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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 late 1980's, with mass youth unemployment. We take a journey with some key figures from the Cassette Scene, who provide a firsthand account of the collaborative spirit and sense of discovery that permeated the cassette culture scene.
Guests:
Martin Franklin/SoundImage Tapes
Don Campau/No Pidgeonholes
Sandy Nys/Hybryds
Richard Talbot/Marconi Union
Rob Maycock/Mindscan TapesFeatured Music:
"This is Concrete" by The Happy Citizen (A Tender Tension, Pharoah Chromium Sound, 1990)
"Untitled" by Vitamin B12 (Premonitions, SoundImage Tapes, 1990)
"Piece 6" by The Omega Ensemble (Omega Ensemble)
"Sahara" by Richard Talbot (Devices & Desires, SoundImage Tapes 1991)"Premonitions: Underground Cassette Network 1989-90" cassette reissue, Infinite Expanse 2024
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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 culture. Communication was valued over commerce.
For two decades the international mail system fostered a network of underground artists, exchanging cassette tapes of music and homemade artwork under the radar of main stream media.
We track down some key figures in the cassette scene, and follow the web of connections outward from the UK around the world, mapping the impacts and their ongoing effects.
We speak with musicians, label runners, and fanzine writers, who share their experiences of connecting through the mail system and its ongoing effects on their lives.
Notes:
In this episode you hear the voices of Don Campau, Rob Maycock, Sandy Nys.
Presented by Martin Franklin & Hudson Graham.
Music by: The Happy Citizen, The Vitamin B12, Omega Ensemble, Attrition, Richter Band."Premonitions: Underground Cassette Network 1989-90" cassette reissue, Infinite Expanse, 2024
https://infiniteexpanse.bandcamp.comPodcast produced by Martin Franklin/East Coast Studio (https://eastcoaststudio.com.au)
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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