Miracles
The Tears Of A Clown - The Beat
Helter Skelter - The Beatles
Helter Skelter - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Victoria - The Kinks
Victoria - The Fall
Mr Pharmacist - The Other Half
Mr Pharmacist - The Fall
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
Shipbuilding- June Tabor
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - The King Cole Trio
A12 (Trunk Road To The Sea) - Billy Bragg
Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Son Of A Preacher Man - Aretha Franklin
James Bond Theme - John Barry Orchestra
007, A Fantasy Bond Theme - Barry Adamson
Legend Of Navarone - Dimitri Tiomkin

Guns Of Navarone - The Specials
Tyrell - Used Soyuz

This is Watford Calling

 I just just signed up for BBC Music Introducing, their open new music service . I can submit two tracks every 30 days, but apparently it can take six months before tracks get listened to. I couldn't find an 'experimental' genre, so I ticked the boxes next to 'Electronic' and 'Spoken Word'. I uploaded 'I Like Trains' and 'Number Stations', which are both on 'Least Worst First', because I thought they showed a good range. The BBC's algorithm has picked these shows to listen to my tracks: 

 'BBC Music Introducing in Beds, Herts & Bucks', 'BBC Radio 1 - Introducing Dance with Jaguar ', 'BBC Radio 3 - Unclassified (Classical/Ambient/Electronic)' and 'BBC Introducing on 1Xtra with Theo Johnson'

The opportunity to be ignored by a major broadcaster was just too good to miss. At least I should give some spotty intern a laugh.

I also registered for Music Brainz, and I think I managed to import my Bandcamp catalogue into their database using Tampermonkey, a Javascipt extension (oooh).

I'm off to listen to 'Unclassified' on Radio 3. I'd never heard of it before, and it sounds quite groovy.

New logo, same rubbish

Clearly the only thing standing between me and stardom is a well-designed brand identity. Luckily I am married to a Canva Ninja, who has knocked up these two splendid new logos, for a mere 50% of my worldwide royalties. I particularly like the washed-out mission patch - very Used Soyuz... 

Universal - music by Used Soyuz

I have gone back to LMMS for my latest bit of whimsy, mostly using Dexed presets. I thought the words were fun (if pretentious), but the home team says they're depressing. What do you think, imaginary viewer? The video is by Hans-Jorg Scheffler, and I found it on the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/vimeo-579

Hex EP - My sixth collection is on Bandcamp

All of these tracks were created with Hexen, the wonderful modular soft synth Android app by Silicon Droid. Most were then finished in Audacity.

Five Odd Numbers - my latest Bandcamp release

I forgot to plug my fifth Bandcamp collection, thankfully all of instrumentals, which I shared with a grateful world last month. Most were made with LMMS, except for Breadboard, which I did with an advent calendar DIY synth kit. Space Chase is an oldie, which I don't think I've posted here before.

Hexen Two Industry - music by Used Soyuz

My second piece made on my phone with Hexen, the Android modular synth app, and the first time I have created patches in it from scratch. I recorded two tracks, and edited them together in Audacity. I was going to add a drone on top, but I really like it as it is. Video created in Clipchamp using 'Steel: A Symphony Of Industry' from the Prelinger Archives / Internet Archive.