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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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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
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More Leftovers! Yum! We are bringing you leftovers from the Summer and Fall on this show, including some passed over tracks by David Fulton, Del the Funky Homosapien, Pauk, Sault, R. Stevie Moore, Tabor Radoski, as well as a heap of leftovers from Hyperdub and Leaving Records.
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This week we repeat our French Connection show from 2020- a review of French music that is fresh, fun, and innovative. One of our favourite shows featured a thick slab of Sporto Kantes, Guts, Noze, Chinese Man, La Femme (who recently appeared on NeedleDrop), & General Electrics
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Our continuation of the Klanggalerie Label Review show including Charles Bobuck, Blaine Reninger, Charles Hayward, Jac Berrocal, Amy Denio, Hardy Fox, Blurt, Chrome, Severed Heads, Bourbonese Qualk, Storm Bugs, The Darkening Scale, Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Hula, and Non Toxique Lost. Photo: Klanggalerie “Mein erstes Schallplatten-Dokument / First contact with the medium vinyl”
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Staalplaat and Klanggalerie stable of artists reviewed and sampled including Blackhouse, Muslimgauze, Zoviet:France, Hafler Trio, Randy Greif, Clair Obscur, Merzbow, Charlemagne Palestine, konstructivists, Psychic TV, Thignpaulsandra, DDAA, Caroline K, RATL, and Snakefinger.
