Before Spotify, and before Napster; those of us with an appetite for weirdo, left-field, alternative, underground hip hop would trade dubbed cassette tapes through janky Angelfire-built websites. Connecting w/ eachother via chat rooms like AOL's "Hip Hop Music'', SOHH (Search Online Hip Hop), UGHH.com; or on message boards like the Living Legends forum, the Heiro message board, the Anticon message board, LA2THEBAY forum. We’d spend hours scouring websites like HipHopSite.com and ThaLandz.com for RealAudio files of new underground hip hop; and pour over new releases at online retailers like Access Music, Sandbox Automatic, and B-Boy Kingdom; always looking for the most obscure rare underground rap tapes. A lot of music from that era never made it onto streaming. This show is dedicated to the lost golden age of underground hip hop & the internet. Enjoy.
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An ode to synthesis from the latest and greatest. From 2011 to 2019, Tim Noakes invited guest Synth Heroes to select an hour of their formative electronic music influences. Listen back to the NTS show archive here. Also check out www.SynthHero.com to discover artist track notes and exclusive mixes from legendary synthesists like Suzanne Ciani, Clint Mansell, New Order, Throbbing Gristle, Orbital, Vince Clarke, John Maus and many more.
An ode to synthesis from the latest and greatest. From 2011 to 2019, Tim Noakes invited guest Synth Heroes to select an hour of their formative electronic music influences. Listen back to the NTS show archive here. Also check out www.SynthHero.com to discover artist track notes and exclusive mixes from legendary synthesists like Suzanne Ciani, Clint Mansell, New Order, Throbbing Gristle, Orbital, Vince Clarke, John Maus and many more.