Rebirth Radio News
29/06/23
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Mornin' all! Hope you're all having a great time out there. This month's shenanigans have seen a couple of new sets from Yours Truly. First up, here's my first DnB set since 2019's somewhat prophetic "Lockdown" selection! The Black Rocks in question are located just south of Cromford, Derbyshire, and are well worth a visit.
Next up is another psytrance B2B with Bluebird, the fourth in the series so far...
What else have we got for you this month?
Mix Of The Month: years before putting together the Nuggetz volume for Sparks, I'd created another non-stop Sparks mix, especially for the 2001 Sparks Fan Convention. This set features one track from every Sparks album released between 1972 to 2001, ranging in style from glam to synth disco, from new wave to chamber pop. A fitting tribute to one of pop's greatest bands of all time, just as they complete their triumphant world tour.
29/05/23
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The main action chez nous this month has been the overhaul of this website! Ever evolving, we hope the new look is both stylish and easy to use. Give us your feedback, and, as always, it's an open invitation to get involved - send us your sets and we'll get you on the radio!
A warm welcome to our newest recruit: let's big it up for 80HD and this excellent deep house set.
Meanwhile, here's what's new from our regular contributors...
Mix Of The Month: a new regular feature in which we look back at a classic DJ set from the archives. This month: the Strange Travels series derives from my earliest forays into underground techno and trance. The first two volumes set the scene for the paradigm-shifting third instalment. After an ambient intro we rapidly take off into the stratosphere with the all-time classic "The Age Of Love", and from there on we continue corkscrewing our way through some of the most inflential Goa / psytrance tracks ever. Featured artists include Cactus, The Secret, Hallucinogen, Total Eclipse, Man With No Name and loads more.
29/04/23
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"Highway 62 Theme" has so far peaked at #53 in the Global House Charts. We'll be giving it another push mid-summer. Much love to everyone who's shown their support, especially those of you who've downloaded it and are dropping it in your sets! Let's hope the tune gets people moving across the globe just in time for summer :-)
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Talking of club bangers, check out our friend Cheryl's latest single. If you like emotional trance that tugs at the heart strings, you'll go ape for this anthem!
Bluebird & Rebirth waste no time in getting down the third volume of Colours, possibly our best yet! You decide....
What else have we got for you this month? Take a butcher's at this selection of our finest cuts!
Mix Of The Month: A short primer showcasing the Rebirth Sound: 100% original productions, all available on Rebirth Audio and Rebirth Dance!
28/03/23
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All systems go this month! First up, if you've not already done so, make sure to follow Highway 62 on Spotify! "101" is out now on all digital platforms, and will be included on the upcoming vinyl album. Stey tuned...
Bluebird & Rebirth's second instalment of the Colours series follows hot on the heels of Vol. 1, with ten more epic psytrance and forest psy bangers in the mix!
Flux Blak makes a return to the decks following a well-earned break. with two exciting new sets: one episode each of The Beatdown and Schrodinger's Box shows.
Also new this month...
Mix Of The Month: with the talk of 15 Minute Cities and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, all things automobile-related are currently under the microscope. Of course (ahem) we were a few years ahead of the curve with 2017's "And Where Do You Think You're Going", a musical treatise on the different feelings the humble motorcar can arouse. Features non-stop car-based classics such as "Driving In My Car" (Madness), "Roadrunner" (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers), "Life Is A Highway" (Tom Cochrane), "Driving Away From Home" (It's Immaterial) plus loads more!
28/02/23
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Our resident alternative rock/Midwest Emo expert Bluebird has been a busy bee this month. Not only has he put together another superb volume of guitar-based music, "Radio Next"; he has also stepped rather dramatically into the world of psytrance/forest psy, with the first ever official Bluebird/Rebirth collab (hopefully not the last!) Indeed we are already working on Vol 2...
Also new for February:
JJ Lacey returns with a marathon two-hour chillout set, comprising 100% original material!
Mix Of The Month: so apparently some of the stories of Roald Dahl are to be re-edited with more "sensitive" language! As a massive Roald Dahl fan growing up, I found it was the very nastiness and brutishness of his grotesque characters that made their inevitable downfalls so much more satisfying. Maybe slightly less well-known than Dahl's children's stories was the more grown-up, but equally macabre "Tales Of The Unexpected" anthology, adapted for TV in the 80s with its highly memorable and spooky theme tune. Said theme tune opens up this Dahlesque dubstep storytime: a half-hour musical adventure packed with monsters, robots, madmen, wild animals, explosions, space travel and many more plot twists!
29/01/23
​Wow! Christmas and New Year seem like they were a million years ago, but in fact it's just been a few weeks. One way or another, we have made it into 2023, so wherever you are tuning in from, hello and welcome to Rebirth Radio: where music, as you may have gathered, comes alive!
What new DJ sets do we have for you this year then? Take a listen to this selection....
Mix Of The Month: a new regular feature in which we look back at a classic DJ set from the archives. This month: 1994's "To The Beat Of The Drum" followed on from "Born Free" and "Connected", a non-stop mix of the biggest and best club anthems of the day. A whole bunch of all-time dance anthems feature on this set, including "Dreamer" (Livin' Joy), "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" (Baby D), "Not Over Yet" (Grace), "Push The Feeling On" (Nightcrawlers) and loads more...