Controlled Weirdness

Tales From A Disappearing City

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Hosted from a South London tower block by Neil Keating aka Controlled Weirdness. Tales from a Disappearing City is a chance for Neil to tell some untold subcultural stories from past and present, joined by friends from his lifelong journey through subterranean London. Neil is a veteran producer and DJ and has been at the front line of all aspects of club and sound system culture since the early 80’s. His musical CV includes playing everywhere from plush clubs to dirty warehouses as well as mixing tunes on a variety of iconic London pirate radio stations. He has released music on numerous under...

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Episode 8 - 80's Electro, Go-Go and Acid House - special guest - Simon Dexorcist 12.07.2023 47:36

Send us Fan Mail For the eighth episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by my old mate Simon Brown aka The Dexorcist. We first met at an illegal rave in the mid 90's and instantly bonded over our love of old school electro, acid house and rave culture. In this episode we discuss Simon's formative music years, growing up in Shepperton, listening to jazz funk before discoveri...

Episode 7 - Politics and Dancing in the 80's and 90's - special guest - Neil Transpontine 21.06.2023 44:36

Send us Fan Mail For the seventh episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined again by Neil who produces a couple of respected blogs that have consistently documented all aspects of what we cover on TFADC. "Transpontine" features all things subcultural from the South side of the river whilst "History is Made at Night" turns it's attention to the after hours. In t...

Episode 6 - Post Punk and Journeys to the City - special guest - Neil Transpontine 07.06.2023 41:31

Send us Fan Mail For the sixth episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by Neil who produces a couple of highly respected and long running blogs that have consistently documented all aspects of what we cover on TFADC and so it was essential to touch base and hear some stories and history. "Transpontine" covers all things subcultural from the South side of the river whilst &...

Episode 5 - TechNet, Break/Flow and Dead by Dawn - special guest - Howard Slater 17.05.2023 1:09:39

Send us Fan Mail For the fifth episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined once again by my good friend Howard Slater aka Flint Michigan. I first met Howard in the mid 90's at Dead by Dawn which was a legendary monthly party that took place at the 121 squatted art and community Centre in Railton Road, Brixton. In this episode we discuss TechNet, his collaboration with Jason Skeet t...

Episode 4 - Post Punk, Squats and Techno - special guest - Howard Slater 03.05.2023 48:07

Send us Fan Mail For the fourth episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by my good friend Howard Slater aka Flint Michigan. I first met Howard in the mid 90's at Dead by Dawn which was a legendary monthly party that took place at the 121 squatted art and community Centre in Railton Road, Brixton. Howard has written extensively about his experiences within various strands of subc...

Episode 3 - Free Parties and Sound Systems - special guest - Blackmass Plastics 18.04.2023 42:16

Send us Fan Mail For the third episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined once more by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics. This is the final part of our recent chat. We talk about how free parties and festivals joined with the emerging rave movement in the 90's in the UK as well as the rise of a wide variety of autonomous sound systems. We also discuss how a network of event...

Episode 2 - 90's Record Shops and Raves - special guest - Blackmass Plastics 04.04.2023 45:30

Send us Fan Mail For this second episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined again by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics to discuss our memories of 90's record shops as well as key parties and raves. This is part two of our chat and we start in the early 1990's and finish as free parties and alternative underground ways of distributing music start to become more importan...

Episode 1 - Early vinyl and record shop memories - special guest - Blackmass Plastics 19.03.2023 47:50

Send us Fan Mail For this first episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics to discuss our early memories of buying vinyl and visiting record shops. This is part one of our chat and we start in the 1970's and finish as the 1990's begin. We discuss the importance of Woolworths and WH Smiths as well as topics such as did Metal Mickey...