Escape Pods - a musical journey through the cosmos. 
Hosted by Ben Randm & Ralph Lawson 

Each episode a guest is offered an Escape Pod to leave our world behind. We ask them what music they’d put on their headphones as they; Blast Off, Experience Zero G, Flyby The Planets and make Final Contact before venturing on to discover Alien Worlds. We ask them to select a piece of music for our Escape Pods Platinum Disc and an experience of Planet Earth to take with them on their journey. 

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Escape Pods

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Houston - we have lift off…
The first ever episode of Escape Pods hosted by Ben Randm & Ralph Lawson is here. Fittingly we look at the pioneering work of the late Delia Derbyshire with Caro C ( https://soundcloud.com/carocsound ).
Caro is the instigator behind https://soundcloud.com/delia-derbyshire-day, an electronic music charity that champions female artists past, present and future. Delia was an English musician and composer who carried out groundbreaking work in the field of electronic music as a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the 1960s including realising the electronic arrangement of the timeless Doctor Who Theme. Delia’s work has influenced many prominent musicians including; Aphex Twin, the Chemical Brothers and Paul Hartnoll of Orbital among many others...

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Escape Pods 01: Delia Derbyshire w/ Caro C - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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Escape Pods moves over to California this week for a show recorded with the trail blazing American composer and pioneering sound designer Suzanne Ciani (https://soundcloud.com/suzanneciani). Suzanne is known as the Diva of the Diode for her lifelong dedication, passion and promotion of Buchla synthesisers.
Alongside recording over 20 studio albums and picking up 5 Grammy Award nominations, Suzanne also set up her Ciani-Musica that became the number one production house for sound design and musical effects for TV & Film in New York City. 
There’s a special moment to look out for in this episode where Suzanne plays an impromptu piece on her Buchla live on air...

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Escape Pods 02: Suzanne Ciani - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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On this episode Escape Pods catches up with a true pioneer of dub reggae: Scientist
 
Scientist is one of the original creators of dub music, responsible for engineering many of the crucial dub studio techniques in the 1970s that are now used in nearly every musical genre. Scientist was entrusted with the keys to King Tubby’s Dromilly Avenue studio in Kingston, Jamaica and took over the recording and production of many reggae greats including; Barrington Levy, Linval Thompson, Johhny Clarke, The Roots Radics and Augusto Pablo.
Scientist went on to be behind the mixing desk at another legendary Reggae studio - Channel One become embarking on his own highly successful career as a recording artist releasing hundreds of dub records over the decades. 

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Escape Pods 03: Scientist - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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https://soundcloud.com/ralphlawson & Ben Randm are back with Escape Pods, this time venturing into the heart of rural Michigan for a chat with John Shepherd 

You may have come across John over lockdown if you saw the excellent short Netflix film, ‘John was trying to contact Aliens’. If you haven’t seen it we definitely recommend checking it out.

Long story short, and it is a long story indeed spanning over three decades, John learnt how to build powerful high voltage transmitters that could broadcast radio signals into space. He then set up a DJ studio and played music over the rig with the hope that someone out there was listening.

The name for the project was S.T.R.A.T, which stood for Special Telemetry Research and Tracking and the radio shows were broadcast from Earth Station One.

John Shepherd had become the world’s first cosmic DJ.

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Escape Pods 04: John Shepherd - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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Escape Pods is back, and this time hosts https://soundcloud.com/ralphlawson and Ben Randm are joined by another stellar guest: Keith Tucker aka K-1, co-founder of https://soundcloud.com/aux88 - the Detroit band that pioneered the electro bass sound from the city ⚡️

Keith is a prolific producer that makes techno as Optic Nerve and electro as Alien FM. Even after three decades in the game Keith has a relentless drive to make new music. Most recently Optic Nerve released ‘Uncharted’ on Jeff Mills iconic Axis Records label. Keith has also found time recently to collaborate as K1 with another Detroit legend Gerald Donald from Dopplereffekt and also with Carl Finlow as CFKT.

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Escape Pods 05: Keith Tucker - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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Escape Pods – Daniele Baldelli
Daniele Baldelli is best known as the creator of the Cosmic sound named after his DJ residency at the legendary Cosmic Club in Italy in the late 1970s. Baldelli’s story as a DJ began even earlier in the late 1960s at the Tana, Tabu and Baia Degli Angeli  clubs where he pioneered many DJing techniques independently of the more widely recognised New York disco scene. Perhaps the most unique technique he employed in his sets was to change the speed of records, mostly from 45rpm to 33rpm, to find songs that sounded entirely different for the Cosmic dance floor.
Daniele continues to be a prolific producer as he enters his sixth decade in music with a run of records under the Cosmic Temple name and continues to DJ in clubs and festivals worldwide…
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Escape Pods 06: Daniele Baldelli - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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Paul is one of the most highly respected electronic music producers on the planet, best known for Orbital – the band started with his brother back in 1987.
Orbital have created some of the most memorable moments in dance music with an array of classic records over the years including Chime, Belfast and Halcyon On + On - becoming one of the only electronic music bands alongside The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy to make it onto the main stages of major festivals. Including a game changing performance on the NME stage at Glastonbury in 1994, which has been listed as one of the 10 top sets of all time played at the famous festival. Paul even performed ‘Where is it Going’ with Professor Steven Hawking at the opening ceremony of the London Para Olympic games. 
Paul has also pursued a solo path during times away from the band - making music with artists including Robert Smith from The Cure and Vince Clarke from Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure. He’s also an absolute gentleman and a scholar…
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Escape Pods 07: Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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Escape Pods – King Britt
Originally from Philadelphia King has followed many paths in music over a career spanning 3 decades from; being the tour DJ for Grammy Award winning hip hop group Digable Planets to co-founding Ovum Records with Josh Wink, to writing as Sylk 130, hundreds of remixes asnd fin ally academic. 
King’s current position is as a teaching professor at the University of California San Diego. One of the courses King teaches at UCSD is called Blacktronika: Afrofuturism Ii electronic music, it’s a new course devised by King that has included Questlove, Sun Ra Arkestra and Goldie dropping in as guests. King’s exploration of Afrofuturism began much earlier including ‘A Night of Afrofuture’ that took place at MOMA PS1 in New York City back in 2014. 
It’s been an incredible journey from East to West coast and everywhere in between and we’re keen to find out more about it all on Escape Pods trip into space. 

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Escape Pods 08: King Britt - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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Helena Hauff is simply one of the most exciting DJs on the planet, playing a mix of; electro, techno, acid house and EBM in energetic vinyl only sessions. Originally from Hamburg, Helena learnt her trade as a resident DJ at the intimate Golden Pudel venue before venturing out to tour the world. She’s played at renowned festivals including Movement Detroit, Sonar Barcelona and Field Day London. In 2017 she became the first-ever female DJ to be awarded the prestigious ‘Essential Mix of the Year’ by Radio One. 
Helena has a unique sound as a music producer with three highly acclaimed albums under her belt recorded for Ninja Tunes, Dark Entries and Werk Discs - preferring a 'less is more' approach to sound design using analogue machines. Helena also curates and runs her own excellent Return to Disorder record label that has featured releases from; Umwelt, Nite Flight, L.F.T and Dynarec.
Helena is well known for keeping away from social media, smart-phones and all the trappings of 21st century life yet still manages to survive perfectly well…Looks like we’re going to have fit in a crate of records or two in the back as The Hauff joins us for Escape Pods…

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Escape Pods 09: Helena Hauff - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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https://soundcloud.com/carlfinlow is an electro pioneer, forging his own distinct sound over several aliases including; Silicon Scally, Random Factor and Voice Stealer. Carl has a deep knowledge of synthesizers and machines, preferring to create and perform with unique sounds rather than presets and samples. This extends to recording his own voice, which has become instantly recognisable across the many productions including the much loved – Broken Mirror.
Carl has managed to maintain a prolific output over the years with over 150 releases produced for labels such as; Warp Records, Central Processing Unit, Cultivated Electronics, Fundamental and 20/20 Vision and hundreds more remixes for artists including; Dave Clarke, Radioactive Man and former Kratwerk member Wolfgang Flur. 

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Escape Pods 10: Carl Finlow - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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https://soundcloud.com/katesimko is originally from Chicago and now based in London. Kate is a classical pianist and composer as well as a DJ and electronic music producer. After years of carrying her record boxes around nightclubs and festivals Kate took a masters in composition for film at The Royal College of Music and has since gone on to score for several films including; 20 Weeks, We Believe in Dinosaurs, The Atom Smashers and most recently Underplayed. 
Kate was the first electronic musician to perform at the National Gallery in London in 2013 before founding LEO – the London Electronic Orchestra, which is an all female fusion of classical and electronic music – the group have performed at celebrated festivals and venues around the world including The Albert Hall in London. 
Kate is currently teaching electronic music at The Royal College of Music and yet still finds time to collaborate on the Opus One project with Jamie Jones…

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Escape Pods 11: Kate Simko - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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Just back from a sold out UK tour - https://soundcloud.com/crazyp are one of the best loved dance bands in the world - known for bringing their unique blend of disco, space funk and house music to the big stages of: Glastonbury, Love International, Lost Village, Bluedot and many others. 
They’re also one of a select few dance bands that have consistently made great albums recording over ten full length records that have included many stand out singles such as; Heartbreaker, Like a Fool, Never Gonna Reach Me and Love is With You.
They’ve consistently toured around the world over the years even supporting Nile Rogers’ Chic and Chaka Khan along the way…

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Escape Pods 12: Crazy P - Hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm

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