Right now you may be like "what a calm and peaceful timeline this is"… but NO, BANG! here comes another one of those lengthy and disruptive…
RADiO IRRTUM!
…announcements. And I'm not even sorry — damn me!
↓↓↓ German version far below the English one ↓↓↓
Yes, yes, #RadioIrrtum! is knocking at your radio frame, specifically at Saturday, 2024-08-31 at 8:00PM (UTC+2) at Alex Berlin/FM 91 MHz/DAB+ Ch.7D, or via stream: https://www.alex-berlin.de/radio/15-live-auf-91.0
Why? What?! #Radio Irrtum! is a German language #radioShow exploring the sonic vastnesses of the #underground. But wait… in German?! Well - forget about that German language aspect - it's all about the music!
»But it's exactly at the time when me and my family are peeling potatoes for dinner!« you say? Perfect! Because this time we are dealing with
Peel Sessions
only. If you really have no idea about Peel sessions — it will be explained ;).
Anyhow; that means we have a special with the following acts:
- Foyer des Arts
- Tarwater
- The Future Sound of London
- The Human League
- Einstürzende Neubauten
- Malaria
- Chicks on Speed
- PIL
- Bauhaus
- The Fall
- Broadcast
- Nico
That's 50% of German acts — hope that won't spoil the phun too much ;) - and we'll cover no less than 32 years of #PeelSessions.
And there are 2 apologies: I will mention Mania D at one point but I will pronounce their name completely wrong because all the years I was reading & therefore saying "Manina D". Realized it far too late, the show is uploaded already… nothing I can do now. I feel ashamed!
Also 1 hour is by faaaar too short for this topic, I had to cut down too much for this show; don't recommend anyone trying that. 2 hours should be minimum by law when covering this topic. Yes, I'm a criminal.
I'll post playlist + manuscript later here (provided I’m home, else it will come up the day after). And if you have questions? I'll gladly answer! Just ask!
CU all on Saturday! :)
↑↑↑ English version above, the German one is still below ↓↓↓
Oh nein, da kommt es, das Zeychenlimit, daher nur ganz kurz auf deutsch:
Radio Irrtum! kommt. Diesen Samstag, 20 Uhr über Alex Berlin auf UKW 91MHz/DAB+ K.7D (Stream URL oben).
Da ist keine Zeit mehr fürs Kartoffelschälen, denn diesmal gibz echte Peel Sessions (Special!) — nämlich mit:
- Foyer des Arts
- Tarwater
- The Future Sound of London
- The Human League
- Einstürzende Neubauten
- Malaria
- Chicks on Speed
- PIL
- Bauhaus
- The Fall
- Broadcast
- Nico
50% Anteil Produktionen aus hiesigen Landen, 32 Jahre Peel werden umfasst. Außerdem spreche ich "Mania D" komplett falsch aus (sorry!) und hätte niemals versuchen sollen, "alles über Peel Sessions" in 1h zu quetschen. Hab ich aber. Schlecht.
Playlist + Manuskript nach der Show (spätestens Sonntag) hier drunter. Fragen einfach stellen – ich antworte (spätestens am Sonntag)!
Bis zur Sendung… vielleicht?
#music #JohnPeel #musicExplained
radio
It maybe an unpleasant November out there - but what about some warm coziness from the inside?
I know something that may spark all that:
RADIO IRRTUM!
(on air from Berlin)
↓↓↓ Deutsch Version below unten ↓↓↓
Da next issue of #RadioIrrtum! will air this Saturday, 2025/11/22, 8:00pm UTC+1, Berlin time. At Alex Berlin FM at 91MHz / DAB+ K7D around #Berlin + worldwide at https://www.alex-berlin.de/radio-livestream .
Wuzit then?
#Radio Irrtum! is a German language #radioShow exploring the sonic vastness of the #underground. Emitted transmissions may raise attention for new unheard #music all over this planet's genre spectrum. Don't worry about that #GermanLanguage - it's all about the #music!
A lot of it - this time with a bit of focus on Spoken Words!
Covering stuff like
- lightweight musical poems
- voice heavy #organPoint Pop
- dreamy Bulgarian #Triphop
- a #Fediverse dream cooperation of #Bonkwave artists doing classic #DnB
- playful #indietronic
- #140 #Bass full of dancy-pancy energy
- #IBM (the term Radio-Irrtum! uses for Intellectual Bass Music) including Spoken Words
- Experimental #SpokenWords
- less #experimental SpokenWords
- dark Riot Grrrl #Postpunk
- dreamy #Downtempo #Lofi for making you smile
Lots of #CreativeCommons music is included and there are super cool artists from the Fediverse. Like @axwax + @ahihi + @animaexanimata + @poemproducer . Lots of strong women in music too. Lots wont be found on Spotify while it's all here!
Also (mostly for the German listeners I'm afraid) I will explain the organ point composition technique which is featured even in modern music (and without an organ if you are lucky).
And I will merge Johann Sebastian Bach's name into "Johannes Bach" by misstake at one point. I honestly know better! I can say this because the show is preproduced (and still I didn't catch this before uploading it to the radio station; this is bad!).
Anyway: If at least a bit interested in kewl new unusual #music, tune in! 📻
Got questions? I'll gladly answer! Just ask here!
Playlist + manuscript after the show also here.
CU all (?) on Saturday.
↑↑↑ English version above, the Deutsche welche jetzt ↓↓↓
Radio Irrtum! kommt näher → Samstag, 22.11.2025, 20:00 isses soweit auf Alex Berlin (FM 91MHz/DAB+ K.7D / Stream URL oben).
Also die seltsame Funk(el)sendung, in der planetenumfassende Weiten des musikalischen Untergrunds erforscht werden.
Diesmal mit einem gewissen Fokus auf Spoken Words.
Und dabei so Sachen wie…
- ↑↑↑ naja - steht ja alles oben! ↑↑↑
Vieles davon gibz nich auf Spotify, dafür gibz viel Creative Commons; & wir hamn massig Fediverse Künstler:innen vertreten (s.o.).
Ich erkläre, was der Orgelpunkt ist und sage "Johann Sebastian Bach" falsch.
Wird schön! Playlist + Manuskript nach der Sendung hier drunter. Fragen einfach hier stellen – ich antworte.
#musicRecommendations . Oh, and btw: #againstAIinMusic
Music by Michaela Catranis, Stefania de Kenessey, Alexis Lamb, Adam Roberts, Mischa Salkind-Pearl & Matthew Welch - featuring Donna Weng Friedman / Curtis Stewart, Lamnth, Mivos Quartet, Percussia & Conrad Tao - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (11/24/25) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org
#Cambridge #Boston #Radio #ModernClassical #ContemporaryClassical
Orchestral music by Daníel Bjarnason, Anthony Cheung, Miguel Kertsman, Behzad Ranjbaran & Wang Lu - featuring Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / Nikki Chooi, Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Bruckner Orchester Linz / Wolfgang Schulz - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (12/15/25) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org
Music by Tim Brady, Louis Hardin (aka Moondog), Leilehua Lanzilotti & Qiujiang Levi Lu - featuring Ghost Train Orchestra / Kronos Quartet / more, Laura Cocks / Scott Li, & Bronwyn Thies-Thompson / Janelle Lucyk / Sarah Albu / Marie-Annick Béliveau - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (9/30/24) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming https://wmbr.org
#Boston #Radio #ModernClassical
@wmbr @contemporarymusic @womencomposers @NewFocusRecordings
Looking 4 a temporary sonic escape route? A strange acoustic ride? Check out…
RADIO IRRTUM! (on air from Berlin)
↓↓↓ Deutsch Version below unten ↓↓↓
Da next issue of #RadioIrrtum! will arrive this Saturday, 2025/04/12, 8:00pm UTC+2/Berlin time. At Alex Berlin FM at 91MHz or DAB+ K7D around #Berlin and worldwide at https://www.alex-berlin.de/radio-livestream .
#Radio Irrtum! is a German language #radioShow exploring the sonic vastness of the #underground. Emitted transmissions may raise attention for new unheard #music all over this planets genre spectrum. Don't worry about the German language aspect - it's all about the #music!
This time there is even pure flute music inside, just take a look at the genres we'll cover:
- shape shifting, dreamy, and experimental #PopMusic
- brand-new authentic 90's #DnB
- club smashing #Bass
- Distorted #Tekkno
- #experimental stuff
- (like the mentioned #flute music which doesn't have to be "comfortable", just because it's made using a single flute… just sayin')
- #Punk for gardeners
- #shoegaze #grunge
There is #CreativeCommons licensed music in it, and of course there are #FediArtists featured, like @wroong (well — ok, this time just him, as far as I am aware).
Anyway: If at least a bit interested in kewl new unusual #music, tune in! 📻
I'll post playlist + manuscript later here (provided I’m home, else it will come up the day after). And if you have questions? I'll gladly answer! Just ask!
CU all on Saturday! :)
↑↑↑ English version above, the Deutsche welche jetzt ↓↓↓
Radio Irrtum! kommt näher → Samstag, 12.04., 20:00 isses soweit auf Alex Berlin (FM 91MHz/DAB+ K.7D / Stream URL oben).
Also die seltsam funke(ln)de Radiosendung, in der planetenumfassende Weiten des musikalischen Untergrunds erforscht werden
Auch mit Vløeten, sowie…
- träumerischer, shapeshiftender- u. gar experimenteller Pop
- Stibewusst klassischem 90s DnB
- Club-gerechten Bass
- Distorted Tekkno
- so Einiges aus dem experimentellen Sektor
- (wie eben Flötenmusik – aber was für welche!)
- Punk für Gärtnernde
- und shoegazenden Grunge
Das wird alles heftig schön! Details in englisch oben, Playlist + Manuskript nach der Show (spätestens Sonntag) hier drunter. Fragen einfach stellen – ich antworte (spätestens Sonntag)!
Bis zur Sendung… vielleicht? :)
#fediMusicians
Radio. It never gets old, doesn't it? Here is proof!
Radio Irrtum! will be on air soon
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Oh yes, the upcoming issue of #RadioIrrtum! will be aired this Saturday, 2024/09/28, 8:00pm UTC+2/Berlin time. Over at Alex Berlin FM at 91MHz or DAB+ K7D around Berlin and worldwide at
https://www.alex-berlin.de/radio-livestream .
#Radio Irrtum! is a German language #radioShow exploring the sonic vastness of the #underground. Emitted transmissions may raise your attention for new unheard #music all over the genre spectrum all over the planet. So it's totally fine to ignore that German language aspect - 'cuz it's all about the music!
You'd never guess what's in the box this time:
- #DiscoPhunk
- Garage #2Step Bass
- classic #electro
- bassy #IdmSpaceJazz
- handmade #FusionJazz from #Poland
- Smooth'n dreamy french #LoFiBeats
- Brutal #HarshNoise (I am sorry for your hearing loss)
- #Kraut
- #AlienEggPunk
- #DreamyIndie
- unbelievable great #songWriter stuff (I'm dead serious!) from #Berlin
There are at least 3 #CreativeCommons licensed tracks included – because the traditional music industry sucks – sometimes combined with great musicians from the Fediverse like the phenomenal @rrrrroseazerty .
If you are at least a bit interested in kewl unusual #music, you've got to tune in! 📻
I'll post playlist + manuscript later here (provided I’m home, else it will come up the day after). And if you have questions? I'll gladly answer! Just ask!
CU all on Saturday! :)
↑↑↑ English version above, the German one now below ↓↓↓
Haltet Euch gut fest… Radio Irrtum! kommt!
Diesen Samstag (28.09.), 20 Uhr über Alex Berlin auf FM 91MHz/DAB+ K.7D (Stream URL oben).
Die Radiosendung, in der wir zusammen die planetenumfassenden Weiten des musikalischen Untergrunds erforschen. Dieses mal mit…
- Disco Funk (is ja Radio!)
- Garage 2Step Bass (Berlin based!)
- classic electro
- bassy Idm Space Free Jazz
- handgemachter groovy Jazz aus Polen
- Smooth'n dreamy french LoFi
- Brutal Harsh Noise
- Kraut
- Alien Egg Punk
- Dreamy Indie
- zum Sterben schönes (ich übertreibe nicht!) #Liedermacher:innen Zeugs aus Berlin
Ansonsten ist Creative Commons phat dabei und natürlich (!) ist das Fediverse vertreten (s.o.).
Playlist + Manuskript nach der Show (spätestens Sonntag) hier drunter. Fragen einfach stellen – ich antworte (spätestens am Sonntag)!
Bis zur Sendung… vielleicht? :)
Settle back in that comfy chair, get pumped up to the ceiling, and enjoy two hours of #ThePlaylist while getting your hair did, for the theme this week is:
Haaair
We thought about just playing the original Broadway cast recording of the musical ‘Hair’, but instead decided to once again take suggestions from the Eternal Angies out there, who stepped up and suggested another raft of utter bangers.
#TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-082-haaair/
Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/DJDarren/theplaylist-241125-haaair/
Listen, enjoy, tell all your friend!
(@Troggie apologises for this week's art work, though they don't need to. It's glorious.)
// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
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Chamber music by Jennifer Bellor, Gary Eskow, Michael Ippolito, Ivar Lunde & Randall Woolf - featuring David Leisner, Meredith Blecha-Wells / Sun Min Kim, László Mező / Christopher Johnson, Ovidiu Marinescu / Carl Cranmer & Schroeder-Umansky Duo - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (12/1/25) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org
#Cambridge #Boston #Radio #ModernClassical #ContemporaryClassical #ChamberMusic
En un par de meses la radio cumple 5 años y quería cambiar la cuña o cortina principal.
Para quien le guste la idea de colaborar con su voz grabada, el texto dice:
«Pipí Cucú, música para orejas curiosas».
Para grabar el audio procuren que no haya otros sonidos cercanos. Si, como otras veces, quieren enviarme varias versiones, yo encantado.
¡Gracias!
#cortina #radio #música #pipicucu
#uruguay #argentina #brasil
Cette semaine est diffusé le premier épisode d'une histoire pas drôle, mais puissante !
Je vous laisse la découvrir ici :
https://www.radioecclesia.com/static/upload/2025/07/20250718164903.mp3
C'est l'histoire de la deuxième femme d'un laboureur, d'une stérile, d'une de celles qui ne sont rien : Anne.
Anne, c'est une femme mythique qui subit l'humiliation du patriarcat et qui, un jour, relève la tête et fait face. Avec les conséquences que cela implique.
Cet épisode, inspiré par le livre de Samuel, est enregistré par Radio 16 et Radio Ecclesia.
Trigger warning : stérilité, humiliation, séparation des enfants.
Image :BNF. Cote : Grec 139, Folio 428v.,
Music by Michael Gordon, Nathan Hudson, Andile Khumalo, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Paula Matthusen & Adam Mirza - featuring Splinter Reeds, Unheard-of//Ensemble and more - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (10/14/24) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming https://wmbr.org
#Boston #Radio #ModernClassical
@wmbr @contemporarymusic @womencomposers @NewFocusRecordings @NeumaRecords
Put on your dancin' shoes, and behold as #ThePlaylist sashays over to you and throws you about in the most extraordinary rumba, for the theme this week is:
We’re in the mood for dancing
Many folks are heading out to christmas parties, where they’ll be cutting the rug with reckless abandon, so we’re taking the opportunity to celebrate all things dance. So two hours of dance floor fillers, and well, dancefloor emptiers, if we’re honest. But two hours of stone-cold bangers nonetheless.
#TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-085-were-in-the-mood-for-dancing/
Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/DJDarren/theplaylist-15122025-were-in-the-mood-for-dancing/
Listen! Dance! Enjoy! Tell all your friends!
// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
Look no further (also because this is more like a full blown blog article than a short announcement)...
as there is:
RADIO IRRTUM! Special: Spoken Words in Music
(on air from Berlin)
↓↓↓ This is the English language announcement ↓↓↓
Da next issue of #RadioIrrtum! will air this Saturday, 2025/12/20, 8:00pm UTC+1, Berlin time. At Alex Berlin FM at 91MHz / DAB+ K7D around #Berlin + worldwide at https://www.alex-berlin.de/radio-livestream .
Last time on FM air waves, as civic stations in Germany are banned from using "UKW" starting 2026. Because everyone has nice sustainable DAB+ radio receivers nowadays. Right? RIGHT??
#Radio Irrtum! usually is a German language #radioShow exploring the sonic vastness of the #underground. Emitted transmissions may raise attention for new unheard #music all over this planet's genre spectrum. Don't worry about that #GermanLanguage - it's all about the #music!
But this time it's different! It will be a Special. About Spoken Words in music. That is, because I think Xmas - among other things - should also be about listening. To each other. To stories. Or like in this case to stories told within a musical construct.
While doing my research for this, something became quite apparent: #SpokenWords in music, beside it's powerful materializations in various genres, doesn't seem to be much of a topic in music science or music journalism – despite the lasting emotional impact that all the better pieces of Spoken Words music are able to inflict.
I.e. I couldn't find a simple historical timeline here. What are the roots? I have only one hour, so I cannot provide any deep dive, just a simplified overview. The time line of this show will range from 1966 until 2025, spoken words, 40% in German language, 60% English language.
Even if you d don't speek German: This combination of words and music will give you a sense about what's going on. This may be the only "genre" in music that will carry the emotions of the words over into your soul.
Covering music styles like
- #WordJazz from 1966
- #GermanRap from 2025
- UK #RetroAcid from the 2010ths
- #ExperimentalPop from the 80s + 90s
- 80s #IndustrialMusic
- #EastGerman Cassette-Underground
- UK Trash #ElektroPunk from the 2010ths
- German Experimental #EasyListening from the 2000s
Some of this couldn't be found on Spotify, despite being all iconic tracks. And most of those tracks happen to be my absolute all time favorits btw.
Consider this a little acoustic Xmas gift :)
If at least a bit interested in kewl unusual #music, tune in! 📻
Got questions? I'll gladly answer! Just ask here!
Playlist + manuscript after the show also here.
CU all (?) on Saturday.
BTW: German Announcement here:
- https://mastodon.de/@herr_irrtum/115748085466698302
Chamber Music by Thomas Cabaniss, Adolphus Hailstork, Jennifer Higdon, Jennifer Jolley, Alyssa Morris & Johanny Navarro - featuring Charleston Symphony String Quartet, The Harlem Chamber Players, Texas Tech University Contemporary Music Ensemble & more - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (10/21/24) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org
#Radio #Boston #ModernClassical #ChamberMusic #NavonaRecords
@wmbr @contemporarymusic @womencomposers
String quartets and a trio by Christopher Brakel, Travis Laplante, George Lewis, Andrew Rindfleisch, Florence M. Tremblay & Meira Warshauer - featuring Benda Quartet, JACK Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Mémoire & Sirius Quartet - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (12/22/25) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming https://wmbr.org
Music by William David Cooper, Marti Epstein, David Lang & Nicoletta Favari / Christopher Salvito - featuring Ensemble Signal, Jihye Chang & Passepartout Duo / Yuta Sumiyoshi - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (10/28/24) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org
#Boston #Radio #ModernClassical
@wmbr
@contemporarymusic
@NewFocusRecordings
Once more, #ThePlaylist takes up its place, triumphant upon its radio plinth, ready to be admired by all the Slack Tanyas who might cast their gaze upon it. See its plumage and be awed.
The theme this week was: Food & Drink
https://www.mixcloud.com/DJDarren/theplaylist-021224-food-drink/
@labr // https://labr.online // Monday 2000-2200GMT
ROLL UP ROLL UP for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist, and the final show of the year!
Our theme this week:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
And yeah, you lot have dug deep and managed to rustle up a whole bunch of songs that are almost about the things from the song. Almost. And a quick look down the running order tells me that only two of the tunes in our massive record bag are Christmas songs. So that could well be a bonus for you.
The Archive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-086-the-twelve-days-of-christmas/
Micxloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/DJDarren/theplaylist-22122025-the-twelve-days-of-christmas/
Listen! Enjoy! Tell all your friends!
// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
Opera by Michael Hersch, Mary Kouyoumdjian & Kay Rhie on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (12/29/25) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org
#Cambridge #Boston #Radio #ModernClassical #ContemporaryClassical #Opera
⁂Si eres generación RBD .. El fonografo ya se adaptó a tus gustos 
Orchestral music by Kenneth Fuchs, Polina Nazaykinskaya, Jozef Podprocký, Randall Svane & Ruben Zahra - featuring Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / Henry Ward, Portland Youth Philharmonic, Paul Neebe / Budafok Dohnáyi Orchestra & Malta Philharmonic Orchestra - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (11/25/24) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming https://wmbr.org
#Radio #Cambridge #Boston #ModernClassical #Orchestral
@wmbr @contemporarymusic
Electroacoustic music by Per Bloland, John Gibson, Elainie Lillios, Mark Micchelli, Igor Santos & Ken Ueno - featuring Ensemble Dal Niente, Patti Cudd & Bill Solomon - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (1/12/26) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org
#Cambridge #Boston #Radio #ModernClassical #ContemporaryClassical
Tonight at 1900 UK time, the GLORIOUS return of #ThePlaylist, ready to fiddle with your ears and generally make you feel all funny inside.
It's the start of yet another year, so the theme this week is:
Looking Forward
We have two splendid hours of splendid tunes, all about looking forward. Or, more literally, being able to see. Either way, tunes good.
Join us!
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// https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/ //
This week's edition of #ThePlaylist is now lurking in the usual place, awaiting you. Always awaiting. Ready for you. For you...
This week's theme:
Twenty Twenty Four
where 18 of the 28 suggested songs were actually from 2024, so it's aaaalllll good.
https://www.mixcloud.com/DJDarren/theplaylist-301224-twenty-twenty-four/
Get on it, Champions!
@labr // https://labr.online // Mon 2000-2200 GMT
