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Project Moonbase is filled with music to surprise, delight and occasionally horrify you. Made by someone who really cares (and his prisoner). We bring you music you’ve never heard before that will put a smile on your face, open your third eye and make you dance. We love space age bachelor pad music, library music, charity shop cheese, hauntology, ping pong stereo, moog music, sitar-driven psychedelia, lounge, the retro-futuristic, contemporary electronica, soundtrack music, radiophonics, euro-pop, orchestral-pop, industrial-opera, hyphens, 8bit, chip tune, skwee, uneasy listening and steel drums. We’ve been known to salute the theramin, sidle up to an ondes Martenot and smile beneficently on the ukelele. Every episode includes the unnecessary news: the strange, the weird, the futuristic and the fun. Join us now and in the future!
This week we celebrate the life and work of one of Britain’s greatest big band leaders, soundtrack composers, library music composers and time/mind-bending musicians, Basil Kirchin. Hull City of Culture 2017 recently put on a weekend of the great man’s … Continue reading →
We’ve neglected the world of geometry for far too long and so this week we thought it time we brought you the latest developments in shapes. Most of the tracks on the show are about specific polygons and, because we … Continue reading →
Every season we have one or two theme-free shows where we bring you some of our favourite recent discoveries. For this first show of “likes” in Season 3, we have synthwave, darkwave, retrowave, lollywave, breakcore, j-pop and no doubt many … Continue reading →
Following on from our interview with Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman earlier in the year, we caught up with these two fine gentlemen again towards the end of 2008 to talk about the second album they made together, Destination Space. … Continue reading →
Following on from our interview with Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman earlier in the year, we caught up with these two fine gentlemen again towards the end of 2008 to talk about the second album they made together, Destination Space. … Continue reading →
In 2008, Jean-Jacques Perrey and his musical partner Dana Countryman appeared at the first AV Festival, which took place at the Sage, Gateshead in March of that year. In the afternoon, Jean-Jacques presented a lecture talking about his life of … Continue reading →
This week it’s all about the light and the dark or, more specificaly, the black and the white. Some have controversially argued that this might be a companion show to our Rainbow Collection. But nothing could be further from the … Continue reading →
Gradually emerging from hibernation, the crew aboard the Moonbase bring you a suitably low-key start to Season 3 with a selection of soothing tunes to ease you into the new year. Listen now: Your browser does not support the audio … Continue reading →
Patron saint of the show, Jean-Jacques Perrey, recently moved on from this planet to spend eternity with the stars. His music was a perfect example of all the things we love at PMB: humour, virtuosity, ping-pong stereo, the Moog synthesizer, … Continue reading →
It’s time to pop on the marigolds, arrange a selection of cleaning products on the worktop and get scrubbing before also giving yourself a good hose-down. Yes, on this week’s show we celebrate cleanliness and the art of attaining cleanliness. … Continue reading →
It’s time for the second in our series all about personal pronouns and this week it’s all about YOU, dear listener. Yes, for this show we move to the second person but without trying to point the finger. We cover … Continue reading →
It’s all gone a bit Upside Down at the Moonbase for our Halloween special this year as we take inspiration from spooky hit TV series Stranger Things. Yes, it’s an all-retrowave trip back to the imaginary 80s with zombies, werewolves, … Continue reading →
After the world’s longest first Season (of 273 shows no less!), we thought it time to regroup and recalibrate. So, feeling reinvigorated after a few weeks working out in the mind gym, we present the first show in Season 2! … Continue reading →
As if we didn’t have enough series on the go at the moment, we’ve taken the foolhardy decision to kick off another one, this collection all about personal pronouns. That’s “he” and “she” to you and me. But before straying … Continue reading →
The dinner gong has been rung, dear listener, as we invite you to join us for a sumptuous three-course banquet here on the moon. For those unaware of ‘mukbang’, we were inspired to put this show together by the YouTube … Continue reading →
It’s time to pay our second visit to the world of all things cute. Primarily Japan but we have a couple of exceptions to the rule. Prepare to enjoy a majorette with sticks for arms, dancing vegetables, a celebration of … Continue reading →
We’ve reached the end of the rainbow (collection), dear listener, with a show all about the rainbow itself. It’s been an emotional journey, with a fight almost breaking out on the question of whether we should do a show about … Continue reading →
Before you think we’ve gone ultra-niche and come up with a set of tracks about spiders in Tokyo who are specialists in conservation, no, dear listener. No, this week’s show is a chance for us to catch up with some … Continue reading →
We’re heading back to the imaginary 80s again this week, dear listener, with a retrowave show all about getting the hell out of here. Yes, it’s time to escape! It’s also time to enjoy a truly global selection of tunes, … Continue reading →
This week, dear listener, we start a new cut-out-and-keep series all about the days of the week. Perhaps contentiously, we start with Monday. Recognised by many as the first day of the week, we do also appreciate that for large … Continue reading →
It’s time to enjoy a refreshing, ice cold glass of milk, dear listener, as we open the carton and pour out chiptune, retrowave and radiophonics. We have a commercial break and there’s also the soundtrack to a highly instructive video … Continue reading →
We’re back to the fake 80s for this week’s show, dear listener, with our first concept album: a whole show about driving, at night, in a Delorean. We have a fist-pumping selection of retrowave and synthwave from around the globe, … Continue reading →
Yes, it’s the long awaited return of our cut-out-and-keep Rainbow Collection with the almost last show in the series. As we approach the end of the visible spectrum, we arrive at plumptious purple, with a show of fake 80s, very … Continue reading →
It’s time to chip away at the huge mountain of new arrivals here at the Moonbase, dear listener, with a show of new release, new reissues and tracks it’s just taken us a while to notice. We have some 80s-era … Continue reading →
We’re hurtling back millions of years for this week’s show, dear listener as we bring you a show all about terrifying lizards. There’s music from Vancouver, which may or may not have a beach, improvised music from Trondheim, Nazi dinosaurs … Continue reading →
It’s time to celebrate the work of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the show this week, dear listener. We have a Moonbase classic from the patron saint of PMB, Jean-Jacques Perrey, as well as some Indian retro-futurism from … Continue reading →
We’re still full of the joys of spring here on the moon, dear listener as we bring you a show all about blossom and the trees which produce it. The fruiting seed for this idea was the arrival of a … Continue reading →
We return from our recent hiatus with an admittedly somewhat deranged chimera of a show for you, dear listener. This is two themes for the price of one as we bring you a show about both country music and the … Continue reading →
It’s time to catch up with some new releases and reissues on the show this week. We have a couple of new reissues from Dutton Vocalion, including a version of show favorite Caravan which we’ve inexplicably neglected up until now. … Continue reading →
This week we celebrate the work of the construction industry, with a show all about bricks and mortar. We have humoristic music from Russia, library music simultaneously from France and Belgium, Japanese rap from London, twinkly electronics from Canada and … Continue reading →
This week we take a good look behind the mask, with a selection of music which isn’t quite what it appears to be on first listen. We have Frenchmen pretending to be Japanese, a Japanese man pretending that Duke Ellington … Continue reading →
It’s time to take another trip back to the imaginary 80s with, ironically, some of the newest music we’ve ever played on the show. We have highly-polished, adrenalin pumping tunes from such epicentres of 80s music as Milwaukee, the Isle … Continue reading →
We return to our journey through the rainbow this week, dear listener, with an all-blue edition of the show. But rest assured that, while the theme might be blue, the music itself is very much up-beat. We have some French … Continue reading →
We kick the new year off by blasting away the cobwebs with some splendid reissues and new releases. We’ve got French space disco, a lost retro-futuristic relic from 1977, British exotica, Italian space-themed cinematic funk, something from Manchester’s answer to … Continue reading →
It’s time for an extremely sweet edition of the show, dear listener, as we bring you a selection of some of our favourite boilings. PLEASE NOTE: Any connection to the festive season is purely coincidental. Listen now: Your browser does … Continue reading →
Continuing on our journey through The Rainbow Collection, we reach that most verdant of colours, green. You’ll hear slightly creepy library music from the UK and France, a brand new release from Ghost Box and no less than four German … Continue reading →
This week we explore the sunny uplands of our journey through the rainbow, dear listener, as we reach a colour associated variously with amusement, harmony and, er, envy, namely yellow. We have some 60s J-pop, a German pretending to be … Continue reading →
We take a break from our trip through the colours of the rainbow this week, dear listener, with a trip around (some of) the capitals of the world. We hope it proves to be as much of a journey of … Continue reading →
Hot on the heels of last week’s red show comes the next colour in The Rainbow Collection, namely orange. We have a surprisingly high representation of French music this week, dear listener, in particular French musicians pretending to be from … Continue reading →
This week’s show sees the beginning of a new series we are calling The Rainbow Collection with each show in the collection taking one colour as its theme. We start our journey at the lower end of the visible spectrum … Continue reading →
Time to catch up with some of our favourite new releases and reissues of recent weeks, dear listener. We have the new single from Swedish exoticists Joe Davolaz (featuring vocals from Kumisolo), a track from former Auteurs front man Luke … Continue reading →
Continuing our seemingly obsessive interest in modes of transport – and to show that we do listen to you, dear listener – we present this week a selection of tunes on the subject of bus travel, a theme indirectly requested … Continue reading →
Welcome to a truly diabolical edition of the show, dear listener. Yes, that’s right, it’s time to fill the house with cobwebs, turn all the lights out and hope that a mob of sinister children (dressed, inexplicably, as superheroes) don’t … Continue reading →
It’s time to get out on the high road, dear listener, for our altogether more high-octane follow-up to last week’s bicycle special. So put your leathers on and join us as we take you – at moderate speed – down … Continue reading →
After all the high-speed action of the last couple of weeks, it’s time to take a rather more sedate approach this week with a show all about the gentle art of bicycling. We aren’t talking middle-aged men in lycra here, … Continue reading →
Many listeners will have wondered why last week’s all-motorway show singularly failed to play a version of that krautrock classic, Autobahn. Well now the secret machinations at work here behind the scenes at the Moonbase can be unveiled to reveal … Continue reading →
It’s time to take to the open road, dear listener, as we celebrate the thrill of endless miles of tarmac, green verges and service stations unfolding before you on the motorway. This episode of the show will also help you … Continue reading →
It’s time to stretch the legs and embark on a journey out of town into the country – and back again – on this week’s show, dear listener. Inspired by the imminent release of Vic Mars bucolic new LP, The … Continue reading →
Join us, dear listener, on a long-overdue journey through some of the brightest stars in the night sky and discover just how easy-going this whole astronomy thing really is. You can also look forward to a future show complementing this … Continue reading →
It’s time to explore the ambivalent world of the left and the right on the show this week, dear listener. We were considering doing a show of left tracks -vs- right tracks but, strangely enough, most song-writers out there seem … Continue reading →
Time to catalog and file away some of the new releases which have arrived via the inter-space vacuum tubes over the last few weeks, dear listener. We hear from some mysterious Austrians, there are a couple of tracks resulting from … Continue reading →
Ten anniversary gifts for the price of one this week, dear listener, as we bring you a selection of musical anniversary gifts from paper to tin. As there are gifts going up to the 90th anniversary, you can look forward … Continue reading →
It’s time to pop the jim jams on, dear listener, for a thoroughly deserved lie-down after last week’s frenetic show. Yes, it’s all about snoozing this week – but please do try to stay awake until the end of the … Continue reading →
It’s time for possibly the sweetest show we’ve ever put together up here at the Moonbase, with an hour of some of the cutest pop we’ve ever clapped our ears on. Inevitably, most of the tracks this week hail from … Continue reading →
There has been another deluge of terrific new releases and reissues reaching us here at the Moonbase over the last couple of weeks, dear listener, so this week’s show is a chance to catch up. We book-end the show with … Continue reading →
Following on from our DIY special a couple of years ago, this week’s show takes a closer look into the paint bucket with a selection of tunes that we hope will make your decorating projects a little easier to bear. … Continue reading →
A globe-trotting edition of the show this week, dear listener, as we bring you a selection of lesser-known national anthems as well as some eyebrow-raising versions of better-known anthems. Listen now: Your browser does not support the audio element. Download … Continue reading →
After far far too long, dear listener, it’s time for a long-awaited return trip to the archives of EMI Pakistan and their huge vault of cheesy space disco, electronic folk tunes and great 80s-style music from the mid 90s. … Continue reading →
No new show this week, dear listener, as your hosts have been summoned by the Galactic Space Council to explain why there hasn’t been much steel drum music on the show recently. To keep you amused in the meantime, we’re … Continue reading →
Time to catch up with some new releases, reissues and recent arrivals here at the Moonbase. We have another track from the new album by patron saint of the show Jean-Jacques Perrey, two examples of twanging guitar, the sound of … Continue reading →
It’s time to put your arm-rests down, stow your tray-table and make sure your seat back is upright as we prepare to take you on a journey into the stratosphere. We have a most stimulating program of in-flight entertainment planned … Continue reading →
It’s time for one of our hard-hiting shows, dear listener, where we explore a serious topic of the day by means of a selection of easy listening music. This week we’re exploring the very limited confines of incarceration. So please … Continue reading →
It’s time to take a stroll in the woods, dear listener, as we try to identify the Oak, the Sycamore, the Chestnut, the Willow and even the, er, swaying Palm. We also have an exclusive guided arborial visualisation in the … Continue reading →
It’s time for our third trip back to the fake 80s this week dear listener. Some, all or none of this week’s music may or may not originate from the 80s. But those tracks which aren’t really 30 years old … Continue reading →
Having previously wrestled with snakes and amphibians, we thought it time to complete the trilogy with a show all about the rest of the cold-blooded family of critters. We have giant lizards, crocodiles, alligators, turtles, an iguana, a chameleon and … Continue reading →
This week we present a selection of some our favourite new releases, reissues and discoveries, many of which have been brought to our attention by you, dear listener! You’ll hear tracks from: a new compilation of work by Italian soundtrack … Continue reading →
Get the sand between your toes, dear listener as we take you for a musical stroll along the shore on our seaside special. We start with the oldest track we’ve ever played on the show, being the original version(!) of … Continue reading →
Having recently brought you a show about root vegetables, we thought it wise to present a show dedicated to the altogether sweeter, zingier world of fruit. You’ll hear easy listening mangos, electronic apples, spaghetti oranges, Harry limes, bitter lemons, Norwegian … Continue reading →
With the next general election only a matter of weeks away, we felt it was time to set out our stall to you, dear voters, by presenting a series of what we hope will be compelling musical arguments. By the … Continue reading →
It’s time to catch up with some of our favourite recent releases and reissues to reach us here on the Moon. We’ve got business funk from an extraordinary new collection from datassette, some German space disco from an associate of … Continue reading →
This week’s show celebrates simple human friendship, whether that be expressed with a firm shake of the hand, a slap on the back or perhaps even, perish the thought, a hug. We have some borderline terrifying children singing about Jesus, … Continue reading →
Due to commitments elsewhere in the galaxy, we are not able to bring you the scheduled show this week, dear listener. Instead, we take a trip back in time to the days we were doing the show on local radio. … Continue reading →
This week’s show is part of our series on minerals and precious gems. We aim to eventually cover all the minerals and gems known to science. Look forward to our all-quartzite show. For our look at the world of diamonds, we have German … Continue reading →
We thought it was about time we took a good long look at, well, time, here at the Moonbase. We were prompted to do so by the work of film-making duo Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared who produce short films … Continue reading →
Thursday sees the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Year of the Goat. We had thought of doing an all-goat show but there’s a disappointing lack of good goat-based music out there. So instead we take you on … Continue reading →
We have already done a whole show about robots (PMB049 to be precise) but it’s quite hard to keep them down and so we welcome our future overlords back for a second bite at the cherry. There’s music from behind … Continue reading →
It’s time to pop open the filing cabinet and leaf through some of your favourite faxes, dear listener, as we bring you a show celebrating the exciting world of office life. We have lots of pumped-up executive library music, a … Continue reading →
Switch the oven on and get your peelers ready, dear listener, as we bring you a show dedicated to those hearty members of the plant kingdom, root vegetables. Thanks to Space Disco Jeff for suggesting this week’s theme which has … Continue reading →
Time to catch up with some new releases and reissues on the show this week, dear listener. We have a couple of selections from what we hope will be an ongoing series of reissues of the Bruton Music Library by … Continue reading →
A potentially highly dangerous show this week dear listener as we embrace two of our great passions: pylons and power stations.
Put your headsets on, dear listener, and prepare to record this week’s show for training purposes as we bring you a show all about telephony. We’ve got theremin, sax-sational library music, telephone-inspired music from around Europe, inter-dimensional mento and the … Continue reading →
It’s time to climb into your spandex onesie, strap on some studded leather braces and put on a pair of highly polished chrome slippers as we bring you our long-awaited all-METAL special. We have alternate versions of metal classics by … Continue reading →
Wishing all of our listeners a very Happy Xmas, Hanukah, Winter Solstice, Saturnalia, Winterval, Festivus, Chrismakah, Kwanzaa, Moon-Kwanzaa and Decemberween. Yes, for this week’s show we’ve pulled together musical celebrations for as many types of mid-winter festival as we could, … Continue reading →
Join us in the giant silver geodesic Presentation Dome, dear listener, as we present awards to some of our favourite reissues and new releases from the last 12 months. We’ll post a full list of all the awards on the … Continue reading →
This week’s show comprises a star-studded line-up of thespians, philosophers, bards and boffins who variously demonstrate the power of the spoken word.The idea for this week’s theme came from listener Dolly Dolly David Yates. It seems to have uncorked a … Continue reading →
Get your fingers loosened up, dear listener, as we bring you a frenzied fiesta of bongo drumming. Having said that, as you will discover, in the right hands the world of the bongo can in fact be a seductively smooth … Continue reading →
It’s time to polish your conductor’s baton, dear listener, as we bring you an all-classical edition of the show. Featuring work by Borodin, Bach, Beethoven. Mozart, Grieg, Dvorak, Wagner and Debussy, arranged for Moog synthesizer, big band, disco symphony orchestra, … Continue reading →
It’s time to catch up with some of our favourite new releases and reissues on the show this week, dear listener. We have a couple of tracks from one of the terrific compilations being put out by Bob Stanley on … Continue reading →
Well dear listener, that moment has arrived – we have reached the 200th edition of Project Moonbase! We would like to take this opportunity to mop away a tear and thank all of our loyal listeners who have stuck with … Continue reading →
It’s time to purse your lips and blow, dear listener, as this week on the show it’s all about the brass. Yes, we have everything from trumpets to tubas, trombones to French Horns and we even have a bit of … Continue reading →
This week on Project Moonbase we’re paying tribute to Swedish pop sensations ABBA, largely inspired by one our extremely talented listeners producing a truly dazzling arrangement of Dancing Queen for musical saw, tuba, accordion and ukulele. We also have some … Continue reading →
Long-term listeners of the show will be aware that the primary “show tune” at the Moonbase is, allegedly that Juan Tizol/Duke Ellington classic, Caravan. However, we rarely seem to actually play it on the show these days so we thought … Continue reading →
We’re back after a couple of weeks of space admin to bring you a selection of our favourite new releases and reissues, including two new tracks on Ghost Box, a lo-fi grandma, some previously lost classic-era exotica and a couple … Continue reading →
For the second of our two trips into the Moonbase archive we head back to May 2010 for a show which celebrated the 60th birthday of Stevie Wonder. So we have several great arrangements of tunes by Stevie Wonder as … Continue reading →
Unfortunately, for the next two weeks your two regular hosts are otherwise engaged – there’s a lot of space filing to catch up on, you know. For that reason we thought we’d make available a couple of shows from the … Continue reading →
Following on from our show all about gold, we thought we should take a look at another precious metal, silver. So we have a very shiny selection of tunes for you this week, dear listener covering early electronica, musique concrete, … Continue reading →
With the Scottish Referendum only four days away we thought we might offer up a musical antidote in the form of a show which attempts to bestride several topics including Scottishness, unity, independence, positivity, negativity and neutrality. All hopefully without … Continue reading →
Inspired by the arrival of a very generous gift from listener Neil. Oh and the new Peter Capaldi regeneration. We thought it time to celebrate Doctor Who. So we have some very hard to find obscurities from the Whovian musical universe … Continue reading →
Some new releases and reissues for you this week dear listener. We have a track from a compilation celebrating ten years of chip-dub label Jahtari, a track from the fourth volume of skwee from Swedish label Flogsta Danshall, an 80s … Continue reading →
Having done shows about the solar system (PMB144: The Planets) and of course the moon, we thought it about time we dedicate a show to our nearest star. So to that end we bring you a selection of sun-drenched tunes, … Continue reading →
We often find shortly after we’ve done a show on a particular theme that other tracks come our way (many identified by you, dear listener) which would have been perfect for that particular show. So this week’s show is the … Continue reading →
Having done a show all about our favourite beverage (PMB175: A Nice Cup Of Tea) we thought it only fair that we take a look at the dark side, namely coffee. So we’ve put together what we hope is a … Continue reading →
Time to catch up with some new releases and new arrivals at the Moonbase on this week’s show. We have a track from a new compilation which could almost have been put together with PMB in mind as it’s made … Continue reading →
This week on the show we wish a very happy 75th birthday to pop and theme tune composer extraordinaire Tony Hatch. Of course, this does mean that Tony isn’t quite eligible for entry into the Moonbase Hall of Fame (which … Continue reading →
We always enjoy being fashionably late to a party so one week after the World Cup came to an end we thought the timing was perfect for a football special. This gives us a chance to play some of our … Continue reading →
By far our most popular episode to date is PMB128: Now That’s What I Don’t Call the 80s. We have no idea why that might be but in an attempt to re-create the huge success of that show, we thought … Continue reading →
Inspired by what is supposedly (and inexplicably) the highest-grossing animation film ever made, we bring you a show themed around Disney’s Frozen, including several improvements on tracks featured in that film as well some other ice-themed tunes which we feel … Continue reading →
This week on the show, dear listener, we bring you some recent releases and arrivals at the Moonbase which have been graded APPROPRIATE by our rigorous scoring algorithms. We have another track from the extremely wobbly new album from The … Continue reading →
We’re not afraid to visit the same very specific topic twice, dear listener, so having marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of The Rolling Stones back in PMB074, on this week’s show we mark the 50th anniversary of the … Continue reading →
It’s all zilla and no filla on this week’s show as we celebrate both the centenary of Japanese musical maestro Akira Ifukube, who wrote most of the music for Toho Studio’s series of Godzilla movies, and ‘reboot’ this year of … Continue reading →
Without wishing to disappoint our geologist listeners, this week’s show is not actually a show all about continental drift but is instead a musical miscellany of some choice new releases and reissues which have come our way in the last … Continue reading →
This week we return to a news story we covered recently in which mathematician Alex Bellos sought to find out why people have a favourite number and what in fact the most popular numbers around the world are. So in … Continue reading →
You are going to relax, so begin by making yourself perfectly comfortable. Sit down in your favourite chair. Or lie down on your favourite couch or bed. Drop your arms to your sides and gaze intently at a spot high … Continue reading →
Things go all electro-mechanical on this week’s show dear listener with music made by dot matrix printers, floppy disk drives, a jazzolian, an enormous music box, a player piano a polyphon, an orchestrion and a trio of robots to mention … Continue reading →
DJ Bongoboy recently fled the lunar base and ended up spending a few days in London with Space Disco Jeff and came away with a couple of space disco gems which you’ll hear on this week’s show. There are also … Continue reading →
When we were searching through the enormous Moonbase archive recently, we were shocked to discover that we’d not previously covered one of the most important topics to us, namely that of tea. So rather belatedly, here is our celebration of … Continue reading →
Time to catch up with some new releases and recent arrivals at the Moonbase. We have some Bombay Disco, some 70s Italian soundtrack, instrumental audio logos and some music to do some East German floor exercises to. Listen now: Download … Continue reading →
In an unusually timely edition of the show (don’t worry, dear listener, it won’t happen again), we bring you a selection of our favourite egg-related tunes from quite literally around the world. There are songs from France, Arabia, Spain, China, … Continue reading →
Following on from last week’s less-than-serious titter-fest, An Ill Wind, this week on the show we take a much more meteorological and geographical approach for the second half of our wind double album. You’ll hear tracks about some of our … Continue reading →
For the first time on Project Moonbase, we bring you the first part of a conceptual double album, the concept being wind. This arose largely because of two differing approaches taken by DJ Bongoboy and MC Zirconium to the subject, … Continue reading →
It’s been a while since we took stock of some of the recent arrivals through the airlock up here at the Moonbase but they’ve been safely quarantined now so we are please to bring you delights such as: The latest … Continue reading →
A particularly confusing edition of the show this week dear listener, the result of a throwaway comment made in PMB167. Yes we’ve (just about) managed to pull together a whole show themed around herbs, those friends of the kitchen gardener. … Continue reading →
This week’s show has had probably the longest gestation of any show, having been in the works for several years. But we got there in the end and so present a selection of some of our favourite female duos from … Continue reading →
It occurred to us recently that new-comers to the show might not have encountered one of our musical heroes, namely Mr Peter Herbolzheimer, German trombonist, band-leader and cravat-wearer. Back in the days when we were on the radio airwaves, we … Continue reading →
It’s all about the butterflies and the bees this week, dear listener, as we learn how to make babies. So every track is either by a baby, about a baby or for a baby, with selections including Mexican organ playing, … Continue reading →
It’s time to raise your trouser leg or ball-gown above the ankle for this week’s show, dear listener, as we explore the multifarious world of the undergarment. We shall be examining knickers, bras, pants, stockings, thongs and bikinis. Sadly we … Continue reading →
This week dear listener we hurl ourselves onto the long departed bandwagon that is all things zombie with a show dedicated to the world of the living dead. The show is bookended by versions of the opening and closing music … Continue reading →
We missed an important anniversary last year as 2013 was the 50th anniversary of the release of the first album by that great vocalese group, The Swingle Singers, who we’ve played on the show many times over the years. So … Continue reading →
Time to catch up with some recent discoveries and recent releases here at the Moonbase. We have some brand spanking new chiptune, some music specially composed for use in planetariums, a double bill of enthusiastic Japanese musicians, the welcome return … Continue reading →
It’s time to take to the silver carpet, dear listener, as we present this year’s Project Moonbase Super Excellent Awards. We’ve chosen some our favourite new releases, reissues and compilations from last year and on this week’s show we’ll be … Continue reading →
It’s all about new beginnings on this week’s show. So prepare to set yourself some ambitious targets for 2014 as we bring you a selection of highly motivational music. Listen now: Download the MP3 The Music 1. The Simonsound: It’s … Continue reading →
We’ve had lots of tasty new arrivals at the Moonbase recently and this week’s show has a track from a new album by retro-futuristic prankster Felix Kubin, more from Clemence Freschard, two lovely pieces of reissued exotica, some music made … Continue reading →
A very sweet edition of the show this week as we explore the world of all things sugary. We have a candied collection of tracks including some psychsploitation, French Moog, and German polka. There are two towering vocal performances from, … Continue reading →
An exploration of the new and the newly reissued old on this week’s show with tracks from new releases by Italian orchestral popsters Fitness Forever, humoristic electronics from Berlin-based Gelbart, some new exotica from Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica and some lethargic … Continue reading →
Join us on a journey through the major neural pathways as we explore the crevices and crenellations of The Human Brain. To evoke this highly cerebral world, you will hear genuine Italian library music, fake French library music, retro-futuristic pop, … Continue reading →
Lots of lovely new releases and reissues on the show this week. We have a couple of tracks from a terrific new compilation on Because Records of classic French electronic music from the 70s called Cosmic Machine. There’s a track … Continue reading →
This week on the show we thought we would celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival on television of the Doctor. Dr Hardy, that is, and the rest of the cast of General Hospital, the longest running series on TV … Continue reading →
This week’s show is made up of some the latest releases and reissues to arrive here at the Moonbase. We have two selections from the long-awaited third collection of library music put together by Luke Vibert, an example of the … Continue reading →
It’s time to put on your safety gogggles, make sure every member of the family is wearing a hi-vis jacket and is standing behind the striped tape cordon as we invite you to carefully come with us on a journey … Continue reading →
The reason our Halloween special this year may appear to be somewhat late to the party is down to a little known fact which is that Halloween is traditionally celebrated on the Moon every 3 November. It is certainly not … Continue reading →
It’s time to get a set of D6s ready to navigate your way through a show made up of some of our favourite new releases and reissues. The show takes its title from a splendid new release by friend of … Continue reading →
Following the recent discovery of a potential imposter at the Moonbase – coupled with our continued enthusiasm for, mainly German, musicians masquerading as, largely Latin American, band leaders – we thought the time was ripe for a show exploring authenticity… … Continue reading →
Forming a natural accompaniment to last week’s show about biscuits, we present this week, dear listener, a selection of some of our favourite cheeses. For maximum enjoyment, we recommend preparing for the show by opening a box of crackers and … Continue reading →
With a nod in the direction of international spy agency Danger 5 who give us the title of this week’s show, it’s a long over-due moment to celebrate one of our favourite foodstuffs – and in fact one which largely … Continue reading →
There’s been a positive deluge of delightful new releases and reissues building up in the air-lock here at PMB so we thought it time to play catch-up and present you with some of our favourites. So this week on the … Continue reading →
It was recently pointed out to us that we’d not yet covered that most important of topics for musical cosmologists such as ourselves, namely our very own solar system! So come with us, dear listener as we take you from … Continue reading →
In a rare example of temporal relevance for Project Moonbase, this week we bring you a show all about the return to halls of learning currently going on up and down the country. We have educational music to tickle your … Continue reading →
As our lunar hostage, Space Disco Jeff, recently reminded us, the last time he was on the moon we joked that it would be fun to do a show about the lighter side of death. We take these commitments very … Continue reading →
For this week’s (and next week’s) show we welcome/abduct very special guest Space Disco Jeff. For the first of these shows we review some new releases and reissues, many of which were brought up to the moon by Jeff and … Continue reading →
Largely inspired by the re-discovery of the joyful work of The Conch Man we decided to fashion a whole show around the theme of sea shells. This gave us a chance to trawl up some library music, some Italian soundtrack … Continue reading →
Partly inspired by MC Zirconium’s recent close encounter with the world of DIY as well the recent arrival of an amazing compilation of home-made recordings we thought it was time we tackled that thorny topic of home improvement. Listen now: … Continue reading →
We like to be fashionably late to the party so this week on the show we finally get round to marking the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me. As we’ve done previously with … Continue reading →
On this week’s particularly enquiring edition of the show we catch up with some new releases and return to a recent favourite.We have a track from the chart-topping (in Japan) new album by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, the latest reissues from … Continue reading →
At the suggestion of loyal listener Squig, this week’s show celebrates the intoxicating delight – and health benefits – of our favourite member of the nightshade family, tobacco. This celebration takes the form of music from genres such as cheesy … Continue reading →
At MC Zirconium’s prompting, we pay a long overdue return visit to the enormous archive of EMI Pakistan, a collection of recordings stretching back decades which, thanks to some forward-thinking businessmen in Karachi is now in private ownership and all … Continue reading →
It’s time to find that designer ball-gown and roll out the red carpet as we pay tribute to the world of film soundtracks. It came as something as a surprise to our archivists that we’d never done such a show … Continue reading →
A tasty broth for you this week dear listener as we round up some of our favourite recent arrivals at the Moonbase.The “EP” seems to be format du jour, with new ones by Kumisolo, Jeremy Deller, Lullatone and Jazz Against … Continue reading →
Inspired by the arrival of a couple of geologically-themed tracks at the Moonbase this week, we decided the time was right to do a show entirely about Earth Sciences.So you’ll hear some lovely core samples including several pieces of library … Continue reading →
It’s time to open your stamp album and turn to the pages for The Moon as we bring you an all postal edition of the show.We have a plethora of epistular tracks for you this week from the likes of … Continue reading →
Put on your driving gloves, dear listener, for a particularly high-octane edition of the show as this week as we explore the world of speedsters, car chases and rally racing.Amongst other thrilling selections, you will hear library music from both … Continue reading →
Taking its name from a track by Jon Brooks, this show was going to be all about mitosis and meiosis until we discovered there s not as much cell themed music as you might Imagine. So instead it is an … Continue reading →
This is our counter-factual, parallel universe 1980s show. It sounds like the 80s, it looks like the 80s, and trust me, it smells like the 80s but it is not 80s. It is 100% fictional-faux-fakery: conjured up from retro technology, … Continue reading →
This show is all about the Swords and also includes the Sorcery. That s what they used to call stuff with bearded men and dragons before Game of Thrones. Speaking of which, we have a chiptune rendering of the theme … Continue reading →
Checking the extensive archives, we were surprised that we’ve not yet addressed ourselves to the element of Fire on Project Moonbase. With Beltane recently upon us, marking the beginning of Summer, what better time to turn the heat up and … Continue reading →
On this week’s show we pay a long-overdue tribute to the world of the test card, or more accurately the music played whenever the test card appeared on screen. We draw pretty heavily on the 9-volume set researched by Heinz … Continue reading →
This week’s show is a sizzling selection of tunes designed to set you up nicely for the day, being as it is themed around the most important of meals, namely: breakfast.We have sausage, bacon, tomato, scrambled eggs and a variety … Continue reading →
No particular theme this week as we catch up with some new releases and arrivals in the Moonbase airlock.Several of our highly talented listeners have sent us new releases including albums by The Soulless Party, Vic Mars and Peopleodeon. We … Continue reading →
Inspired by several ophidian-themed tracks coming our way in quick succession, we decided to make this week’s show all about snakes. You’ll hear colubrine tracks by the likes of Kai Winding, Mandingo, Django Reinhardt, Doc Severinsen and many others.In amongst … Continue reading →
On the show this week, despite the awful weather conditions currently being experienced here on the Moon, we decided to celebrate the first day of Spring by collecting together some of our favourite seasonal tunes. The tracks on this week’s … Continue reading →
This week’s show takes its title from a new reissue by the ever dependable Jonny Trunk whose latest reissue is Daphne Oram’s first (and only) LP, an album which was recorded for use in schools. In addition to that we … Continue reading →
It was brought to our attention recently by regular listener Emma Bowen that a recent anniversary of some significance took place, namely the 75th anniversary of the creation of SPAM by Hormel Foods. We therefore thought it high time we … Continue reading →
This week’s comes as a result of a suggestion by listener Dr Rhubarb who astutely noticed our mentioning of the mange and dropsy in a recent edition of the show. In that same show we put out a call for … Continue reading →
With horses being in the news for all the wrong reasons we thought it would be good to shine a more positive light on all things equine this week on the show. So we have a selection of classic 60s … Continue reading →
This week’s show will be particularly enjoyed by fans of aggregate as we set about mixing up some concrete, from tunes with a cement or concrete theme to some examples of musique concrete by the likes of Pierre Henry, Tod … Continue reading →
On the show this week we explore all things hiss, pop, crackle and muffle, with a selection of tracks which may have you questioning the fidelity of your hi-fi – or possibly your ears. We have tracks by Israeli retro-futurists … Continue reading →
A show of many parts this week for you dear listener. The show kicks off with a track from a project we recently blogged about: a meeting of minds between Swedish chiptune and German jazz. We also have an extraordinary … Continue reading →
Atoms at the ready as we bring you a show dedicated to the elements of the periodic table. The show features some of our favourite elements including Boron, Carbon, Potassium, Uranium and lots lots more. Every track on the show … Continue reading →
As we look out from the Moonbase at a lovely winter scene, we invite you to put on your winter thermals, dear listener, and join us in a celebration of all things snowy and icy. If you happen to be … Continue reading →
This week on the show we have a choice selection of recent arrivals at the Moonbase including tracks from two new releases on Trunk Records, some German (or possibly Dutch) exotica from Tahiti, French library music, a track from the … Continue reading →
In a change to the advertised programme, this week on the show we bestow a selection of awards in our inaugural (and hopefully annual) Super Excellent Awards ceremony. We shall be paying tribute to some of our favourite new releases, … Continue reading →
Ha ha ha… Ho ho ho… Welcome to Project Moonbase’s antidote to seasonal good cheer, with an entire show celebrating the other side of Christmas. Yes, this week we bring you a dozen devilishly festive tunes to delight you in … Continue reading →
With less than a week to go until the end of civilisation as we know it, we thought we’d provide a fun and informative guide to help you survive the imminent apocalypse. So you can expect to hear guidance in … Continue reading →
Since the actual British Flying Saucer Bureau has now sadly closed its doors we decided we ought to pick up the mantle and open the files on some anomalous phenomena which has been taking place here on the Moon – … Continue reading →
This week we take the opportunity to sample some new releases and new arrivals in the Moonbase archive.There’s another track from Kumisolo‘s recent EP, a track from a new album of chip-prog covers of Goblin tunes, two tracks from the … Continue reading →
Thanks to our listener in Germany, Arkan Ok, for suggesting this week’s theme of railways. It’s given us an excuse to dig out some steam-powered gems and no less than three train-themed tunes from Indian composers. There’s plenty of organ … Continue reading →
Thanks to a particularly successful, and largely romantic in nature, haul from a Stirling charity shop recently, the acquisition of a small mountain of cast-offs from former Moonbase crate digger Fuz which included a number of romantic LPs and finally … Continue reading →
As this is the month of November what better than to join our fellow “Mo Bros” in celebration of all things facially hairy. Every track on the show this week has a moustachioed or beardy connotation. Thanks to Dr Woods … Continue reading →
This week’s show is a chance for us to catch up with some recent new releases and reissues. We have more from the new Parry Music Library compilation on Public Information, music from Japanese Francophile Kumisolo, another selection from Bollywood … Continue reading →
With this edition of the show being number 101 we thought it would be a good idea to turn the show over to your deepest fear, or at least Winston Smith’s deepest fear, namely rats! It was a little tougher … Continue reading →
A very auspicious day, dear listeners as we reach our 100th podcast! And it wouldn’t have been possible without you [mops tear away]. To thank you for all your support over the last 100 years, sorry, shows, we’ve put together … Continue reading →
Thank you for flipping this special centenary edition of the Project Moonbase podcast over for Part Two, This part, “For Our Friends” is made up entirely of suggestions and requests made by you, our lovely listeners. None of the tracks … Continue reading →
With this being show 99, what better theme to adopt than that of ice cream! For those non-UK residents not able to make the connection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Flake. So every track on the show this week has a lovely soft whipped theme, … Continue reading →
This week’s show has a few quite chewy moments so we thought nougat was the best way to summarise what we have on offer. The chewiness comes mainly in the form of some chippy new releases from The Center of … Continue reading →
This week’s show takes its title from a lovely new radiophonic EP from Tim Love Lee, Si Begg, Jack Dangers and Tara Busch which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the BBC’s first FM broadcast. So we have a couple of … Continue reading →
This week on the show we bid farewell to the first man to visit the Moonbase way back in 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong. So the show has an even more lunar and spacey feel than usual. We also feature a … Continue reading →
Arrrr, me hearties, ’tis time for the much heralded all-pirate edition of Project Moonbase! So hoist the main brace, stick a parrot on your shoulder and join the merry goings on aboard the good ship Moonbase. As is often the … Continue reading →
This week’s show takes its title from an astonishing piece of vinyl archaeology in the form of a new compilation by Dante Carfagna of the Ohio Soul Recordings website and Rob Sevier of the Numero Group. If you can imagine … Continue reading →
This week on the show we shine a light on prolific composer, arranger and vocalist Barbara Moore. If that name isn’t all that familiar, Barbara’s work often went uncredited, perhaps because she had the audacity to be a woman working … Continue reading →
With our recent obsession with themes we’ve not had a chance to catch up with some great new releases and reissues which have arrived at the base via Moon-pod. So no particular theme this week as we bring you music … Continue reading →
We play a lot of Mexican music on the show but we’ve been thinking for a while that it was about time we tried to sort out the fake (mainly German) Mexicans from the real thing. So on this week’s … Continue reading →
Following last week’s banana special, it seemed only right to follow that with a show all about apes, monkeys and primates in general. This was also prompted by our recent reverie about the classic TV series Monkey and also a … Continue reading →
Some might think that following a show about madness with a show about bananas is a little in poor taste. However, the real inspiration behind this week’s show is DJ Bongoboy’s discovery of how much fun that can be had … Continue reading →
This week’s show is themed around the world of mental well-being or, more often than not, mental unwell-being. This theme came as a result of listener Squig reminding us of the existence of a truly (and quite literally) mind-bending piece … Continue reading →
Hot on the heels of last week’s birthday special, we have another one this week in the form of a 70th birthday celebration for an equally colossal figure in the world of popular music, namely one Sir Paul McCartney.We’ve tried … Continue reading →
This week on Project Moonbase we celebrate the recent 70th birthday of one of the giants of popular music in the 20th century, Brian Wilson (only ten more years, Brian, until you become eligible for the Project Moonbase Hall of … Continue reading →
At the suggestion of listener Peter Berglin, who posted a video of a very relaxed looking frog sitting on a porch, we decided to turn our attention this week to the semi-aquatic world of amphibians. So expect plenty of frog … Continue reading →
Several tunes of a sunny disposition have materialised in the Moonbase archive over the last couple of weeks so we thought we’d try to counteract the shocking weather some of you are enduring on Earth with some lunar sunshine. So … Continue reading →
It’s time to fish out a black and yellow striped jumper and join us as we explore the world of the humble bee, with music from Jean-Jacques Perrey, Lenny Dee, Barney Kessel & Gloria Wood, the J Arthur Keenes Band, … Continue reading →
This week’s show follows up on our recent trip to planet earth where we were asked to provide the sounds and atmosphere for an exhibition by regular listener Emma Bowen and her nephew Abe involving lots of plasticine dinosaurs and … Continue reading →
This week on Project Moonbase we’ve put together a show especially for your purses and wallets as we explore the world of filthy lucre. We also have a track from a boggling new two-disc compilation of Klaus Wunderlich’s organ medley … Continue reading →
It’s time to open your exercise book, dust off your favourite slide-rule and turn to page 5 of your book of logarithms as Project Moonbase starts a new course of study with Mathematics. We have mathematical music from Moon Patrol, … Continue reading →
After spending a quiet afternoon enjoying the soundtrack to Daktari with Space Disco Jeff recently (as one does), he suggested that we do a show all about lions. We felt this was perhaps slightly too niche so instead we turn … Continue reading →
It’s time to pull on your favourite slacks as we celebrate the exciting world of the trouser. This week’s theme was inspired by Chinese quartet New Pants, who have become something of a favourite of the show in recent weeks … Continue reading →
Sad and happy news reached the Moonbase this week as we learned on the one hand of the imminent demise of Ceefax (boo!) after 38 years of service but on the other, the joyous news that the ZX Spectrum has … Continue reading →
It’s time to catch up with some recent releases and reissues on the show this week. So we have a track from the new EP by Giant Claw, an 8-bit cover of an 80s classic and another track from our … Continue reading →
It’s time to put on your lead-lined lounge suit for this particularly dangerous edition of the show as we tackle the controversial topic of radioactivity. Listen now: Download the MP3 The Music 1. The Qualitons: More Plutonium from Panoramic Tymes … Continue reading →
This week on the show we send our hearty 50th anniversary best wishes to Mick, Keef, Ron and Charlie as we mark 50 years of The Rolling Stones. As regular listeners will know, however, we try to avoid playing tracks … Continue reading →
We decided to set ourselves quite a challenge this week by trying to put together a whole show of tunes relating to that mysterious sphere of study known as cryptozoology. So if you’ve ever been bothered by yetis, had your … Continue reading →
It’s time to don the kagoule, pack a distress flare (or pair of distressed flares) and make sure you know how to operate a compass as we celebrate the Great Outdoors. We’ll be going for a walk with Max Greger … Continue reading →
A suitably epic edition of the show this week as we celebrate the world of thespians who have attempted to moonlight as singers, with varying degrees of success. Marvel at septuagenarian Mae West rocking out, Telly Savalas’ invention of new … Continue reading →
Heated curlers and tongs at the ready as we explore the world of hair care on this week’s show. We have hairy music from George Wright, Adderall Canyonly, Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen(!), New Pants, Dr Lonnie Smith, Mort Garson and … Continue reading →
Tonight’s show features the work of Suzanne Ciani, the “Delia Derbyshire of the Atari generation”. Suzanne Ciani is a pioneering composer of electronic music who, since the mid-70s has been making use of banks of modular synths (particularly Don Buchla’s … Continue reading →
On tonight’s show we wish a very happy 80th birthday to one of the greats of movie music making, John Williams, by playing a selection of his best-loved themes. Being Project Moonbase of course, very few of the tracks are … Continue reading →
It’s time to put on snorkel and slippers (is that right?) for an undersea adventure with Project Moonbase. Yes, every track on the show this week has an underwater theme. with music from Al Caiola, Stereo Total, Les Baxter, OMO, … Continue reading →
A very Gong Xi Fa Cai to all our listeners this week as we wish a very belated Happy Chinese New Year to you all. This year is the Year of the Dragon and so we’ve chosen that as one … Continue reading →
This week a new occasional series of shows in which we introduce listeners to the exciting new world of personal computing. This week’s topics include computer safety, jazz computing, computer romance, Christian robots, programming yourself and computing in German. Listen now: download … Continue reading →
Prompted by the inclusion of an owl-themed track on the new Spacedog album and a seagull-themed track on Jonny Trunk’s recently released collection of music and songs used in Fingerbobs, we thought it an appropriate moment to celebrate all things … Continue reading →
This is a reminder that The Corporation’s annual presentation will be taking place very shortly. Please assemble in the Company Theatre (managers in the Grand Circle, everyone else in the stalls) where our Board of Directors will present this year’s … Continue reading →
Inspired by the remarkable discovery of an album’s worth of punk covers played on the steel drum! We decided to dust off the ripped tartan trousers and attach safety pins to our lab coats as we turn the show over … Continue reading →
This week we pay tribute to one of the giants of space age bachelor pad music, Russ Garcia. Garcia had a very illustrious career as an arranger and orchestrator but he is probably best loved for his 1959 album Fantastica … Continue reading →
After gorging ourselves on some great music throughout 2011 we thought it seasonally appropriate to collect together some of the tracks which didn’t make it into last year’s shows, but which are nevertheless great pieces of music. download the MP3 … Continue reading →
Festive lunar greetings to all our listeners for this week’s all-Christmas special! On this week’s show we bring you a selection of well-known Christmas favourites played in some very unusual ways. We have a version of the Twelve Days of … Continue reading →
Make sure you’re standing inside a Faraday Cage for this episode of Project Moonbase, dear listener as we bring you a show themed around the world of dangerously high-voltage electricity. download the MP3 directly. The Music 1. The Roger Webb … Continue reading →
The release of the rather lovely new album by Japanese duo Lullatone (Soundtracks for Everyday Adventures) prompted us to seek out a selection of tracks either made with or inspired by toy instruments, clockwork machines and circuit bent toys. By … Continue reading →
As you will know, dear listener, the Moonbase periodically detaches itself from its lunar moorings and hovers over various parts of Scotland. We therefore thought it was about time we played a selection of tracks inspired in some way by … Continue reading →
Loyal listener Squig is to thank for suggesting this week’s theme which explores yodelling, whistling, beat-boxing, throat singing and many other novel uses of the human voice. It turns out there is a goldmine of extraordinary vocal recordings out there … Continue reading →
Due to a bit of a mix up in the laboratory, the wrong trailer was added to the end of PMB055 so here is the correct trailer. You may also have noticed that time ran backwards for a small period … Continue reading →
Somehow, dear listener, one of the themes we’ve neglected to cover until now is that of our dwelling place, yes – The Moon! To redress this embarrassing imbalance, the show this week is pure unadulterated moonliness, featuring the sounds of, … Continue reading →
Something of a musical miscellany on the show this week with more Lollywood from the latest release on Finders Keepers (Life is Dance), more from those fictitious French librarians, The Kramford Look and more from those Argentinian retro-futurists Modular. We … Continue reading →
Prepare to be terrified to your very core, dear listener, as we bring you our Halloween Special. Be warned that every track on the show this week is likely to strike fear into the very depths of your soul – … Continue reading →
We’ve been eagerly awaiting William Shatner’s new single/double/triple album Seeking Major Tom, consisting of 20 tracks (mostly cover versions), for a few months now. A tantalising track-listing appeared on William Shatner’s website back in April 2011 and more recently footage … Continue reading →
This week, dear listener, you find us hovering above that sinister Air Force base, Area 51, as we bring you a selection of variously sinister and suspicious sounds. We also have a track from a release on the new label … Continue reading →
Well, dear listener, an auspicious moment has arrived in the history of Project Moonbase. Yes, we’ve reached our 50th episode of the podcast! To celebrate reaching this significant figure, we have selected a special set of tunes this week all … Continue reading →
As you know, dear listener, we’ve been covering some of the big topics of the day in our recent podcasts. Well there are few core topics we’ve rather neglected which is why this week on the show we turn our … Continue reading →
It’s time for some shameless opportunism on the show this week as we jump on the bandwagon of celebration taking place to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind. As with our previous track-for-track covers of Kraftwerk’s … Continue reading →
We’re getting all seasonal on the show this week as we take the weather, or more accurately the various forms of precipitation, for our musical theme. This was largely inspired by another track on the recently released Sachal Studios album … Continue reading →
As you may know, dear listener, there’s been a resurgence of interest over the last few years in releasing music on cassette tape. This is something we heartily endorse at the Moonbase, being as we are enthusiasts of all forms … Continue reading →
If you were listening to last week’s show you’ll have heard some excerpts from an interview we carried out with Kev Oyston who put together the Electronic Encounters album which forms the centrepiece to the show. Well, as promised, here … Continue reading →
To mark the release of a new (and free to download) compilation of tunes inspired by Steven Spielberg’s classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind and put together by friend of the show Kev Oyston (aka Soulless Party), this week’s … Continue reading →
We’re back! Yes, after few weeks regenerating in the Geodesic Lounge, DJ Bongoboy and MC Zirconium are back with you, dear listener. Since this show is episode FORTY FOUR we thought it only appropriate to dedicate this week’s show to … Continue reading →
Time to tackle another Big Theme on the show this week. Yes, we thought it was high time we tackled the intoxicating world of drugs. This was largely prompted by a rather wonderful new single from teenage sensation SUPERCUTE! which … Continue reading →
At the suggestion of listener John Toolan, we thought it would be a good idea to explore the wooooo-like sound world of the theremin and some of the other instruments in this musical family. So on this week’s show you’ll … Continue reading →
It’s time to tackle another big topic, namely pet ownership. Or, more specifically for this episode, dog ownership. This was prompted by an uncannily large number of dog news stories so we decided it was about time we let the … Continue reading →
On the show this week it’s all fear, paranoia, black ops and extraordinary rendition as we take on the Axis of Evil. This was inspired by a truly wonderful song on the latest album by “Weird Al” Jankovic (Alpocalypse) which … Continue reading →
As we are recording this week’s show at the height of glorious Summer [cough] with all the vibrant hues we see at this time of year, we thought we should celebrate by dedicating the whole show to the world of … Continue reading →
We were saddened to hear of the recent passing of the man who played the greatest scruffy detective on TV, Peter Falk. We’re great fans of Mr Falk here at the Moonbase and so we thought we’d turn this week’s … Continue reading →
This week we celebrate the imminent centenary of that giant of 20th film composition, Bernard Herrmann. We also pick up on a theme of last week’s show and play a track from Irving Fields’ fusion of Jewish and Latin music, … Continue reading →
Following on from our exploration of the world of commerce last week we’ve decided it’s time to dive into the deep end and have a whole show scrutinising (and gently tickling the ribs of) the world’s major faiths (and some … Continue reading →
We’ve been thinking for a while that it was about time we tackled some of the grand themes of modern life. However, before tackling more controversial topics such as politics, religion, sex or the lighter side of death, we thought … Continue reading →
On the show this week we welcome back special guest Space Disco Jeff for his annual visit to the Moonbase. As you can probably guess, this means it’s time to get out your galactic glitter ball and clear a space … Continue reading →
This week’s show attempts to straddle the worlds of alarm clocks and twanging surf guitar. Alarm clocks are provided by the Advisory Circle’s Jon Brooks who has somehow managed to craft an entire album made entirely from the sounds made … Continue reading →
On the show this week we wish that grandfather of the modern folk song, Bob Dylan, a very happy 01000110th (that’s 70 for you decimal heads) birthday. Every track on the show this week (with one exception) is a Dylan … Continue reading →
On the show this week we feature some of the latest releases from one of our favourite reissue labels, Dutton Vocalion. We also look ahead to what promises to be a very exciting Glasgow Jazz Festival as well as new … Continue reading →
On the show this week we reach out to our younger listeners (or at least our younger-at-heart listeners) with a selection of songs by, for or which we hope will at least appeal to children of all ages. We’ll be … Continue reading →
On the show this week we find ourselves catching up with some recent releases and reissues including the new yet old sounds of the Rhythmagic Orchestra, some classic afro-cuban loveliness from Machito, Jonny Trunk on Ghost Box, a track from … Continue reading →
On the show this week we celebrate all things Finnish as every track on the show hails from that Nordic nation. This was prompted by a desire to feature a wonderful Finnish label by the name of Fonal Records who … Continue reading →
We are always alert when cosmic alignments suggest themes for the show. Of late we have found ourselves enjoying that classic Gershon Kingsley tune, Popcorn, and in particular some moustache-twirling interpretations of said tune. We thought it appropriate to devote … Continue reading →
Today (10 April 2011) marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the giants of exotica, in fact one of the creators of exotica, namely Mr Martin Denny. So on the show this week you’ll be hearing the … Continue reading →
New albums by Shawn Lee and the Natural Yogurt Band more from Dayton Ohi, some spooky theremin music, some classical steel and a shameless attempt to hop aboard the Rebecca Black bandwagon. MC Zirconium, meanwhile, will depress and twist the … Continue reading →
Great news for radiophonic enthusiasts in the next week or so as next weekend (2-3 April 2011) the Cube Cinema in Bristol will be hosting A Radiophonic Weekend featuring former members of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Then on Thursday 7 … Continue reading →
On the show this week we celebrate the imminent 80th birthday (and therefore automatic entry into the Project Moonbase Hall of Fame) of those two giants of popular culture, Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner. We have “music” by these two … Continue reading →
We believe in being guided by cosmic forces here at the Moonbase so we coudn’t possibly ignore the arrival in the airlock this week of two new releases featuring that king of keyboard instruments, the Stylophone. For not only does … Continue reading →
On the show this week we celebrate the world of French soundtrack music in the form of music by Francois de Roubaix and Michel Magne. We also have another hypnotic track from Jon Brooks’ recent opus as well as music … Continue reading →
This year has not been a great year for legends of the jazz, soundtrack and retro-futuristic worlds. The latest loss to planet Earth is Sir George Shearing who sadly left us on 14 February. We at the Moonbase are big … Continue reading →
On this week’s distinctly rock-flavoured show we have some more examples of Luk Krung and Luk Thung from the latest Finders Keepers compilation, Thai? Dai! We also have a couple of selections from the recently released second volume in the … Continue reading →
On the show this week we celebrate the recent birthday of the newly-septuagenarian sovereign of sunny samba, Sergio Mendes. Expect lots of tunes by Sergio: from his early 60s Sextet through to his futuristically-named Brasil 66 and Brasil 77. We … Continue reading →
On this special bumper edition of the show we’ll be celebrating the astonishing, iconic work of the greatest film soundtrack composer of the 20th century, John Barry, who sadly left us last weekend. His music was known – and loved … Continue reading →
On the show this week we introduce a new irregular feature called Classic Steel where we play a classical (or a classic) favourite arranged for steel drums. We also have some Galactic Sounds, another track from the latest Basil Kirchin … Continue reading →
On this week’s show we wish a belated Happy 80th Birthday to that polyglottal pop princess, Caterina Valente, by playing lots of tunes by Ms Valente and her associates. We’ll also be hearing from Italian prog horrorists, Goblin, who are … Continue reading →
On the show this week we celebrate the life of Broadcast’s Trish Keenan who, quite unbelieveably, passed away on Friday. Broadcast were the epitome of retro-futurism and were doing “hauntology” a good decade or more before the term was coined. … Continue reading →
On the show this week we’ll be ushering in the Year of the Rabbit by playing a selection of tracks generously gifted to us over the festive season as well as a selection of brand new tunes. We’re also delighted … Continue reading →
On the first show of 2011, we do what the moon does best and reflect (do you see what we did there?) on 2010 by playing some of our favourite tunes released or reissued in that year. As well as … Continue reading →
We’re having a Cosmic Christmas this week up at the Moonbase. Yes, it’s all galactic good cheer as we celebrate the turning of another year. We have a selection of festive favourites by some Moonbase stalwarts such as Alan Moorhouse, … Continue reading →
On the show this week we celebrate the recent centenary of the king of calypso, Edmundo Ros. Most of the music on the show this week is by the great man but we also have some new tracks by Shawn … Continue reading →
On the show this week we have music from the new Moon Wiring Club album, some selections from a new deWolfe compilation, progressive Hungarian space jazz, 25th century exotica, a trip to the sea of tranquility with Hong Kong in … Continue reading →
On the show this week we have music from the new Stereolab album, more Cosmic Future Groove, more from the Monroeville Music Center, music from the debut album from Twitter follower and illustrator extraordinaire Frances Castle (aka The Hardy Tree), … Continue reading →
On the show this week we celebrate the imminent 100th anniversary of birth of the First Lady of the Hammond Organ, Ethel Smith. We also have some fabulous retro-futuristic radiophonic pop from the Monroeville Music Center as well as a … Continue reading →
The show has a distinctly latin flavour this week as we celebrate the work of the Boss of the Bossa Nova, Supremo of Samba, Marcos Valle. Valle will be making his first ever visit to Scotland on 22 November when he … Continue reading →
On this week’s show we discuss the shocking result of the recent vote as to whether DJ Bongoboy was right to play L___ M_______’s version of All the Single Ladies, we attempt to redress the balance by playing Wing’s version … Continue reading →
On this week’s podcast it’s all Space Spectres, Galactic Ghouls and Cosmic Creeping Horror as we celebrate Halloween here aboard the Moonbase. In addition to the spooky music, MC Zirconium will be telling us all about Moon-plosion science, monkey masters … Continue reading →
On the show this week we embrace our feminine side by playing a selection of tracks by some of the greatest female vocalists of the modern age (at least one of which we feel sure will be a life-changing experience). … Continue reading →
Welcome to our second podcast, in which we celebrate the music of composer, arranger and guitar-twanger extraordinaire, Billy Strange (thanks to tweeters KingNirdle and JanDerrer for the suggestion). In addition to that, we have music from another of our listeners, … Continue reading →
Welcome to the first Project Moonbase podcast after our transmogrification from FM to HTTP. In this show you will hear music from Germany, chiptune music, a track from the new Laetitia Sadier album, some Bill Cosby and a show favourite … Continue reading →