1980’s cassette networking branched out into independent radio shows, physical meet ups and gigs. For 14 years Sandy Nys ran his radio show on Antwerp’s Radio Centraal, amplifying and connecting the scene. Through these connections, he ran his 3RioArt label,…
Steve Gears (Pharoah Chromium Sound/The Happy Citizen), Richard Talbot (Marconi Union) and Tom Gibbs, (Infinite Expanse) take us further down the rabbit hole in this episode. We even got hold of some archive radio recording from “On The Wire” on…
A decade before the widespread adoption of the internet, a group of artists and musicians established an underground network to share their work with kindred spirits via the mail system. Starting our story from a dark, isolated UK in the…
Taking the DIY message of Punk as a jumping off point, our travel through the underground cassette network departs from the bleak 1980’s Thatcher-era UK, community radio and fanzines, and all points in a journey to a thriving self sustaining…