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Let It Roll EXTRA
TechnoRoll 3.20: How Dance Music Conquered America With Michaelangelo Matos
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comAn interview with Michaelangelo Matos author of “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.” Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness ask Michaelangelo Matos the questions raised over the course of TechnoRoll series 3
2025-11-10
38 min
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TechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the Mainstream
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at EDM’s Animal Farm moment when the genre and its practitioners were finally accepted by the American music industry.
2025-11-07
39 min
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TechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimzed EDM for the US Music Biz
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at EDMs commercial triumphs in the early 2010s, epitomized by Electric Daisy Carnival’s move from LA to Las Vegas, the rise of Skrillex and brostep, and the cross-over success of David Guetta and others.
2025-11-05
41 min
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TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Through at Coachella 2006
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the book’s treatment of EDM’s breakthrough moment when Daft Punk played Coachella 2006 and blew away Madonna and Kanye West.
2025-11-03
38 min
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TechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Matos’ treatment of electroclash, mashups and the impact of 9/11 on the electronic dance music scene in America.
2025-10-31
40 min
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TechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave Scene
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Disco Donnie, the DEA and the rave bust that brought the first era of rave to an end.
2025-10-29
40 min
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TechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into Life
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the 2000 Detroit Electronic Music Festival which finally brought the Techno pioneers a measure of popular acclaim in their home city.
2025-10-27
39 min
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TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the US music industry’s continuing efforts to make “electronica” the next big thing, culminating in Moby and Fatboy Slim’s appearances at the rave tent of Woodstock ‘99, an infamous debacle that epitomized the worst of lat…
2025-10-24
41 min
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TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the continuing efforts of the American music business to promote the genre they now called “electronica” via live events and CD releases.
2025-10-22
41 min
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TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the Even Further event and Daft Punk’s American debut.
2025-10-20
42 min
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TechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Richie Hawtin’s transition to minimal techno and his boom and bust as a US rave promoter. Other Detroit area producer/DJs like Carl Craig and Robert Hood are discussed as is the relationship between Berlin and Detroit.
2025-10-17
39 min
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TechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at The Rave New World and See the Light Tours of 1993.
2025-10-15
35 min
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TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Rave America and the rise and fall of indie rave in Los Angeles in 1991 and 1992.
2025-10-13
40 min
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TechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose & Fell on the East Coast in 1992
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Storm Raves and their various downtown rivals, club kids and others involved in the first wave of rave on the US East coast.
2025-10-10
38 min
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TechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness take a break from “The Underground is Massive“ to discuss the emergence of Tribal House on the international gay party circuit and its rise to the top of the charts.
2025-10-08
35 min
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TechnoRoll 3.5: The Second Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90s
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America“ with a look at Matos’ treatment of Rave’s expansion into the upper midwest from its initial bases in Chicago and Detroit.
2025-10-06
39 min
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TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America“ with a look at the early days of Rave culture in Northern California in the early 1990s.
2025-10-03
39 min
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TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.” This episode focuses on the domestic failure of Madchester and HipHouse and the slow build of rave culture in the USA in the 1990s.
2025-10-01
38 min
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TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton, & Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness mull the second chapter of “The Underground Is Massive“ by Michaelangelo Matos which tells of the emergence of the first wave of Detroit Techno, led by the Belleville Three: Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson.As May said, “The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It’s like George Clinton and Kr…
2025-09-29
40 min
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TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness kick off their discussion of Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America“ with a look at the role of radio, dance clubs, DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Hot Mix 5 in the first outbreak of modern electronic dance music in the USA.
2025-09-26
44 min
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TechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM Continuum
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness wrap up their discussion of “Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture“ with an interview of the author, Simon Reynolds.
2025-09-24
35 min
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TechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of America
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss the final chapter of the last edition of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash" which covers the back-from-the-dead bigger-than-ever re-emergence of EDM in North America in the 2010. We talk dubstep, brostep, ghettotech, and a little bit of Daft Punk.
2025-09-22
40 min
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TechnoRoll 2.22: First Wave Dubstep, Grime and Breakcore Dominate a Downbeat Half Decade
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the developments in dance music in the first decade of the 21st century including the beginnings of dubstep, grime, and breakcore.
2025-09-19
39 min
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TechnoRoll 2.21: Electroclash Was the 'It' Sound from Brooklyn to Berlin at the Turn of the Millennium
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the electro revival that began in the early 90s, got a lot of attention as electroclash when it moved to Brooklyn around the turn of the millennium and has had a surprising amount of influence…
2025-09-17
37 min
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TechnoRoll 2.20 Speed Garage and 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage Scene
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Ryan Harkness and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at Speed Garage and 2Step, the sounds that pushed jungle aside and briefly ruled the English charts, airwaves and dance floors at the turn of the millennium.
2025-09-15
42 min
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TechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, & Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes Global
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comOn this episode, hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss the evolution of trance in the second half of the 1990s: psy-trance, progressive trance, and Euro or uplifting trance.
2025-09-12
42 min
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TechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990s
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of dance music in the 1990s with a look at how House evolved down multiple paths in the 1990s as producers and DJs from Chicago to New York to London gave it their own personal twist.
2025-09-10
41 min
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TechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers & Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International Success
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of UK dance music in the 1990s with a look at Big Beat. For many Americans Big Beat was the first style of electronic dance music that they saw in concert, purchased on CD or heard in TV ads and movie soundtracks. We discuss this briefly popular genre, how it evolved alongside other genres of E…
2025-09-08
40 min
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TechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-Rave
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the avant-garde of late 90's post-rave, post-rap, post-rock artists who abandoned the dance floors and strived to advance the boundaries of the form.
2025-09-05
39 min
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TechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differentiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & Techstep
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at what happened when Jungle rose to prominence and the scene fragmented into competing subgenres.
2025-09-03
38 min
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TechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead, & Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of Bristol
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of UK rave in the 1990s with a mental trip to Bristol and chat about how the 1990s Bristol sound emerged from a city not much known for innovative music until the 1980s. This episode draws heavily from Phil Johnson’s book “Straight Outa Bristol: Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky and The Roots …
2025-09-01
37 min
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TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 1990s
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture " with a look at the chapter on "America The Rave: US Rave Culture 1990-1997" an era when rave became a significant underground youth music in the US but never reached the mainstream nor did American EDM make m…
2025-08-29
40 min
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TechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba & Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UK
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the chapter "Marching Into Madness: Gabba and Happy Hardcore." It was a time when the sounds in Holland and Scotland got more martial and extreme while a backlash against Jungle sent many …
2025-08-27
37 min
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TechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop and Reggae Elements Back Into UK's Rave Scene
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at how hardcore breakbeat evolved into Jungle in London in the early 1990s, changing the sound and bringing more Black dancers into the scene.
2025-08-25
39 min
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TechnoRoll 2.10: UK Pirate Radio Brought the Underground to the Airwaves
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss Pirate Radio in the UK in the 1990s. The discussion is based on Simon Reynolds' chapter "This Sound Is For the Underground" from "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture."
2025-08-22
40 min
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TechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig & Richie Hawtin Led Detroit's Second Wave of Techno
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness talk about the second wave of Detroit Techno -- artists like Underground Resistance, Richie Hawtin’s +8 label and Carl Craig. Based on Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture."
2025-08-20
38 min
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TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott and DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to Darkcore
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comAs Ecstasy lost its charm for many in the UK dance scene, some producers and DJs led an evolution that saw the music's themes get grimmer and the sounds get stranger. Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture.
2025-08-18
38 min
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TechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog & Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a focus on chapter called “Feed Your Head: Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance” and the attempt by some producers and DJs to push the music into a serious album-oriented music made for listening rather than dancing.
2025-08-15
41 min
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TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton & Triggered a Backlash
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a talk about The Spiral Tribe, the 1992 Castlemorton Common Festival and the crusty-raver alliance that saw the last gasp of mass illegal raves in Britain.
2025-08-13
36 min
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TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe & the UK
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversation about Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture " with a look at the chapter titled "'Ardkore, You Know the Score: The Second Wave of Rave 1990-92." Nate and Ryan talk about the Northern bleep and bass sound of Warp and Unique 3, the hip-house and ragga…
2025-08-11
38 min
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TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe & the UK
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversation about Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture " with a look at the chapter titled "'Ardkore, You Know the Score: The Second Wave of Rave 1990-92." Nate and Ryan talk about the Northern bleep and bass sound of Warp and Unique 3, the hip-house and ragga sound of Shut Up and Dance, the anthemic pop of N-Joi and Belgian & German brutalist tekno. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, S...
2025-08-11
41 min
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TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into Rock
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture with a look at the second summer of love hit particularly hard in Manchester and the North of England where bands like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, the Shamen and Primal Scream attempted to fuse rave and ro…
2025-08-08
40 min
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TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UK
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Culture" with a look at the chapter title "Living A Dream: Acid House and UK Rave 1988-1989."
2025-08-06
37 min
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TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York Garage
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the Techno scene in Detroit, the House scene in Chicago and the garage scene in New York and New Jersey and how African-Americans in those three cities invented and perfected EDM as we know it t…
2025-08-04
38 min
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TechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this episode hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness introduce the new series, discuss author Simon Reynolds' background and perspective and why his book “Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture“ is a definitive take on the UK dance scene of the 1990s.
2025-07-31
38 min
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Technoroll 1.22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJ
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comAfter discussing “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey” for 21 weeks, hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness get the opportunity to ask some questions of the authors. Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton describe their motivation for writing the book, how they worked together and how they decided what to include and what to leave out of t…
2025-07-28
32 min
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Technoroll 1.21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this week’s episode hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness debate the questions raised in the final chapter of "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey" about the values of clubbing and whether or not the current mass success of superstar DJs represents a betrayal of those values.
2025-07-24
42 min
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Technoroll 1.20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Changed the Game
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the wave of superstar DJs that emerged in the 21st Century like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim.
2025-07-21
40 min
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Technoroll 1.19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990s
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the attempts to criminalize rave culture in the UK and US.
2025-07-17
39 min
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Technoroll 1.18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass Audience
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the emergence of DJs as recording artists in their own right, people like The KLF.
2025-07-14
39 min
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Technoroll 1.17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the many new genres that emerged from Great Britain in the wake of the Acid House revolution: hardcore, jungle, drum and bass, and UK garage.
2025-07-10
40 min
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Technoroll 1.16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its Foundations
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Ibiza and the unique Balearic sub-genre it spawned as well as Belgian new beat and other Euro dance trends of the late 80s.
2025-07-07
40 min
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Technoroll 15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980s
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Ibiza and the unique Balearic sub-genre it spawned as well as Belgian new beat and other Euro dance trends of the late 80s.
2025-07-03
38 min
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Technoroll 14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, India
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the birth of trance music and the cross-pollination between Berlin and Goa, India that made it happen.
2025-06-30
40 min
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Technoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in Detroit
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the Belleville Three (Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson), the "Belleville Fourth" Eddie Fowlkes, the Electrofying Mojo and the birth of Techno in…
2025-06-24
41 min
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Technoroll 12: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Birth of House Music in Chicago
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the birth of House Music in Chicago (and don't forget the Hotmix 5).
2025-06-16
43 min
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Technoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music Torch Burning at the Paradise Garage
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Larry Levan, his club the Paradise Garage and the post-disco genre named for it.
2025-06-09
42 min
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Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80's
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton with a look at how Hi-NRG, the sound that emerged in the post-disco backlash club scenes of London, San Francisco and New York, spawned the most successful production/songwriting team of a…
2025-05-12
38 min
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Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80's
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton with a look at how Hi-NRG, the sound that emerged in the post-disco backlash club scenes of London, San Francisco and New York, spawned the most successful production/songwriting team of all-time and provided a soundtrack for tragedy. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll...
2025-05-12
41 min
Let It Roll
Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York
Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. Today's topic is the early days of disco in New York when an innovative wave of DJs like David Mancuso and Francis Grasso created a dancer’s utopia in Manhattan. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. ...
2025-05-12
40 min
Let It Roll EXTRA
Technoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70's
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton with a look at the high water mark of disco -- Studio 54, Saturday Night Fever, the Bee Gees and the backlash.
2025-05-05
38 min
Let It Roll EXTRA
Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton.Today's topic is the early days of disco in New York when an innovative wave of DJs like David Mancuso and Francis Grasso created a dancer’s utopia in Manhattan.
2025-04-28
37 min
Let It Roll
Technoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, Dub
Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. Buy the book and support the show.Today Nate and Ryan take a look at Jamaica’s unique sound system scene which spurred the creation of ska, reggae and dub and directly influenced the creation of hip-hop. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscr...
2025-04-14
40 min
Let It Roll
Recast Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul
Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton." Buy the book and support the show! In this episode, Nate and Ryan discuss the uniquely British dance culture called Northern Soul where the kids of the British rust belt just wouldn't let go of their favorite up-tempo 60s soul and kept the style alive into the 1980s.GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- T...
2025-03-31
34 min
Let It Roll EXTRA
Technoroll 1.2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. In this episode, Nate, Ryan and Steph discuss their personal history with dance music and the introductory chapter of "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life", the connection it makes between DJs and shamans, DJs and conductors and DJs and m...
2025-03-17
37 min
Let It Roll
Recast Technoroll 2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs
Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. In this episode, Nate and Ryan go way way back to the beginnings of the 20th Century and discuss the very first radio DJs -- including Sybil True the first female radio DJ who started in 1913 -- and the first club DJs including the now-infamous Jimmy Savile.GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE-- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclu...
2025-03-17
41 min
Let It Roll EXTRA
Technoroll 1: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton.This is the first of three series of dance music history that Ryan Harkness and I did together. We’ll be recasting them bi-weekly for the next 33 weeks.
2025-03-03
42 min
Let It Roll
Technoroll 1 Recast: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond
Today hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE-- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack.Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your pref...
2025-03-03
45 min
LiberatED Podcast
Meeting Middle Schoolers' Needs: Why former public school teacher Nate Fellman launched his microschool
Nathan Fellman was a public middle school teacher and administrator in New Hampshire for nearly 20 years before leaving his job to launch a middle school microschool program in fall 2022. Nate and two of his colleagues from the public school system opened The Harkness House in Nashua, New Hampshire that emphasizes personalized learning for 6th thru 9th graders. Harkness House also offers hybrid homeschool programs for local young people ages 10 to 18 who want to access Harkness House classes. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.
2023-12-05
37 min
Snap Chatter Podcast
Episode 6 - I Spent $1000 in Marvel Snap & All I Got Were Pixel Variants
When it comes to Marvel Snap, there's a surprising amount of wrong ways to approach the game. Sadly, we tend to fall victim to them. In order to keep from raging or becoming a whale, Nate and Logan share their experiences with the game along with tips on how to approach the game in a healthy way so as to not repeat the mistakes they have made. The guys also gush over a gorgeous inked variant in "Ah, Yes. Very Nice." and share their favorite deck to just have fun in Marvel Snap. Follow Snap Chatter: Twitter: https://twitter...
2023-03-20
47 min
Dare 2 Hear - The Podcast
Spirit Led Discipleship
Today's conversation with Nate Harkness is exactly what Dare 2 Hear is all about. It's a challenge to hear, se,e and obey the voice of God daily in our lives. What would be the impact if just one Christian in a hundred knew how to listen to God's voice in daily situations and act on what they heard? Can you imagine how the ripple effect of a few well-tuned ears leading to small acts of obedience would spread across continents and down through successive generations? This is Jesus' master discipleship plan for changing the world: teach people t...
2023-01-25
51 min
Let It Roll
The Evolution of American Ska: The Untouchables, Fishbone & The Toasters Led the Way
An interview with Marc Wasserman, author of "Skaboom!: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History." Host Nate Wilcox talks to Marc about the beginnings of the 3rd wave of ska in 1980s America.Buy the book and support the podcast.Don't miss Nate's discussion with Ed Ward on the origins of reggae.Don't miss Nate's discussion with Ryan Harkness about ska's place in the history of DJ-centric music.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on...
2022-10-24
58 min
Heaven Here Now Podcast
Episode 14 - Nate Harkness - Supernatural
This week we take a trip into the Supernatural with Nate Harkness, International Director of Worldwide Discipleship. In this episode, we talk about hearing the voice of God and how Heaven Here Now often looks like the supernatural showing up in our midst.
2022-09-18
44 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.20: Interview with Michaelangelo Matos
An interview with Michaelangelo Matos author of “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.” Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness ask Michaelangelo Matos the questions raised over the course of TechnoRoll series 3 GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode.
2022-09-08
41 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the Mainstream
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at EDM's Animal Farm moment when the genre and its practitioners were finally accepted by the American music industry. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode. Also if you can afford it please consider...
2022-09-01
42 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimzed EDM for the US Music Biz
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at EDMs commercial triumphs in the early 2010s, epitomized by Electric Daisy Carnival's move from LA to Las Vegas, the rise of Skrillex and brostep, and the cross-over success of David Guetta and others. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well...
2022-08-25
45 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Thru at Coachella 2006
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at the book's treatment of EDM's breakthrough moment when Daft Punk played Coachella 2006 and blew away Madonna and Kanye West. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode. Also if you can afford it please cons...
2022-08-18
42 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at Matos' treatment of electroclash, mashups and the impact of 9/11 on the electronic dance music scene in America. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode. Also if you can afford it please consider...
2022-08-11
44 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave Scene
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at Disco Donnie, the DEA and the rave bust that brought the first era of rave to an end. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode. Also if you can afford it please...
2022-08-04
43 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into Life
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at the 2000 Detroit Electronic Music Festival which finally brought the Techno pioneers a measure of popular acclaim in their home city. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode. Also if you can...
2022-07-28
42 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at the US music industry's continuing efforts to make "electronica" the next big thing, culminating in Moby and Fatboy Slim's appearances at the rave tent of Woodstock '99, an infamous debacle that epitomized the worst of late 1990's bro culture. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for t...
2022-07-21
45 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at the continuing efforts of the American music business to promote the genre they now called "electronica" via live events and CD releases. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcr...
2022-07-14
44 min
the memory palace
Episode 91: Natural Habitat
The Memory Palace is a member of Radiotopia from PRX. This episode was originally released in July of 2016. It’s being re-released today because Nate’s on book leave for the summer and because it’s a total banger. Notes and Reading: * I came to this story the old fashioned way (for me): I saw Su Lin at the Field Museum and needed to know more. That led me inevitably to Vicki Croke's The Lady and the Panda from 2006. It's a terrific read. If you have any interest at all in learning more about Ruth H...
2022-07-09
27 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at the Even Further event and Daft Punk's American debut. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode. Also if you can afford it please consider becoming...
2022-07-07
45 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at Richie Hawtin's transition to minimal techno and his boom and bust as a US rave promoter. Other Detroit area producer/DJs like Carl Craig and Robert Hood are discussed as is the relationship between Berlin and Detroit. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, gues...
2022-06-30
42 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at The Rave New World and See the Light Tours of 1993. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode. Also if you can a...
2022-06-23
39 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at Rave America and the rise and fall of indie rave in Los Angeles in 1991 and 1992. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptio...
2022-06-16
44 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose and Fell on the East Coast in 1992
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "The Underground is Massive" with a look at Storm Raves and their various downtown rivals, club kids and others involved in the first wave of rave on the US East coast. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and...
2022-06-09
43 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness take a break from "The Underground is Massive" to discuss the emergence of Tribal House on the international gay party circuit and its rise to the top of the charts. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from...
2022-06-02
38 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.5: The 2nd Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90s
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America" with a look at Matos' treatment of Rave's expansion into the upper midwest from its initial bases in Chicago and Detroit. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on...
2022-05-26
41 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America" with a look at the early days of Rave culture in Northern California in the early 1990s. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get...
2022-05-19
42 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America." This episode focuses on the domestic failure of Madchester and HipHouse and the slow build of rave culture in the USA in the 1990s. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and m...
2022-05-12
40 min
Let It Roll
TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe and the UK
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversation about Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture " with a look at the chapter titled "'Ardkore, You Know the Score: The Second Wave of Rave 1990-92." Nate and Ryan talk about the Northern bleep and bass sound of Warp and Unique 3, the hip-house and ragga sound of Shut Up and Dance, the anthemic pop of N-Joi and Belgian & German brutalist tekno. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on...
2021-10-28
40 min
Derivado Cast
#253 - Parte I - Agatha Harkness, That's 90 Show, Bilheteria de Venon 2 e muito mais
Estamos aqui para exaltar Ted Lasso e seus personagens maravilhosos que aquecem nossos corações, nos fazendo rir e chorar (menos você, Nate). Conseguimos, também, acabar Missa da Meia-Noite, mas foi difícil. E, demos uma palhinha do novo American Crime Story: Impeachment. DeriPocket da Semana: • Acapulco | Primeiras Impressões 👉 https://youtu.be/Fxs4xMXf_wY Esse é o Derivado Cast começando para vocês! #TedLasso #AmericanCrimeStory #MissaDaMeiaNoite ********************************************************************** Assuntos desse podcast: • Arouvengers 00:00 - Vida Social e Atrapalhadas dos Amiguinhos • Derinews 43:46 - Prin...
2021-10-14
1h 41
Derivado Cast
#253 - Parte I - Agatha Harkness, That's 90 Show, Bilheteria de Venon 2 e muito mais
Estamos aqui para exaltar Ted Lasso e seus personagens maravilhosos que aquecem nossos corações, nos fazendo rir e chorar (menos você, Nate). Conseguimos, também, acabar Missa da Meia-Noite, mas foi difícil. E, demos uma palhinha do novo American Crime Story: Impeachment. DeriPocket da Semana: • Acapulco | Primeiras Impressões 👉 https://youtu.be/Fxs4xMXf_wY Esse é o Derivado Cast começando para vocês! #TedLasso #AmericanCrimeStory #MissaDaMeiaNoite ********************************************************************** Assuntos desse podcast: • Arouvengers 00:00 - Vida Social e Atrapalhadas dos Amiguinhos • Derinews 43:46 - Prin...
2021-10-14
1h 41
Spirit Led Discipleship with Nate Harkness
Living Godly Lives - Nate Harkness
Living Godly Lives in and unGodly World. This sermon was preached at Mt Zion Ignite in May, 2021. 2 Peter 3:11, Genesis 19.
2021-05-11
42 min
Spirit Led Discipleship with Nate Harkness
Spirit Led Discipleship podcast with Nate Harkness- welcome!
Today we launch a new podcast, the Spirit Led Discipleship podcast! My goal is to help you experience and practice the Presence of Jesus in your moment-by-moment life in ways that are powerful and practical. I’ll give you pointers, teachings, exercises, stories, and resources to help you experience the beauty of the spirit led life. Enjoy!
2021-05-05
17 min
Let It Roll
Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80's
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton with a look at how Hi-NRG, the sound that emerged in the post-disco backlash club scenes of London, San Francisco and New York, spawned the most successful production/songwriting team of all-time and provided a soundtrack for tragedy. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Subs...
2021-04-15
40 min
TrendChat With Brian Bledsoe
Ep. 81 - CPAC 2018 Part 1 With Matt Schlapp, Kaya Jones, Nate Madden, Kellie Richard & Kelsey Harkness
On this episode of TrendChat we have part 1 of 3 episodes from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the Washington, D.C. area. We have interviews with the Chairman of the American Conservative Union Matt Schlapp, Singer/songwriter Kaya Jones, Nate Madden, Kellie Richard with MLK Association of Texas and Senior Reporter/Producer at The Daily Signal Kelsey Harkness!
2018-02-28
48 min
the memory palace
Episode 91 (Natural Habitat)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm Notes and Reading: * I came to this story the old fashioned way (for me): I saw Su Lin at the Field Museum and needed to know more. That led me inevitably to Vicki Croke’s The Lady and the Panda from 2006. It’s a terrific read. If you have any interest at all in learning more about Ruth Harkness, that’s the place to go. I’ve got a few quibbles here and there, but, for...
2016-07-03
27 min