Captain Ahab has been played on NTS shows including PAN, with Start The Party first played on 14 August 2018.

Captain Ahab was an electropop duo based in Los Angeles, California. They refer to their sound, a DIY take on dance music, as ravesploitation. The band was made up of Jonathan Snipes and Jim Merson. While performing, members of Captain Ahab are usually partially undressed, covered in sweat, and constantly forcing themselves into physical contact with members of the audience. While their lyrics are satirically misogynistic, their live performance is thoroughly homoerotic.

Debuting in 2002 with "Bot Pirate" on the UK’s Irritant Records, Captain Ahab’s warped…