Azteca Gold

11/06/2019

Great short video on the music of South Africa, during and post-Apartheid 🇿🇦

How the optimistic sounds of bubblegum, Afrosynth and kwaito helped inspire resistance to repression.

11/06/2019

Tonight’s show is live from Abaixadors10 at 20:00 focussing on South Africa; from Johannesburg to Cape Town, as Apartheid was ending two styles of urban music came to the fore, Bubblegum and Kwaito provided grooves that the gave the people of South Africa hope and optimism in new political era, with a pretty special story to tell in between of the Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates of the Bafana Bafana!

From Johannesburg to Cape Town, as Apartheid was ending two styles of urban music came to the fore, Bubblegum and Kwaito provided grooves that the gave the people of South Africa hope and optimism in ...

14/05/2019

My latest show on Radio Primavera Sound focuses on Germany, looking at the music and the teams this powerhouse of a nation both on and off the pitch.
I’ll be playing tracks by Can, Neu, Lena Willikens, Tangerine Dream and Lake People, listen from 14:00CET tomorrow, Wednesday 15th May; https://www.primaverasound.com/radio/shows/azteca-gold/azteca-gold-1x03-germany

17/04/2019

This month’s show is just about to start on Radio Primavera Sound.
Today’s show’s focus is on Germany, I’ll be playing tracks by Can, Neu, Lena Willikens, Tangerine Dream and Lake People, listen here now; https://www.primaverasound.com/radio/shows/azteca-gold/azteca-gold-1x03-germany

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07/03/2019

Latest edition of the Azteca Gold show on Radio Primavera Sound is on Mixcloud.
Taking a look into the musical highlights of the Disco era, from the late 70's through to the late 80's with the sounds from the great footballing cities, Milan, Rome and Naples. With the US no longer exporting disco, a combination of America's Hi-NRG and Europe's Space Disco began fuelling Italy's local record market; Germany's ZYX being the most prominent label, defining the Italo sound of the day. Towards the early 90's the original clubs were beginning to disappear and the House sounds of fledgling club scene took their place https://www.primaverasound.com/radio/shows/azteca-gold/azteca-gold-1x02-serie-a

We take a journey into Italy's Serie A and through the cities of this football-crazy country, where big business, politics and a bit of magic have combined into a melting pot of culture.

20/02/2019

An excellent piece featuring CafèSolaire in Milan, "A Photo Journey Through Italy's Abandoned Nightclubs"; https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/jpydg4/a-photo-journey-through-italys-abandoned-nightclubs

20/02/2019

New show today on Radio Primavera Sound focusing on Italy. Disco, stateside may have dwindled away a few years earlier but not in Italy!! So I'll be playing highlights from a golden era of Italian football before the WC in 1990
Listen in from 14:00 CET on

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