NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Fad Gadget on 18 March 2024. Fad Gadget has been played over 80 times on NTS, first on 23 January 2015. Fad Gadget's music has been featured on 75 episodes.

Fad Gadget was the pseudonym used by British musician, synthesizer pioneer, and performance artist Frank Tovey - an influential electronic music/New Wave artist throughout his career- from 1979 until 1984.

Tovey began his musical career after studying performance art at Leeds Polytechnic, but started recording upon his move back to his native London, UK. The songs of his early career (under the pseudonym) all feature synthesizers plus,…