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Bombolone – A Sonic Journey from Madrid to the World A playful, wandering radio show where music, stories, and ideas collide. Hosted by Vincenzo Albano from the buzzing streets of Madrid, Bombolone takes you on a weekly ride through fresh sounds, unexpected discoveries, and global inspirations. One hour of new music, offbeat curiosities, and untold adventures, blending cultures, genres, and voices into an irresistible mix. Tune in, drift away, and let the good vibes roll. 🎙️ New episodes every week – hop on the ride!

  1. 23h ago

    s16e08 Bombolone | Light as a bird, not as a feather

    Bombolone: Light as a bird, not as a feather Description: Broadcast on Thursday 12 November 2026 from Madrid to the Adriatic coast via Radio Fragola Trieste (104.5 / 104.8 FM). Season 16, episode 8. Vincenzo builds a fourteen-track hour around the idea of lightness as Italo Calvino described it: not vagueness, but precision, being light like a bird and not like a feather. The hour opens with a question, Timmy Thomas's "Why Can't We Live Together" in a 2009 cover by Nickodemus, the day after the 11.11 armistice anniversary. It moves through Joy Crookes turning a destructive relationship into a good song, MC Solaar changing one word of a proverb so that a storm becomes a tempo, Tank and The Bangas asking for nice things, and Pional's "Invisible". It answers the opening question with Moses Boyd's "Say Yeah": right now, come together. It closes with another question, Kid Francescoli's "Does She?". Bombolone is an independent music programme broadcast every Thursday at 14:00 CET, hosted by Vincenzo from Spain. Episode tracklist: 01 Waldeck, la Heidi - Shala-Lala-La 02 Nickodemus, Osiris, Petra Jean Phillipson, Chris Annibell - Why Can't We Live Together 03 Ocote Soul Sounds - Contigo Jamás 04 DJ Vadim, Kathrin deBoer, Belleruche - Black Is The Night 05 Joy Crookes, Denzel Curry - Painkiller 06 MC Solaar - Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo 07 Isaac Delusion - L'amour illogique 08 Tank and The Bangas - Nice Things 09 Clairo - Glory of the Snow 10 Hope Tala - Magic or Medicine 11 Sola Rosa - Del Ray 12 Moses Boyd - Say Yeah 13 Pional - Invisible / Amenaza 14 Kid Francescoli, Julia Minkin - Does She?

    s16e08 Bombolone | Light as a bird, not as a feather

  2. Nov 4

    s16e07 Bombolone | Creatori non consumatori

    Broadcast on Thursday 5 November 2026 from Madrid to the Adriatic coast via Radio Fragola Trieste (104.5 / 104.8 FM). Season 16, episode 7. Vincenzo builds an eleven-track hour around people who invented something instead of simply consuming: a genre, an instrument, a sound, a season. The selection moves from Hypnolove's imagined holiday to Yuksek and Bertrand Burgalat's Icarus. It passes through Patrick Cowley, who built hi-NRG with synthesizers, and Soulwax's remix of Charlotte Gainsbourg, which turns grief into dance. It continues with Vaudou Game's Togolese vodun rhythms plugged into Afro-funk, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek's reinvented Anatolian folk and Francis Bebey, a Cameroonian broadcaster who put effects pedals on the sanza. It closes with Joe Hisaishi's "One Summer's Day". Along the way, a short comment on the eviction of the housing camp at Puerta del Sol. Bombolone is an independent music programme broadcast every Thursday at 14:00 CET, hosted by Vincenzo from Spain. Episode tracklist: Hypnolove, Holiday ReverieBertrand Burgalat, Yuksek, IcareEmi Ömar, C'est La VibePatrick Cowley, Surfside SexCharlotte Gainsbourg, Soulwax, Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix)Anchorsong, ButterfliesVaudou Game, RobertoDerya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Kar YağarFrancis Bebey, Sanza TristessePrince Fatty, Mutant Hi-Fi, Black PowderJoe Hisaishi, One Summer Day

  3. Oct 27

    s16e06 Bombolone | Happy songs with a false bottom

    Description: Broadcast on Thursday 29 October 2026 from Madrid to the Adriatic coast via Radio Fragola Trieste (104.5 / 104.8 FM). Season 16, episode 6. Vincenzo builds a twelve-track hour of upbeat, danceable music where nearly every song hides something darker in the lyrics. The selection moves from Claire Rosinkranz's dancer who is afraid to stay still to Breakbot's devotion, The Avener's rework about "slow growing fear" and Dua Lipa's "Training Season". It passes through new club tracks from Jimi Jules with TRI/XON, JØRD and Chris Lorenzo, Crystal Fighters' four-in-the-morning "Plage", a Kinks classic about the night and SBTRKT's masked producer. It closes with Hot Chip's "Random Violence", a tribute to the late Optimo DJ Keith McIvor and to anyone who spent a life sending songs into the world. Bombolone is an independent music programme broadcast every Thursday at 14:00 CET, hosted by Vincenzo from Spain. Episode tracklist: Claire Rosinkranz - Dancer Breakbot, Irfane - Baby I'm Yours The Avener, Phoebe Killdeer - Fade Out Lines Dua Lipa - Training Season Jimi Jules, Tri/xon, Dixon, Trikk - Looking For You JØRD - Baby Do You Wanna Bump ABEL, Sabrina Morreno - Back On Cigarettes Crystal Fighters - Plage The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night SBTRKT, Roses Gabor - Pharaohs Chris Lorenzo, Kah-Lo - In This Bih' Hot Chip - Random ViolenceRobert Miles - Children

  4. Oct 21

    s16e05 Bombolone | Second lives, remixes and the original thing

    Title: Bombolone: Second lives, remixes and the original thing Description: Broadcast on Thursday 22 October 2026 from Madrid to the Adriatic coast via Radio Fragola Trieste (104.5 / 104.8 FM). Season 16, episode 5. Vincenzo builds a thirteen-track hour around second lives: new releases that have barely begun, remasters, remixes, and the original recording that came before the famous cover. The selection opens with "Diamanti" by okgiorgio and PARISI, released only days ago, and TOKiMONSTA's recent single "Memory on the Run". It moves through Serge Gainsbourg's 1975 provocation, Skunk Anansie's reunion-era "An Artist Is An Artist" and Joan Manuel Serrat's "Mediterráneo". It then lands in disco and soul, with the remastered "Miss You" by The Rolling Stones, a Breakbot remix of Candi Staton and a preview of Dam Swindle's upcoming DJ-Kicks. It heads towards the end with Gloria Jones and the 1964 original of "Tainted Love", and closes with Alex Izenberg's "Breathless Darkness". Along the way, a short comment on this week's protests across Europe, with a nod to John Lennon. Bombolone is an independent music programme broadcast every Thursday at 14:00 CET, hosted by Vincenzo from Spain. Episode tracklist: okgiorgio, PARISI - Diamanti  TOKiMONSTA - Memory on the Run Serge Gainsbourg - Zig zig avec toi Skunk Anansie - An Artist Is An Artist Joan Manuel Serrat - Mediterráneo Tom Misch - South of the River The Rolling Stones - Miss You Kraak & Smaak, Kosta G - Nothing Is Forever Candi Staton, Breakbot - Young Hearts Run Free (Breakbot Remix) Dam Swindle, Allysha Joy - I Want You Elvis Presley - All Shook Up  Gloria Jones - Tainted Love Alex Izenberg - Breathless Darkness

  5. Oct 13

    s16e04 Bombolone | Urban survival and the rhythm of expectations

    Description: Bombolone is Vincenzo's weekly independent music show, recorded in Madrid and broadcast on Radio Fragola Trieste (104.5 / 104.8 FM). This week he is back from Barcelona, where he met the friend he started radio with in London. He talks about the sea, about distance, and about a city that makes you question it. Twelve tracks about pressure, rebellion and getting by: the Caribbean-British funk of Cymande, the constructive destruction of Talking Heads, the domestic trap behind Wham!'s synth pop, the Italian street sound of Bassi Maestro and Casino Royale, a dance-floor song about a dictatorship from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, and the urban decline of The Specials. Every Thursday at 14:00 CET. Episode tracklist: 01 Cymande - Brothers On The Slide  02 Talking Heads - Burning Down the House  03 David Bowie - Let's Dance  04 The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want  05 Bassi Maestro, La Pina - Piccolo Bassi  06 Wham! - Everything She Wants  07 Tam Tam Go! - Atrapados en la red  08 Casino Royale - Treno per Babylon  09 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - El Matador  10 The Monkees - I'm a Believer  11 The Specials - Ghost Town  12 Sublime - Badfish

  6. Oct 7

    s16e03 Bombolone | Urban rhythms and the things that have no measure

    Broadcast on Thursday 8 October 2026 from Madrid to the Adriatic coast via Radio Fragola Trieste (104.5 / 104.8 FM). As Madrid accelerates towards the Hispanidad celebrations and Trieste prepares for the historic sails of the Barcolana regatta, Vincenzo curates a sophisticated thirteen track selection exploring urban survival and timeless songcraft. This episode traverses continents and decades without nostalgia. Highlights include the refined neo soul groove of Jungle, Piero Umiliani’s golden Italian television library music, and the iconic slack rock poetry of Pavement. The narrative reaches an emotional peak with Chico Buarque and Milton Nascimento’s defiant 1976 Brazilian anthem against authoritarian censorship. The journey continues with 1980s Nigerian disco by Oby Onyioha, polyrhythmic bass architecture from Pino Palladino and Blake Mills, Nico’s haunting reflection on Chelsea Girl, and Kendra Morris’s urgent Brooklyn soul finale. Bombolone is an independent music programme broadcast every Thursday at 14:00 CET, hosted by Vincenzo from Spain. Episode tracklist: 01 Jungle, PROBLEMZ 02 Piero Umiliani, Discomania 03 Pavement, Gold Soundz 04 Getdown Services, Dog Dribble 05 Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, O Que Será (A Flor Da Terra) 06 Fred again.., Anderson .Paak, CHIKA, places to be 07 Parallel Dance Ensemble, Shopping Cart 08 Oby Onyioha, Enjoy Your Life 09 Maribou State, Andreya Triana, All I Need 10 The Be Good Tanyas, Draft Daughter's Blues aka Ootischenia 11 Pino Palladino, Blake Mills, Ekuté 12 Nico, The Fairest Of The Seasons

    s16e03 Bombolone | Urban rhythms and the things that have no measure

  7. Sep 30

    s16e02 | Bombolone - Bugie necessarie

    First Thursday of October. Suma Flamenca opens the 13th. Brunori Sas at the Rossetti in Trieste on the 22nd. Trieste Photo Days from the 23rd. Twelve tracks. Overmono's Good Lies, the partial optimisms you tell yourself because they work. Ebo Taylor, born 1936 in Ghana, played with Fela Kuti, still here, into Pat Thomas, born 1952, same country, same tradition, different branch. Spiller from Verona and Sophie Ellis-Bextor beating Victoria Beckham to number one in the UK in 2000. Mike Dunn from Chicago asking if this is house. It is. Closes with Frank Ocean and André 3000 on Pink Matter, the brain, what it's made of, what's worth keeping. André 3000 answers from the other end. Oh and Vieux Farka Touré plays Sala Mon Live Madrid on October 29. Bombolone airs every Thursday at 14:00 on Radio Fragola Trieste (104.5 / 104.8 FM). Tracklist: 01 Clea Vincent — Du sang sur les congas 02 Sex Mask — Tv Movie 03 Overmono — Good Lies 04 Ebo Taylor — Atwer Abroba 05 Crazy P — One True Light 06 Spiller, Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 07 Bjorn Wolf, Youri Donatz, Mike Dunn — Iz Diz Houz? 08 Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band — Gyae Su 09 Space Monk — Infinite Summer, Pts. I & II 10 Shadow Band — Eagle Unseen 11 Keysunapldg, Luccini Sweets — Get a life 12 Frank Ocean, André 3000 — Pink Matter

  8. Sep 24

    s16e01 | Bombolone - Più lontano da me / agli estremi

    Season sixteen. Vincenzo thanks Lucia and gets on with it. The opener is honest: more broken, more enthusiastic, more extreme, further from himself than usual. Which is not a complaint. The edges are where things actually happen. Twelve tracks built around that — from Mexican Institute Of Sound and Colombia's Meridian Brothers opening with a track about a champion and funeral goods, through AfroCubism (Malian and Cuban musicians rediscovering shared African roots), Vashti Bunyan on a horse in 1970, Teddy Pendergrass at twenty-two with that voice, and Patrick Watson leaving words behind with the episode's title track. Closes with Mashrou' Leila remixed by Jade, Lebanese diaspora talking to Lebanese diaspora. Both still here. Bombolone airs every Thursday at 14:00 on Radio Fragola Trieste (104.5 / 104.8 FM). Tracklist: Mexican Institute Of Sound & Meridian Brothers · AfroCubism · Alexis Taylor & Mike Simonetti · Jaakko Eino Kalevi · Flavien Berger · Sabine McCalla · The Zen Circus & Brian Ritchie · Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes · We Have Band · Vashti Bunyan · Patrick Watson · Mashrou' Leila & Jade (LB)

    s16e01 | Bombolone - Più lontano da me / agli estremi
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Bombolone – A Sonic Journey from Madrid to the World A playful, wandering radio show where music, stories, and ideas collide. Hosted by Vincenzo Albano from the buzzing streets of Madrid, Bombolone takes you on a weekly ride through fresh sounds, unexpected discoveries, and global inspirations. One hour of new music, offbeat curiosities, and untold adventures, blending cultures, genres, and voices into an irresistible mix. Tune in, drift away, and let the good vibes roll. 🎙️ New episodes every week – hop on the ride!

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  • Creator
    Vincenzo Albano
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    123
  • Rating
    Clean
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