Based on a very non-scientific, very hand-wavey analysis of two different metrics that I can in no way vouch for, I’ve compiled a list of the top five most popular episodes of Step to the Music from the past year. I have listened to these and tried to come to some conclusion about what makes…
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The last episode of 2018 takes a turn. A companion to the timeless space between Christmas and New Year’s, when nobody knows what day it is or what to do with themselves, dub techno stretches time and space with delay and reverb and repetition, creating a timeless space and a spaceless time. An hour dilates…
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Tune in to Radio NOPE tomorrow, December 26, at 11E/8P for a brand new episode of Step to the Music! Since it’s going to air during that weird haunted netherworld week between Christmas and New Year’s, I got it into my head at some point that the episode should be all dub techno. I’ve done…
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Last night’s episode, aka the third SttM Xmas special, begins with a ridiculous mashup of the Mighty Monarch’s henchmen doing their karaoke Garage Band version of Sir Paul McCartney’s (rightly) reviled and hated Christmas confection vs Rhythm Scholar’s cut-n-scratch remix. The latter samples the Rankin/Bass pseudo-classic “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” to delightful effect, and…
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XMas is coming, the beats are getting phat, please to put your ears on Radio NOPE this Wednesday (December 19) at 11E/8P for the latest in SttM holiday music– I promise it won’t be old-hat. This one starts out with a horrific mashup I made of a remix vs a cover (of the same song),…
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SttM holiday madness on Radio NOPE continues tonight (Wedndeday, December 12) at 11E/8P with an encore presentation of last year’s Yuletime special. It has a lot of seasonal affected disco and weird mashups and samples from holiday films… it’s a good time! So tune in and drop by the NOPE choochbox to wish all assembled a…
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Objekt – Cocoon Crush (PAN) Lambda Celcius – Ana Echo and the Beauty of Indifference (Scorpion Beach/Banana Tapes) Wafia – I’m Good SINGLE (Future Classic) Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love (Mute) Various – Sweat Equity Volume 3: Extreme Hits! (Sweat Equity) Various – Electro Kool-Aid Acid Test (Brooklyn Fire) Various – Brainfeeder…
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Tomorrow night, Wednesday, December 5, will see the beginning of the annual Yuletide madness on Step to the Music! Radio NOPE will be replaying SttM013b, the 2016 remaster of the 2015 “Exxin’ X-Mas” special. This is the show that premiered my Waitresses x Gang of 4 mashup, “What We All Want For Christmas.” It’s epic.…
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Wafia – I’m Good SINGLE (Future Classic) Lambda Celcius – Ana Echo and the Beauty of Indifference (Scorpion Beach/Banana Tapes) Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love (Mute) Various – Sweat Equity Volume 3: Extreme Hits! (Sweat Equity) Various – Electro Kool-Aid Acid Test (Brooklyn Fire) Objekt – Coccoon Crush (PAN) Ouri –…
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If I had to fir a theme for this episode, it would have to be an anachronistic blend of rave sonics with contemporary club rhythms. Conveniently enough, the first track, a hard-banging techno number from Dan HabarNam, captures both elements– rave-y sirens coexisting with Jersey Club-esque kick patterns. Overland provides some acid, VILLAGE explores more vintage…
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