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Welcome to Decomposed Radio show 909.... I mean 99! As the climbing and techno scenes continue to expand, merge and dissolve into one another, we're featuring another dedicated exponent of both lifestyles.... Slam Dunc aka Duncan Campbell. After years of enjoying the music from the dancefloor, he's pitched headfirst into his DJ destiny and along with Decomposed favourite Flostate and Matt Bateman (who we'll defo be pinning down for a mix too!) has gone full send in organising a series of nights and events sharing their joint vision of how a proper techno night should be, drawing from extensive experiences of both grassroots and big professional parties. So for show 099, expect a refined blend of machine made 303 acid, ravey techno and deeper darker beats inspired by multiple pilgrimages to Berlin. If you like what you hear, defintely get yourself along to "Dissolve" this coming Friday 17th of April with Flostate, St.Jude, Rosie Glow and Slam Dunc all on the lineup. South Bank warehouse is the place to be for this epic slice of Berlin meets Sheffield. Doors open 9pm and the scenes push on until 6am. Tickets are available on Resident Advisor and on the door on the night, but if I were you I'd book a space in advance! So that's enough chopsing off from me. Get stuck in for Slam Dunc on Decomposed Radio show 099. Get some!!!!

You're tuned in to a very special instalment of Decomposed Radio! For show 098 we're celebrating 3 righteous endeavors that are really close to my heart : filmmaking, climbing and of course music.... and the unbreakable link between them all! On a couple of previous shows we've celebrated the music featured in two classic climbing films.... "Hard Grit" and "The Real Thing." However I was lucky enough to get immersed in climbing throughout what I consider a golden age of climbing films which were meticulously crafted to portray not just the climbing, but the personalities of the people and places that they focused on. As ever in film making the music was a huge part of what made these productions so amazing. Heightening the emotional connection to what's occurring on screen. So with this in mind, Decomposed Radio Show 098 presents "The Ultimate Climbing Psyche Mix" that's absolutely guaranteed to blow the socks off your personal bests in your training sessions. Turbo kudos if you can pinpoint all of the classic climbing films that the tracks within the mix feature in, and we're probably gonna do a quiz to test the keener eared amongst you!! Special shout out to the one and only Jerry Moffatt for providing some iconic sonic psyche in the mix, and huge thanks to all the climbers, filmmakers and musicians that have given us so much inspiration over the years. So make sure you warm up well, Decomposed Radio cannot be held responsible for snapped finger tendons and busted pulleys, and standby to hit that 1-5-9 P.B. on the campus board! This is Decomposed Radio show 098 with "The Ultimate Climbing Psyche Mix" .... Let's Goooooooooo!!

You're back in the zone with Decomposed Radio! It's only been 2 weeks since we featured DJ Galup's phenomenal set from the Works Party afters back in December last year, but the psyche is high and we're charging forth, this time with my own set from the main room at Network in Sheffield. Occurring some time between the hours of 4am and 6am (to be honest its all a bit of a blur) it's an absolute privelege and a pleasure to follow some mega DJ talent like Cavey, Pale Ale, Bleaklow and Galup after they've done such a brilliant job of building the energy and the vibes to peak levels, giving me full confidence to dispense some of my favourite full on techno tracks both old and new. If there's an opposite of minimal techno perhaps this is pretty close to it. Let's call it "maximal techno!" Lots of people were kind enough to give me some lovely feedback on both of my sets over the Works Party weekend but as ever, if people enjoy my sets even a fraction as much as I enjoy playing them we're definitely onto a winner!! So buckle up .... It's lights, speakers, action for Decomposed Radio show 097 with my own set from the infamous "Works Party" at Network in Sheffield back in December 2025. Smash it in ....

Welcome back to Decomposed Radio! For Show 096 We're rewinding back to December last year and revisiting the amazing "Works Party." This was it's 18th year and despite a brief interruption from something called "Covid" I'm happy and proud to say it's back up to full strength. Complete with underground afterparty, a phase 3, and maybe even a phase 4 if you know where to look! If you know you know and all that .... Featuring on today's episode is long time friend of the show and Decomposed OG "DJ Galup" also know as Sam Whittaker. We're very lucky to have captured his phenomenal set from the afterparty at Plot 22, in the early hours of Saturday morning. Sam's ability to create a specific vibe thats tailor made for the time and space never fails to impress me, and is always one of the highlights of the weekend! I could rant on for hours, but let's face it we're all in this for the music, so lock in and turn it up for Decomposed Radio 096, with DJ Galup recorded live at Plot 22, Sheffield. It's not going off .... It's gone off ....

Decomposed Radio is right back at ya! Apologies for the radio silence lately. We've been having a few technical problems that are hopefully all sorted now, so we're gonna crack straight on with show 095! Up this time is Manchester based Rosie Glow, who's unique sets I've been lucky enough to enjoy at some ace events over the last year or so, and the super deep techno set that she's recorded for the show is heavy on style, atmosphere and rhythm. Despite generally being all about the techno, Rosie is always on the lookout for new sounds, perhaps demonstrated by the vibe change towards the end of the mix. Techno always seems to make it's way back though.... like a musical homing pigeon, and Rosie describes so well that end of night euphoria that techno can really drive home, making you never want to leave the dancefloor. So lock in and standby, for the return of Decomposed Radio... with Rosie Glow.....

Hi and welcome to Decomposed Radio 094.  Featuring on today's show is experimental artist and producer Kayla Painter, who's immersive audio- visual performances and productions have been impressing and delighting audiences in equal measure for several years now. Kayla's music has been played and critically acclaimed by Mary Anne Hobbs, Giles Peterson, Steve Lamacq and Tom Ravenscroft... to name but a few. The mix she's recorded not only gives a fantastic sonic journey, but also a unique insight into her musical tastes and influences, crammed ful of light and mellow and tougher, darker moments. Also a keen climber, Kayla's appearance on Decomposed Radio is the perfect example of only ever being one person removed from knowing someone through climbing, after a chance meeting on a South Wales sea cliff and the realisation that we have a mutual acquantance.... friend of the show Niall Grimes. So big up Grimer! Nice one! For more information on Kayla head to her website www.kaylapainter.com and follow her musical and climbing journeys on instagram. If you'd like to own some of her music get yourself over to her Bandcamp page where you can find her latest releases "Fractures" as well as the contender for best album title ever.... "Ambient Owl Core - Volume 2" So let's get stuck into the music, sit back and standy. This is Decomposed Radio 094 in the mix with Kayla Painter......

Welcome to Decomposed Radio 093. Here at Techno Towers, we're still reeling from the amazing "galloWay fEST" up in the Scottish Borders which  was an incredible display of the talent and creativity that we're lucky enough to be surrounded by, which was the original inspiration to creating the podcast, to give it all a platform. With that in mind welcome another new artist to the Decomposed Radio Roster... Funkness Device. Also known as Steve Cox he's a "lifer" climber now living out in Spain, but still with firm roots in the Peak District. The set we're featuring today was recorded at "Tribe of Frog" in Spain where it went down an absolue storm. For those of you not in the know... Tribe of Frog are the UK's legendary psychadelic party producers originating in Bristol that specialise in spectacular decor, cutting edge techno, psy-trance and more. It still runs regularly down in Bristol, while the original owners Chris and Donna Rana continue to put on nights out in the Costa Blanca, featuring sun, sea, cervezas, psy-trance and techno...... which all sounds pretty good to me! As a DJ, Funkness Device likes to take the crowd on a journey, which is definitely what it's all about and as such his mix is a bit of a marathon mission through nu disco, breakbeats, tech house, dark deep acid techno and psy-trance.... so definitely something for everyone!! So settle yourselves in and get lost in the music. This is Decomposed Radi show 093, with Funkness Device........

You're back with Decomposed Radio! For show 92 we're heading back to 1992, and the release date of one of my favourite albums... "Experience" by the Prodigy. It's high time to flip the cassette and check out side 2 of "Sam's Piano Tape" that I know alot of people have been waiting for. We've had some incredible feedback and psyche from Side 1 on Show 91 and it seems everyone's really enjoyed turning the clock back to a simpler time with great vibes and great sounds! Piano house, happy hardcore and bouncy techno are what it's all about, and smiling faces at wild warehouse raves are clearly the order of the day. I'll keep it brief, as those of you that have listened to show 91 are fully clued up by now, but I just want to do a big shout out and thanks to Sam Townsend for providing the psyche and energy to get these two amazing mixes onto the show.If you enjoy both sides of Sam's Piano Tape as much as everyone seems to be then it's worth rewinding the Decomposed Radio clock and checking out show number 12 all the way back in 2016. The "Back 2 Skool Mix" featured on that show should definitely hit some of the same notes! We're rapidly hurtling towards our one hundredth show, so expect something very special for that, not to mention some mixes from Decomposed Radio favourites over the next few months. In the meantime however, here's what you've all been waiting for......... Sam's Piano Tape side 2.....for Decomposed Radio show 092. Get those hands right back in the air!!!!!

For Decomposed Radio show 091 we're rewinding back to the early 90's. The dole and Stoney Dale scene of the 80's has given way to bolts in Chee Dale and sport climbing trips to Buoux or Ceuse, whilst the gritstone lies asleep, waiting for the release of Hard Grit a few years later to re-awaken the psyche. Bouldering is in it's infancy, and nobody has even heard of a crash pad, however...... there is another new and growing scene reaching fever pitch around Hunter's Bar... RAVING!! Dance music has yet to really split into it's sub genres, but by far the most fun and main focus for the time was "happy hardcore" and "bouncy techno." If there didn't happen to be on the infamous "Foundry parties" happening, gags of climbers could be seen piling ito 205 GTI's, giddy with excitement and heading off for all nighters such as the BYO in Doncaster, or Vibalite in Mansfield. Pre instgram, facebook, CDJ's and Traktor, one take vinyl mixes were carefully and lovingly recorded on C90 cassettes. Sam Townsend, and student in Manchester at the time had brought such a mixtape back home to Hathersage where it resided at his holiday job behind the counter at Outside. Simply known as "Sam's Piano Tape" it became a massive favourite with the crew there and before long, it seemed that half the Sheffield climbing scene had a copy! Despite the kudos Sam earned, he guiltily admits it wasn't his wizardry behind the decks, but that of his mate Sunil's with whom he's long since lost tough. (If you're out there listening Sunil.. RESPECT!!!) Luckily the tape survived despite hundreds of plays, and Sam's managed to get it digitised and cleaned up.  So here it is for your listening pleasure.... get your white gloves out, crack out the glow sticks, shout out to the whistle posse and get your hands in the air... for Sam's Piano Tape side 1, on Decomposed Radio #091........

Decomposed Radio show 090 (or should it be 909 ;) ) is LIVE! Featuring a live improvised techno set from "Alkis" it's one for the techno connoisseurs, and not for the faint hearted!  With a background in electronics Alkis is right at home with analogue synths and beats, and specialises in hypnotic melodies, abrasive acid sounds and spacey synthtic rhythms, all created on a pure hardwear setup. Every set is live, unique and unrepeatable, and if you're a fan of artists like Jeff Mills and Surgeon..... you're in the right place! The set was recorded at "Bagfest" a small festival in Nottinghamshire.... that sounds like it would make Robin Hood proud!!!! Enoy.......!