1.21 gigawatts

About 1.21 gigawatts

RELAX NOW BABIES, slide into the wormhole and enjoy the cosmic string...

Join us for some musical time travel, as we leap year to year, stretching back to the BEGINNING of recorded music.

It's 1959. Sun Studio reigns supreme - a bit of Ray Charles,The Drifters, and The Flamingos to kick it off.

Bounce forward to 1993. We’re in Brit pop heaven, stiiiinky grunge and golden era hip-hop.

1938. Blues run the game. We’re selling our souls to the devil live on air for the chance to be DJ masters of the universe. Lead Belly, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lester Young, Jelly Roll Morton provide the musical backdrop.

Want to swim in a warm pool of indie? 2004's the year. Ratatat, The Concretes, The Walkmen, Arthur Russell, Air, Arcade Fire, and Elliott Smith are taking off their skivvies.

1981. New Order, Visage and dare we say Duran Duran? [Duran Duran!] Regrettably no visual radio yet, so no one gets to see our cushy shoulder pads or asymmetrical haircuts.

1824. Beet. Hoven. Need we say more.

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  • Mo teaches us all about the difference between techno and house, via the 1980s scenes in Detroit and Chicago.

  • Elephant Six collective is represented, so is the Swedish indie scene and even London makes a strong appearance. The Apples in Stereo, kent, PJ Harvey and…

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  • Matt Graves brings 1987 hip hop and jangle, with a side of samplers.

  • When Johan's away, Mylene fish fillets. Well. Fake news. But it's a nice rhyme. Just like Onyeabor and albacore. Join one of us for this episode…

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's, John Coltrane and Ike Turner, all in one episode.

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