Sinopse
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 youve 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. Weve 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!
Episódios
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![PMB071: Singing Stars of Stage and Screen (Robert Mitchum, Mae West, Bill Cosby, Joe Pesci, Muhammad Ali, Telly Savalas, Billy Crystal, Jayne Mansfield, Arthur Mullard, Hylda Baker, Mr T, Ethel Merman, Bernard Cribbins, Noel Coward, Sir Christopher Lee)]()
PMB071: Singing Stars of Stage and Screen (Robert Mitchum, Mae West, Bill Cosby, Joe Pesci, Muhammad Ali, Telly Savalas, Billy Crystal, Jayne Mansfield, Arthur Mullard, Hylda Baker, Mr T, Ethel Merman, Bernard Cribbins, Noel Coward, Sir Christopher Lee)
11/03/2012 Duração: 01h36minA 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 →
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![PMB070: Hair Care (George Wright, Adderall Canyonly, Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen, New Pants, Belbury Poly, Lonnie Smith, David Cain, Mort Garson, Tipsy, Atomic Forest)]()
PMB070: Hair Care (George Wright, Adderall Canyonly, Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen, New Pants, Belbury Poly, Lonnie Smith, David Cain, Mort Garson, Tipsy, Atomic Forest)
04/03/2012 Duração: 01h05minHeated 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 →
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![PMB069: Welcome to Xenon (Suzanne Ciani, Jon Brooks, G.E.S, Peachy, Himekami, F. C. Judd, Mark Evans, Guy Boyer)]()
PMB069: Welcome to Xenon (Suzanne Ciani, Jon Brooks, G.E.S, Peachy, Himekami, F. C. Judd, Mark Evans, Guy Boyer)
26/02/2012 Duração: 01h16minTonight’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 →
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![PMB068: John Williams at 80 (Lalo Schifrin, Meco, Brett Domino, Boris Midney, Gilda Giuliani, 8bit Project, Evil Genius Orchestra, Squidd Kidd)]()
PMB068: John Williams at 80 (Lalo Schifrin, Meco, Brett Domino, Boris Midney, Gilda Giuliani, 8bit Project, Evil Genius Orchestra, Squidd Kidd)
19/02/2012 Duração: 57minOn 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 →
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![PMB067: Under the Waves (Al Caiola, Stereo Total, Les Baxter, OMO, Dolphins into the Future, Korla Pandit, Sven Libaek, Jürgen Müller, Logan 5,Gil Evans)]()
PMB067: Under the Waves (Al Caiola, Stereo Total, Les Baxter, OMO, Dolphins into the Future, Korla Pandit, Sven Libaek, Jürgen Müller, Logan 5,Gil Evans)
12/02/2012 Duração: 01h12minIt’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 →
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![PMB066: Year of the Dragon (F C Judd, Moon Wiring Club, Pye Corner Audio, Suzanne Ciani, Paddy Steer, Hollywood Strings, Rod Hunter, Dragon Age,Modern Talking, New Pants,Las Trillizas De Oro)]()
PMB066: Year of the Dragon (F C Judd, Moon Wiring Club, Pye Corner Audio, Suzanne Ciani, Paddy Steer, Hollywood Strings, Rod Hunter, Dragon Age,Modern Talking, New Pants,Las Trillizas De Oro)
05/02/2012 Duração: 01h18minA 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 →
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![PMB065: Introduction to Personal Computing (Perrey Kingsley, Wing, The Bran Flakes, France Gall, Bruce Haack, Covox, Joel Vandroogenbroeck, John Baker, Gianni Safred, Jonathan Gibbs)]()
PMB065: Introduction to Personal Computing (Perrey & Kingsley, Wing, The Bran Flakes, France Gall, Bruce Haack, Covox, Joel Vandroogenbroeck, John Baker, Gianni Safred, Jonathan Gibbs)
29/01/2012 Duração: 01h02minThis 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 →
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![PMB064: The Birds (The Advisory Circle, Spacedog, Moondog, Julie Andrews, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Neal Hefti, Rick Jones, Ivor Cutler, Jim Fassett)]()
PMB064: The Birds (The Advisory Circle, Spacedog, Moondog, Julie Andrews, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Neal Hefti, Rick Jones, Ivor Cutler, Jim Fassett)
24/01/2012 Duração: 58minPrompted 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 →
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![PMB063: Punk’s Not Dead (The Wurzels, Tracy Thornton, Coconami, Bruce Graham, Boop Beep Beep Boop, The Swing Easy Orchestra)]()
PMB063: Punk’s Not Dead (The Wurzels, Tracy Thornton, Coconami, Bruce Graham, Boop Beep Beep Boop, The Swing Easy Orchestra)
15/01/2012 Duração: 01h06minInspired 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 →
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![PMB062: Fantastica (Russ Garcia, Spacedog, Jeroen Tel, Polysick, Gianni Rossi, Mr Chop, Noel Boggs, Barry Stoller)]()
PMB062: Fantastica (Russ Garcia, Spacedog, Jeroen Tel, Polysick, Gianni Rossi, Mr Chop, Noel Boggs, Barry Stoller)
08/01/2012 Duração: 01h05minThis 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 →
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![PMB061: Bubble and Squeak (William Shatner, Little Roy, Oxykitten, Rufus Harley, Mrs Miller, Eric Winstone, The Ravens, Muzzy Marcellino)]()
PMB061: Bubble and Squeak (William Shatner, Little Roy, Oxykitten, Rufus Harley, Mrs Miller, Eric Winstone, The Ravens, Muzzy Marcellino)
01/01/2012 Duração: 01h23minAfter 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 →
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![PMB060: Gajan Kristnaskon (Booker T and the MGs, Georghe Zamfir, Sean OHagan, Tracy Thornton, Natalia Paruz, The Mistletoe Disco Band)]()
PMB060: Gajan Kristnaskon (Booker T and the MGs, Georghe Zamfir, Sean O'Hagan, Tracy Thornton, Natalia Paruz, The Mistletoe Disco Band)
18/12/2011 Duração: 01h09minFestive 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 →
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![PMB059: Electrickery (Bruce Haack, Raymond Scott, Wing, Pye Corner Audio with The Advisory Circle, Any Meecham, C-Jeff, Killer Watts)]()
PMB059: Electrickery (Bruce Haack, Raymond Scott, Wing, Pye Corner Audio with The Advisory Circle, Any Meecham, C-Jeff, Killer Watts)
11/12/2011 Duração: 01h10minMake 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 →
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![PMB058: Wind Up Toys (Plone, Toy, Vic Mars, Lullatone, Pascale Comelade, Pierre Bastien, Raymond Scott, Klangverstedet, Felixs Machines)]()
PMB058: Wind Up Toys (Plone, Toy, Vic Mars, Lullatone, Pascale Comelade, Pierre Bastien, Raymond Scott, Klangverstedet, Felix's Machines)
04/12/2011 Duração: 01h09minThe 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 →
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![PMB057 Och Aye The Moon (Acapulco Brass, Roger Whittaker, Caribbean Session Musicians, Telly Savalas, Ivor Cutler, Ken Mullen, Tartan Brass)]()
PMB057 Och Aye The Moon (Acapulco Brass, Roger Whittaker, Caribbean Session Musicians, Telly Savalas, Ivor Cutler, Ken Mullen, Tartan Brass)
27/11/2011 Duração: 53minAs 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 →
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![PMB056: Whistle While You Yodel (Shlomo/Swingle Singers, Tex Morton, Slim Gaillard, Mary Schneider, Ronnie Ronalde, Whistler Wilson)]()
PMB056: Whistle While You Yodel (Shlomo/Swingle Singers, Tex Morton, Slim Gaillard, Mary Schneider, Ronnie Ronalde, Whistler Wilson)
20/11/2011 Duração: 01h07minLoyal 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 →
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![PMB055 Moon Moods – Trailer for PMB056]()
PMB055 Moon Moods – Trailer for PMB056
20/11/2011 Duração: 15sDue 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 →
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![PMB055: Moon Moods (Dick Hyman, Modular, Art van Damme, Charles Trenet, William Shatner, Eden Ahbez, Les Baxter, Jean-Jacques Perrey/Dana Countryman)]()
PMB055: Moon Moods (Dick Hyman, Modular, Art van Damme, Charles Trenet, William Shatner, Eden Ahbez, Les Baxter, Jean-Jacques Perrey/Dana Countryman)
13/11/2011 Duração: 01h08minSomehow, 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 →
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![PMB054 Stampede (Bill Cosby, The Kramford Look, Claude Denjean, Johnny Dankworth, Modular, Electronic Concept Orchestra, Edmundo Ros)]()
PMB054 Stampede (Bill Cosby, The Kramford Look, Claude Denjean, Johnny Dankworth, Modular, Electronic Concept Orchestra, Edmundo Ros)
06/11/2011 Duração: 01h08minSomething 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 →
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![PMB053: Halloween (Blakula, Peter Thomas, Bruce Haack, Focus Group, Mandingo, Tipsy, Ursula Bogner, The Shaggs)]()
PMB053: Halloween (Blakula, Peter Thomas, Bruce Haack, Focus Group, Mandingo, Tipsy, Ursula Bogner, The Shaggs)
30/10/2011 Duração: 01h01minPrepare 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 →
