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A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the tireless pursuit of obscure musical artifacts. The explosive growth of DIY digitized archiving and recording means that now, more than any previous time, we can find lost and buried treasures, filter them through discerning ears, and present them to you in a way that renders them coherent and relevant. Join us on this journey through the dusty corners and hidden pathways to bring you the most creative part of our musical human cultural experience.
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It’s a RERUN: Originally titled “tapes in Chris’ car”, these are amazing cassette releases which found their way into my junker so I could listen to them whilst driving about. Lineup includes Grandma Lofi, Proof of Utah, Ercila Costa, Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Nate Young, & Ivan Zoloto.
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New vinyl in the stacks from Fote, Moor Mother, Penya, African Head Charge, Model Home, Palm, Curtis Mayfield, Die Schiefe Bahn.
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A rerun from April 2020 covering a movement in European Avant Garde music, with ties to progressive, alternative, and post-punk. Features Henry Cow and their numerous offshoot bands, Slapphappy, The Muffins, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Miriodor, Koenjihyakkei and Cheer Accident.
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Some lost gems from Episode 50, Crammed Discs and the Sub Rosa Record Label. Featured artists include Mocky, Akron/Family, Zeep, Jean Gab’1, Oy, Le Son Mite, Aquaserge, Nova Materia, Christophe Giraud, Radionics Radio, Alt-J, and others.
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A Box Of Toys explores the golden age of the cassette by sampling the DIY tape machine that existed between 1979 and 1985- a period of unprecedented creativity in “popular music” (to use the term loosely). This is a truly wild ride through the most obscure and interesting cassette catalogs from that period. This show … Continued
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In episode 86 of A Box of Toys, we’ll finish up the greatest hits compilations with this “Best of” 4th installment. Featuring Zeroh, Klein, Little Simz, The Bug, and much more.
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This is episode #55, even though we say it’s episode #56 in the introduction. These tracks were pulled from vinyl received between Feb and April in 2021. This show included GSY!BE, Visionist, Giant Swan, Clark, Zuli, Bonobo, Venus Ex Machina, Teeth Agency, and Quakers.
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Our 3rd of four “Best of A Box of Toys” shows takes us through Ep61, including tracks by Clark, Klein, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Crooked Man, Bright Eyes, Fred Frith, Bio Muse, Mahala Rai Banda, Axel Krygier, Un-Film, Laurent Pernice, Blessed, Jacques Thillot, Horrific Child, Bonobo, and others.
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This is the 2nd “Best of A Box Of Toys” show, and a great survey of what we bring: Flying Lotus, Yppah, Busdriver, Lou Reed, Adam Freeland, Taraf De Haidouks, Sherwood and Pinch, Sandra Electronics, Ercilla Costa, Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden, Asgeir, Slint, Songhoy Blues, and many more
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The last of the planned “record label reviews shows” features Robot, out of San Antonio, Tx. Artists include Johnathan Coleclough, Andrew Chalk, Andreas Martin, A Mouse Orchestra, David Jackman, Kay Hoffman, Lempke Fuchs, Jacques Jejune and Fote
