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Another birthday show marking 12 years since Cowbell Radio was officially launched! As always a mixed bag varying from 86 to 126bpm with some of our Cowbell regulars involved, Dombrance, Rich Lane, Dunc Gray, JIM, Freudenthal, David Holmes, Chris Massey and more
More new goodness with an all-star cast and the usual mixture of acid bangers, house and slower sounds towards the end. 22/03/24
Ft. Rich Lane, David Holmes, Arthur Baker, Crooked Man, Tim Paris, Anna Prior, J Kriv and more. 01/03/24
Ft. Rigopolar, Roach Motel, Fred Everything, Curses, Duncan Gray, Flash Atkins, 100 Poems and loads more! 09/02/24
Ft. SHouse, DJ Pippi & Willie Graff, Joseph Malik, Jimpster, Juan Power, Bawrut, Marc Romboy, Marvin & Guy, Blake Reyes, etc. 22/01/24
Rounding off the 13th year of Cowbell with over 3 hours of the best tunes, not quite a Festive 50 this year but some great music still. As mentioned the 2024 shows may be slightly less frequent, but even if the quantity drops the quality will most certainly not! Roll on 2024 x
Ft. David Holmes, Xpresss 2, Miguel Migs, Theus Mago, Zombies in Miami, Silicone Soul, Shit Robot and more. Dec 23
A longer show ft. Arthur Baker, Erol Alkan, Mildlife, Foremost Poets, thatmanmonkz, David Holmes, Horse Meat Disco, Kameelah Waheed
Vol. 75 with Shit Robot, Ewan Pearson, Zillas on Acid, Pete Bones, Duncan Gray, Andy & Sasa and more. 09/10/23
Ft. Ron Carroll, David Holmes, Moby, Prins Thomas, JIM, Flying Mojito Bros, Jennifer Touch, Miss Zagato, Orlando Voorn, etc. 25/09/23
Ft. Joseph Malik, Felix Dickinson, Crooked Man, ACR, Emperor Machine, MMYLLO, Mindbender and loads more! 11/08/23
Ft. Prins Thomas, Juan Maclean, Rigopolar, Decius, Gabe Gurnsey, Art of Tones, Islandman, Pigeon and more! 28/08/23
Vol.71 ft Maurice Fulton, Hot Toddy, Kenneth Bager, Michael Mayer, Chug Norris, Verdo, Felipe Gordon, Al MacKenzie, Jalen Ngonda, etc
Ft. Sophie Lloyd, Amy Douglas, Kings of Tomorrow, Calm, Felipe Gordon, Miss Zagato, Verdo, Eli Escobar, Quantic, Kraak & Smaak, etc.
More new goodies from Bruise, Reflex, Late Nite Tuff Guy, Lanowa, Rheinzand, Scorpio Twins, Theus Mago and more. 23/06/23
Ft. Fila Brazillia, Erol Alkan, Josh Caffe, Bruise, Future Beat Alliance, Amy Douglas, Crazy P, Robert Owens, Prins Thomas, etc. 9/6/23
Ft. Joseph Malik, Somethin’ Sanctified, Greg Paulus & Taylor Bense, Quadrakey, Dina Summer and more. 26/5/23
Ft. Maps, Jo Sims, Dina Summer, Warriors Of The Dysthotheque, Funboys, Fabrizio Mammarella, Rave-Enka and more. 12/5/23
Ft. GLOK, Rusty Egan, Justin Robertson, A Man Called Adam, Vince Watson, Oliver Dollar, Yuksek, ACR, James Rod, Rigopolar, etc. 28/4/22
Ft. Dombrance, Vince Watson, Jimpster, Josh Wink, Yuksek, ACR, Emperor Machine, Ewan Pearson, Rigopolar, Kimshies, etc
Ft. Dino Lenny, Prins Thomas, Damon Jee, Lovebirds, Ron Basejam, The Hacker, Rigopolar, Kimshies, Eyes of Others, James Bright, etc
Ft. Alan Braxe, DJ Hell, Baxter Dury, Chad Jackson, Hot Chip, PBR Streetgang, Mufti, GrooveJunkies, Glenn Davis, Clive From Accounts, etc
Ft. Payfone, ACR, A Man Called Adam, Eric Kupper, Joseph Malik, James Rod, Justin Robertson, Unloved, Dicky Trisco and more! 3/3/23
Ft. Hot Toddy, Yuksek, Bruise, Dino Lenny, PBR Streetgang, Jimpster, Hardway Bros, Midnight Magic, Jody Wisternoff, Massey, etc 17/2/23
2 more hours of new tunes featuring Crooked Man, DJ Rocca, Session Victim, ACR, Mr Scruff, Duncan Gray, DSD and more. Feb 3rd 23
Ft. Decius, Crooked Man, Don Carlos, Alex Kassian, Rigopolar, A Certain Ratio, Ron Trent, Ruf Dug, Silicodisco and loads more (Jan 23)
Starting of 2023 with 2 hours of ace new tunes from some real big hitters! As always click on the link to see the track list
The best Cowbell tunes of 2022! Over 4 hours of counting down with the top 5 in reverse order at the end of the show
Ft. Juan Maclean, Mark E, Matthew Dear, Audion, James Rod, Felix Dickinson, Kito Jempere, Kenneth Bager, Darlyn Vlys and loads more
Ft. Daniel Avery, Damon Jee, Juan Maclean, Rigopolar, Duran Duran, Erol Alkan, Matthew Dear, Sault, Motel 77, Did Virgo, Boy Division, etc
Ft. Royksopp, Wolfgang Fleur, Omar, The Maghreban, Paul Woolford, DJ Pierre, Rayko, Drop Out Orchestra, K Klass, Rigopolar and more
Ft. Black Science Orchestra, Decius, WMC, Unloved, Johannes Albert, Black Light Smoke, Joseph Malik, Theus Mago, Phred Noir, etc
Ft. Red Axes, Richard Sen, Paul Daley, Jason Peters, Crooked Man, CAR, Al MacKenzie, Duncan Gray, Pete Bones, Massey and more
Ft. A Man Called Adam, Confidence Man, Basement Jaxx, Crooked Man, Greg Foat, North Street West, Rich Lane, Decius and more
Ft. Red Axes, Justin Robertson, Brix Smith, Basement Jaxx, BT, Jody Wisternoff, Warmduscher, Marvin & Guy, Al MacKenzie and more!
Featuring new tunes from UNKLE, Eric Kupper, Warmduscher, Juan Power, Lanowa, Fingerman, Greg Foat, Parissior, Silicodisco and more
An all-star show with UNKLE, The Reflex, Lady Blackbird, Soulwax, Erol Alkan, Adigéry & Pupul, Crooked Man, Editors, Unloved and more!
The last live show for a while, ft. Wet Leg, Soulwax, Omar, Danny Tenaglia, Rebolledo, Red Axes, Pete Bones, Anna Prior and loads more
Ft. Sworn Virgins, Hot Chip, Working Men's Club, Erol Alkan, Pete Herbert, Kate Stein, Gerd Janson, J Kriv, North Street West and more
A 16-Loop special ft. Mufti, Confidence Man, Robert Owens, Jamie Porteus, Justin Robertson, Gramrcy, Super Fu, J-Kriv and loads more
Ft. Hard Feelings, Crooked Man, Lanowa, Cosmodelica, Dan Avery, Moscoman, Session Victim, Freudenthal, Or:la, Cosmosolar, etc
Ft. Richard Sen, A Mountain of One, Josh Caffe, Damon Jee, Parissior, Dimitri From Paris, James Bright, Boy Division, Raf Rundell, etc
Ft. Beats For Beds, Tim Paris, Pete Callard, Working Men's Club, Eric Kupper, Zillas on Acid, Ruf Dug, Bolis Pupul, Satori, Ray Mang, etc
Celebrating 11 years of Cowbell Radio with new music this week comes from Rheinzand, Warmduscher, Braxe & Falcon, Ron Basejam, Charles Webster, Psymon Spine, Mattie Safer, Love Injection, Space Ghost, Did Virgo, Rayko, In Flagranti, Rich Lane, Amarcord and more!
Ft. John Morales, Billie Ray Martin, Trevor Jackson, Freudenthal, Darlyn Vlys, Duncan Gray, Coyote, Theus Mago, North Street West, etc
Ft. David Holmes, Darren Emerson, Hercules & Love Affair, Field of Dreams, Coyote, Sworn Virgins, Art School Girlfriend, Amy Douglas, etc
Ft. Crazy P, Lady Blackbird, Royksopp ft.Goldfrapp, Electribe 101, Hot Toddy, JKriv, Confidence Man, Dan Avery, Andy Buchan, and more
Ft. David Holmes, Rheinzand, Warmduscher, Joe Goddard & Al Doyle, DJ Rocca, Sworn Virgins, Amarcord, Damon Jee, Darlyn Vlys, etc
A 3-hour special to kick off the 12th year of Cowbell Radio, loads of new tunes from the usual suspects and a few exclusives too!
Ed & Chinny count down the best tunes of 2021 as voted for by the Cowbell listeners. 4 hours of great music with the top 5 at the end!
Ft. Doves, Lindstrom, UNKLE, Confidence Man, St Etienne, Underworld, James Bright, Jimpster, Bruise, Tronik Youth, Jason Peters, etc
Ft. Erol Alkan, Confidence Man, Jennifer Cardini, Damon Jee, Rich Lane, Two Mamarrachos, Daco, Silicodisco, Parissior and more
Ft. Juan Maclean, Orbital, Sleaford Mods, Marc Romboy, Ilya Santana, Greg Foat, Stash Magnetic, Shubostar, Peza, James Rod and more
Ft. A Certain Ratio, Zombies in Miami, Rheinzand, Sons of Slough, PBR Streetgang, Psychederek, Mr Tea, Theus Mago, Kate Stein, etc.
Ft. David Holmes, Ron Basejam, D:Ream, Ashley Beedle, Museum of Love, Midfield General, Gallo, Pete Bones, Rheinzand and more
Ft. Red Axes, Emperor Machine, Dombrance, Curses, D:Ream, North St West, Blake Baxter, Marc Romboy, Damon Jee, HiFi Sean and more
A 3 hour post-festival special with UNKLE, Dombrance, Daniel Avery, Soulwax, Damon Jee, Prins Thomas, Super FU and loads more!
Ft. Damon Jee, Crooked Man, Bruise, Dave Seaman, ACR, Emperor Machine, Freudenthal, James Rod, PsycheDerek, Raf Rundell and more
Ft. Quinn Lamont Luke, Chris Coco, Hugo Nicolson, James Bright, Peza, Rheinzand, Italo Brutalo, Boy Division, Tronik Youth and more
Re-united with Chinny, talking festivals and tunes from Dan Avery, Sault, Did Virgo, Joe Goddard, Ron Basejam, Raf Rundell and more
Ft. UNKLE, Rheinzand, Hardway Bros, Alex Aguayo, Adana Twins, D:Ream, Pete Herbert, Golden Filter, Pete Bones, Moscoman and more
3-hour show ft. Ashley Beedle, Róisín Murphy, Ron Basejam, Amy Douglas, Museum of Love, Red Axes, Lou Hayter, Pete Bones, Ray Mang
Ft. Rigopolar, Hardway Bros, Fred Everything, Damon Jee, In Flagranti, Joe Morris, Silicodisco, Balearic Ultras, La Dame Noir & more
Ft. Damon Jee, Curses, Alvaro Cabana, James Righton, Snem K. La Voz, John Talabot, MMYLO, Jon DaSilva, Suddi Raval & more
LPs from Roisin Murphy/Crooked Man, Nein Records, Pete Bones & Curses! Also Prins Thomas, Monkey Safari, Pete Callard & more
1st episode of Lazy Sundays...rounding up the latest laidback listening, ft Chris Coco, Greg Blackman, Joe Morris, Secret Soul Society etc.
Ft. Damon Jee, Darlyn Vlys, Maetrik, BT Cop, UNKLE, Residentes Balearicos, Bruise, Jimpster, Joe Morris, Raf Rundell and more
Ft. UNKLE, Rusty Egan, Alan Dixon, Jimpster, Prins Thomas, Extra Credit, Tronik Youth, D:Ream, Peza, Joe Morris, Mr BC and more
Ft. New music from legends like D:Ream and Chad Jackson, Danny Krivit, Juan MacLean, Man Power, Peza, Kate Stein and loads more!
One year on since his passing, we decided to honour the Guv on the Cowbell Breakfast show x
So from 2021 the weekly Cowbell show will be called a podcast, as we are now officially an Apple podcaster! (Festive 50 was show 001)
A tribute show to the Sunset Maestro José Padilla x
Ed's Cowbell Podcast no.1 the first in a regular series of one-hour round-ups of new underground sounds!
Flying solo for this instalment, fighting with rogue mics and notching up a record 32 new tracks in one show!
december 2017 - the festive 50
Not my chart as such, but this is the best 50 tunes of 2017 as voted for by Cowbell listeners, based on tracks we featured on the show in 2017, with the added 'bonus' of me and Chinny talking utter bollocks between each song!
ED'S top ten music 'things' of 2017
1.northern disco lights
If you’re visiting this website and your haven’t seen Northern Disco Lights yet then GO AND SEE IT! Such a cool documentary, reminiscent of those BBC4 music biogs and shot in a similarly professional manner.
A beautiful landscape and soundscape accompanies a compelling story of the rise of Nordic Disco, from ‘shit music’ and computers to the stardom of the likes of Lindstrom and Todd Terje it is a great story very well told. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll learn, you’ll dance and you’ll definitely want to visit Norway!
Huge credit to Ben Davis, Pete, Chris and everyone at Paper Records for an amazing job, apparently they’re starting another project soon, can’t wait to see/hear it already!
2. Mama - Unmask me (Ashley Beedle remix)
My favourite tune of the year, so blissful, just perfect house music for me.
Quite simply 9 minutes of musical perfection and you need it in your life, no matter what ‘genre’ you like or don’t like!
You can buy the track here.
3. nsa / edinburgh
One of my very favourite cities happens to play host to a fine gathering of like-minded music lovers curated by No Strings Attached.
Impressively 2017 was their 21st year organising and DJing at the finest parties with the best crowd and I was fortunate enough to be asked to DJ for them twice, once in March (warming up for an almighty ALFOS sweat session at the Mash House) and then back in December (see NEWS page for more info).
This is how the warm up went down, tune courtesy of Pardon Moi and Damon Jee (buy here):
4. Duncan Gray - The Malcontent vol.1
Best album of the year for me, and gets better with every listen. Tici Taci label boss Duncan Gray’s debut album is bang on the money. Every tune shows off his musical talent, with the signature bass-driven groove and each with a perfectly-chosen guest vocalist.
It says it all that 3 of the tracks featured highly in our Cowbell Festive 50 last year...Silence (ft. Dominic Silvani): Shades of The The, a strong Johnson-esque vocal, great percussion too.
Trapped (ft. Snem K La Voz): Dark, slow, moody, throbbing, brilliant…my pick of a very great bunch!
Erotica Nervosa ft. Sarah Rebecca the ‘danciest’ of the lot, always gets a great reaction on the floor.
Trust me, the album is great and well worth £x of anyone;’s money, please support the artists and the label, one of the shining lights of our underground scene, BUY IT HERE!
5. nein records
That leads me nicely on to one of the other leading labels of 2017.There has been some amazing new music once more and NEIN go from strength to strength.
The Berlin-based label have pretty much soundtracked the Cowbell / Alfresco dancefloors for the last few years now but the quantity AND quality still leads the way. Hats off to label boss Tronik Youth, as far as I’m concerned he is the man at the cutting edge of our scene, great producer, remixer and what a DJ!
His set in the woods at Alfresco was incredible and we’re proud to host his monthly radio show on Cowbell, which this year featured such guests as The Emperor Machine, Zombies in Miami and Justin Robertson!
6. alfresco festival
The biggest and best yet! Alfresco started as a few mates in a windy Blackpool field in 2011 and has now become an award-winning family festival for thousands of people over a 3 days in Tunbridge Wells! Hats off to Chinny and the team for making 2017 such an occasion.
Personal highlights for me were the Crazy P Soundsytem (a master class from Danielle and Jim), Tronik Youth, 2 Billion Beats (an amazing live set, great performance from Marietta), Zombies in Miami and Psychemagik…oh yeah and the soundsystem for the main stage (and the monitors)!!!
The weather was great for the majority and it was cool to see so many friendly faces, plus have a safe place for my lad and his pals to have a great time as well, highly recommended for 2018! I rarely whip the phone out whilst dancing but one highlight for me was when Andy Taylor played one of my all-time favourites in the woods….enjoy :)
7. The lost disco, croatia
It was a pleasure and honour to be invited to DJ at a new festival this year, The Lost Disco at The Garden in Tisno, Croatia.
Those who have been to The Garden will know, but if you haven’t been then get it on your bucket list! An amazing site for a festival, loads of great little stages, idyllic setting on the Adriatic Sea, guaranteed sunny weather and then you have Barbarella’s! An outdoor club where you party til sunrise with a great sound system, I was lucky enough to hear Kiwi and Horse Meat Disco playing there.
Chuck in the famed Argonaughty and the chaotic boat trips and a shit load of disco loving dancers and DJs and what’s not to love!
Highlights of the day/evening sessions were the sets from YamWho, (pictured right, Andy Williams & Des Morgan) Fingerman, Jamie Bull and Chris Massey who was a real force of nature all weekend and did a remarkable job staying awake, curating, organising everything and still rocking the place!
A lot of people are saying Croatia is the new Ibiza, all I can say is it is a beautiful country, the locals are cool (and they all like a drink) and the town of Tisno is a true gem, can't recommend it highly enough.
8. roam recordings
San Francisco based record label run by JP Soul and Jeniluv. Dark Disco, Post Techno, EBM, Acid. A little left of center and always for the dance floor.
At the start of the year I'll admit we didn’t know too much about this label, by December they were responsible for some of the biggest tunes of 2017!
Tunnel of Hate (Tronik Youth), Power to the People (Pardon Moi) plus some more great releases from Cabaret Nocturne, Zombies in Miami, Emperor Machine, K Effect, the list goes on!
We can’t wait for more Roam goodies in 2018 and to see label boss JP Soul at Alfresco, check out his promo mix here!
9. vox low sign off at the mill
A momentous occasion, the last of the Cowbell Club nights at the legendary Islington Mill in Salford. A fitting end was provided by the coolest band on the planet, VoxLow.
The finale was an epic version of “Something is Wrong” and was a real “I was there” moment! This is my footage, lurking backstage ready to jump on the decks after them (never the easiest task to follow these boys)!
Below you can click on the recording of that mix, we decided it would be apt to play a load of "Mill Classics" to close the night and bring the curtain down on a memorable few years.
Thanks to all who came, supported and danced their way through our events in the North over the last 5 years, we had some great times and the Mill was the perfect venue for Cowbell...dark, sleazy, old fashioned, unspectacular and completely focused on the music!
Plenty of friendships forged on that dancefloor and some great memories :)
10. pardon moi - your new favourite band
Berlin Based New Wave Duo "PARDON MOI" seamlessly blends modern electronics with a classic 80's New Wave feel, producing memorable danceable hits.
They burst on the scene with the anthem “Inside the Outside” and have been going from strength to strength ever since, as you will have already read in these pages.
They now have a polished live act in place, more tunes in the pipeline (watch out for RODEO STAR) and 2018 will be a big year for them. Big thanks to the talented duo, Thomas Freudenthal & James Brook for the music.
10) Baby June - Hey! What’s your name (Ed Mahon remix)
Shameless plug alert! I am so excited and was honoured to be allowed to have a play about with one of my all time favourite house tracks. As well as storming the charts in the early 90s, Al MacKenzie was part of 'Baby June' and delivered an underground house classic in the summer of 1992. Fast forward 25 years and a possible re-release may be on the cards. Either way, Al was kind enough to let me try and bring the original version back to the dancefloors of today. I must say an enormous thank you to piano legend 'Davos', who was able to re-create the killer piano riff and, help with the strings and breakdown. It was an interesting challenge to subtly add my own elements to the track and great to see it get such a buzzing reaction on its first outing, at the Alfresco Main stage.
You won't be able to buy it yet, but if you listen to the second tune on this podcast you’ll hear none other than Hacienda legend Graeme Park playing it after 3mins 40secs :) Keep an eye on the news page for updates of the track release.