0860 Podcast with Fracture

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S1 EP11: Naina & Sherelle - Growing up after the Pirate Radio era, Community radio stations and respect for the culture Oct 03, 2024

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This episode I have something slightly different in that the guests don’t have a background in Pirate Radio as they were too young at the time but are from the generation that are certainly influenced by it. I think it’s incredibly important to speak with younger people involved in radio and to discuss the legacy and to hear their thoughts. So - I give you the incredible and dynamic duo Naina and Sherelle. Both came through the community station based in Brixton - Reprezent. It’s a great station and I’ve had the pleasure of playing on there a few times and now host The Hooversound Show on NTS

We discuss the links between Pirate Radio and the current day. Their understanding of the legacy and how they continue that legacy. Again there are links to community as Naina talks about her work with No ID, a collective and party series focussing on South Asian Talent and as Sherelle talks about Beautiful - a new label platform for Black and LGBTQI+ artists. I love these guys, I love their energy and the respect they have for the culture.

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S1 EP10: Om Unit & Laurent Fintoni - Streaming live sets from their front room, Footwork Jungle and the LA Beat scene Oct 01, 2024

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Om Unit & Laurent Fintoni ran an early online stream from their front room in Tulse Hill called La Maisonette Electronique from 2010 to 2013. It was a real community hub with artists from all over the world crashing at their flat while on tour and then playing on the stream. It was an incredible time of cross pollination of styles and really helped paved the way for me to make tracks such as Loving Touch and opened my ears to artists outside of my Jungle roots. We went off on a real deep conversation about music - Footwork Jungle and the LA beat scene, the effect of the internet and how community can continue to exist in an online sense.

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S1 EP9: Stamina MC - Pressure FM, Rinse FM and MCs on Pirate Radio Oct 01, 2024

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Flipping it again slightly this time this guest - the first MC we’ve had on 0860.fm - and none other than the legendary and enigmatic Stamina MC. He’s the voice of the Rinse FM jingles and also has a show as DJ on there, in fact along with Slimzee he is the only original member from the Pirate Era still on the station. He was DJ Flight’s MC on Pressure and then Rinse and is incredibly humble about the whole thing. He’s a real connosure and purist and does music for music’s sake. We talk about our admiration for DJ Flight and the search for unknown music no one else is playing.

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S1 EP8: Mantra - From Garage Rave to Jungle DJ, starting London's premier Jungle night 'Rupture' and the importance of grass roots communities Oct 01, 2024

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Very excited to present the next guest in the series - The unstoppable DJ Mantra. At this point she needs little introduction but if you don’t know she - along with partner Double O - is responsible for what has become London’s premier Jungle night - Rupture. They’re actually just about to celebrate their 16th year running. It’s a grass roots event and community and this extends to her work with EQ50 - a collective of women working towards fairer representation within drum and bass.

A real pleasure to talk to and we discuss how she was introduced to Pirate Radio by over-hearing her older brother listening to stations in his bedroom and how she started off her fascination with it all as a garage raver. She’s just someone who is so in touch with grass roots and the building of communities - and these are topics that come up time and time again in this chat.

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S1 EP7: Missing - Writing a Pirate Radio anthem, leaving white labels at the studio and similarities between Jungle and UK Drill Oct 01, 2024

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In this episode I’ll be speaking with Missing aka Sam Gordon. Sam had one of the biggest pirate radio tracks I can remember in 1995 with The Box Reopens on Kemet Records - A remix of a track originally by Noise Factory. Honestly, I heard this track so much on the airwaves back then and it got me thinking, did it get as much play in the clubs and thus did pirate radio offer a space for tracks to grow and gain an audience outside of clubs.

This turned out to be a really fascinating conversation and we discussed his unique approach to expensive studio time in the 90s - which included literally writing out drum patterns on paper to save time. We talk about the political climate at the end of the 80s and into the 90s that may have been the breeding ground for the DIY and punk nature of Pirate Radio and we end up drawing similarities between Jungle and the current sound of UK Drill.

S1 EP6: Eastman - Starting the legendary Kool FM, illegal studios and the importance of local community Oct 01, 2024

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Wow, what can I say about this guest. This is the guy that sparked this whole project off. The legendary Kool FM founder - Eastman. We talk about founding Kool, some of the different studios and experiences - including using a fishing rod to cast electrical cables from one tower block to another. He's incredibly humble about the whole thing considering how quite how much Kool FM has touched people's lives.

I really can’t quite express how grateful I am for what he and Kool FM did for me growing up. My life would certainly be very different without them. In my eyes he certainly is a legend but he is so incredibly humble about the whole thing - it’s really very grounding. Kool FM started in 1991 and are still going. It’s without doubt London and the UK’s most iconic pirate station. There’s a great interview he did on Uncle Dugs Rinse FM show which I recommend you go and check out for details about setting Kool up but I wanted to dig in a bit deeper and find out about some of the studios they used and his recollection of the classic phoneline number . . . 0860 395 262

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S1 EP5: Eddie Peake - From listening to Kool FM to bringing them to the White Cube Gallery Sep 30, 2024

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In this episode we have artist and avid Kool FM listener Eddie Peake. As an artist his work includes performance, video, photography, painting, sculpture and installation. Across many of his works he has included Kool London, most recently in his 2018 Show ‘Concrete Pitch’ at the White Cube Gallery where he actually had Kool London set up and broadcast a live stream. His love for Jungle and Kool FM runs deep and he also recently reissued Gappa G and Hypa Hyper’s Information Centre - which was a Kool FM classic - on his label Hymn.

The listeners were as important to pirate radio as anything else and we discuss the feedback loop between broadcaster and listener that went on to create the rich culture of Pirate Radio. It was fascinating hearing his ideas behind working with Kool and we delve a little deeper into his relationship with the aesthetics of Pirate Radio and how they subliminally help to inform his work.

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S1 EP4: Dextrous - Rare Groove, Jungle and the Ivor Novello award Sep 30, 2024

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Today on 0860.fm we have Dextrous. A proper goosebumps one for me this - his Jungle tracks in the early 90s were always some of my faves. Including Kings Of The Jungle, Selector Roll and Time To Move.

We talk about how Pirate Radio gave him insight and exposure to Rare Groove, a genre that he took influence from to create his Jungle tracks that would then go on to get rinsed on Pirate Radio and influence younger generations such as myself. We discuss his relationship with communities from Kool FM, to Music House, through to his work on the documusical ‘Feltham Sings’ in 2003 for which he won the prestigious Ivor Novello award.

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S1 EP3: Scratcha - The radio is never off! Even when it's time to make music, eat or watch TV Sep 30, 2024

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This time we have the one and only Scratcha. He’s had a career in radio since 2001 on stations such as De Ja Vu, Rinse and currently NTS. He’s worked extensively with Kode9’s Hyperdub and is now setting trends with his undeniably UK take on Amapiano. We talk about his history on Pirate Radio and how it differs from his current show on NTS. He recounts many funny stories and anecdotes but we also talk about his love for radio and how he still has it on all the time, literally all the time. He somehow manages to make music with the radio on in the background.

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S1 EP2: DJ Flight - How Pirate Radio deepened Flight's love for music as a listener and paved the way to becoming a BBC radio DJ Sep 30, 2024

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DJ Flight is an award-winning DJ, broadcaster and radio producer. DJ Residencies have included Metalheadz and Swerve and she’s been a favourite DJ of mine going way back to the end of the 90s.

We speak about her journey from Pressure FM and Rinse FM to BBC 1xtra presenter to British Podcast Awards nominee for her amazing Windrush Stories podcast. We explore the common theme of community that ties all her projects together and how she continues to search for music that gives her a unique sound as a DJ. Be sure to check out her work with EQ50, a collective of women working towards fairer representation in dance music.

Come and discuss the episodes and much more on the ⁠⁠Astrophonica Discord⁠

Follow Fracture on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bandcamp⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple Music⁠, ⁠Beatport⁠

For more information on the project, visit ⁠0860.fm

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