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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  • HOLY CRAP! @hitherto and @benward are finaly reunited after, what, 10 weeks? Will they remember how to work this thing? Find out in 2 hours! —…

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  • With Ben remaining stubbornly Not Here, this week Simon welcomes lovably gruff Scottish co-host Rod Begbie into the studio. The bulk of the show is dedicated…

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  • With Ben still off gallivanting in the UK, Simon is joined tonight by special guest DJ Small Crimes, of the BFF show Ghost Hardware  (Thursdays, 8pm!).

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  • Simon's back! But Ben's buggered off to go see Wye Oak at the Independent. So we're replicating the early, early Eclectic Kettle experience, before Ben ever…

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