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Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.com

293 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratings

Project Moonbase is filled with music to surprise, delight and occasionally horrify you. Made by someone who really cares (and his prisoner). We bring you music you’ve never heard before that will put a smile on your face, open your third eye and make you dance. We love space age bachelor pad music, library music, charity shop cheese, hauntology, ping pong stereo, moog music, sitar-driven psychedelia, lounge, the retro-futuristic, contemporary electronica, soundtrack music, radiophonics, euro-pop, orchestral-pop, industrial-opera, hyphens, 8bit, chip tune, skwee, uneasy listening and steel drums. We’ve been known to salute the theramin, sidle up to an ondes Martenot and smile beneficently on the ukelele. Every episode includes the unnecessary news: the strange, the weird, the futuristic and the fun. Join us now and in the future!

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PMB S03E05 Basil: The Kirchin Experience (Ivor & Basil Kirchin Band, The Basil Kirchin Band, Johnny Keating, Broadcast, The High Llamas, Stereolab, Basil Kirchin & Jack Nathan)

March 17, 2017 20:20 - 57 minutes - 71.6 MB

This week we celebrate the life and work of one of Britain’s greatest big band leaders, soundtrack composers, library music composers and time/mind-bending musicians, Basil Kirchin. Hull City of Culture 2017 recently put on a weekend of the great man’s … Continue reading →

PMB S03E04 Shapes (Michael Cole/Michael Jessett, Sellorekt/LA Dreams, i am robot and proud, The Pierre Arvay Orchestra, Jez Butler, John Baker, [PHYSICS], Bernie Green & His Orchestra, Harmonic 33, Griff, Csum, Acts Travel, N99, Our Albert)

March 09, 2017 18:03 - 52 minutes - 68 MB

We’ve neglected the world of geometry for far too long and so this week we thought it time we brought you the latest developments in shapes. Most of the tracks on the show are about specific polygons and, because we … Continue reading →

PMB S03E03 Like (Tokyo Elvis, Robots With Rayguns, YMCK, Osaka Shunkashuto, S U R V I V E, The Karminsky Experience Inc, Le Matos, Leggysalad, Droid Bishop, Circus Brekovic, Venetian Snares, The TechnoMagic, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)

February 16, 2017 20:20 - 1 hour - 88.1 MB

Every season we have one or two theme-free shows where we bring you some of our favourite recent discoveries. For this first show of “likes” in Season 3, we have synthwave, darkwave, retrowave, lollywave, breakcore, j-pop and no doubt many … Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Perrey Destination Space interview (part 2)

February 08, 2017 09:36 - 1 hour - 126 MB

Following on from our interview with Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman earlier in the year, we caught up with these two fine gentlemen again towards the end of 2008 to talk about the second album they made together, Destination Space. … Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Perrey Destination Space interview (part 1)

February 08, 2017 09:08 - 1 hour - 126 MB

Following on from our interview with Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman earlier in the year, we caught up with these two fine gentlemen again towards the end of 2008 to talk about the second album they made together, Destination Space. … Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Perrey AV Festival interview

February 07, 2017 20:48 - 1 hour - 141 MB

In 2008, Jean-Jacques Perrey and his musical partner Dana Countryman appeared at the first AV Festival, which took place at the Sage, Gateshead in March of that year. In the afternoon, Jean-Jacques presented a lecture talking about his life of … Continue reading →

PMB S03E02 Black and White (The Tony Hatch Sound, Barry Gray, Brian Bennett & Alan Hawkshaw, Birds ‘n’ Brass, Mandingo, Frank Hunter And His Orchestra, Kim & Buran, Meteor, Ìxtahuele, Orgasmo Sonore, Dario Russo, Snail’s House)

February 02, 2017 16:55 - 1 hour - 79 MB

This week it’s all about the light and the dark or, more specificaly, the black and the white. Some have controversially argued that this might be a companion show to our Rainbow Collection. But nothing could be further from the … Continue reading →

PMB S03E01 Low Energy (CaptainX, Joseph Vann, Iko Chérie, Snail’s House, Dario Russo, David Mellor, Ìxtahuele, The Hardy Tree, nightskys, Lullatone, Freschard, Vanishing Twin)

January 21, 2017 22:58 - 1 hour - 78.8 MB

Gradually emerging from hibernation, the crew aboard the Moonbase bring you a suitably low-key start to Season 3 with a selection of soothing tunes to ease you into the new year. Listen now: Your browser does not support the audio … Continue reading →

PMB S02E05 Jean-Jacques Perrey Jamboree (Jean-Jacques Perrey, Kai Winding, Gershon Kingsley, Billy Mure, Harry Breuer, Gilbert Sigrist, David Chazam, Dana Countryman)

December 11, 2016 21:12 - 1 hour - 78.6 MB

Patron saint of the show, Jean-Jacques Perrey, recently moved on from this planet to spend eternity with the stars. His music was a perfect example of all the things we love at PMB: humour, virtuosity, ping-pong stereo, the Moog synthesizer, … Continue reading →

PMB S02E04 Keep it Clean (Jack Hulbert & Eddie & Rex, Caerphilly Youth Big Band, American-Standard, Barry Gray, The Advisory Circle, Maruo Maruko, Lullatone, Mike Sammes, oDDling, Baby Bear, Elmo, Mice, Stepmother, Telly & Zoe, Klangverkstedet, Daphne Oram)

November 24, 2016 22:08 - 53 minutes - 64.8 MB

It’s time to pop on the marigolds, arrange a selection of cleaning products on the worktop and get scrubbing before also giving yourself a good hose-down. Yes, on this week’s show we celebrate cleanliness and the art of attaining cleanliness. … Continue reading →

PMB S02E03 You (Calibro 35, Grizzler, Diamondback Manhunter, DJ Bongoboy, Dean Elliott And His Big Band, Dorothy Ashby, Alan Haven, Daphne Oram, Robert Drasnin, Belbury Poly, nmlstyl, The Tony Hatch Orchestra, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)

November 10, 2016 22:05 - 1 hour - 76.3 MB

It’s time for the second in our series all about personal pronouns and this week it’s all about YOU, dear listener. Yes, for this show we move to the second person but without trying to point the finger. We cover … Continue reading →

PMB S02E02 Stranger Tunes (Perturbator, OGRE, Dana’s Vision, Carpenter Brut, Cluster Buster, S U R V I V E, Zombie Hyperdrive, Velvet Overdrive, CRYSEHD, Mac Quayle, VHS Glitch, Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein)

October 31, 2016 18:36 - 1 hour - 88.7 MB

It’s all gone a bit Upside Down at the Moonbase for our Halloween special this year as we take inspiration from spooky hit TV series Stranger Things. Yes, it’s an all-retrowave trip back to the imaginary 80s with zombies, werewolves, … Continue reading →

PMB S02E01 Like (Demoscene Time Machine, Diamondback Manhunter, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Koichi Oki, The Hotel Orchestra, Mounika., Freschard, in the blue shirt, Kero Kero Bonito, nervous_testpilot, Adrian Younge, Pye Corner Audio)

October 20, 2016 21:51 - 1 hour - 101 MB

After the world’s longest first Season (of 273 shows no less!), we thought it time to regroup and recalibrate. So, feeling reinvigorated after a few weeks working out in the mind gym, we present the first show in Season 2! … Continue reading →

PMB273 I (Bruno Nicolai, Edmundo Ros, Kamal Ahmed (feat. Noor Jehan), Snail’s House, Cal Tjader, John Gregory & His Orchestra, Tätärä, Alan Haven, Martin Denny, William Onyeabor)

September 29, 2016 20:11 - 59 minutes - 74.9 MB

As if we didn’t have enough series on the go at the moment, we’ve taken the foolhardy decision to kick off another one, this collection all about personal pronouns. That’s “he” and “she” to you and me. But before straying … Continue reading →

PMB272 Mukbang (Raymond Guiot & Jean-Claude Dubois, Felix Thoma, Carlos Pickling y su Orquesta, La tia Cata, Eddie Layton, Perfume, Anamanaguchi, Phaserland, The Carnival Steel Drum Band, Frankie Cosmos, Jean-Jacques Perrey & David Chazam, Takara Tomy Toy Company, Gianni Ferrio)

September 01, 2016 19:43 - 58 minutes - 74.2 MB

The dinner gong has been rung, dear listener, as we invite you to join us for a sumptuous three-course banquet here on the moon. For those unaware of ‘mukbang’, we were inspired to put this show together by the YouTube … Continue reading →

PMB271 Let’s Kawaii! (2UNE, Omniboi, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Mayuko Yuki/Vegetagirls, Kero Kero Bonito, Snail’s House, MYLK, Papa Topo, Tokyo Elvis, Yunosuke)

August 25, 2016 16:09 - 56 minutes - 73 MB

It’s time to pay our second visit to the world of all things cute. Primarily Japan but we have a couple of exceptions to the rule. Prepare to enjoy a majorette with sticks for arms, dancing vegetables, a celebration of … Continue reading →

PMB270 The Rainbow Collection: Rainbow (The Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra, Kermit, Procyon Lotor, Dorothy Collins, Tony Mottola Orchestra, Hy Zaret & Lou Singer, Lusterquin, Roger Webb, Dario Russo, Monroeville Music Center, Korla Pandit, Primo Quinteto, ForOrchestra, Yakuza Heart Attack)

August 17, 2016 21:55 - 59 minutes - 75.1 MB

We’ve reached the end of the rainbow (collection), dear listener, with a show all about the rainbow itself. It’s been an emotional journey, with a fight almost breaking out on the question of whether we should do a show about … Continue reading →

PMB269 Tokyo Conservation Spiders (Hackney Colliery Band, Family Atlantica, Diamondback Manhunter, Beverely Sisters, Belbury Poly, Vanishing Twin, Tokyo Elvis, Occams Laser, The Bongolian)

August 07, 2016 20:58 - 58 minutes - 73.2 MB

Before you think we’ve gone ultra-niche and come up with a set of tracks about spiders in Tokyo who are specialists in conservation, no, dear listener. No, this week’s show is a chance for us to catch up with some … Continue reading →

PMB268 Escape (In Viridian, ForeignBlade, Waveshaper, Neon Nox, Cartography Studios, VHS Glitch, Quixotic, 7DD9, Aerobic)

July 31, 2016 21:52 - 1 hour - 82.1 MB

We’re heading back to the imaginary 80s again this week, dear listener, with a retrowave show all about getting the hell out of here. Yes, it’s time to escape! It’s also time to enjoy a truly global selection of tunes, … Continue reading →

PMB267 Days of the Week: Monday (Johnny Pearson, Mary Roos, Melkeveien vs. Niño, Mrs. Miller, Chanteurs Pour Enfants, Clipounets & Les Petits Minous, Trio Nago, Stepan Smetacek & New Orchestra of Dreams, Roberto Firpo, Remigio Ducros & Massimo Catalano, Beautiful People Fanfare Club)

July 24, 2016 17:49 - 53 minutes - 63.8 MB

This week, dear listener, we start a new cut-out-and-keep series all about the days of the week. Perhaps contentiously, we start with Monday. Recognised by many as the first day of the week, we do also appreciate that for large … Continue reading →

PMB266 Milk (Mongo Santamaria, The Go! Team, Pixelh8, Barry Gray, Alan Hawkshaw, Hatsune Miku, I Kicked A Cloud Once, capsule, John Baker, meganeko, Sesame Street)

July 14, 2016 21:48 - 58 minutes - 70.9 MB

It’s time to enjoy a refreshing, ice cold glass of milk, dear listener, as we open the carton and pour out chiptune, retrowave and radiophonics. We have a commercial break and there’s also the soundtrack to a highly instructive video … Continue reading →

PMB265 Delorean Night Drive (McKlain, botnit, Phaserland, Cosmic Sand, Arcade High, FM-84, Mark Dorricott, Glen Nelson, Carpenter Brut)

June 23, 2016 21:16 - 1 hour - 1 Byte

We’re back to the fake 80s for this week’s show, dear listener, with our first concept album: a whole show about driving, at night, in a Delorean. We have a fist-pumping selection of retrowave and synthwave from around the globe, … Continue reading →

PMB264 The Rainbow Collection: Purple (Alpha Boy, Bertrand Burgalat, April Stevens (with Nino Tempo), Flower Travelling Band & Kuni Kawachi, Meridian Brothers, Charles Wilp, Ensemble Pereprava and Tatyana Chernova, Ken Nordine, Emil Richards, Wild Land Trio, Pancake Manor)

June 08, 2016 22:17 - 58 minutes - 73.4 MB

Yes, it’s the long awaited return of our cut-out-and-keep Rainbow Collection with the almost last show in the series. As we approach the end of the visible spectrum, we arrive at plumptious purple, with a show of fake 80s, very … Continue reading →

PMB263 Triangular Tones (Nigel Bates, Graham de Wilde, The Braen’s Machine, DMX Krew, Iko Chérie, The Dandelion Set, Listening Center, Il Complesso di Tadà, Dario Russo, Walter Carlos, Warp Nine, Marc Moulin)

May 25, 2016 16:08 - 1 hour - 86.1 MB

It’s time to chip away at the huge mountain of new arrivals here at the Moonbase, dear listener, with a show of new release, new reissues and tracks it’s just taken us a while to notice. We have some 80s-era … Continue reading →

PMB262: Dinosaurs (easyname, NIGHTBEARS, Vincent Malone, Gabriel Koenig, Rocket fire, Dario Russo, Sunshine Asylum, Brett Domino, John Garden, meile, Story Infant Children’s Songs)

May 04, 2016 22:38 - 1 hour - 79 MB

We’re hurtling back millions of years for this week’s show, dear listener as we bring you a show all about terrifying lizards. There’s music from Vancouver, which may or may not have a beach, improvised music from Trondheim, Nazi dinosaurs … Continue reading →

PMB261 NASA (Perrey & Kingsley, Günter Noris, Ananda Shankar, The Comet Is Coming, nightskys, Squadron Scramble, Schaltkreis Wassermann, Pere i Joan Francesc, Mario Migliardi)

April 19, 2016 18:48 - 1 hour - 78.9 MB

It’s time to celebrate the work of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the show this week, dear listener. We have a Moonbase classic from the patron saint of PMB, Jean-Jacques Perrey, as well as some Indian retro-futurism from … Continue reading →

PMB260 Blossom (The Loch Ness Mouse, Baden/Brenk/Petri, Komeda, Turn On, Hintermass, Aristophanes, Milt Raskin, Korla Pandit, Hideo Osaka Ensemble, COSMIC CYCLER)

April 06, 2016 20:33 - 59 minutes - 74.7 MB

We’re still full of the joys of spring here on the moon, dear listener as we bring you a show all about blossom and the trees which produce it. The fruiting seed for this idea was the arrival of a … Continue reading →

PMB259 Country ‘n’ Eastern (Gil Trythall, Eletronico, Alan Moorhouse, Gerhard Gregor, Goose House, Disasterpeace, Moondog, MODULAR, Jean-Jacques Perrey, The Mods, Percy Faith)

March 27, 2016 18:30 - 50 minutes - 63.9 MB

We return from our recent hiatus with an admittedly somewhat deranged chimera of a show for you, dear listener. This is two themes for the price of one as we bring you a show about both country music and the … Continue reading →

PMB258 Robot Symptoms (Neil Richardson, AzeTrane, Hugo Montenegro, The Heliocentrics, Lullatone, Maruo Maruko, Polysick, The High Llamas, Cavern of Anti-Matter)

February 23, 2016 23:38 - 54 minutes - 68.3 MB

It’s time to catch up with some new releases and reissues on the show this week. We have a couple of new reissues from Dutton Vocalion, including a version of show favorite Caravan which we’ve inexplicably neglected up until now. … Continue reading →

PMB257 Build It (Kim & Buran, Jean-Pierre Savelli & Francis Rimbert, Kero Kero Bonito, Dondero High School, i am robot and proud, Alexander Parsons, Rick Jones, Deodato, Lalo Schifrin)

February 16, 2016 23:05 - 53 minutes - 68.8 MB

This week we celebrate the work of the construction industry, with a show all about bricks and mortar. We have humoristic music from Russia, library music simultaneously from France and Belgium, Japanese rap from London, twinkly electronics from Canada and … Continue reading →

PMB256 Masquerade (Dario Russo, Yamasuki Singers, Mandingo, Georges Vert, Chim Kothari, Reg Owen, Korla Pandit, Tak Shindo, Basil Henriques, Mitch Murder w/Satellite Young)

February 09, 2016 23:40 - 53 minutes - 67.2 MB

This week we take a good look behind the mask, with a selection of music which isn’t quite what it appears to be on first listen. We have Frenchmen pretending to be Japanese, a Japanese man pretending that Duke Ellington … Continue reading →

PMB255 Retrowave (Satellite Young, Vincenzo Salvia, DANCE WITH THE DEAD, Giant Spirit, Occams Laser, Faint Waves & Savage Void, AlterSun, Werkstatt Recordings, Waveshaper)

February 03, 2016 23:04 - 58 minutes - 74.5 MB

It’s time to take another trip back to the imaginary 80s with, ironically, some of the newest music we’ve ever played on the show. We have highly-polished, adrenalin pumping tunes from such epicentres of 80s music as Milwaukee, the Isle … Continue reading →

PMB254 The Rainbow Collection: Blue (DMX Krew, Frank Barcley Group, Hot Butter, Death By Chocolate, Paul Mauriat, Peter Herbolzheimer, Hannah Peel, Hannah Diamond, Esquivel, Kim Loy Wong)

January 20, 2016 08:08 - 58 minutes - 75.6 MB

We return to our journey through the rainbow this week, dear listener, with an all-blue edition of the show. But rest assured that, while the theme might be blue, the music itself is very much up-beat. We have some French … Continue reading →

PMB253 Pulsing Taboo (Rockets, Don Muro, Jimi Tenor & UMO, Paddy Steer, Sounds Incorporated, Sound of Ceres, The Kramford Look, Calibro 35, Cavern of Anti-Matter)

January 10, 2016 19:05 - 58 minutes - 74.6 MB

We kick the new year off by blasting away the cobwebs with some splendid reissues and new releases. We’ve got French space disco, a lost retro-futuristic relic from 1977, British exotica, Italian space-themed cinematic funk, something from Manchester’s answer to … Continue reading →

PMB252 Humbug (Mannheim Steamroller, Greg Lake, Fresh Up Players, PROTODOME, Sisterhood, Emile Meyer, Cub Sport, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Playsoundz, Pobba, The Soulful Strings)

December 22, 2015 21:22 - 58 minutes - 74.8 MB

It’s time for an extremely sweet edition of the show, dear listener, as we bring you a selection of some of our favourite boilings. PLEASE NOTE: Any connection to the festive season is purely coincidental. Listen now: Your browser does … Continue reading →

PMB251 The Rainbow Collection: Green (Johnny Keating, Jonina, toitoitoi, Enoch Light & The Light Brigade, Claus Ogerman, Jack Dieval, Gene Marshall, Bernard Fevre, Peopleodeon, Lawrence Welk, Ethel Smith, Peter Herbolzheimer)

December 13, 2015 16:41 - 55 minutes - 69 MB

Continuing on our journey through The Rainbow Collection, we reach that most verdant of colours, green. You’ll hear slightly creepy library music from the UK and France, a brand new release from Ghost Box and no less than four German … Continue reading →

PMB250 The Rainbow Collection: Yellow (J Girls, Edmundo Ros, Bobbi Blake, Señor Coconut, King Of Woolworths, Piero Umiliani, The Brass Ring, Popshoppers, Citronic, Death By Chocolate, Martin Denny, Werner Müller)

December 06, 2015 19:31 - 53 minutes - 67.8 MB

This week we explore the sunny uplands of our journey through the rainbow, dear listener, as we reach a colour associated variously with amusement, harmony and, er, envy, namely yellow. We have some 60s J-pop, a German pretending to be … Continue reading →

PMB249: ALL CAPS (Terry Snyder & The All Stars, Eddie Layton, Steffi & Bert, Django Django, Amadou Kienou & Son Ensemble Foteban, Kim Kwang-Nam, Bert Kaempfert, Raymond Lefevre, Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines, Song for Ottowa)

November 29, 2015 17:52 - 54 minutes - 68.1 MB

We take a break from our trip through the colours of the rainbow this week, dear listener, with a trip around (some of) the capitals of the world. We hope it proves to be as much of a journey of … Continue reading →

PMB248: The Rainbow Collection: Orange (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, The Mercators, Emile Carrara et son Orchestre, Henry Mancini, Ken Nordine, Dorothée, Milt Raskin, Suzanne Ciani, MF Doom, Loop Guru, Kyary, Beethoven arr. Carlos)

November 22, 2015 17:51 - 57 minutes - 71.7 MB

Hot on the heels of last week’s red show comes the next colour in The Rainbow Collection, namely orange. We have a surprisingly high representation of French music this week, dear listener, in particular French musicians pretending to be from … Continue reading →

PMB247: The Rainbow Collection: Red (Cal Tjader, Keith Mansfield, Collage, Death By Chocolate, Vince Guaraldi, Piero Piccioni, Nazca, Suzanne Ciani, Zigauche, Tonio Rubio)

November 15, 2015 17:21 - 59 minutes - 76.8 MB

This week’s show sees the beginning of a new series we are calling The Rainbow Collection with each show in the collection taking one colour as its theme. We start our journey at the lower end of the visible spectrum … Continue reading →

PMB246: Tracksuit Vertigo (Joe Davolaz/Kumisolo, Luke Haines, Meridian Brothers, Jaime Llano González, Kosmischer Läufer, Hologram Teen, Johnny Scott, Gelbart, Steve Christie’s wRong, The Advisory Circle)

November 08, 2015 17:50 - 1 hour - 80.5 MB

Time to catch up with some of our favourite new releases and reissues of recent weeks, dear listener. We have the new single from Swedish exoticists Joe Davolaz (featuring vocals from Kumisolo), a track from former Auteurs front man Luke … Continue reading →

PMB245: On the Buses (Eardrop’s Journeys, Peter Herbolzheimer, The New Mastersounds, Helen Gene Purdy, Saka Acquaye and his African Ensemble, Ferrante & Teicher, Piero Umiliani, Kazushi Yamaura, Bert Kaempfert Swing Band, Dodo)

November 01, 2015 16:21 - 55 minutes - 71.1 MB

Continuing our seemingly obsessive interest in modes of transport – and to show that we do listen to you, dear listener – we present this week a selection of tunes on the subject of bus travel, a theme indirectly requested … Continue reading →

PMB244: Halloween 2015 (Rajesh Roshan, The Vampires, John Buzon Trio, Dana Countryman, Children of New York P.S. 24 & Gil Slote, Raymond Scott, Los Socios del Ritmo, Janine de Wayleyne, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Videogram, Revbjelde)

October 25, 2015 23:50 - 1 hour - 74 MB

Welcome to a truly diabolical edition of the show, dear listener. Yes, that’s right, it’s time to fill the house with cobwebs, turn all the lights out and hope that a mob of sinister children (dressed, inexplicably, as superheroes) don’t … Continue reading →

PMB243: Motorbikin’ (The Moog Cookbook, Stu Philipps, British Lion Orchestra & Les Reed, Socios Del Ritmo, Colin Blackmon, Wing, Mika Sundqvist, Pikku-Orava, NAHO, Les Baxter, Mitch Murder, ShockOne)

October 18, 2015 19:46 - 1 hour - 86.3 MB

It’s time to get out on the high road, dear listener, for our altogether more high-octane follow-up to last week’s bicycle special. So put your leathers on and join us as we take you – at moderate speed – down … Continue reading →

PMB242: Bicycles (Brass Incorporated, The Ventures, Alan Lorber, Heinz Kiessling, Vivian Stanshall, Bac à Sable, Enzi Enzmann, Mireille M. Voice, Los Socios del Ritmo, Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto, Luke Abbott)

October 04, 2015 21:25 - 1 hour - 78.1 MB

After all the high-speed action of the last couple of weeks, it’s time to take a rather more sedate approach this week with a show all about the gentle art of bicycling. We aren’t talking middle-aged men in lycra here, … Continue reading →

PMB241: Autobahns (Top of the Pops Band, Rick Moranis, New David, Gorefest, AMS (Department of Pop), Menschmaschine, Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto, Park Jammers, Huah!, Floyd Blue, Frankfurt Big Band)

September 27, 2015 19:22 - 1 hour - 98.3 MB

Many listeners will have wondered why last week’s all-motorway show singularly failed to play a version of that krautrock classic, Autobahn. Well now the secret machinations at work here behind the scenes at the Moonbase can be unveiled to reveal … Continue reading →

PMB240: Motorway (Kenneth Alwyn, Jumping Jewels, Saint Etienne, Cloud Waste and the Calf, Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern, Levela, DX5 Jose Maria Bara, Cessna, Maria Linnemann)

September 20, 2015 20:51 - 55 minutes - 68.2 MB

It’s time to take to the open road, dear listener, as we celebrate the thrill of endless miles of tarmac, green verges and service stations unfolding before you on the motorway. This episode of the show will also help you … Continue reading →

PMB239: Town and Country (Syd Dale Orchestra, Frank Ricotti Quartet, Dean Elliott And His Big Band, Synthesonic Sounds, Concretism, Belbury Poly, Leon Berry, International Studio Orchestra, The Swingle Singers, Vic Mars)

September 13, 2015 18:52 - 55 minutes - 71.9 MB

It’s time to stretch the legs and embark on a journey out of town into the country – and back again – on this week’s show, dear listener. Inspired by the imminent release of Vic Mars bucolic new LP, The … Continue reading →

PMB238: A Guide to Astronomy (Edmundo Ros, The Twelve Hour Foundation, Les Baxter, Argo the Ship, Louis & Bebe Barron, Frank Hunter And His Orchestra, Peter Herbolzheimer, JT Bruce, Conjunto de Samba de Balanço, Perrey & Kingsley)

September 06, 2015 19:14 - 56 minutes - 71.5 MB

Join us, dear listener, on a long-overdue journey through some of the brightest stars in the night sky and discover just how easy-going this whole astronomy thing really is. You can also look forward to a future show complementing this … Continue reading →

PMB237: Left Right Left Right (Jacqueline Taieb, Clark Terry, Kaj og Andrea, Stockholms Barnkör, Grand Kalle & L’African Team, Ivor Cutler, Henk Van Montfoort, Míša Ružicková, France Gall, Manuele Cid, Count Basie)

August 23, 2015 10:12 - 56 minutes - 72 MB

It’s time to explore the ambivalent world of the left and the right on the show this week, dear listener. We were considering doing a show of left tracks -vs- right tracks but, strangely enough, most song-writers out there seem … Continue reading →

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