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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  • A last-minute travel-related snafu prevents Ben from making it to the studio, so we're back to Old Skool Eclectic Kettle, with far fewer arguments about ridiculous…

    № 38

  • Eclectic Kettle number 37! Ben and Simon take you through two hours of new music on @BFFdotFM. Loads of new stuff from Weezer, We Were Promised…

    № 37

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  • Simon returns, and within seconds of entering the studio steps on Ben's laptop power cable while it's booting up, leading to general panic on the part…

    № 36

  • This week on the show, friend and listener Sarah Harrison joins us to stand in for the absent Simon. Great new music from Thom Yorke, Leonard…

    № 35

  • Simon is away again this week so the delightful Fiona (aka “DJ ✨🐴✨”) returns to co-host. It's a rather excellent show, with loads of new music…

    № 34

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