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DJ Mikey : Halcyon Waves
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- Strangeways Owner / Program Director
- Host of "Halcyon Waves", Monday nights at 10pm EST
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Mikey, a connoisseur of all things Prince-related in the early 80’s, cut his teeth a few years later in the heyday of classic alternative with Depeche Mode, New Order, The Smiths, The Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen. He is also largely responsible or to blame for turning Zumby on to the same a few years later. For years, he was a sideline music fan, until he saw opportunity with Auralgasms. He liked Zumby’s concept, but saw greater potential and came on board. The ensuing years saw Auralgasms reach global appeal and the implementation of Auralgasms Radio. Through Auralgasms, he met many musical friends and colleagues both internationally and in his hometown of Detroit. Mikey also enjoyed live DJ events with Zumby, including their monthly Atmosphere nights in Downtown Detroit. When Auralgasms ended in late 2009, Mikey noticed the kinship and co-promotion of other Detroit area live DJ events like Happy Endings, WOW Wednesdays and Haute to Death, This re-ignited the fire in him, and he came up with the idea for Strangeways Radio – to have many of his favorite DJs host shows to become one large community – all promoting each other.
In under 6 months, Strangeways has grown beyond his wildest dreams. Added to the original shows, Sound and Vision and Halcyon Waves was the show that had originally inspired him – Darren Revell’s Big Sonic Heaven. On top of that was DJ Pinknoise’s retro extravaganza, Vicious Pink and Nathaniel Cramp with Sonic Cathedral’s Broad Church (Sonic Cathedral is a UK-run Shoegaze record label and club night). With all that going for him, he has just scored 2 more incredible additions. Slicing Up Eyeballs is a world famous blog he has followed, highlighting the music of artists from the ‘120 Minutes’ era of the 80s and 90’s and their recent activity of tours, re-issues and new releases. Matt Sebastian, the creator of Slicing Up Eyeballs will now be hosting a show on Strangeways Radio with the same vibe as his exciting blog. How do you do top that one? How about with a member of one of the most legendary and influential bands of all time. Simon Raymonde, the ex-Cocteau Twins bassist who currently runs the Bella Union record label, will be launching his show, Beneath The Surface.
With all of this, Mikey still manages to host Halcyon Waves, a one hour journey featuring a mix of alternative classics, rare gems, and new cutting edge tracks in the genres of trip-hop, shoegaze, dreampop, indie, electronica and alternative classics. |
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DJ Zumby : Sound & Vision
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- Host of "Sound and Vision", Monday nights at 9pm EST
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DJ Zumby was always one of those, ‘heard it first’ types. From his time in College Radio and local record shops, it was a mission of his to turn other on to his latest discovered gems. He launched the Auralgasms website in 2000, as a way to shine a light on what he felt were under-appreciated artists with more to offer than the drivel FM radio forced down our throats. A few years later when the beloved radio program Big Sonic Heaven left Detroit, he, along with new Auralgasms partner DJ Mikey, hosted the show Sonic Bliss on internet station Q101. When Q101 folded, Zumby and Mikey launched their own 24/7 streaming station, Auralgasms Radio. The anchor show was their co-hosted Sunday night program Aural Bliss. Auralgasms Radio lasted over five years, folding on Dec 31, 2009. However, Mikey had a plan and over a 6 month period, he came up with the idea for Strangeways Radio. Zumby began hosting Sound and Vision, Monday nights at 9PM EST on Strangeways Radio. The show aims to highlight sonic visionaries and vocal pioneers in the realm of his favorite genres, Shoegaze, Dreampop, Britpop, Triphop, Electronica, Indie and Alternative Classics. Named for a song from his all-time favorite artist, David Bowie, Sound and Vision leans heavily toward new releases, but peppered with doses of classics. |
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DJ Simon Raymonde: Beneath The Surface
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Member of Cocteau Twins
Owner of Bella Union record label
Host of "Beneath The Surface", Thursday nights at 6pm EST, 11pm BST
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Simon spent his 20s and 30s as part of Cocteau Twins releasing around 9 albums and numerous EPs. In 1997 he set up the indie label Bella Union with Robin Guthrie. When Guthrie moved away to France in 2003, Raymonde seemed to grow into the job of running the label, signing Explosions In The Sky, and discovering artists like Midlake, Lift to Experience, Laura Veirs, Fleet Foxes, Peter Broderick, Stephanie Dosen, and as a result of which the label has just won the prestigious Independent Label of The Year presented by Music Week in 2010. A regular guest on BBC 6Music, a music supervisor, and a board member at Association Of Independent Music, as well as a musician and a producer, Simon is so entrenched in the development of new artists that it was inevitable that he would feel the calling of radio! “I like the way the station is run and I like the music content and it seems like something I have a calling for”. Simon is the host of Beneath The Surface Thursday evenings at 6pm EST. |
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DJ Derfel: Radio On
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Host of "Radio On", Tuesday nights at 5pm EST
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Derfel is an Italian DJ who has worked in several clubs, has 5 years of on-air radio experience, and has recently been using the internet as a tool to reach his listeners. Derfel prefers DJ'ing on the internet because "it gives me space and the possibility to dare to play unusual tracks you wouldn't be able to play in clubs, where you have to fill the dancefloor".
DJ Derfel's show is called Radio On and you can expect to hear postpunk, nu-wave, coldwave, shoegaze, synths and electro sounds with a european dark flavor.
Derfel is also a journalist for the Ascension Magazine, a gothic darkwave industrial apocalyptic Italian independent magazine in publication since 1999 |
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DJ Dave DeRoches (D-Man): This is Music
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Host of "This Is Music"
friday nights @ 8pm EST, replayed Tuesdays @ 3pm EST
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David's love for Alt. music started with his older brother's Clash, Police and U2 records and was nurtured by the venerable CFNY radio station in Toronto. Luckily the only University that accepted him was located right across the river from Detroit and it’s incredible music scene. He discovered the college radio station and got more of an education there than he did in the classroom. Luck was on his side a few years later when a group of Detroiters convinced a local FM station to switch to alternative. An internship lead to a new releases show (The Outer Edge) that lead to a full time gig on the graveyard shift (as The D-Man). At 89X David was at the forefront of the alternative music explosion in the US. Sadly, the commercialization of the format lead to a dilution of the music he championed, so he moved on to manage St. Andrew’s Hall, a recording studio and local bands. David also DJ'd the long running 3 Floors of Fun at St. Andrew's Hall along with numerous other clubs over the years. He brings to Strangeways a passion and knowledge for all genres of alternative music.
David's show, This Is Music is a one-hour show focusing on current alternative releases. All genres will be included, but Britpop and Alt.Dance will be the main focus.
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DJ Amber Crain: When The Sun Hits
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Host of "When The Sun Hits"
wednesday nights @ 10pm EST, replayed Friday @ 10am EST
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Though well versed in many genres, shoegaze and dream pop have always been Amber's true loves. She originally began her mission to share the gaze in the summer of 2007, hosting a weekly shoegaze radio show via Houston's beloved independent radio station, KTRU 91.7fm. Though the station has changed ownership, she continues to do a shoegaze show there to this day. In 2010, she co-created the shoegaze and dream pop oriented blog When The Sun Hits with fellow feedback enthusiast and top notch musician Danny Lackey. The blog only recently had it's first birthday, but within a mere year it has grown far more successful than Amber and Danny ever imagined - they've interviewed some of the best musicians of the genre (including some of their idols), dedicated themselves to exposing new and underground artists to the world, released the first When The Sun Hits compilation in May 2011, and have been one of the top resources for all things shoegaze and dream pop on the web. Amber is dedicated to bringing you the best underground sounds from within the realm of shoegaze and dream pop, ranging from feedback drenched classics to cutting edge new releases. When The Sun Hits airs for one hour every Wednesday night, 10pm -11pm EST. Get your gaze on.
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DJ Candy: Toy Factory
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Host of "Toy Factory", Wednesday nights at 8pm EST
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Candy grew up in Flint, Michigan but now resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her first "DJ gig" was as a young girl helping her uncle cue up records at wedding gigs, but it would be many many years later before she found her passion for playing music for an audience. In 2006, she began broadcasting online in the virtual world of Second Life in various themed clubs across the grid. This led to shows on a variety of online radio stations. Eventually, this led to doing a few live gigs, opening for bands such as Ringo Deathstarr, Screen Vinyl Image and Stargazer Lilies. When she is not playing music, Candy is a work-at-home graphic designer. |
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DJ Justin Elswick: Rhapsodic Machines
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Producer & composer of Sleepthief
Rhapsodic Machines is no longer airing on Strangeways Radio
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Justin is the producer and composer of the electronic music act, Sleepthief. Sleepthief is most often compared to musical groups such as Delerium and Balligomingo, which produce emotive, melodic, synthesized music with what is often described as New Age-influenced ethnic characteristics from other cultures. Also similar to these groups is Sleepthief's use of pop music-based song structures with performances by iconic female singers such as Kristy Thirsk, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Nicola Hitchcock, Jody Quine, Kyoko Baertsoen, Zoe Johnston and more.
Justins show, Rhapsodic Machines, is a one-hour experience drawing from a broad spectrum of current and past electronic artists. Spanning new wave to new age, trip hop to trance, and ethereal to ambient.
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DJ Darren Revell: Big Sonic Heaven
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Big Sonic Heaven is no longer airing on Strangeways Radio
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When Darren Revell launched Big Sonic Heaven on 96.3 FM in 1995, Detroiters had a new radio hero. With precious few shows catering to Dreampop, Shoegaze, Britpop, Triphop or Electronica, this was ‘Appointment Radio’ as people literally scheduled their Sunday nights around the show. From 10PM-2AM listeners gathered around their radios to discover the next International big thing (Gene, Mandalay, State Of Grace, Club 8, Poe), some homegrown artists (Au Revoir Borealis, Ethos, Velour 100, Majesty Crush) or relive some long time classics (Dead Can Dance, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, Ride, My Bloody Valentine). When Darren left Detroit in 2003, it was a crushing blow to fans and the entire music scene in Detroit. Darren resurfaced in early 2007 with BSH on Indie 103.1 in LA, and ran for 2 years. Although an FM station, Indie 103.1’s web presence whet the appetite of Detroiters, but sadly the time zone difference made it very difficult. With the demise on Indie 103.1, Mikey swooped in and re-claimed Big Sonic Heaven, not only for Detroit and LA but for all to hear, via the Strangeways Radio airwaves. . |
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