Fenster’s Funky Sevens

Fenster’s Funky Sevens

A podcast based on the 7” single in my record collection, each episode I choose seven 7”s and arrange them into a genre or theme, then I talk about the history of the songs and musicians

Episodes

April 17, 2024 177 mins

A look at how Jamaican music influenced British culture from the early 60s until the late 70s Ska Revival period/2nd Wave Ska. 

Taking in; Mento, RnB, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, Dub and Roots.

And travelling through; Soho mod clubs, Island records, Trojan records, rude boys, skinheads, smokey bears, punks and 2 Tone. and connecting the dots along the way 

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A history of breakbeat music from Bronx DJs in the 70s, to Electro, tape cut ups, Chicago hip house, early hardcore, big beat, the California desert raves, Florida Breaks, UK Garage and through to the hotbed of breakbeat creativity that was London in the late 90s; showing the development of the New School Breaks sound over seven foundational DJ mixes  

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Third and final part of Irish Hip Hop history, with a focus on MCs, from 2000 to the early 2010s ,taking the form of a road trip around Ireland;  stopping off in Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Norn Iron.

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A look at the Irish hip hop scene from the year 2000 to 2010 with a focus on DJs and the MCs they worked with, including: 

Collie, DJ Flip, Tuki, MJEX, The Gudmen, Rob Kelly, Urban Intelligence, Ri Ra,  Captain Moonlight, White Noise, All City Records and plenty more 

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The Irish hip hop scene from 1979 to 1999, taking in breakdancing, the first Irish rap records, early MCs, DJs and producers the music they made.

 

DJ Laz-E's story of his life in hip hop

https://www.mixcloud.com/djlaze/plastic-attack-radio-show-last-orders/

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In this episode I look at the history of the seven inch 45rpm single, and play some of my favourite funk and soul b-sides

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This is an episode of two parts, the first part is a history of Sampling, from the tape manipulation techniques of Musique Concrete in the 1940s to  stem separation of today.

The second part is a selection of seven "Preset Hits": popular hit songs that are built around a preset setting from a synth, drum machine or sample pack 

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Looking at my journey through hardcore, jungle and DnB in Dublin, Ireland in the 1990s with a focus on the clubs Quadraphonic and Bassbin, and their records labels 

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IN this podcast I look at how Drum and Bass music developed in the UK from US House to acid house to  Hardcore to Jungle to Drum and Bass, and filling in the points along the way, the time period is 1986 to 1996

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A look at how some of the best soul, funk and disco music of the 60s, 70s and 80s was made by members of the same extended family; all descendants of a man known as Prince Bell.

Based on an interview with Leroy Burgess on the Quest Love Supreme podcast 

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A look at the genre of music known as Grebo, mostly centred in the UK in the late 80s and early 90s, Grebo is a broadly defined term covering a variety of punk, indie or rock bands who started using technology and hip hop and house music influences in their music.

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July 17, 2023 36 mins

A podcast based on the seven inches in my record, this episode look at the influence of one song Jin-Go-Lo-Ba by Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji has had on modern music

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A podcast based on the seven inches in my record collection, this episode looks at the seven eras of old school hip hop (1973 to 1999) with the focus on the production techniques used

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A podcast based on the seven inches in my record collection, this episode looks at Ireland's first Ska record in 1966 and the origins of Ska

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A look at the 90s techno scene in Dublin, Ireland, with a focus on seven clubs: Fusion, Alien, the Magic Roundabout, Liberation, The Temple Of Sound, Genesis and D1

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A podcast based on the seven inches in my record collection, this episode looks at the important European electronic dance music that was released or produced in 1977

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A podcast based on the seven inch singles in my record collection, the episode is a guide to Yacht Rock

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a podcast based on the seven inches in my record collection, this episode is about house bands, with a focus on my favourite house band MFSB, of Philadelphia International Records

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July 17, 2023 49 mins

A podcast based on the seven inchs in my record collections, this episode is about electronic pop music from the early 60s to the 70s

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July 17, 2023 50 mins

A podcast based on the seven inchs in my record collection, the first episode is about Northern Soul and seven song from female vocalists

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