Eclectic Kettle

About Eclectic Kettle

Eclectic Kettle was a show hosted by Simon Batistoni and Ben Ward, our unintentionally-comedic duo of beardy Brits. Playing new and less new tunes from dirty lo-fi punk to airy ethereal dance, and geiger-counter–laced British electronica, with regular support from friends and guest DJs bringing their own strange and wonderful tastes to the air. Eclectic Kettle ran for five years: from December 2013 to December 2018.

Amateur professionals, veering closer to professional incompetents, Simon and Ben became sidetracked by rambling digressions about football (the proper kind, sometimes the other kind), cheese, linguistics, and lobster. One time they had a uninterrupted 20 minute argument about Britpop, but they promised never to do that again.

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  • Ben and Simon return to the studio together for the first time in a few weeks. After a few weeks of Bowie-shock we return to our…

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  • Simon is away, so Ben welcomes good friend of the show Mr Tom Coates back into the Secret Alley for a full David Bowie remembrance, tribute,…

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  • This week's show is, frankly, sad. This is the week that David Bowie died, which most of us had been assuming just couldn't happen. A bit…

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  • Well I'm home, and still comfortably awake. @bffkettle starts in 3 hours. Time for a cup of tea. — Ben Ward (@benward) January 6, 2016 We're…

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  • It's the second half of 2015!

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