ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS

I run a Radio show called 'Electronic Explorations,' a weekly 90 minute Podcast which promises totally exclusive mixes from the cream of the electronic world; deviously crafted patchworks of carefully sewn rhythms, sonic contortions and delicate melodies - dubstep, minimal electronica, techno and anything else that’s pushing the boundaries of electronic music.

WEEK 001 - Milanese - [Planet Mu/Warp Records] - cue sheet for week 001

WEEK 002 - Marlow - [Boka/Black Acre Records] - cue sheet for week 002

WEEK 003 - Panda - [Wildlife Ltd] - cue sheet for week 003

WEEK 004 - Vaccine - [Hotflush] - cue sheet for week 004

WEEK 005 - Nick Argon - [Argon Records] - cue sheet for week 005

WEEK 006 - Herd [tmb.dj] & RAoul Sinier [Ad Noiseam/Planet Mu] - sorry, no cue sheet

WEEK 007 - Ranking Records - [Ranking Records] - cue sheet for week 007

WEEK 008 - Neil Landstrumm - [Planet Mu] - cue sheet for week 008

WEEK 009 - Boxcutter - [Planet Mu] - cue sheet for week 009

WEEK 010 - Vex'd - [Planet Mu] - cue sheet for week 010

WEEK 011 - Somatic Responses - [Hymen/Sublight Records] - cue sheet for week 011

WEEK 012 - Mojib - [Non-Existent Recordings] - cue sheet for week 012

WEEK 013 - Escapee Planes - [8fx Recordings] - cue sheet for week 013

WEEK 014 - Surgeon - [Counterbalance/Dynamic Tension] - cue sheet for week 014

WEEK 015 - Combat Recordings - [Combat Recordings] - cue sheet for week 015

WEEK 016 - Hessle Audio - [Hessle Audio] - cue sheet for week 016

WEEK 017 - The Village Orchestra - [Stuff Records/Highpoint Lowlife] - cue sheet

WEEK 018 - FaltyDL & Friends - [Faltydl.com/myspace@faltydl] - cue sheet for wk 018

WEEK 019 - Wireman - [myspace@iamwireman] - cue sheet for week 019

WEEK 020 - Highpoint Lowlife - [Highpoint Lowlife] - cue sheet for week 020

WEEK 021 - Bitesize Beats [tmb.dj] & 2562 [Tectonic] - cue sheet for week 021

WEEK 022 - Subeena [Immigrant Recs] & Forensix(mcr) - cue sheet week 022

WEEK 023 - Barbarix [http://www.myspace.com/barbarixuk] - cue sheet week 023

WEEK 024 - TRG - [Hotflush/Hessle Audio/Subway] - cue sheet for week 024

WEEK 025 - Mrs Jynx [Planet Mu] - cue sheet for week 025

During his youth, Rob was never keen on the academic side of school, preferring to concentrate on more creative areas such as art, design and of course music.

He soon became known as the guy to go to if you were after the latest music, with “The Raw and The Cooked” by Fine Young Cannibals and Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” among his first purchases – 10 year olds can be excused a lot of things! A little later Rob went to his first gigs, with The Wonder Stuff, Funkdoobiest and Smashing Pumpkins among the first acts he saw live.

A fascination with R.A.T.M, The Pixies & Nirvana, and then the emerging Britpop scene followed, until Rob’s epiphany came in 1993, a year before his GCSE’s exams, when somehow he stumbled across seminal electronic acts such as Man With No Name , The Dust Brothers , Orbital and in particular, Basic Channel , Underground Resistance & Leftfield . To this day Leftfield play a major part in Rob’s obsession with all things electronic, his life dream being to persuade Leftfield’s Neil Barnes and Paul Daley to get back together again. He knows it might never happen, but if it’s not possible then he’s determined to get both to do exclusive mixes for Electronic Explorations!

By 1995 Rob’s personal CD collection was outstripping the size of his bedroom. The world-famous Q-Club in Birmingham became Rob’s home from home as the monthly Atomic-Jam nights ignited his love for all things techno, the venue playing host to artists such as Surgeon, Regis, Female, Sirreal, Dave Clarke, Oliver Ho and Jeff Mills.

Then, one night in 1997, everything turned on its head. A late night/early morning radio show began on Radio 1, known simply as the ‘ Breezeblock ’ and hosted by a forward-thinking, enthusiastic and driven young lady named Mary Anne Hobbs . You could say the rest is history.

Over the next 30 months Rob stayed up each and every week recording and playing back the shows, discovering new types of music, clubs and scenes that shaped his musical tastes and cemented his love of all things electronic.

After graduating with a 2:1 in Music Business Management & Marketing, Rob then gained experience at ‘Alternative Blueprint Records’ and ‘Good Looking Records’ (LTJ Bukem’s record label).

On a whim, Rob decided to email Mary Anne Hobbs, and soon after he and Mary were in regular contact. Work at Breezeblock HQ soon followed and Rob got the opportunity to learn first-hand what it took to make the radio show that he’d followed so religiously for all those years.

Now the time has come for Rob to go a step further and start his own show. Electronic Explorations is a weekly 90 minute Download / Podcast show which promises totally exclusive mixes from the cream of the electronic world; deviously crafted patchworks of carefully sewn rhythms, sonic contortions and delicate melodies - dubstep, minimal electronica, techno and anything else that’s pushing the boundaries of electronic music. The future is in safe hands; if you want to hear the latest, most ground-breaking electronic music the world has to offer, Electronic Explorations is the show for you.

Boxcutter - Chiral from opti on Vimeo .

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Hmmmmmm ....VW Beetles, camper vans & downhill mountain biking. Lucky enough to live down the road from "Vanfest" as I grew up --- some nice photos too !!

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