ACID NON STOP with Cle Acklin  2/25/2022

Monthly ‘Adventures From Beyond’ presented by Magic Castles with guests on rotation and special guests, be it artists, friends or like-minded souls, broadcast on Soho Radio. A sonic exploration of music for all occasions with no brief or genre in mind.

We’re back on Sohoradio this evening from 6-8pm. When I say we I actually mean Felix Dickinson & Darius Akashic for a special ‘Slack Takeover’. As you may by now know our latest collection ‘Sensory Overload’ borrows artworks from zines and flyers of the party Slack, celebrating a little-documented but crucial junction of the free party scene.  Slack was a Brighton based party. The clothing, with permission from the artists and promoters the collection, uses motifs and phrases from the party’s paper zines as their primary designs. 

Felix and Darius were 2 of the DJs and promoters behind the party among others so its a great pleasure to welcome then onto the show for a reunion almost 30 years in the waiting. 

The show is also archived on our sound cloud page. The Slack crew have also just released Vol one of a Spotify playlist.

Soho Radio - Slack Take Over with Felix Dickinson & Darius Akashic - 03.04.22

If you ever witnessed a performance by Melvin Oliphant III aka Traxx, you know that the man is more than just your average DJ or producer. Genre-bending and constantly in a state of trance, Traxx is a unique species in our contemporary world of electronic music. All comes forth out of a endless love for music that catches his ear and instantly sets all motion in his body in progress. Seeing him play a deck-segment for the first time will probably knock you out of your shoes as his intense, expressive way of experiencing the music he plays is unparalleled. Not only are his performances not to be missed, his contribution to the Jakbeat movement via his Nation imprint amongst other affiliated labels and his own productions and collaborations are on a similar level.

In 2013 Traxx closed out the smallest stage stage of the first edition of Dekmantel Festival, to prepare the inauguration of a long-standing commitment between Nation and Dekmantel that went into it's third time this year, when Traxx got up on the decks of  the Melkweg Club to close out Saturdays Dekmantel by Night.

Nation decided to share with us in this podcast of the recording from that first night in 2013. An energy-level so intense that brought the crowd into a frenzy, while dancing in the rain.
Hit play, and reminisce...

Dekmantel Podcast 034 - Traxx

Recording of an all vinyl set at the Trocadisco party in Oakland. May 18th 2018. Enjoy..

Jeno - Vinyl Set @ Tocadisco in Oakland 5-18-2018

Peel Dream Magazine is the musical vehicle for NYC's Joe Stevens, who launched the band in 2018 with the critically acclaimed album "Modern Meta Physic." With it Stevens created a mysterious, liminal tribute to the hazy end of ‘90s dream-pop – a masterful mix of first-class songwriting precision and train-window sonic impressionism that duly found its place on numerous "Best of 2018" lists.

After 18 months of writing and live shows with a shifting cast of band members, Peel Dream are back with "Agitprop Alterna," an album that pushes the group's dreamy, motorik-heavy sound to a deeply melodic and beautifully discordant place. The album pays homage to a strain of mod-ish U.K. pop that spans early My Bloody Valentine and Talulah Gosh, up through early Stereolab, Belle & Sebastian, and even Broadcast. It's also indebted to stateside pop bands that were cut from a similar cloth -- Rocketship, Lilys, Yo La Tengo, and even "Nevermind"-era Nirvana.

Where the creation of "Modern Meta Physic" was a solitary pursuit, "Agitprop Alterna" found Stevens channeling the collaborative spirit of the band's ever-rotating live incarnation in the studio. The album is ultimately defined by the tension of difference: between itself and its predecessor; intertwined male-female vocals; the music's languid dreaminess and concrete sonic immediacy.

Deeply rooted in the Brechtian ideas of art as a tool to spur action, "Agitprop Alterna" deepens the connection between the existential and the interpretive first explored on "Modern Meta Physic," giving the listener space to find their own meaning in shimmering guitars, fuzzed-out synths, and buzzing organ drones. It is a rejection of manipulation in all its forms and a buzzsaw against complacency – soft-focus pop whose clear-cut message is that you get to decide the message. It's a rare trick to agitate without being obvious: perhaps that makes "Agitprop Alterna" the most Peel Dream Magazine-like statement yet.

Agitprop Alterna

Agitprop Altern

Peel Dream Magazine - Pill

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music that got me to 1991:

Steve Miller Band-Fly Like An Eagle
John Lennon- #9 Dream
Jefferson Starship- Jane
Cliff Richard-We Dont Talk Anymore
Kiss- Need Of Love
The Cars- Since You’re Gone
The Police-Everything She Does Is Magic
Tom Petty- You Got Lucky
Kenny Loggins- Heart To Heart
Rush- New World Man
Blade Runner- Intro
Rush - Spirit Of The Radio live
Duran Duran- Hungry Like A Wolf
Yes- Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Fixx- One Thing Leads To Another
Pretenders- Back On The Chain Gang
Def Leppard- Photograph
Journey- Send Her My Love
U2- Unforgettable Fire
Howard Jones- What Is Love
Tears For Fears- Working Hour
The Cure-Killing An Arab
Simple Minds- Promised You A Miracle
Tears For Fears- Pale Shelter
B-52s- Private Idaho
Suicidal Tendencies-Institutionalized
Rights Of Spring- Theme
Faith- What You Think
Minor Threat- Betrayed
GBH- High Octane Fuel
The Cure- In Between Days
Yello- Vicious Games
Propaganda- Sorry For Laughing
Section 25- Looking From A Hilltop
Vicious Pink- Cant You See
Front 242- Red Team
Wire- Ahead
Cocteau Twins- Aieka Guinae
The Cure- How Beautiful You Are
The Church- Under The Milky Way
Swing Out Sister- Blue Mood
Curiosity Killed The Cat- Misfit
Johnny Hates Jazz- Shattered Dreams
The The- Kingdom Of Rain
Tears For Fears- Seeds Of Love
Swing Out Sister- Waiting Game
Blake Baxter- Forever In A Day
Pet Shop Boys- Its Alright

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