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Ken Patten's Studio Electrophonique - Sheffield in the Space Age

Jon Downing & Jamie Taylor explore the music recorded at Ken Patten's Studio Electrophonique, the groundbreaking studio based in a council house in Sheffield.

Jon Downing & Jamie Taylor explore the music recorded at Ken Patten's Studio Electrophonique, the groundbreaking studio based in a council house in Sheffield. Expect early recordings from some people who went on to greater things (Pulp, ABC and the Human League) and some people who didn't.

Jamie Taylor is the author of Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from The Human League to Pulp, while Jon Downing runs Sheffield record label Do It Thissen.

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Music Played

  • The Maile Hawaiians

    Tiger Shark

    • Deroy Sound Service.
  • My Pierrot Dolls

    My Pierrot Dolls

    • Dead Wax Recordings.
  • Tsi Tsa

    Clock-Tower

    • Sheffield Tape Archive.
  • Bangkok Shock

    Bangkok Shock

    • Vulcan Records.
  • New Model Soldier

    Twist

    • Cherry Red Records.
  • Pulp

    What Do You Say?

    • Statik Records.
  • Dee Dee and the Destitutes

    American Girl

    • Flux.
  • Shy Winds

    Closing In

    • Vulcan Records.
  • Systematic Annex

    Resist to Exist

    • LOL Tapes.
  • The Naughtiest Girl Was a Monitor

    To Love Nuclear

    • Dining Out.
  • de tian

    Touch Sensitivity

    • Oblique Sound.
  • Hinterland

    Omega Man

    • Vulcan Records.
  • Spiral Visions

    Voices

    • Self release.
  • Vice Versa

    New Girls Neutrons

    • Neutron Records.
  • Passing Strangers

    Night Dreams

    • D.I.Y. Records.
  • The Future

    Pulse Lovers

    • Black Melody Limited.

Broadcast

  • Thursday 00:00