Bluespace Radio
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:16 amHey all. After tons of work getting the music together - and my brother's expertise with the technical aspect - our net radio station is up: www.bluespaceradio.com
The website is a work in progress, but it's coming along nicely I think. I'm pretty happy with the music mix. Check it out if you get a chance! There is also a forum there for commenting on the playlist, making suggestions, discussions about new wave music, whatever.
Here is the blurb I posted on the site explaining the format:
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What is “New Wave” exactly? There are almost as many definitions as there are fans. Is it just the quirky melodic synth-pop that came out from 1981 through 1984, or thereabouts? Ask any new wave fan if a particular song is new wave, and you’ll get a variety of answers. When did new wave end, or has it ever ended? There are no boundaries to new wave…. It’s all fuzzy.
The music concept behind Bluespace is to take new wave as the core, but then push beyond those fuzzy boundaries forward, backwards, side by side, and in every direction possible. The “classic” era of new wave is very much the foundation of the playlist, but we also include material that was influential in leading up to new wave, and also the direct descendents of the genre up to this very day. There is a current wave of bands that make no secret of their allegiance to 80’s era new wave that we will feature heavily: Bloc Party, The Killers, Editors, Franz Ferdinand, The Faint, etc. In addition, in this modern age of Indie labels and countless bands recording and releasing albums, there are lesser-known artists that clearly carry the thread of the “new wave” spirit, and we will focus on many of them as well. You might hear a song by some band – Radiohead for instance – and think, is that new wave? Well, no, perhaps it’s not strictly new wave, but… imagine if “Amnesiac” had been released 20 years earlier, with the technology of the time – in which genre would it fit? Exactly. New wave holds a large umbrella.
We’ll have all the big new wave singles that everybody knows and loves. We’ll have obscure bands that only the most dedicated 80’s-phile will be familiar with. We’ll have album tracks and b-sides, and 12” remixes – many of which are from vinyl because they’ve never been issued on CD. We’ll mix the new and fresh with the old and the classic, and throw in some surprised. We’ll explore all of the sub-genre’s of the vast umbrella known as “new wave”, and tie together 30 years of innovative music that has NO BOUNDARIES. And we’ll throw in some surprises from time to time as well. New wave doesn’t have an easy definition, and neither does the format of Bluespace Radio. But one thing that will remain constant with both: always interesting, never boring, and expanding the limits.
The website is a work in progress, but it's coming along nicely I think. I'm pretty happy with the music mix. Check it out if you get a chance! There is also a forum there for commenting on the playlist, making suggestions, discussions about new wave music, whatever.
Here is the blurb I posted on the site explaining the format:
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What is “New Wave” exactly? There are almost as many definitions as there are fans. Is it just the quirky melodic synth-pop that came out from 1981 through 1984, or thereabouts? Ask any new wave fan if a particular song is new wave, and you’ll get a variety of answers. When did new wave end, or has it ever ended? There are no boundaries to new wave…. It’s all fuzzy.
The music concept behind Bluespace is to take new wave as the core, but then push beyond those fuzzy boundaries forward, backwards, side by side, and in every direction possible. The “classic” era of new wave is very much the foundation of the playlist, but we also include material that was influential in leading up to new wave, and also the direct descendents of the genre up to this very day. There is a current wave of bands that make no secret of their allegiance to 80’s era new wave that we will feature heavily: Bloc Party, The Killers, Editors, Franz Ferdinand, The Faint, etc. In addition, in this modern age of Indie labels and countless bands recording and releasing albums, there are lesser-known artists that clearly carry the thread of the “new wave” spirit, and we will focus on many of them as well. You might hear a song by some band – Radiohead for instance – and think, is that new wave? Well, no, perhaps it’s not strictly new wave, but… imagine if “Amnesiac” had been released 20 years earlier, with the technology of the time – in which genre would it fit? Exactly. New wave holds a large umbrella.
We’ll have all the big new wave singles that everybody knows and loves. We’ll have obscure bands that only the most dedicated 80’s-phile will be familiar with. We’ll have album tracks and b-sides, and 12” remixes – many of which are from vinyl because they’ve never been issued on CD. We’ll mix the new and fresh with the old and the classic, and throw in some surprised. We’ll explore all of the sub-genre’s of the vast umbrella known as “new wave”, and tie together 30 years of innovative music that has NO BOUNDARIES. And we’ll throw in some surprises from time to time as well. New wave doesn’t have an easy definition, and neither does the format of Bluespace Radio. But one thing that will remain constant with both: always interesting, never boring, and expanding the limits.
