Currently Off Air
36 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Currently Off Air is a monthly radio transmission that might feature cassette tapes, cut-ups, documentaries, occasionally true stories, spoken word and themed music shows, comedy and soap operas in space.
New transmissions air on the first Sunday of the month at 11pm-midnight on Radio Reverb 97.2FM and DAB in Brighton, UK, streaming live on www.radioreverb.com.
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Episode 41: Transmission 92: Artists in Lockdown
December 17, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBCurrently Off Air brings you Artists in Lockdown: music, poetry, streamed bathtub theatre and immersive gameplay stories, readings from a new novel, nonsense and reflections on a strange year from artists with links to Brighton: Yael Karavan, Tim Harbridge, Silvia Mercuriali, BRiGHTBLACK, Dave Stephens, Sentimental Punk, mumdadandthekids and Xelís De Toro.
Transmission 89: Lockdown Tapes
September 09, 2020 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBCurrently Off Air brings you Lockdown Tapes: music, talk and sound experiments from artists from Brighton and beyond: Yael Karavan, Tim Harbridge, Dave Stephens, Soundless Mind Eraser, Sentimental Punk, Ethan Persoff, Sylviane De La Fleur, Stenorette, Jonnny Schlackman, Blacksunburstdaydream, Meno Likke ((Loops)). First broadcast on Broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM & DAB, Brighton, UK on 6th September 2020.
Transmission 88: Lockdown Tapes
August 10, 2020 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBCurrently Off Air brings you Lockdown Tapes: music, talk and sound experiments from artists with links to Brighton: Yael Karavan, Xelís de Toro, Alejandro Vargas, Tim Boat, Dave Stephens, Alsace Lorraine, Blane Chooley, Blacksunburstdaydream, Suz Almond and Calhau!
Transmission 87: Lockdown Tapes
July 07, 2020 00:00 - 59 minutes - 68.1 MBIn this transmission, Currently Off Air brings you Lockdown Tapes: music and sound experiments from artists with links to Brighton: BRIGHTBLACK, Yael Karavan, Tim Harbridge, Alsace Lorraine, Xelís de Toro, Soundless Mind Eraser, Meno Liike ((loops)), Naina Pari, Super Spatial Biscuit Band and Jonny Schlackman. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM & DAB, Brighton, UK, streaming online at www.radioreverb.com on 5th July 2020
Transmission 86: Artists in Lockdown
June 16, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBIn this transmission, you’ll be hearing from artists with links to Brighton, UK. Music, Field Recordings, poetry, nonsense, talks and walks from Yael Karavan, Tim Harbridge, Xelís de Toro, Alejandro Vargas, Matt Page, Yassin Zelestine, Suzanne Almond, A. AV and Soundless Mind Eraser. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM and DAB, Brighton, UK on 7th June 2020.
Transmission 70: Cassette Tapes
August 23, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBLooking at past and present uses and abuses of cassette tapes. New tapes as well as the never aired and the rarely heard. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM and DAB, Brighton, UK on 5th August 2018
Transmission 65: Songs They Don't Play On The Radio
January 20, 2018 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBNick and Paul present another crackly vinyl selection of songs they don’t play on the radio: post-punk, vaudeville Jazz, sheep impersonations, indie, doo-wop, techno, soukous, folk, new age and field recordings. First broadcast on 5th January 2018 on Radio Reverb 97.2FM and DAB+ in Brighton
Transmission 64: Cassette Tapes
January 20, 2018 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82 MBLooking at past and present uses and abuses of cassette tapes. New tapes as well as the never aired and the rarely heard. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM and DAB, Brighton on 1st October 2017.
Transmission 63: Cassette Tapes
September 30, 2017 20:12 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBLooking at past and present uses and abuses of cassette tapes. New tapes as well as the never aired and the rarely heard. Another artist takes the ’4 Track 24′ hour challenge to make a piece of music on cassette within 24 hours. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM and DAB, Brighton on 3rd September 2017
Transmission 62: Canada Day
September 30, 2017 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBIn celebration of Canada Day 2017, this transmission takes you on a mix of lesser-heard music from this vast country, with field recordings from Toronto. First Broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM, Brighton, UK on Sunday 2nd July 2017
Transmission 61: I’m At That Party Right Now
July 06, 2017 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBNYC downtown alt-disco, New Age Ashram tapes, shoegaze reborn, dark wave, goth-pop, earnest folk-balladry, tape loop/locked groove experiments and glitchy ambience in this hour-long mix.
Transmission 60: Songs They Don't Play On the Radio
July 05, 2017 00:00 - 35 minutes - 54.4 MBPaul and Nick select novelty 78 Rpms, cautionary Folk parables, Native American cartoon themes, 80’s Scratch Electro, Vocal Pyrotechnicians, 90’s Noise Rock, Post-Punk Snark, quirk and doom, Religious Cult-Psych-Rock, ending with a Blackbird’s song.
Transmission 59: Bobby Wellins - words and music
January 24, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBReleased on what would have been his 81st birthday, this transmission has stories and music from the late, great Scottish Jazz Saxophonist, Bobby Wellins. Bobby takes us from the Glasgow of his birth to the Big Bands of the 1950s, his residency at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz club in the 1960s, through his non-playing years of addiction to his return to regular recording and performing for the last 40 years of his life.
Transmission 58: Cassette Tapes #3
December 04, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBLooking at past and present uses and abuses of cassette tapes. New tapes as well as the never aired and the rarely heard. Another artist takes the ’4 Track 24′ hour challenge to make a piece of music on cassette within 24 hours. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM and DAB in Brighton on 4th December 2016.
Transmission 57: New (to me)
October 02, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBNew (and new to me) music from Lee Fields and the Expressions, The Comsat Angels, V, CiRCA69, Floating Points, Marty Segal, Ian William Craig, Eberhard Weber, Bruce Langhorne, The Stratfords, Salyu x salyu, Ray Cathode, Joe Harriott with the Amancio D'Silva Quartet, Factory Floor, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Paul Jebanasam, Egyptian Lover, Marissa Nadler, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani.
Transmission 50: COA50
August 23, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBTo celebrate the 50th transmission (and 5 years of broadcasting) this show is a live mix of all previous 49 shows played simultaneously from start to finish.
Transmission 56: 52 Cart Pick Up Vol. 2
July 11, 2016 00:00 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MB52 complete pieces of music in 55 minutes, played from Fidelipac radio cartridges. Track listing can be found at http://www.currentlyoffair.com/?p=789
Transmission 49: Cassette Tapes #2
February 20, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBLooking at past and present uses and abuses of cassette tapes over the last 5 decades. This show includes the sounds of poltergeists, doomsday cults, fake serial killer confessions, tapes from Cassette Store Day 2015, another artist taking the 4 Track 24 hour challenge, as well as the never aired and the rarely heard. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM and DAB in Brighton on 1st November 2015
Transmission 48: Cassette Tapes #1
January 17, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBThe first in a series of shows looking at past and present uses and abuses of the cassette tape format. TRACKLISTING Lou Ottens, Inventor Cassette Tape 1991 - Reborn Ice Horn Drexciya - Wavejumper C.L.A.W.S. - Disko Disko Ata Kak - Obaa Sima Ste Spandex - We’re all friends here Hair & Treasure - Good Meconium Wrong Signals - However, The Joke Became Serious Dagir Du - Tomb Drifter HZHA x Grindalf - Pacific Trail Ellen Zweig - She travelled the landscape Ice 9 - ‘Untilted’ from Cas...
Transmission 47: Dancefloor (for DJ Chopper)
January 03, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBAn hour of Electro, Techno and House on the Dancefloor in memory of DJ Chopper. Appalachian Grove by Laurie Spiegel Hare Krishna by Alice Coltrane Louis’ by Albrecht La’Brooy Oh Jabba by O B Ignitt Wayne County Hill Cops by Omar S and O B Ignitt Stellar Awakening by CN Fade by Holly Herndon Chord Memories by Shan Pipe Bomb by Spekter Su What? by Awanto 3 Chants by Adultrock Jamaica Burning by Carter Bros Dancefloor 118 by Margot Le Prince noir (Pilooski Mix) by Perez Urals by Walls ...
Transmission 46: Euro Curios 1977 - 1988 (Part 2)
September 30, 2015 00:00 - 4 minutes - 82.6 MBA road trip through independent Belgian and French music of the late-seventies and early-eighties: cold wave, industrial, synth-pop, electro, dark wave, disco, new wave and euro-pop. TRACKLISTING BELGIUM Aksak Maboul - Scratch Holiday 1984 Pas De Deux Cardiocleptomanie 1983 Berntholer My suitor 1983 Carol So Low 1981 The Honeymoon Killers Ariane 1982 Telex Moskow Diskow 1979 Antena Frantz 1982 Enzo Kreft I Don't Understand It 1983 Snowy Red Euroshima Wardance 1988 Linear Mov...
Transmission 44: Euro Curios 1978 - 1986 (Part 1)
September 27, 2015 00:00 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MBA road trip through independent European music of the late-seventies and early-eighties: cold wave, industrial, synth-pop, electro, dark wave, disco, new wave and euro-pop. Tracklisting ITALY Simonetti Pignatelli Morante – Flashing (Extended Version) 1982 Dharma – Plastic Doll instrumental) 1982 Alexander Robotnick – Dance Boy Dance 1984 B.W.H – Stop 1983 SWITZERLAND Carlos Peron -Nothing Is True 1984 Grauzone – Eisbær 1981 AUSTRIA Monoton – Tonspur 1982 Monoton – Tanzen & ...
Transmission 45: 45 x 45
September 27, 2015 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82 MBTo mark the 45th transmission, Paul selects 45 of his 45 rpm 7' singles, starting with his first piece of vinyl from 1980. Includes free pop, crackles and scratches. Pop, Rock, Electro, Soul, Calypso, Brazilian, Indie, Techno, Punk, Drone, Experimental.
Transmission 43: Ragbag
April 21, 2015 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MBA ragbag of 1 year old twin experimentalists, Cold War Electro punks, Breakdance anthems, Jazz covers, Witch poems, French New Age, Noir Soundtracks, Brighton Space Rock, unreleased Aphex Twin, Albini on bicycles, Canadian Trip-Hop, Japanese Organ Demonstration cheese, Cantora Brasileira and Austrian Trombonists. First broadcast on 1st March 2015 Radio Reverb 97.2Fm, Brighton, UK
Transmission 42: Temporary Infatuations
January 04, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBAn exorcism of a year’s worth of ear worms. 24 tunes transmitted through the airwaves in order to free up some space in my audio cortex. Dave Van Ronk, R. Stevie Moore Yukio Yung, The Dells, Nat King Cole, Caetano Veloso, The Smiths, Deux, Omar, Gavin Bryars, Hailu Mergia and The Walias, The Beatles, Jorge Elbrose, Loose Joints, John Baker, Pusha T, Quelle Chris, Gilberto Gil, Daniel Wakeford, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lloyd Cole, Low, Eric Donaldson, Eden Ahbez, Olivier Messiaen...
Transmission 41: When the Moon Falls Its Not So Steep
December 11, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBA radiophonic, musical, dramatic version of Soov Kunkel and Stuart Timmon’s quantum novel, ‘When the Moon Falls its Not So Steep’. Set in 2019 (sometimes) following the “Great” War to abolish Freedom; when all Western Governments went bankrupt and the Tesco-Bilderberg Elite took over the provision of all social, political and economic aspects of life by stealing the East. 'Like Philip K. Dick rewriting Jesus Christ Superstar with The Who hepped up on Monster Munch providing tunes on...
Transmission 40: Vinyl Venn Diagram #2
November 25, 2014 23:46 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBArmed only with the music they love, Paul and guest, Simon Wilkinson aka Circa69, try to find the formative music that lives in the intersection of their Vinyl Venn Diagram. Featuring Classical, Beat Exotica, DooWop, Indie Noise, Electronica, Soundtrack and lots of loops.
Transmission 39: The City Not The City
November 25, 2014 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBTHE CITY NOT THE CITY is a radio and film documentary about artists who live and create in unique and unconventional homes: in self-builds, shacks, boats, barges and caravans, and the remarkable histories of these environments. The film looks at the draw of the city and its margins. For the project, blues, folk and experimental musicians, including Jazz legend Bobby Wellins, created performances on the edges of a Brighton that may, at first, appear unrecognisable.
Transmission 36: Random Radio
July 07, 2014 13:22 - 59 minutes - 82 MBAn hour of machine picked tracks with Nick & Paul aiming to keep up. Alt-Rock, Psychedelic Soul, Brazilian, UK Jazz Bop, Drone, Electronic, Garage Rock, Psych Folk, Hip, Experimental Orchestrations and yodelling freak outs.
Transmission 38: Charity Shop Vinyl 2
July 07, 2014 00:00 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBA second show sourced from Brighton & Hove charity shops. 60 minutes of crackle, skip and wax warp from the sounds of cheesy listening to film soundtracks, gospel hollering, Glaswegian Funk and spooky girl guide folk; Crooners, Divas, Kazoo blowers, scatting classicists, risque nightclub comediennes, beatmakers, folksingers, Calypso Kings and Disco pioneers. All donated, rejected and tossed aside by the good people of Brighton and Hove.
Transmission 37: Vinyl Venn Diagram #1
July 07, 2014 00:00 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBArmed only with the music they love, Paul and guest, Tim Saul, try to find the formative music that lives in the intersection of their Vinyl Venn Diagram.
Transmission 35: The Land of Plenty
February 02, 2014 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBTim Boat takes the train from the City of London to the eastern coastal resort of Southend, journeying back to formative music moments. Presented and produced by Tim Boat.
Transmission 33: Ocean of Sound
October 13, 2013 16:38 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBDiving deep into an ocean of sound. Music and sounds plundered from David Toop's Book and CD treasure chest, 'Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds'. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM and online at www.radioreverb.com, May 2013.
Transmission 31: The Light Show
April 22, 2013 13:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBTo celebrate return of British summer time this transmission features stories and songs of Light. Answering the questions: Why do we change the clocks? How does blue light help old ladies mow the lawn? What happens when the shipping forecast goes wrong? Spoken contributions from Tom Waits, Charles Bukowski, Ken Nordine, Chris in the morning, Dylan Thomas and Marilyn Monroe. Originally broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM, Brighton on 10th April 2013.
Transmission 30: Around the World 2
April 03, 2013 18:38 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBNick and Paul continue their stumbling way around the globe with the 2nd in an occasional series of shows featuring a piece of music from every recognised country on the planet. The second journey features sounds from Switzerland, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Senegal, Mali, Pakistan and Lebanon. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM, Brighton, UK on 3rd April 2013.
Transmission 28: Around the World 1
March 06, 2013 15:33 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBNick and Paul begin an occasional series of shows featuring a piece of music from every recognised country on the planet. Part one features sounds from Ethiopia, Jamaica, Nigeria, Cuba, British Virgin Islands, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Russia.