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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  • Once upon a time there were two amateur DJs who, encumbered by hectic travel schedules, insomnia, and some new software to understand while live on-air, had…

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  • Eclectic Kettle, number 32. Simon is away in Portland (Oregon, not Maine) for the wonderful XOXO festival, so Ben is joined in the studio by friend,…

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  • Happy 1st Birthday to Bff.fm, the lovely station that lets us witter on about music for two whole hours every week! (What? Yes, "witter". It's a…

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  • Starting from the horrifying realization that Oasis's "Definitely Maybe" was released 20 years ago this month, Simon and Ben proceed to drag you through an hour…

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  • In which the whole show was partially derailed by a locked door, and I played a whole bunch of bands who’ll be performing at the Independent…

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