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1980s music fanatic and record label MD Mark Jones presents a mutant disco special playing classic tracks from Was (Not Was), 23 Skidoo and Animal Nightlife.

80s music fanatic and record label MD Mark Jones goes Back To The Phuture for a mutant disco special. The sound of New York in the early part of that decade, mutant disco - or "no wave" as it was also known - became popular in the clubs with labels like Ze Records cranking out a stream of big tunes. The mutant sound soon spread to the UK, with the Wag Club in London and Manchester's Hacienda embracing it and creating their own mutant bands such as Funkapolitan and A Certain Ratio.

In this show, Mark plays classic tracks from Was (Not Was), 23 Skidoo and Animal Nightlife, alongside current mutant-influenced music from Yaysayer, Lonelady and LCD Soundsystem. In the second hour of the show Mark's joined by August Darnell - talismanic frontman of Kid Creole And The Coconuts, talking about the New York 'no wave' scene and life on Ze Records in the 1980s. Best known for hits Stool Pigeon and I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby, Darnell also picks music which influenced and inspired the band from Tito Puente, Cab Calloway and Sky Stone.
In the final hour the man behind London's infamous Wag Club, Chris Sullivan takes to the decks for a mutant disco set featuring forgotten gems from Blue Rondo A La Turk, Pig Bag and Yello.

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Mon 3 May 2010 21:00
大象传媒 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Was (Not Was)

    Out Come The Freaks

  • Yeaysayer

    O.N.E

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Stool Pigeon

  • Animal Nightlife

    Love Is The Great Pretender

  • Funkapolitan

    As Time Goes By

  • LCD Soundsystem

    Drunk Girls

  • Time Zone

    World Destruction

  • 23 Skidoo

    Coup

  • A Certain Ratio

    Shack Up

  • LoneLady

    Early The Haste Comes

  • New Order

    Confusion

  • The Rapture

    House Of Jealous Lovers

  • Tom Tom Club

    Wordy Rappinghood

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby

  • Patti Page

    Old Cape Cod

  • Frank Sinatra

    Only The Lonely

  • James Brown

    Talking Loud And Saying Nothing

  • Sly Stone

    Hot Fun In The Summertime

  • Cab Calloway

    St James' Infirmary

  • The Beatles

    I Am The Walrus

  • Tito Puente

    Cundo Ta Ver

  • Don Armando鈥檚 Second Avenue Rhumba Band

    Deputy Of Love

  • Hercules & Love Affair

    Blind

  • James White and the Blacks

    Contort Yourself

  • Lizzy Mercier Descloux

    Fire

  • Yello

    Vicious Games

  • Material

    Busting Out

  • Was (Not Was)

    Wheel Me Out

  • Gichy Dan

    On A Day Like Today

  • S茅rgio Mendes

    Capoiera Du Brazil

  • Coati Mundi

    Me No Popeye

  • Shriekback

    My Spine (Is the Bassline)

  • Jackson Jones

    I Feel Good Put Your Pants In

  • Weirdo Police

    Electronic Cretin

  • Unknown - Los Ninos del Parque (12" Mix)

  • Blue Rondo 脿 la Turk

    Klacto instrumental

  • Brian Eno & David Byrne - Jezebel Spirit

  • Pigbag

    Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag

  • James White

    Almost Black

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 May 2010 21:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music