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Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S03E05 Basil: The Kirchin Experience (Ivor & Basil Kirchin Band, The Basil Kirchin Band, Johnny Keating, Broadcast, The High Llamas, Stereolab, Basil Kirchin & Jack Nathan)This week we celebrate the life and work of one of Britain’s greatest big band leaders, soundtrack composers, library music composers and time/mind-bending musicians, Basil Kirchin. Hull City of Culture 2017 recently put on a weekend of the great man’s … Continue reading →2017-03-1757 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S03E04 Shapes (Michael Cole/Michael Jessett, Sellorekt/LA Dreams, i am robot and proud, The Pierre Arvay Orchestra, Jez Butler, John Baker, [PHYSICS], Bernie Green & His Orchestra, Harmonic 33, Griff, Csum, Acts Travel, N99, Our Albert)We’ve neglected the world of geometry for far too long and so this week we thought it time we brought you the latest developments in shapes. Most of the tracks on the show are about specific polygons and, because we … Continue reading →2017-03-0952 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S03E03 Like (Tokyo Elvis, Robots With Rayguns, YMCK, Osaka Shunkashuto, S U R V I V E, The Karminsky Experience Inc, Le Matos, Leggysalad, Droid Bishop, Circus Brekovic, Venetian Snares, The TechnoMagic, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)Every season we have one or two theme-free shows where we bring you some of our favourite recent discoveries. For this first show of “likes” in Season 3, we have synthwave, darkwave, retrowave, lollywave, breakcore, j-pop and no doubt many … Continue reading →2017-02-161h 09Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comJean-Jacques Perrey Destination Space interview (part 2)Following on from our interview with Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman earlier in the year, we caught up with these two fine gentlemen again towards the end of 2008 to talk about the second album they made together, Destination Space. … Continue reading →2017-02-081h 57Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comJean-Jacques Perrey Destination Space interview (part 1)Following on from our interview with Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman earlier in the year, we caught up with these two fine gentlemen again towards the end of 2008 to talk about the second album they made together, Destination Space. … Continue reading →2017-02-081h 57Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comJean-Jacques Perrey AV Festival interviewIn 2008, Jean-Jacques Perrey and his musical partner Dana Countryman appeared at the first AV Festival, which took place at the Sage, Gateshead in March of that year. In the afternoon, Jean-Jacques presented a lecture talking about his life of … Continue reading →2017-02-071h 59Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S03E02 Black and White (The Tony Hatch Sound, Barry Gray, Brian Bennett & Alan Hawkshaw, Birds ‘n’ Brass, Mandingo, Frank Hunter And His Orchestra, Kim & Buran, Meteor, Ìxtahuele, Orgasmo Sonore, Dario Russo, Snail’s House)This week it’s all about the light and the dark or, more specificaly, the black and the white. Some have controversially argued that this might be a companion show to our Rainbow Collection. But nothing could be further from the … Continue reading →2017-02-021h 00Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S03E01 Low Energy (CaptainX, Joseph Vann, Iko Chérie, Snail’s House, Dario Russo, David Mellor, Ìxtahuele, The Hardy Tree, nightskys, Lullatone, Freschard, Vanishing Twin)Gradually emerging from hibernation, the crew aboard the Moonbase bring you a suitably low-key start to Season 3 with a selection of soothing tunes to ease you into the new year. Listen now: Your browser does not support the audio … Continue reading →2017-01-211h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S02E05 Jean-Jacques Perrey Jamboree (Jean-Jacques Perrey, Kai Winding, Gershon Kingsley, Billy Mure, Harry Breuer, Gilbert Sigrist, David Chazam, Dana Countryman)Patron saint of the show, Jean-Jacques Perrey, recently moved on from this planet to spend eternity with the stars. His music was a perfect example of all the things we love at PMB: humour, virtuosity, ping-pong stereo, the Moog synthesizer, … Continue reading →2016-12-111h 00Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S02E04 Keep it Clean (Jack Hulbert & Eddie & Rex, Caerphilly Youth Big Band, American-Standard, Barry Gray, The Advisory Circle, Maruo Maruko, Lullatone, Mike Sammes, oDDling, Baby Bear, Elmo, Mice, Stepmother, Telly & Zoe, Klangverkstedet, Daphne Oram)It’s time to pop on the marigolds, arrange a selection of cleaning products on the worktop and get scrubbing before also giving yourself a good hose-down. Yes, on this week’s show we celebrate cleanliness and the art of attaining cleanliness. … Continue reading →2016-11-2453 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S02E03 You (Calibro 35, Grizzler, Diamondback Manhunter, DJ Bongoboy, Dean Elliott And His Big Band, Dorothy Ashby, Alan Haven, Daphne Oram, Robert Drasnin, Belbury Poly, nmlstyl, The Tony Hatch Orchestra, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)It’s time for the second in our series all about personal pronouns and this week it’s all about YOU, dear listener. Yes, for this show we move to the second person but without trying to point the finger. We cover … Continue reading →2016-11-101h 01Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S02E02 Stranger Tunes (Perturbator, OGRE, Dana’s Vision, Carpenter Brut, Cluster Buster, S U R V I V E, Zombie Hyperdrive, Velvet Overdrive, CRYSEHD, Mac Quayle, VHS Glitch, Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein)It’s all gone a bit Upside Down at the Moonbase for our Halloween special this year as we take inspiration from spooky hit TV series Stranger Things. Yes, it’s an all-retrowave trip back to the imaginary 80s with zombies, werewolves, … Continue reading →2016-10-311h 07Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB S02E01 Like (Demoscene Time Machine, Diamondback Manhunter, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Koichi Oki, The Hotel Orchestra, Mounika., Freschard, in the blue shirt, Kero Kero Bonito, nervous_testpilot, Adrian Younge, Pye Corner Audio)After the world’s longest first Season (of 273 shows no less!), we thought it time to regroup and recalibrate. So, feeling reinvigorated after a few weeks working out in the mind gym, we present the first show in Season 2! … Continue reading →2016-10-201h 19Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB273 I (Bruno Nicolai, Edmundo Ros, Kamal Ahmed (feat. Noor Jehan), Snail’s House, Cal Tjader, John Gregory & His Orchestra, Tätärä, Alan Haven, Martin Denny, William Onyeabor)As if we didn’t have enough series on the go at the moment, we’ve taken the foolhardy decision to kick off another one, this collection all about personal pronouns. That’s “he” and “she” to you and me. But before straying … Continue reading →2016-09-2959 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB272 Mukbang (Raymond Guiot & Jean-Claude Dubois, Felix Thoma, Carlos Pickling y su Orquesta, La tia Cata, Eddie Layton, Perfume, Anamanaguchi, Phaserland, The Carnival Steel Drum Band, Frankie Cosmos, Jean-Jacques Perrey & David Chazam, Takara Tomy Toy Company, Gianni Ferrio)The dinner gong has been rung, dear listener, as we invite you to join us for a sumptuous three-course banquet here on the moon. For those unaware of ‘mukbang’, we were inspired to put this show together by the YouTube … Continue reading →2016-09-0158 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB271 Let’s Kawaii! (2UNE, Omniboi, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Mayuko Yuki/Vegetagirls, Kero Kero Bonito, Snail’s House, MYLK, Papa Topo, Tokyo Elvis, Yunosuke)It’s time to pay our second visit to the world of all things cute. Primarily Japan but we have a couple of exceptions to the rule. Prepare to enjoy a majorette with sticks for arms, dancing vegetables, a celebration of … Continue reading →2016-08-2556 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB270 The Rainbow Collection: Rainbow (The Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra, Kermit, Procyon Lotor, Dorothy Collins, Tony Mottola Orchestra, Hy Zaret & Lou Singer, Lusterquin, Roger Webb, Dario Russo, Monroeville Music Center, Korla Pandit, Primo Quinteto, ForOrchestra, Yakuza Heart Attack)We’ve reached the end of the rainbow (collection), dear listener, with a show all about the rainbow itself. It’s been an emotional journey, with a fight almost breaking out on the question of whether we should do a show about … Continue reading →2016-08-1759 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB269 Tokyo Conservation Spiders (Hackney Colliery Band, Family Atlantica, Diamondback Manhunter, Beverely Sisters, Belbury Poly, Vanishing Twin, Tokyo Elvis, Occams Laser, The Bongolian)Before you think we’ve gone ultra-niche and come up with a set of tracks about spiders in Tokyo who are specialists in conservation, no, dear listener. No, this week’s show is a chance for us to catch up with some … Continue reading →2016-08-0758 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB268 Escape (In Viridian, ForeignBlade, Waveshaper, Neon Nox, Cartography Studios, VHS Glitch, Quixotic, 7DD9, Aerobic)We’re heading back to the imaginary 80s again this week, dear listener, with a retrowave show all about getting the hell out of here. Yes, it’s time to escape! It’s also time to enjoy a truly global selection of tunes, … Continue reading →2016-07-311h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB267 Days of the Week: Monday (Johnny Pearson, Mary Roos, Melkeveien vs. Niño, Mrs. Miller, Chanteurs Pour Enfants, Clipounets & Les Petits Minous, Trio Nago, Stepan Smetacek & New Orchestra of Dreams, Roberto Firpo, Remigio Ducros & Massimo Catalano, Beautiful People Fanfare Club)This week, dear listener, we start a new cut-out-and-keep series all about the days of the week. Perhaps contentiously, we start with Monday. Recognised by many as the first day of the week, we do also appreciate that for large … Continue reading →2016-07-2453 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB266 Milk (Mongo Santamaria, The Go! Team, Pixelh8, Barry Gray, Alan Hawkshaw, Hatsune Miku, I Kicked A Cloud Once, capsule, John Baker, meganeko, Sesame Street)It’s time to enjoy a refreshing, ice cold glass of milk, dear listener, as we open the carton and pour out chiptune, retrowave and radiophonics. We have a commercial break and there’s also the soundtrack to a highly instructive video … Continue reading →2016-07-1458 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB265 Delorean Night Drive (McKlain, botnit, Phaserland, Cosmic Sand, Arcade High, FM-84, Mark Dorricott, Glen Nelson, Carpenter Brut)We’re back to the fake 80s for this week’s show, dear listener, with our first concept album: a whole show about driving, at night, in a Delorean. We have a fist-pumping selection of retrowave and synthwave from around the globe, … Continue reading →2016-06-231h 00Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB264 The Rainbow Collection: Purple (Alpha Boy, Bertrand Burgalat, April Stevens (with Nino Tempo), Flower Travelling Band & Kuni Kawachi, Meridian Brothers, Charles Wilp, Ensemble Pereprava and Tatyana Chernova, Ken Nordine, Emil Richards, Wild Land Trio, Pancake Manor)Yes, it’s the long awaited return of our cut-out-and-keep Rainbow Collection with the almost last show in the series. As we approach the end of the visible spectrum, we arrive at plumptious purple, with a show of fake 80s, very … Continue reading →2016-06-0958 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB263 Triangular Tones (Nigel Bates, Graham de Wilde, The Braen’s Machine, DMX Krew, Iko Chérie, The Dandelion Set, Listening Center, Il Complesso di Tadà, Dario Russo, Walter Carlos, Warp Nine, Marc Moulin)It’s time to chip away at the huge mountain of new arrivals here at the Moonbase, dear listener, with a show of new release, new reissues and tracks it’s just taken us a while to notice. We have some 80s-era … Continue reading →2016-05-251h 07Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB262: Dinosaurs (easyname, NIGHTBEARS, Vincent Malone, Gabriel Koenig, Rocket fire, Dario Russo, Sunshine Asylum, Brett Domino, John Garden, meile, Story Infant Children’s Songs)We’re hurtling back millions of years for this week’s show, dear listener as we bring you a show all about terrifying lizards. There’s music from Vancouver, which may or may not have a beach, improvised music from Trondheim, Nazi dinosaurs … Continue reading →2016-05-051h 01Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB261 NASA (Perrey & Kingsley, Günter Noris, Ananda Shankar, The Comet Is Coming, nightskys, Squadron Scramble, Schaltkreis Wassermann, Pere i Joan Francesc, Mario Migliardi)It’s time to celebrate the work of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the show this week, dear listener. We have a Moonbase classic from the patron saint of PMB, Jean-Jacques Perrey, as well as some Indian retro-futurism from … Continue reading →2016-04-191h 00Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB260 Blossom (The Loch Ness Mouse, Baden/Brenk/Petri, Komeda, Turn On, Hintermass, Aristophanes, Milt Raskin, Korla Pandit, Hideo Osaka Ensemble, COSMIC CYCLER)We’re still full of the joys of spring here on the moon, dear listener as we bring you a show all about blossom and the trees which produce it. The fruiting seed for this idea was the arrival of a … Continue reading →2016-04-0659 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB259 Country ‘n’ Eastern (Gil Trythall, Eletronico, Alan Moorhouse, Gerhard Gregor, Goose House, Disasterpeace, Moondog, MODULAR, Jean-Jacques Perrey, The Mods, Percy Faith)We return from our recent hiatus with an admittedly somewhat deranged chimera of a show for you, dear listener. This is two themes for the price of one as we bring you a show about both country music and the … Continue reading →2016-03-2750 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB258 Robot Symptoms (Neil Richardson, AzeTrane, Hugo Montenegro, The Heliocentrics, Lullatone, Maruo Maruko, Polysick, The High Llamas, Cavern of Anti-Matter)It’s time to catch up with some new releases and reissues on the show this week. We have a couple of new reissues from Dutton Vocalion, including a version of show favorite Caravan which we’ve inexplicably neglected up until now. … Continue reading →2016-02-2454 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB257 Build It (Kim & Buran, Jean-Pierre Savelli & Francis Rimbert, Kero Kero Bonito, Dondero High School, i am robot and proud, Alexander Parsons, Rick Jones, Deodato, Lalo Schifrin)This week we celebrate the work of the construction industry, with a show all about bricks and mortar. We have humoristic music from Russia, library music simultaneously from France and Belgium, Japanese rap from London, twinkly electronics from Canada and … Continue reading →2016-02-1753 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB256 Masquerade (Dario Russo, Yamasuki Singers, Mandingo, Georges Vert, Chim Kothari, Reg Owen, Korla Pandit, Tak Shindo, Basil Henriques, Mitch Murder w/Satellite Young)This week we take a good look behind the mask, with a selection of music which isn’t quite what it appears to be on first listen. We have Frenchmen pretending to be Japanese, a Japanese man pretending that Duke Ellington … Continue reading →2016-02-1053 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB255 Retrowave (Satellite Young, Vincenzo Salvia, DANCE WITH THE DEAD, Giant Spirit, Occams Laser, Faint Waves & Savage Void, AlterSun, Werkstatt Recordings, Waveshaper)It’s time to take another trip back to the imaginary 80s with, ironically, some of the newest music we’ve ever played on the show. We have highly-polished, adrenalin pumping tunes from such epicentres of 80s music as Milwaukee, the Isle … Continue reading →2016-02-0458 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB254 The Rainbow Collection: Blue (DMX Krew, Frank Barcley Group, Hot Butter, Death By Chocolate, Paul Mauriat, Peter Herbolzheimer, Hannah Peel, Hannah Diamond, Esquivel, Kim Loy Wong)We return to our journey through the rainbow this week, dear listener, with an all-blue edition of the show. But rest assured that, while the theme might be blue, the music itself is very much up-beat. We have some French … Continue reading →2016-01-2058 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB253 Pulsing Taboo (Rockets, Don Muro, Jimi Tenor & UMO, Paddy Steer, Sounds Incorporated, Sound of Ceres, The Kramford Look, Calibro 35, Cavern of Anti-Matter)We kick the new year off by blasting away the cobwebs with some splendid reissues and new releases. We’ve got French space disco, a lost retro-futuristic relic from 1977, British exotica, Italian space-themed cinematic funk, something from Manchester’s answer to … Continue reading →2016-01-1058 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB252 Humbug (Mannheim Steamroller, Greg Lake, Fresh Up Players, PROTODOME, Sisterhood, Emile Meyer, Cub Sport, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Playsoundz, Pobba, The Soulful Strings)It’s time for an extremely sweet edition of the show, dear listener, as we bring you a selection of some of our favourite boilings. PLEASE NOTE: Any connection to the festive season is purely coincidental. Listen now: Your browser does … Continue reading →2015-12-2258 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB251 The Rainbow Collection: Green (Johnny Keating, Jonina, toitoitoi, Enoch Light & The Light Brigade, Claus Ogerman, Jack Dieval, Gene Marshall, Bernard Fevre, Peopleodeon, Lawrence Welk, Ethel Smith, Peter Herbolzheimer)Continuing on our journey through The Rainbow Collection, we reach that most verdant of colours, green. You’ll hear slightly creepy library music from the UK and France, a brand new release from Ghost Box and no less than four German … Continue reading →2015-12-1355 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB250 The Rainbow Collection: Yellow (J Girls, Edmundo Ros, Bobbi Blake, Señor Coconut, King Of Woolworths, Piero Umiliani, The Brass Ring, Popshoppers, Citronic, Death By Chocolate, Martin Denny, Werner Müller)This week we explore the sunny uplands of our journey through the rainbow, dear listener, as we reach a colour associated variously with amusement, harmony and, er, envy, namely yellow. We have some 60s J-pop, a German pretending to be … Continue reading →2015-12-0653 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB241: Autobahns (Top of the Pops Band, Rick Moranis, New David, Gorefest, AMS (Department of Pop), Menschmaschine, Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto, Park Jammers, Huah!, Floyd Blue, Frankfurt Big Band)Many listeners will have wondered why last week’s all-motorway show singularly failed to play a version of that krautrock classic, Autobahn. Well now the secret machinations at work here behind the scenes at the Moonbase can be unveiled to reveal … Continue reading →2015-09-271h 23Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB233: Kawaii (Sexy-Synthesizer, Anamanaguchi, BABYMETAL, RUBY-CATMAN, Buono!, Kero Kero Bonito, Towa Tei, Aoki Misako/Lolitina, Cristina Quesada, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, YMCK)It’s time for possibly the sweetest show we’ve ever put together up here at the Moonbase, with an hour of some of the cutest pop we’ve ever clapped our ears on. Inevitably, most of the tracks this week hail from … Continue reading →2015-07-271h 10Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB232: Musical Origami (Syd Dale, Paolo “Apollo” Negri, The London Snorkelling Team, Pye Corner Audio, Jon Brooks, Hallowed Bells, AM & Shawn Lee, Lullatone, The Twelve Hour Foundation, The European Soundstage Orchestra)There has been another deluge of terrific new releases and reissues reaching us here at the Moonbase over the last couple of weeks, dear listener, so this week’s show is a chance to catch up. We book-end the show with … Continue reading →2015-07-2158 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB228: Nice Chaps (Jean-Jacques Perrey & David Chazam, Listening Center, Comic Wow, Sachal Studios Orchestra, Roy Lanham, The Jokers, Orgasmo Sonore, Songorchestra, Dolly Dolly, Box and Banjo Band, 1905 81-key Marenghi Organ)Time to catch up with some new releases, reissues and recent arrivals here at the Moonbase. We have another track from the new album by patron saint of the show Jean-Jacques Perrey, two examples of twanging guitar, the sound of … Continue reading →2015-06-011h 06Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB225: A Walk in the Moon Forest (Cornelius, Lawrence Welk, Piero Piccioni, Beate Kittsteiner, Jonny Trunk, Ivor Cutler, xyce, Laura Huxley/Russ Garcia/DJ Bongoboy, Robert Maxwell, The Go! Team, The Polynesians)It’s time to take a stroll in the woods, dear listener, as we try to identify the Oak, the Sycamore, the Chestnut, the Willow and even the, er, swaying Palm. We also have an exclusive guided arborial visualisation in the … Continue reading →2015-05-1049 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB219: The Moonbase Manifesto (Enoch Light, ComputeHer, James Clarke, Vic Hammett, Jean-Jacques Perrey/Dana Countryman, Kim Loy Wong, Maddalena Fagandini, Como Carousel, Esquivel, The Mike Sammes Singers & The Ted Taylor Organsound, Wing)With the next general election only a matter of weeks away, we felt it was time to set out our stall to you, dear voters, by presenting a series of what we hope will be compelling musical arguments. By the … Continue reading →2015-03-2956 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB215: It’s About Time (Mickey Katz, Hot Butter, David McCallum, The Twelve Hour Foundation, Raymond Scott And Go Home Productions, Dick Hyman, Dondero High School, Geoff Love, Art Van Damme, The Moog Cookbook, Ruth White)We thought it was about time we took a good long look at, well, time, here at the Moonbase. We were prompted to do so by the work of film-making duo Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared who produce short films … Continue reading →2015-02-2258 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB208: Dial M For Moonbase (Rose Murphy, John Baker, The Jolly Boys, Grupo Yndio, Anyta et son orchestre, Gillian Hills, Quartetto Cetra, Lys Assia & Jack Ledru Et Son Orchestre, Project: Pimento, DJ Bongoboy, Maurizio Moricci & Paolo Russo)Put your headsets on, dear listener, and prepare to record this week’s show for training purposes as we bring you a show all about telephony. We’ve got theremin, sax-sational library music, telephone-inspired music from around Europe, inter-dimensional mento and the … Continue reading →2015-01-041h 00Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB200: Dual Duel (George Shearing, Dick Hyman, France Gall, Hosokawa Fumie, Orquestra Som Livre, Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, Wing, Joe Loss & His Orchestra, The Sound Of Silverstones, Götz Alsmann, Jean-Jacques Perrey, The Raleigh Ringers, Bill Ware w/Marc Ribot, Scott Ludwig & Maximillian, Mel Tormé, Lassigue Bendthaus, The Muppets, Gro Anita Schønn, Inger Lise Rypdal & Stein Ingebrigtsen, Cornelius, Esquivel, Stevie Wonder, Amorphis, Project: Pimento, Vincent Bell, Klaus Wunderlich, Richard Hayman, Pascal of Bollywood, Sam Butera & The Witnesses)Well dear listener, that moment has arrived – we have reached the 200th edition of Project Moonbase! We would like to take this opportunity to mop away a tear and thank all of our loyal listeners who have stuck with … Continue reading →2014-11-092h 26Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB198: ABBA An Alternative History (Fadi Natour, Salma & Sabina Agha, grovephil, Sergio Presto, Wing, Volebeats, The Monks Of Moramanga, Banda Sairu, Yngwie J. Malmsteen)This week on Project Moonbase we’re paying tribute to Swedish pop sensations ABBA, largely inspired by one our extremely talented listeners producing a truly dazzling arrangement of Dancing Queen for musical saw, tuba, accordion and ukulele. We also have some … Continue reading →2014-10-261h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB197: A Guide To Modern Caravaning (The Three Suns, East Bay Banjo Club, Ferrante & Teicher, Carpenters, Piero Umiliani, Vinnie Bell, Dinah Washington, Gene Rains, Les Paul, John Buzon Trio)Long-term listeners of the show will be aware that the primary “show tune” at the Moonbase is, allegedly that Juan Tizol/Duke Ellington classic, Caravan. However, we rarely seem to actually play it on the show these days so we thought … Continue reading →2014-10-191h 08Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB Bonus Show 002: Stevie Wonder (Henry Jerome, Peter Herbolzheimer, Nestroyer, Chutima Duang Porn, The Simonsound, DMX Krew, The Lloyd Miller Trio, Messer Chups, Dana Countryman, RD Burman, Hugo Montenegro, Fred Frith, Jarvis Cocker/National Trust, Belbury Poly, bit face, Wevie Stonder, The Moog Cookbook, Ray Cooper, Alan Haven)For the second of our two trips into the Moonbase archive we head back to May 2010 for a show which celebrated the 60th birthday of Stevie Wonder. So we have several great arrangements of tunes by Stevie Wonder as … Continue reading →2014-10-051h 57Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB188: Vision Receiver (Walter Rauxel, Terry Dwyer, Keyboard, Data 70, OOIOO, Piero Umiliani, Jez Butler, Weird Al Yankovic, Ludwig and Friends, Jerzy Milian, Videogram)Time to catch up with some new releases and new arrivals at the Moonbase on this week’s show. We have a track from a new compilation which could almost have been put together with PMB in mind as it’s made … Continue reading →2014-08-031h 07Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB187: Man Alive! Tony Hatch At 75 (Tony Hatch, Ninette, Mrs. Miller, David McCallum, Cybercom Project)This week on the show we wish a very happy 75th birthday to pop and theme tune composer extraordinaire Tony Hatch. Of course, this does mean that Tony isn’t quite eligible for entry into the Moonbase Hall of Fame (which … Continue reading →2014-07-271h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB183: Confusion (Meridian Brothers, Hunter Complex, concretism, Theremin Hero, Fimber Bravo, Keith Seatman, Rabih Abou Khalil, Alexander von Mehren, James Last)This week on the show, dear listener, we bring you some recent releases and arrivals at the Moonbase which have been graded APPROPRIATE by our rigorous scoring algorithms. We have another track from the extremely wobbly new album from The … Continue reading →2014-06-291h 09Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB176: Hong Kong Hobby Horse (Spaceheads, Shawn Lee, Todd Terje, Meridian Brothers, Laetitia Sadier, Alexander von Mehren, Tim “Love” Lee, The Memory Band with Belbury Poly, The Emperor Machine)DJ Bongoboy recently fled the lunar base and ended up spending a few days in London with Space Disco Jeff and came away with a couple of space disco gems which you’ll hear on this week’s show. There are also … Continue reading →2014-05-111h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB175: A Nice Cup Of Tea (Helmut Zacharias, Bert Kaempfert, Stu Phillips, Jack Buchanan, Frozen Lonesome, Michel Magne, Sone Institute, David Parry, John Shuttleworth, Wesley Jonathon Taberner)When we were searching through the enormous Moonbase archive recently, we were shocked to discover that we’d not previously covered one of the most important topics to us, namely that of tea. So rather belatedly, here is our celebration of … Continue reading →2014-05-041h 01Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB174: Robot Disco (Usha Uthup, Ikebe Shakedown, Stelvio Cipriani, Suzanne Ciani, Cloud Waste and the Calf, Call Me Greenhorn, Kosmischer Läufer, Clone, Piero Umiliani, Richard Cheese)Time to catch up with some new releases and recent arrivals at the Moonbase. We have some Bombay Disco, some 70s Italian soundtrack, instrumental audio logos and some music to do some East German floor exercises to. Listen now: Download … Continue reading →2014-04-301h 01Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB171: An Ill Wind (Unit 4 + 2, The 4 Seasons, The Rokes, The New Topnotes, Las Cuatro Monedas, Johnny Hartman, Jean-Pierre Decerf & Myriam Chadcar, Gogi Grant, Setsuo Ohashi, John Buzon Trio)For the first time on Project Moonbase, we bring you the first part of a conceptual double album, the concept being wind. This arose largely because of two differing approaches taken by DJ Bongoboy and MC Zirconium to the subject, … Continue reading →2014-04-061h 01Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB170: Crosstalk (The Left Arm of Buddha, Max Harris, Peter Reno & Barry Stoller, Monroeville Music Center, disrupt, Lasry-Baschet, Joe Davolaz, Setsuo Ohashi, Raymond Scott, The Bran Flakes, Francis Coppieters)It’s been a while since we took stock of some of the recent arrivals through the airlock up here at the Moonbase but they’ve been safely quarantined now so we are please to bring you delights such as: The latest … Continue reading →2014-03-3055 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB162: Geodesic Home (Please Lose Battle, Geodesium, Dot Wiggin Band, Luis Perez, Pye Corner Audio, concretism, Koichi Sugii, Bill Wells, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Eddie Warner, Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle)Time to catch up with some recent discoveries and recent releases here at the Moonbase. We have some brand spanking new chiptune, some music specially composed for use in planetariums, a double bill of enthusiastic Japanese musicians, the welcome return … Continue reading →2014-02-021h 06Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB161: Super Excellent Awards (Eric Covington, 33.33333333, Schnauzer Radio Orchestra, Akron, Xerox, William Onyeabor, Ìxtahuele, The Left Arm of Buddha, The Space Lady, Gelbart)It’s time to take to the silver carpet, dear listener, as we present this year’s Project Moonbase Super Excellent Awards. We’ve chosen some our favourite new releases, reissues and compilations from last year and on this week’s show we’ll be … Continue reading →2014-01-261h 03Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB158: Outer Realms (Felix Kubin, The Heliocentrics, Freschard, Cal Tjader, Les Baxter, Ford Trucks, Ice Cream Mission to Mars, Reggie Hazzard, Phono Ghosts)We’ve had lots of tasty new arrivals at the Moonbase recently and this week’s show has a track from a new album by retro-futuristic prankster Felix Kubin, more from Clemence Freschard, two lovely pieces of reissued exotica, some music made … Continue reading →2014-01-061h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB152: Making the Action (Adrian Baker & Roy Morgan, Kosmischer Läufer, Jacqui Dankworth, Bruno Spoerri, Massonix, WeirdGear, Calibro 35, Mild Peril, Irving Martin & Brian Dee)This week’s show is made up of some the latest releases and reissues to arrive here at the Moonbase. We have two selections from the long-awaited third collection of library music put together by Luke Vibert, an example of the … Continue reading →2013-11-171h 03Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB148: F for Fake (Roberto Delgado, Chaquito, The Waikikis, R Artus, Jez Butler, Nite Jewel, Jürgen Müller, Hardy Kingston, Ursula Bogner, concretism, Señor Coconut & His Orchestra)Following the recent discovery of a potential imposter at the Moonbase – coupled with our continued enthusiasm for, mainly German, musicians masquerading as, largely Latin American, band leaders – we thought the time was ripe for a show exploring authenticity… … Continue reading →2013-10-141h 05Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB143: Back to School (Dorothy Collins, Vic Mars, Daphne Oram, Klaus Harmony, Children From The Italia Conti School, Lynn Ahrens, Dondero High School, Gelg, Henry Mancini, Alan Hawkshaw, Peter Howell, Lalo Schifrin, Weston High School Choir)In a rare example of temporal relevance for Project Moonbase, this week we bring you a show all about the return to halls of learning currently going on up and down the country. We have educational music to tickle your … Continue reading →2013-09-0858 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB133: Physical Soup (Kumisolo, Mr Ondioline (Jean-Jacques Perrey), Orchesta Pucho Lopez, Jeremy Deller/The Melodian Steel Orchestra, Jazz Against The Machine, Lullatone, The Night Terrors, Fanfare Ciocarlia)A tasty broth for you this week dear listener as we round up some of our favourite recent arrivals at the Moonbase.The “EP” seems to be format du jour, with new ones by Kumisolo, Jeremy Deller, Lullatone and Jazz Against … Continue reading →2013-06-2359 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB132: Digging for Moonrocks (John Cameron, Emil Richards, People Like Us, Alan Parker, J.C. Pierric, The Akkademiks, Children of the Italia Conte School, Ìxtahuele, Sven Libaek, Disasterpeace, Nelson Riddle)Inspired by the arrival of a couple of geologically-themed tracks at the Moonbase this week, we decided the time was right to do a show entirely about Earth Sciences.So you’ll hear some lovely core samples including several pieces of library … Continue reading →2013-06-1654 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB126: Highly Flammable (Sid Bass, Ananda Shankar, Senor Coconut and his Orchestra, Enoch Light, Hong Kong In The 60s, Paul Giovanni, Meridian Brothers, Mae West, Yma Sumac, Alan Haven, Korla Pandit)Checking the extensive archives, we were surprised that we’ve not yet addressed ourselves to the element of Fire on Project Moonbase. With Beltane recently upon us, marking the beginning of Summer, what better time to turn the heat up and … Continue reading →2013-05-051h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB124: Full Moonbase Breakfast (Julian Covey & The Machine, Steve Gray, Cal Tjader, John Shuttleworth, Les Baxter, The Ron Grainer Harpsichord Group, Moon Wiring Club, Wes Montgomery & Nat Adderley, Syd Dale, Julie London, Perrey & Kingsley)This week’s show is a sizzling selection of tunes designed to set you up nicely for the day, being as it is themed around the most important of meals, namely: breakfast.We have sausage, bacon, tomato, scrambled eggs and a variety … Continue reading →2013-04-211h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB123: Sounds Anonymous (Sounds Orchestral, Robin Richmond, Yoichi Sugawara, Vic Mars, Oxykitten, Giant Claw, Peopleodeon, Call Me Greenhorn, Les Baxter, The Soulless Party, Vic Mars, Atom TM)No particular theme this week as we catch up with some new releases and arrivals in the Moonbase airlock.Several of our highly talented listeners have sent us new releases including albums by The Soulless Party, Vic Mars and Peopleodeon. We … Continue reading →2013-04-1400 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB122: Snakes on the Moonbase (Kai Winding, Mandingo, Django Reinhardt, Don Ralke Orchestra, Disasterpeace, Spaceheads, Countdown, Santo & Johnny, Herbie Mann, Tamiko Jones, Doc Severinsen)Inspired by several ophidian-themed tracks coming our way in quick succession, we decided to make this week’s show all about snakes. You’ll hear colubrine tracks by the likes of Kai Winding, Mandingo, Django Reinhardt, Doc Severinsen and many others.In amongst … Continue reading →2013-04-071h 11Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB112: Snow Business (Barry Gray, Stan Beard, Charlie Alex March, Ananda Shankar, Jonny Trunk, Dick Hyman, Maxine Sullivan, Ronnie Ronalde, Valaida Snow, The Advisory Circle, Lalo Schifrin, Dorothy Collins, Dragan Espenschied, London Allstars)As we look out from the Moonbase at a lovely winter scene, we invite you to put on your winter thermals, dear listener, and join us in a celebration of all things snowy and icy. If you happen to be … Continue reading →2013-01-201h 12Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB111: Baking Today’s Bread (Raja Zahr, Nino Nardini, Vitamin String Quartet, Maximilian, The Catamaran Serenaders, Tony Carey, Wevie Stonder, Moon Wiring Club, Syd Dale and the Otto Keller Orchestra, Cults Percussion Ensemble)This week on the show we have a choice selection of recent arrivals at the Moonbase including tracks from two new releases on Trunk Records, some German (or possibly Dutch) exotica from Tahiti, French library music, a track from the … Continue reading →2013-01-131h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB109 Antichristmas (Tommy Dorsey, Christmas at the Devil’s House, H P Lovecraft Historical Society, Queen of Kings Island Wurlitzer 157, Les Lapins Sauvages, Oscar the Grouch, Heather Noel, Satan The Dark Prince, The Hot Buttered Elves, Spinal Tap)Ha ha ha… Ho ho ho… Welcome to Project Moonbase’s antidote to seasonal good cheer, with an entire show celebrating the other side of Christmas. Yes, this week we bring you a dozen devilishly festive tunes to delight you in … Continue reading →2012-12-231h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB106: Light Stakeout (Kumisolo, Joan-Pau Verdier, Rory Thomas, Meridian Brothers, Ondatrópica, The Trinidad Old Oak Casablanca Steel Orchestra, Cheap Dinosaurs, Herbie Flowers / Barry Morgan / Tim Love Lee, Elias Rahbani and His Orchestra)This week we take the opportunity to sample some new releases and new arrivals in the Moonbase archive.There’s another track from Kumisolo‘s recent EP, a track from a new album of chip-prog covers of Goblin tunes, two tracks from the … Continue reading →2012-12-021h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB104: Love and Romance (Perrey & Kingsley, Basil Henriques, Alan Haven, Matt Berry, Sabena Airlines, Wing, Rebecca Pan, Mystic Moods Orchestra, Edmundo Ros, Barbara Cartland)Thanks to a particularly successful, and largely romantic in nature, haul from a Stirling charity shop recently, the acquisition of a small mountain of cast-offs from former Moonbase crate digger Fuz which included a number of romantic LPs and finally … Continue reading →2012-11-181h 03Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB100: Celebrating 100 Glorious Episodes of Project Moonbase Part One: By Our Friends (Barry Schleifer, Sarah Angliss, Barbara Moore, Monroeville Music Center, Pye Corner Audio, Giant Claw, AMS, concretism, bignonioides, The Soulless Party, The Phase 4, Harry Forbes)A very auspicious day, dear listeners as we reach our 100th podcast! And it wouldn’t have been possible without you [mops tear away]. To thank you for all your support over the last 100 years, sorry, shows, we’ve put together … Continue reading →2012-10-1400 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB100: Celebrating 100 Glorious Episodes of Project Moonbase Part Two: For Our Friends (Harry Roche Constellation, Jack Parnell, Barry Gray, Roundwood Steel Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Residents, Bibio, Peter Wyngarde, Cara Stewart, William Shatner)Thank you for flipping this special centenary edition of the Project Moonbase podcast over for Part Two, This part, “For Our Friends” is made up entirely of suggestions and requests made by you, our lovely listeners. None of the tracks … Continue reading →2012-10-141h 14Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB096: One Small Step (Jimmy Haskell, Chrome Canyon, Don Dorsey, Buzz Aldrin, The Sursiks, Ennio Morricone, Sabujer Mela, Les Baxter)This week on the show we bid farewell to the first man to visit the Moonbase way back in 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong. So the show has an even more lunar and spacey feel than usual. We also feature a … Continue reading →2012-09-161h 05Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB095: Yo Ho Ho (Brian Peters, Dan Head, Hardy Kingston, Captain Stubby & The Buccaneers, Ronnie Ronalde, David Minnick, FLZ, The Burnsland Orchestra, Gale Storm, Ferrante & Teicher, Robert Mellin, Syd Dale, Terry Gibbs, Synthesonic Sounds)Arrrr, me hearties, ’tis time for the much heralded all-pirate edition of Project Moonbase! So hoist the main brace, stick a parrot on your shoulder and join the merry goings on aboard the good ship Moonbase. As is often the … Continue reading →2012-09-091h 12Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB089: Bananas (Belgian Band Organ, Slim Gaillard, Tipsy, Cal Tjader, Waring’s Pennsylvanians, Eden Ahbez, Yello, Barry Gray, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Congresswoman Malinda Jackson Parker, Stan Freberg)Some might think that following a show about madness with a show about bananas is a little in poor taste. However, the real inspiration behind this week’s show is DJ Bongoboy’s discovery of how much fun that can be had … Continue reading →2012-07-291h 07Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB086: Smile – Brian Wilson is 70 (Tätärä, The King, Jan Harpo Svensson, Lena-Maria Gårdenäs-Lawton, The Conch Man, 101 Strings Orchestra, Belbury Poly, Mademoiselle Nineteen, Rämouns, Souvenir, PDF Format)This week on Project Moonbase we celebrate the recent 70th birthday of one of the giants of popular music in the 20th century, Brian Wilson (only ten more years, Brian, until you become eligible for the Project Moonbase Hall of … Continue reading →2012-07-0156 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB084: Sunbeams (Mano, The Quartette Trés Bien, Hackney Colliery Band, Iron Monkeys, salyu x salyu, Stereo Total, Advait Nemlekar, Jon Brooks, Chaquito, Al Caiola)Several tunes of a sunny disposition have materialised in the Moonbase archive over the last couple of weeks so we thought we’d try to counteract the shocking weather some of you are enduring on Earth with some lunar sunshine. So … Continue reading →2012-06-171h 02Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB081: Money, Money, Money (Klaus Wunderlich, Cal Tjader, sergeeo, Gordon Jenkins, Dick Hyman, Mongo Santamaría, Kevin Peek, Peter Lind-Hayes, John Baker, Wing, John Gregory & His Orchestra)This week on Project Moonbase we’ve put together a show especially for your purses and wallets as we explore the world of filthy lucre. We also have a track from a boggling new two-disc compilation of Klaus Wunderlich’s organ medley … Continue reading →2012-05-2756 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB080: Mathematics (Moon Patrol, LearnThruMusic, Vic Mars, Bertrand Burgalat, Super Guachin, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Kim & Buran, The Sheik’s Men, Angelo Michajlov, The Focus Group, Susan Cantey, David Lewin)It’s time to open your exercise book, dust off your favourite slide-rule and turn to page 5 of your book of logarithms as Project Moonbase starts a new course of study with Mathematics. We have mathematical music from Moon Patrol, … Continue reading →2012-05-201h 06Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB077: Ceefax v ZX Spectrum (Syd Dale, Ceephax, Nino Nardini, ZX Spectrum Orchestra, Bertrand Burgalat, The European Sound Stage Orchestra, Hazy Osterwald Sextett, Mind Body Alpha, John Cacavas, Paul Dupont)Sad and happy news reached the Moonbase this week as we learned on the one hand of the imminent demise of Ceefax (boo!) after 38 years of service but on the other, the joyous news that the ZX Spectrum has … Continue reading →2012-04-291h 06Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB068: John Williams at 80 (Lalo Schifrin, Meco, Brett Domino, Boris Midney, Gilda Giuliani, 8bit Project, Evil Genius Orchestra, Squidd Kidd)On tonight’s show we wish a very happy 80th birthday to one of the greats of movie music making, John Williams, by playing a selection of his best-loved themes. Being Project Moonbase of course, very few of the tracks are … Continue reading →2012-02-1957 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB067: Under the Waves (Al Caiola, Stereo Total, Les Baxter, OMO, Dolphins into the Future, Korla Pandit, Sven Libaek, Jürgen Müller, Logan 5,Gil Evans)It’s time to put on snorkel and slippers (is that right?) for an undersea adventure with Project Moonbase. Yes, every track on the show this week has an underwater theme. with music from Al Caiola, Stereo Total, Les Baxter, OMO, … Continue reading →2012-02-121h 12Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB059: Electrickery (Bruce Haack, Raymond Scott, Wing, Pye Corner Audio with The Advisory Circle, Any Meecham, C-Jeff, Killer Watts)Make sure you’re standing inside a Faraday Cage for this episode of Project Moonbase, dear listener as we bring you a show themed around the world of dangerously high-voltage electricity. download the MP3 directly. The Music 1. The Roger Webb … Continue reading →2011-12-111h 10Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB057 Och Aye The Moon (Acapulco Brass, Roger Whittaker, Caribbean Session Musicians, Telly Savalas, Ivor Cutler, Ken Mullen, Tartan Brass)As you will know, dear listener, the Moonbase periodically detaches itself from its lunar moorings and hovers over various parts of Scotland. We therefore thought it was about time we played a selection of tracks inspired in some way by … Continue reading →2011-11-2753 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB050 Gold (Matt Berry/Peter Serafinowicz, Ken Nordine, Jet Harris, Benny Golson, Les Paul, Supercasanova, High Llamas, Les Baxter, Delia Derbyshire)Well, dear listener, an auspicious moment has arrived in the history of Project Moonbase. Yes, we’ve reached our 50th episode of the podcast! To celebrate reaching this significant figure, we have selected a special set of tunes this week all … Continue reading →2011-10-091h 04Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB046 Cassette Heads (Dylan Ettinger, DMX Krew, R Stevie Moore, Orca Team, Pye Corner Audio, Monroeville Music Center, Oxykitten, Super Mazembe)As you may know, dear listener, there’s been a resurgence of interest over the last few years in releasing music on cassette tape. This is something we heartily endorse at the Moonbase, being as we are enthusiasts of all forms … Continue reading →2011-09-111h 14Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB044 Forty Four (Sesame Street, Schoolhouse Rock, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Tristram Cary, Raymond Scott, Shawn Lee, DMX Krew, D D Denham)We’re back! Yes, after few weeks regenerating in the Geodesic Lounge, DJ Bongoboy and MC Zirconium are back with you, dear listener. Since this show is episode FORTY FOUR we thought it only appropriate to dedicate this week’s show to … Continue reading →2011-08-281h 08Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB038 The Detectives: John Gregory, Ray Martin, Sarah Angliss, Chaino, Ikebe Shakedown, Lalo Schifrin, Peter Falk, Alan Tew, Peter HerbolzheimerWe were saddened to hear of the recent passing of the man who played the greatest scruffy detective on TV, Peter Falk. We’re great fans of Mr Falk here at the Moonbase and so we thought we’d turn this week’s … Continue reading →2011-07-031h 05Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB034 Disco From Another Galaxy: Space Project, Manzel, Solla Solla, Arling and Cameron, High Llamas, Enoch Light, Biddu, Billy PrestonOn the show this week we welcome back special guest Space Disco Jeff for his annual visit to the Moonbase. As you can probably guess, this means it’s time to get out your galactic glitter ball and clear a space … Continue reading →2011-06-051h 18Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB023 Shatnoy: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Brett Domino, Keith Kawaii, The Vulcans, John Keating, Skoshu, Trekkie, The Saw Lady, WS64On the show this week we celebrate the imminent 80th birthday (and therefore automatic entry into the Project Moonbase Hall of Fame) of those two giants of popular culture, Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner. We have “music” by these two … Continue reading →2011-03-201h 30Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB022 Stylophonic: Jerry Allen, Hong Kong in the 60s, Yakuza Heart Attack, Brett Domino, Soulless Party, The Brooklyn Organ Synthesizer Orchestra, Witco Desperadoes Steel Orchestra & Trevor "Inch High" ValentineWe believe in being guided by cosmic forces here at the Moonbase so we coudn’t possibly ignore the arrival in the airlock this week of *two* new releases featuring that king of keyboard instruments, the Stylophone. For not only does … Continue reading →2011-03-131h 07Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB020 Lullaby of Georgeland: George Shearing, Toots Thielemans, Cal Tjader, Herbie Mann, Jon Brooks, Dim Dim, Ray Davies, Classic Steel, Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra, Dim Dim,This year has not been a great year for legends of the jazz, soundtrack and retro-futuristic worlds. The latest loss to planet Earth is Sir George Shearing who sadly left us on 14 February. We at the Moonbase are big … Continue reading →2011-02-271h 10Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB011 The Now Sound of Christmas (Moog Cookbook, bit shifter, U900, Hong Kong in the 60s, The Three Suns, The Free Design, John Baker,Alan Moorhouse, Bruce Haack,Sonny Bradshaw,Wing)We’re having a Cosmic Christmas this week up at the Moonbase. Yes, it’s all galactic good cheer as we celebrate the turning of another year. We have a selection of festive favourites by some Moonbase stalwarts such as Alan Moorhouse, … Continue reading →2010-12-1949 minProject Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB005: Gateway To Continental Europe (Keith Mansfield, Mandingo, Wing, Mademoiselle Nineteen, Phlogiston, Tony Burrello, Lorraine Bowen, Simon Haseley,Peter Reno, Shobaleader One)On this week’s show we discuss the shocking result of the recent vote as to whether DJ Bongoboy was right to play L___ M_______’s version of All the Single Ladies, we attempt to redress the balance by playing Wing’s version … Continue reading →2010-11-071h 09Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB004: Howling at the Moonbase (Peter Thomas and his Sound Orchester, Angelo Michajlov, The Brass Ring, Kai Winding, Leona Anderson, Broadcast & The Focus Group, Angelo Michajlov, The American Song-poem Anthology, D’A’B project (voxel), The Three Suns, Mort Garson & Jacques Wilson, Mandingo, Zombie Zombie)On this week’s podcast it’s all Space Spectres, Galactic Ghouls and Cosmic Creeping Horror as we celebrate Halloween here aboard the Moonbase. In addition to the spooky music, MC Zirconium will be telling us all about Moon-plosion science, monkey masters … Continue reading →2010-10-311h 07Project Moonbase – The Historic Sound of the Future | Unusual music show | Podcast | Space cult | projectmoonbase.comPMB001: A New Dawn (10/10/2010)Welcome to the first Project Moonbase podcast after our transmogrification from FM to HTTP. In this show you will hear music from Germany, chiptune music, a track from the new Laetitia Sadier album, some Bill Cosby and a show favourite … Continue reading →2010-10-1058 min