The Synth and Electronic Music Show presented by The Coastal Electronauts.  Featuring radiophonics, electronic, experimental and synth pieces plus special guests choosing their favourite works. Much sonic meandering musings too!

Independent Record Label Based In Soho, London Championing Nonconformist Sounds
https://www.streetrecords.co
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Mieko Shimizu aka ‘Mico’ is a prolific London based Japanese composer, singer and producer, with several diverse and accomplished albums already under her belt. She erupted onto the scene with the searing audio art of her alter ego Apache 61, fusing layers of cross woven breaks and shattered percussion, whilst battling shards of sub bass within stateless melodies drawn from the fringes of the avant-garde.  Her forthcoming album, 'My Tentacles' sees her return to a deeper more reflective state in the cavernous depth of sumptuous symphonic songs that oscillate with glitchy electronica. It's quite simply a gorgeous album, interleaving magical melodies and rich harmonics; with songs that are both beautiful in their sincerity and tantalising in their complexity.

She has collaborated with Mick Karn (ex-Japan), David Cunningham (The Flying Lizards) and Robert Lippok (To Rococo Rot) and re-mixed the likes of Coldcut and Yellow Magic Orchestra, Haruomi Hosono of the cult electro-pop act, signed “the Japanese Drum’ n Bass Ninja”, to his label 'Daisy World'. Word quickly spread of her incredible live shows bringing a steady stream of appearances as far a field as Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Japan as well Sonar, alongside the mighty Kraftwerk. She has released tracks on compilations by hip Berlin Label Monika which works with artists who have turned away both from the glossy world of corporate clubbing and the tired formulae of indie guitar rock.' Recent works included collaboration with Nitin Sawhney and the London Symphony Orchestra on Japanese silent film 'Yogoto no Yume' by Mikio Naruse at The Barbican and a commission for the exciting 21st vision of what opera might become; Opera Shots.

Adding yet another string to her bow, Mico was recently made an 'Emerging Artist in Residence’ at London's Southbank Centre where she collaborated with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall with her own orchestral compositions. Mico has recently been working on the quirky animation film 'Being Bradford Dillman' which premiered at this years at the London Film Festival also on the theatrical production of 'Lost Monsters' at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre, as well as scoring for contemporary dance company Phoenix Dance Theatre (Leeds) and for the Ballet ‘The Red Balloon’ with choreographer Aletta Collins at London's Royal Opera House.

'My Tentacles' is due for release in January 2012.  Prepare to experience an astonishing piece of work.


Dhangsha (Bengali for ‘destruction’) is an electronic musician engaged in disruption at the interface of bass music and experimental noise. Employing minimalism, repetition and fragmentation, he juxtaposes sparse but heavy beats with 'alien' synth motifs. Various distortions impel each track towards a sense of impending collapse. He has released a number of albums including "Live at Spirit of Gravity,” "Aberrant" on label Hard Return and most recently, the cassette “Broadcast Signal Intrusion” on Brachliegen Tapes.  Dhangsha has contributed to compilations for Avon Terror Corps, The Wire, Iklectik, Industrial Coast and the vinyl "Disruptive Frequencies" on Nonclassical. He has played throughout the UK and Europe including with electronic/rap duo Yao Bobby and Simon Grab. He performed at respected experimental festivals “Supernormal,” UK in August 2024 and Bone-Iklectik in Barcelona, June 2025. 

https://brachliegentapes.bandcamp.com/album/broadcast-signal-intrusion

https://nonclassical.bandcamp.com/album/disruptive-frequencies

https://hardreturn.bandcamp.com/album/aberrant

https://dhangsha.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-spirit-of-gravity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCDYKMBn_g0

sound~space emanates from a world seemingly on the edge of collapse, where empathy is all but extinct, language has failed, interaction reduced to ‘diss’ and ‘cuss.’ Using discarded frequencies, a sonic resistance creates militant meditations designed for spirit renewal, punctuated with pulses to facilitate bodily propulsion. Tonal analysis reveals tools required for struggle, both internal and external. 
Though you sometimes walk like living ghosts, mourning the future, know that beauty exists in places you wouldn’t dare to look

Mieko Shimizu/Mico is following