Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Sidney Grove in the heat and dust
Another pre-recorded playlist because it's too darn hot to go to the studio - lots of cooling tunes.
Monday, 3 December 2012
Record-breaking Adham Fisher on Culture Lab Radio
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| Adham Fisher, right, and Ian Wilson visit Culture Lab Radio |
Fisher's record attempt was recorded for a documentary to be broadcast on Culture Lab Radio later this month. Keep an eye on the schedule and our Twitter feed for more details
Friday, 6 July 2012
Website refresh
We're proud to say we've just launched our brand new website at http://culturelabradio.ncl.ac.uk/ - check it out!
This is the first in a series of improvements to the station over the next few months, so keep an eye on this space.
This space here --> <--- Keep looking...
If you've got any feedback on the site then drop us a line via Facebook or Twitter or write us a postcard!
This is the first in a series of improvements to the station over the next few months, so keep an eye on this space.
This space here --> <--- Keep looking...
If you've got any feedback on the site then drop us a line via Facebook or Twitter or write us a postcard!
Monday, 18 June 2012
Power failure - now fixed :)
Edit:
Aaaaand, we're back. Normal service is now resumed.
Look out for a new website and other exciting developments over the next few months (**rolls eyes mysteriously**)
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Evening all. I'm afraid to say that we've had a power failure here at Culture Lab Radio Towers, which means we'll be off-air for a wee while. I can't say how long it'll last, but I'll be sure to update you all here, on Facebook and on Twitter when I can.
In the meantime, why not listen to Ellie and Oliver at http://www.ellieandoliver.co.uk/ ? They really are rather good :)
Aaaaand, we're back. Normal service is now resumed.
Look out for a new website and other exciting developments over the next few months (**rolls eyes mysteriously**)
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Evening all. I'm afraid to say that we've had a power failure here at Culture Lab Radio Towers, which means we'll be off-air for a wee while. I can't say how long it'll last, but I'll be sure to update you all here, on Facebook and on Twitter when I can.
In the meantime, why not listen to Ellie and Oliver at http://www.ellieandoliver.co.uk/ ? They really are rather good :)
Friday, 21 October 2011
Sidney Grove Sunday returns
After a few weeks break from groundcutting and edgebreaking netcasting (without any fish being hurt) I have been prompted to return to your Sunday morning ears by the saddest event.
On Thursday evening John Kings died - you don't know him but I do. He spent the last 30 years working to improve the lives of rural Africans, latterly through the organisation run by himself and Mary his wife in South Africa, www.tsogang.org - I was privileged to help that work for a few weeks in 2009 after leaving Culture Lab.
John was an amazing bloke and we shared a love of music some of which I would like to share with you on Sunday.
Steve Dales
On Thursday evening John Kings died - you don't know him but I do. He spent the last 30 years working to improve the lives of rural Africans, latterly through the organisation run by himself and Mary his wife in South Africa, www.tsogang.org - I was privileged to help that work for a few weeks in 2009 after leaving Culture Lab.
John was an amazing bloke and we shared a love of music some of which I would like to share with you on Sunday.
Steve Dales
Monday, 3 October 2011
New shows
Watch out for a number of new daytime shows on Culture Lab Radio from the students of the Radio Art & Broadcast Media module at our friendly neighbourhood music department, The International Centre for Music Studies at Newcastle University, starting in the week beginning October 17th!
Monday, 11 July 2011
New New New
New things!
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You might not notice it, but today we've introduced a whole raft of changes to the station, which will help it to run more smoothly and our DJs to do even better shows!
- New streaming server!
We've been beavering away for months building a brand new streaming server, using the LiquidSoap streaming programming language (http://savonet.sourceforge.net/) This will improve the way we handle shows from remote locations and automatic playlist generation when there's no one actually live on air.
Plus!
- New broadcast mixer!
- New studio iMac!
- New Mp3 DJ control surface!
- New shiny website (coming soon....)
Yes, we're also hoping to launch a fresher, cleaner website to go along with all these other changes, which will highlight our research role as well as providing quick access to the stream.
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You might not notice it, but today we've introduced a whole raft of changes to the station, which will help it to run more smoothly and our DJs to do even better shows!
- New streaming server!
We've been beavering away for months building a brand new streaming server, using the LiquidSoap streaming programming language (http://savonet.sourceforge.net/) This will improve the way we handle shows from remote locations and automatic playlist generation when there's no one actually live on air.
Plus!
- New broadcast mixer!
- New studio iMac!
- New Mp3 DJ control surface!
- New shiny website (coming soon....)
Yes, we're also hoping to launch a fresher, cleaner website to go along with all these other changes, which will highlight our research role as well as providing quick access to the stream.
Update your bookmarks
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Get involved
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If you want to get involved in the station then email us at culturelabradio@ncl.ac.uk
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If you want to get involved in the station then email us at culturelabradio@ncl.ac.uk
Friday, 17 June 2011
Nobody blogs these days
Nobody blogs here anymore so as an act of protest I'm not blogging either.
Ah................well..........
In that case as long as you listen to Sidney Grove Sunday there's no need to care about anything else becasue they don't care about you Not like me anyway..look I'm blogging for you.
Ah................well..........
In that case as long as you listen to Sidney Grove Sunday there's no need to care about anything else becasue they don't care about you Not like me anyway..look I'm blogging for you.
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Doctors, disease, dysfunction and death.
Watch this space - John Spencer (DJ ProfJohn to you) is giving up the African habit in favour of these things close to his heart...
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Culture Lab Radio DJ gets own blog and puts it on Culture Lab Radio blog
Hello,
http://sidneygrovesunday.blogspot.com/
You can download the latest edition if you wish.
Steve
http://sidneygrovesunday.blogspot.com/
You can download the latest edition if you wish.
Steve
Friday, 11 March 2011
Aaah the canny sound of the ukulele!
As part of her series of radioshows "Speakerbox" (currently on a break), Lalya Gaye dedicated a session to the cheerful bundle of joy that is the ukulele. Beautiful!
Find below the show's playlist and links to some Newcastle-based (or not) ukulele resources:
Playlist!
The Bobby McGee's - "Sussex Uni Solipsits Society"
The Bobby McGee's - "Coalmine Kampf 1984"
George Formby - "Why Don't Women Like Me"
Lila Burns - "Zombie Song, and Apology"
Abd Al Malik - "Ma Jolie"
Lykke Li - "Little Bit"
Beirut - "Postcards from Italy"
Florence + The Machine - "Postcards from Italy (Beirut Cover)"
Florence + The Machine - "Dog Days"
Beirut - "Elephant Gun"
Beirut - "Transatlantique"
Jens Lekman - "Your Arms Around Me"
The Bobby McGee's - "When Father Died, Ferrets Licked Away the Tears"
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps (not ukulele but should be!)
Ben Westbeech - "So Good Today" (same!)
Orla Garland - "Heya (Outkast cover)"
Lila Burns - "Young Hearts Young Minds"
Bella Hemming - "You're Just My Cup of Tea"
uke3453 - "I'm yours (ukulele cover)"
Links!
Where to play the ukulele in Newcastle? Ukes4Fun! Cumberland Arms, Thursdays 6pm-8pm, and Biscuit Factory, Sundays 2pm-4pm.
Where to buy a decent ukulele for a good price? Hound Dog Music in Whitley Bay! (Monkseaton metro station, yellow line)
How to learn online? Besides yootoob (yootewb?): Ukehunt and PlayUkuleleByEar! (They also have very good ebooks and DVDs) and of course Ukulele University!
And if you're ever down south, go join the The Ukulele Research and Development Society (T.U.R.D.S)!
The Sound of Things
a new weekly show on Culture Lab radio investigating the sound of materials, items, objects and stuff. each week we are treated to a sampling (both live and recorded) of wood, zipper, wind, water, tape, soil, snow, skin, sand, rubber, rice, plastic, paper, money, metal, ice, hair, gold, glass, cotton, concrete, chain, brick... trace a sonic path through the world of things with your host, Jamie Allen:http://thesoundofthings.tumblr.com/
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
International Women's Day with Lizzie and John Spencer
Find the links here for the campaigns that Lizzie has presented:
www.vso.org.uk
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/manukyanfamily/
http://www.ihollaback.org/
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/
http://www.womenforwomen.org/
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
www.myspace.com/thefreemantle
Join first Oxfam group on March 22nd at the Bridge Hotel at 7.30pm
Oxfam fundraiser for International Womens Day Friday 11th March from 8pm at Cumberland Arms
Monday, 6 December 2010
Lalya Gaye brings classic mediterranean warmth to a freezing nation.
Lalya's Sunday night show 'Down South', introduced some French language popular songs from the fifties.
Including 'Misirlou' by Dario Moreno the tune made famous here by Tarantino's use of the 1960's recording by Dick Dale. Warm memories of old movies for this listener.
Lalya's playlist:
Lalya's playlist:
Down South
Dalida - Ciao Amore
Dalida - Bambino
Dalida - Fado
Luis Mariano - Mexico
Luis Mariano - La Belle de Calix
Luis Mariano - Fandango des Pays Basques
Luis Mariano - Rossignol
Dario Moreno - Corps À Corps
Dario Moreno - Maria-Christina Veut Toujours Commander
Dario Moreno - Misirlou
Dario Moreno - Ya Mustafa
Dario Moreno - Brigitte Bardot
Snow White in session at Culture Lab radio
The legendary singer and actress Princess Snow White was recorded in session for the Steve Dales show last Friday night. As fresh sounding as she was in 1937 when she first came to the worlds attention with her uniquely sweet vocalising and impeccable manners.
The show was inspired by light on snow albeit very tentatively and subjectively but it's my show so there.
Playlist if you want to know:
Snow White - A Smile and a Song 2:26
Fireside Favourite 4:26 Groove Armada Northern Star
Snow White segue 0:31
White Light Of 6:56 Do Make Say Think & Yet & Yet
Whiten 4:52 Hildur Guðnadóttir Without Sinking
Dwarfs' Yodel Song - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4:40
White Rabbit 2:31 Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow
Blue Moon 2:13 Bobby "Blue" Bland Ask Me 'Bout Nothing (But The Blues)
Lazy Moon 6:39 Groove Armada Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
Well for the sweat of the moon 3:17 Andy Partridge & Harold Budd Through the hill
Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples 2:22 David Sylvian Gone To Earth (Disc 2)
All I Wanted Was The Moon 5:40 Josephine Foster This Coming Gladness
Spindrifter 4:32 Quicksilver Messenger Service What About Me
Moonlight Mile 5:57 The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
Disney's Snow White - Someday My Prince Will Come 1:53
I'll Shoot The Moon 3:51 Tom Waits The Black Rider
Claire de Lune 5:16 Claude Debussy Journey to the Heart, Vol. 1
Sunlight seen through towering trees 2:57 David Sylvian Gone To Earth (Disc 2)/@
Suntoucher 6:32 Groove Armada Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
Perfume For Winter 4:38 Fennesz Black Sea
O Serene Light 3:59 Rachmaninov_ Vespers, Op. 37 - 4.
Samarine (Under The Stars) 4:44 Okna Tsahan Zam (Shaman Voices) Get Around With CMN - Best Of Jazz 2005/2006
02 Icefire 6:09 Pat Metheny
Ice 4:28 Daniel Lanois Acadie
Snow White Music - Love's First Kiss (Finale) 4:17
Nice Weather For Ducks 6:08 Lemon Jelly Lost Horizons
The show was inspired by light on snow albeit very tentatively and subjectively but it's my show so there.
Playlist if you want to know:
Snow White - A Smile and a Song 2:26
Fireside Favourite 4:26 Groove Armada Northern Star
Snow White segue 0:31
White Light Of 6:56 Do Make Say Think & Yet & Yet
Whiten 4:52 Hildur Guðnadóttir Without Sinking
Dwarfs' Yodel Song - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4:40
White Rabbit 2:31 Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow
Blue Moon 2:13 Bobby "Blue" Bland Ask Me 'Bout Nothing (But The Blues)
Lazy Moon 6:39 Groove Armada Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
Well for the sweat of the moon 3:17 Andy Partridge & Harold Budd Through the hill
Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples 2:22 David Sylvian Gone To Earth (Disc 2)
All I Wanted Was The Moon 5:40 Josephine Foster This Coming Gladness
Spindrifter 4:32 Quicksilver Messenger Service What About Me
Moonlight Mile 5:57 The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
Disney's Snow White - Someday My Prince Will Come 1:53
I'll Shoot The Moon 3:51 Tom Waits The Black Rider
Claire de Lune 5:16 Claude Debussy Journey to the Heart, Vol. 1
Sunlight seen through towering trees 2:57 David Sylvian Gone To Earth (Disc 2)/@
Suntoucher 6:32 Groove Armada Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
Perfume For Winter 4:38 Fennesz Black Sea
O Serene Light 3:59 Rachmaninov_ Vespers, Op. 37 - 4.
Samarine (Under The Stars) 4:44 Okna Tsahan Zam (Shaman Voices) Get Around With CMN - Best Of Jazz 2005/2006
02 Icefire 6:09 Pat Metheny
Ice 4:28 Daniel Lanois Acadie
Snow White Music - Love's First Kiss (Finale) 4:17
Thursday, 2 December 2010
African Music - there's a lot of it about 3
Professor John Spencer of Newcastle University's School of Medical Sciences Education Development
presents a survey of African music and other stuff too - he's a whimsical dude, eclectic, erudite and a damn fine looking fella (did I get that right John?).
Here's Tuesday's playlist:
1. Good Morning, Good Morning - Easy Star All Stars (New York); 2. Penda Yoro - Ali Farka Toure (Mali); 3. Africa Oye - Salsafrica (Cuba/DRC); 4. Can U Find A Way - Ash Grunwald (Australia); 5. Fish Effect - Kalahari Surfers(South Africa); 6. Drowning Goat - Kasai Allstars (Zaire); 7. Agasaza - Mighty Popo (Rwanda/Burundi); 8. Win My Train Home - Robert Plant & Justin Adams (UK desert blues!); 9. Achachore I Chachare Akale - Tartit (Mali); 10. Grown So Ugly - The Black Keys (Ohio, US); 11. You Really Got Me - Ray Davies & Metallica; 12. Astral Travelling - Pharoah Sanders; 13. Telantena Zare - Alemayehu Eshete (Ethiopia); 14. Ndima Ndapedza - Olive Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe)' 15. Ipike Nefosholo - Bhekumuzi Luthuli (SA); 16. Archangel Thunderbird - Amon Duul II (Krautrock); 17. Purple - Ken Nodine; 18. Technobit De L'Adrar (Tuareg/Mali); 19. Let's Start - Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker (Nigeria); 20. Dimini (Matty's Sunflower Mix) - Mory Kante (Guinean remix); 21. You Monopolise Me - The Ogyatanaa Show Band (Ghana); 22 Adios Adios - Salsa Celtica (Cuba/Scotland/Ireland); 23 No Bulbs - The Fall.
Below are Ko Le Chen and Steve Dales and below that the man himself DJ ProfSpencer
EPISODE 4 IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 21ST
presents a survey of African music and other stuff too - he's a whimsical dude, eclectic, erudite and a damn fine looking fella (did I get that right John?).
Here's Tuesday's playlist:
1. Good Morning, Good Morning - Easy Star All Stars (New York); 2. Penda Yoro - Ali Farka Toure (Mali); 3. Africa Oye - Salsafrica (Cuba/DRC); 4. Can U Find A Way - Ash Grunwald (Australia); 5. Fish Effect - Kalahari Surfers(South Africa); 6. Drowning Goat - Kasai Allstars (Zaire); 7. Agasaza - Mighty Popo (Rwanda/Burundi); 8. Win My Train Home - Robert Plant & Justin Adams (UK desert blues!); 9. Achachore I Chachare Akale - Tartit (Mali); 10. Grown So Ugly - The Black Keys (Ohio, US); 11. You Really Got Me - Ray Davies & Metallica; 12. Astral Travelling - Pharoah Sanders; 13. Telantena Zare - Alemayehu Eshete (Ethiopia); 14. Ndima Ndapedza - Olive Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe)' 15. Ipike Nefosholo - Bhekumuzi Luthuli (SA); 16. Archangel Thunderbird - Amon Duul II (Krautrock); 17. Purple - Ken Nodine; 18. Technobit De L'Adrar (Tuareg/Mali); 19. Let's Start - Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker (Nigeria); 20. Dimini (Matty's Sunflower Mix) - Mory Kante (Guinean remix); 21. You Monopolise Me - The Ogyatanaa Show Band (Ghana); 22 Adios Adios - Salsa Celtica (Cuba/Scotland/Ireland); 23 No Bulbs - The Fall.
Below are Ko Le Chen and Steve Dales and below that the man himself DJ ProfSpencer
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Blogging
Culture Lab Radio is back on track with the blogging business.
We will blog about:
Artists/ Show info
Radio art news
Broadcasting news
Webcasting knowledge( as in knowledge of webcasting or distributing "knowledge" using webcasting...)
Links
Contact
We will blog about:
Artists/ Show info
Radio art news
Broadcasting news
Webcasting knowledge( as in knowledge of webcasting or distributing "knowledge" using webcasting...)
Links
Contact
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Weclome to the Culture Lab Radio blog
Hi and welcome to the Culture Lab Radio blog.
Here we'll be bringing you the news about our station as well as hot gossip and exclusive behind-the-scenes info direct from The Torture Room Studios.
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