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  1. EPISODE 1

    John Eden - RSI Radio vol 1

    I’m still unable to type too much, so I’ve decided to chat at you all instead.Some of it is a bit rough and ready but pretty cool for a first attempt… Thanks again to Paul Meme for hosting and tech support. Includes music by Deadly Hedley, Lloyd Brown, Luciano, Bushman, Capleton, Slim Smith, Scotty, T.O.K., Fantan Mojah, Richie Spice, Chuck Fenda, Unity Hi-Fi, Madtone, Ice, The Bug, Izmo, Errol Dunkley, Sizzla, Joseph Hill, Asher Senator, Horace Andy.

    1h 17m

  2. EPISODE 2

    John Eden - RSI Radio volume 2

    Uncarved presents one hour and 23 minutes of music and commentary for your downloading pleasure! Without giving too much away, this installment of RSI Radio is more eclectic than the debut. Fans of the first edition will be relieved to hear that I am less mumbly this time. Comments welcome! People suffering from slow ‘net connections should get in touch and ask to be sent a CDR of the show. Including music by Bobby Ellis & Revolutionaries, Sugar Minott, Billy Boyo, Anti-Family, Flaming Fire, Madtone, Aphasic, Les Trolls, LFO Demon, Toe Cutter, Bryan Lewis Saunders.

    1h 23m

  3. EPISODE 3

    John Eden - RSI Radio volume 3

    Yeah, two years since the last one – but a few things got in the way innit! Check me playing some records and yakking about them. Feedback welcome. More things of this nature planned… Includes music by Tommy McCook, Junior Murvin, Lorna Gee, Smiley Culture, Papa Levi, Nasty Jack, Million Styles, Micchie One, YT, General Levy, Lukie D, T-Woc & Brother Culture and Jammer.

    39 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    John Eden - Misadventures in music blogging (Audio Poverty lecture)

    My arm is proper f****d up, so consider this something of an intermission. While I figure out what to do about that, some short posts with audio will be the order of the day. I did a talk at the Audio Poverty conference about blogging, fanzines, music journalism and occulture: It’s sans powerpoint but I think it works pretty great. You can also download the audio file from here. EDIT: here is the text from the programme which includes the questions I asked myself at the end… Misadventures in music blogging: dub journalism or amateur ranting? I have been running my uncarved.org/blog since January 2003, which generally covers topics such as reggae soundsystems, the UK MC tradition (from fast chat to grime), life in the London Borough of Hackney and whatever is on my mind. In this presentation I will trace the origins of his blogging style in the fanzine and mail art networks of the 1980s and 90s (and in a poem about a mouse he wrote at school which he is still slightly embarrassed about). I will contrast this with the established styles of formal music journalism and attempt to show the advantages and disadvantages of being a 39 year old balding white guy writing about reggae and grime. The trajectory of a particular corner of the music blogosphere will also be examined. Questions posed and answered will include: What is there left to write about in an era of information overload? Where is your audience? Why is it that every time someone apologises for not updating their blog there’s a fairy someplace that falls down dead? How is a well constructed sentence better than an mp3 file? When is it time to give up? Whilst doing this I will also unveil the occult secrets of good blogging and explain why bloggers have the power to save or destroy the music industry.

    38 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Exotic Pylon show on Resonance FM 11 April 2009

    The Resonance show was a blast. I met some great people and had a lot of fun. The tracklist is now up here: http://exoticpylon.com/pages/11-04-09.html As is an mp3 of the show, but you can also access that below. It’s well worth checking the archives as well, all the shows so far are available to hear. Big thanks to Jonny Mugwump for giving me a go and for guiding me around the Resonance mixing desk (all the technical issues in my set are down to me and not him though!) Playlist Yvonne Fair- Tell Me Something Good (Reel Music)Raymond Scott (w/ Jim Henson)- Limbo: The Organised MindLeverton Fox- Basking Sharks (from Country Dances, Gravidhands) Portia Winters: Live Hatchback- Midnight Jogger John Eden:Trim – Confidence Boost Preview (from Soulfood 2 mixtape)Mike Brooks – Night Raver (Archive 7″)Lion Youth – 3 Million on the Dole (Virgo Stomach 12″)Musical Youth – Political (021 Records 7″)Raymond Naptali – On My Way (Fatman Studio 12″)Macka B – Baked Beans & Egg (from “Sign of the Times” LP, Ariwa)Pato Banton – Gwarn (from “Mad Professor Captures Pato Banton” LP, Ariwa)Stakey Banton – Jungle Bungle (Fashion 12″)Tenor Fly – Don’t Dis The Jungle (Fashion 12″)Th’ Ends – Soundboy’s Calling (from “Mxtp 1 Knowledge not Gangster” mixtape)Jammer & The Newham Generals – Streets of London (from “Are You Dumb”volume 3 mixtape) Jonny Mugwump and John Eden in conversation. Cooly G- Love Dub RefixSound in memory of Ian Tomlinson (feat. Portia, Jacob Doran, Miho Tajima, Mugwump)Tom Recchion- Underwater Girl

    1h 32m

  6. EPISODE 6

    John Eden - RSI Radio volume 4

    Back once again with a mic inna me hand! Digital reggae, rapso and soca, reggae-infused grime and bit of chat by me. Oh, and a dancing venereal disease. Check it out and let me know what you think… Including music by Madtone, Wrongtom, King General, Robert Lee, Icho Candy, Dixie Peach, Tippa Irie, Asher Senator, Andrew Paul, Pato Banton, Peter King, Brother Resistance, Crazy and The Kalico Band, Dot Rotten & Papa Levi, Flowdan & Killa P, Skepta and The Cimarons.

    1h 7m

  7. EPISODE 7

    Beyond the Implode meets Youarehear in the ruins of Downing Street

    Beyond The Implode Anarcho Punk Podcast for Youarehear by Johnedenuk on Mixcloud A collaboration between Martin and the good folks of Youarehear. With some help from me. Classic and obscure tunes with some verbal commentary both refined and rabid. Unfortunately anarchopunk wasn’t able to overcome the contradictions of capitalism and all the main players seem to be threatening each other with legal action right now. Martin recently reviewed the recent reissue of Crass’ “Feeding of the 5000”. See also the uncarved.org Critical Look At Anarchopunk for some good reading. Oh and if you’re on twitter get on the all new @BTi_Enquiries stream. STOP PRESS: Full tracklist and charateristically self-deprecating write up is now available at Beyond The Implode. STOP PRESS 2: Nice review and commentary at History is Made at Night.

    1h 10m

  8. EPISODE 8

    John Eden - RSI Radio volume 5 Grimey Reggae

    John Eden presents RSI RADIO 5: grimey reggae 2010 by Johnedenuk on Mixcloud   A quick thing I threw together last night – a round up of reggae and dancehall infused grime from 2010, with a bit of muttering from me. Enjoy!

    48 min

  9. EPISODE 9

    Invasion of the Mysteron Killer Sounds radio play and interviews

    “I dub from inner to outer space. The sound I get out of Black Ark studio, I don’t really get it out of no other studio. It was like a space craft. You could hear the space in the tracks.” Lee Perry Kevin Martin (The Bug, King Midas Sound) and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz, 100% Dynamite, Sounds of the Universe) have compiled this ace double CD and quadruple vinyl set of electronic dancehall riddims. A bad-ass selection with some undoubted classics like Street Sweeper and Peanie Peanie alongside more outre examples of JA music at its eeriest. Also some more modern and UK produced fare like Kevin’s own Aktion Pak riddim. I’ve had mixed feelings about the concept. On the one had I was championing the reggae/ragga afronaut connection a decade ago as part of the Association of Autonomous Astronauts and one of my first ever reggae DJ sets was at the Garage in Highbury during an AAA night as part of the 10 day Space 1999 festival. I even did an AAA presentation on dub as the basis for a new intergalactic architecture at a conference organised by Kodwo Eshun in Austria. More recently Wayne and Wax has produced an incredible critical survey of rasta imagery in science fiction in issue 4 of Woofah. On the other hand, I’ve previously been forthright in my condemnation of people who only seem to like their dancehall with the sounds of black voices erased. I think, on reflection, this criticism is hugely unfair on the curators of the current comp (and indeed Basic Replay who I previously tore into) who have done more than most to promote reggae music in its ancient and modern forms over many many years. But I have always come across a few techno fans who seem to hate ragga vocals and that seems a bit… odd. The conclusion I’ve come to is that a bass-driven sci-fi is a great alternate window to look at dancehall productions through, and this compilation seems like an excellent launchpad into that world, featuring a mad comic about aliens and bashment beats. The comic was originally planned to be a radio play, but apparently time and budget didn’t allow this. But the street finds its uses for everything, as the old cyberpunk saying goes, so I was chuffed to hear that Dino Lalič and the Sensi Smile crew at Radio Student Ljubljana were going to remix the source material from the comp and its comic back into a radio play last weekend. I think they’ve done a terrific job – the accented narration adds to the spookiness and conjurs up cosmonauts of yesteryear to my ears. I love the blending of ragga with more Joe Meek-esque sixties futurism and dubwise material as well. The Invasion of the Mysteron Killer Sounds Radio Play was part of a whole evening’s entertainment on the station, which also included interviews with Stuart Baker, Paolo Parisi (the comic’s creator) and my good self. Mine was a live telephone interview, and listening to it again I am amused to find myself being an old fart talking about that yearning for the sonic future… Much of the commentary is in Slovenian, so may not be decipherable to many of my readers, although the tunes are obviously universal – not to say outernational! Here are some time marks for you for the English language stuff: 1:23:00 Stuart Baker 1:51:30 Paolo Parisi 2:03:32 The Radio Play 3:08:22 John Eden

    4h 32m

  10. EPISODE 10

    John Eden: The Roots of DIY

    berlin backyardradio » Blog Archive » John Eden: The Roots of DIY. Blimey, more from Berlin! I’d forgotten I’d done this – an interview with the lovely people at Backyard Radio whose studio is based in the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Check the site for more stuff including an interview with Kodwo Eshun and Steve Goodman.

    19 min
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