Ranked #1
PMB014 Goodbye Girl: West Midlands Retro-Futuristic Pop (Broadcast, Basil Kirchin, Belbury Poly, Herbie Mann, Plone, Pram, Roj, Seeland, Trish Keenan, Christine O'Donnell)
PMB014 Goodbye Girl: West Midlands Retro-Futuristic Pop (Broadcast, Basil Kirchin, Belbury Poly, Herbie Mann, Plone, Pram, Roj, Seeland, Trish Keenan, Christine O'Donnell)
On the show this week we celebrate the life of Broadcast’s Trish Keenan who, quite unbelieveably, passed away on Friday.... Read more
16 Jan 2011
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #2
PMB006: Into the Valle (Marcos Valle,Paddy Kingsland, Walter Wanderley,Wing, Edmundo Ros,Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Ast0r, Pamberi Steel Ochestra)
PMB006: Into the Valle (Marcos Valle,Paddy Kingsland, Walter Wanderley,Wing, Edmundo Ros,Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Ast0r, Pamberi Steel Ochestra)
The show has a distinctly latin flavour this week as we celebrate the work of the Boss of the Bossa Nova, Supremo of Sam... Read more
14 Nov 2010
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1hr
Ranked #3
PMB007: First Lady of the Hammond, Ethel Smith (John Fiddy & Sammy Burdson, Monroeville Music Center, XoC, Johnny Dankworth, Disasterpeace,Sam Sklair & Gus Calbraith, Pierre Arvay, Jean Jacques Perrey,Dana Countryman, Matt Berry)
PMB007: First Lady of the Hammond, Ethel Smith (John Fiddy & Sammy Burdson, Monroeville Music Center, XoC, Johnny Dankworth, Disasterpeace,Sam Sklair & Gus Calbraith, Pierre Arvay, Jean Jacques Perrey,Dana Countryman, Matt Berry)
On the show this week we celebrate the imminent 100th anniversary of birth of the First Lady of the Hammond Organ, Ethel... Read more
Ranked #4
PMB233: Kawaii (Sexy-Synthesizer, Anamanaguchi, BABYMETAL, RUBY-CATMAN, Buono!, Kero Kero Bonito, Towa Tei, Aoki Misako/Lolitina, Cristina Quesada, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, YMCK)
PMB233: Kawaii (Sexy-Synthesizer, Anamanaguchi, BABYMETAL, RUBY-CATMAN, Buono!, Kero Kero Bonito, Towa Tei, Aoki Misako/Lolitina, Cristina Quesada, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, YMCK)
It’s time for possibly the sweetest show we’ve ever put together up here at the Moonbase, with an hour of some of the cu... Read more
27 Jul 2015
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #5
PMB Bonus Show 001: Lalo Schifrin (Dick Hyman, Francesco De Masi, A. Allesandroni, Bill Cosby, Lalo Schifrin, Tätärä, Shawn Lee, Alan Hawkshaw, Gunter Kallman Choir, Geoff Love, Cal Tjader, Salaam Remi, Balkan Brass Band, Gordon Langford, Pierro Piccioni, Bryan Rodwell, Ron Goodwin)
PMB Bonus Show 001: Lalo Schifrin (Dick Hyman, Francesco De Masi, A. Allesandroni, Bill Cosby, Lalo Schifrin, Tätärä, Shawn Lee, Alan Hawkshaw, Gunter Kallman Choir, Geoff Love, Cal Tjader, Salaam Remi, Balkan Brass Band, Gordon Langford, Pierro Piccioni, Bryan Rodwell, Ron Goodwin)
Unfortunately, for the next two weeks your two regular hosts are otherwise engaged – there’s a lot of space filing to ca... Read more
Ranked #6
PMB042 Woo: Messer Chups, Lydia Kavina, Clara Rockmore, The Simonsound, Natalia Paruz, Johnny Keating, Project Pimento, Paul Tanner, Theremin Hero
PMB042 Woo: Messer Chups, Lydia Kavina, Clara Rockmore, The Simonsound, Natalia Paruz, Johnny Keating, Project Pimento, Paul Tanner, Theremin Hero
At the suggestion of listener John Toolan, we thought it would be a good idea to explore the wooooo-like sound world of ... Read more
31 Jul 2011
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1hr 1min
Ranked #7
PMB038 The Detectives: John Gregory, Ray Martin, Sarah Angliss, Chaino, Ikebe Shakedown, Lalo Schifrin, Peter Falk, Alan Tew, Peter Herbolzheimer
PMB038 The Detectives: John Gregory, Ray Martin, Sarah Angliss, Chaino, Ikebe Shakedown, Lalo Schifrin, Peter Falk, Alan Tew, Peter Herbolzheimer
We were saddened to hear of the recent passing of the man who played the greatest scruffy detective on TV, Peter Falk. W... Read more
Ranked #8
PMB248: The Rainbow Collection: Orange (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, The Mercators, Emile Carrara et son Orchestre, Henry Mancini, Ken Nordine, Dorothée, Milt Raskin, Suzanne Ciani, MF Doom, Loop Guru, Kyary, Beethoven arr. Carlos)
PMB248: The Rainbow Collection: Orange (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, The Mercators, Emile Carrara et son Orchestre, Henry Mancini, Ken Nordine, Dorothée, Milt Raskin, Suzanne Ciani, MF Doom, Loop Guru, Kyary, Beethoven arr. Carlos)
Hot on the heels of last week’s red show comes the next colour in The Rainbow Collection, namely orange. We have a surpr... Read more
22 Nov 2015
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57mins
Ranked #9
PMB244: Halloween 2015 (Rajesh Roshan, The Vampires, John Buzon Trio, Dana Countryman, Children of New York P.S. 24 & Gil Slote, Raymond Scott, Los Socios del Ritmo, Janine de Wayleyne, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Videogram, Revbjelde)
PMB244: Halloween 2015 (Rajesh Roshan, The Vampires, John Buzon Trio, Dana Countryman, Children of New York P.S. 24 & Gil Slote, Raymond Scott, Los Socios del Ritmo, Janine de Wayleyne, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Videogram, Revbjelde)
Welcome to a truly diabolical edition of the show, dear listener. Yes, that’s right, it’s time to fill the house with co... Read more
25 Oct 2015
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1hr
Ranked #10
PMB204: Spoken Word (Peter Wyngarde, Jayne Mansfield, Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Unwin, Felix Kubin, F.C. Judd, Raymond Scott, Jim Henson, Sonja Neuman, Ken Nordine, William Shatner, Laura Huxley, Tristram Cary, Rick Jones, Hawkwind, Brian Blessed)
PMB204: Spoken Word (Peter Wyngarde, Jayne Mansfield, Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Unwin, Felix Kubin, F.C. Judd, Raymond Scott, Jim Henson, Sonja Neuman, Ken Nordine, William Shatner, Laura Huxley, Tristram Cary, Rick Jones, Hawkwind, Brian Blessed)
This week’s show comprises a star-studded line-up of thespians, philosophers, bards and boffins who variously demonstrat... Read more
Ranked #11
PMB041 Space Crufts: The Beatle Barkers, El Vez, The Bran Flakes, Mike Sammes Singers, Disasterpeace, The Advisory Circle, Wing, Klaus Wunderlich
PMB041 Space Crufts: The Beatle Barkers, El Vez, The Bran Flakes, Mike Sammes Singers, Disasterpeace, The Advisory Circle, Wing, Klaus Wunderlich
It’s time to tackle another big topic, namely pet ownership. Or, more specifically for this episode, dog ownership. This... Read more
24 Jul 2011
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #12
PMB243: Motorbikin’ (The Moog Cookbook, Stu Philipps, British Lion Orchestra & Les Reed, Socios Del Ritmo, Colin Blackmon, Wing, Mika Sundqvist, Pikku-Orava, NAHO, Les Baxter, Mitch Murder, ShockOne)
PMB243: Motorbikin’ (The Moog Cookbook, Stu Philipps, British Lion Orchestra & Les Reed, Socios Del Ritmo, Colin Blackmon, Wing, Mika Sundqvist, Pikku-Orava, NAHO, Les Baxter, Mitch Murder, ShockOne)
It’s time to get out on the high road, dear listener, for our altogether more high-octane follow-up to last week’s bicyc... Read more
18 Oct 2015
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #13
PMB234: And So To Sleep (Jeff Bridges, Pye Corner Audio, David McCallum, Raymond Scott, Matt Berry, Peter Herbolzheimer, Lullatone, Henry Mancini)
PMB234: And So To Sleep (Jeff Bridges, Pye Corner Audio, David McCallum, Raymond Scott, Matt Berry, Peter Herbolzheimer, Lullatone, Henry Mancini)
It’s time to pop the jim jams on, dear listener, for a thoroughly deserved lie-down after last week’s frenetic show. Yes... Read more
Ranked #14
PMB053: Halloween (Blakula, Peter Thomas, Bruce Haack, Focus Group, Mandingo, Tipsy, Ursula Bogner, The Shaggs)
PMB053: Halloween (Blakula, Peter Thomas, Bruce Haack, Focus Group, Mandingo, Tipsy, Ursula Bogner, The Shaggs)
Prepare to be terrified to your very core, dear listener, as we bring you our Halloween Special. Be warned that every tr... Read more
30 Oct 2011
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1hr 1min
Ranked #15
PMB197: A Guide To Modern Caravaning (The Three Suns, East Bay Banjo Club, Ferrante & Teicher, Carpenters, Piero Umiliani, Vinnie Bell, Dinah Washington, Gene Rains, Les Paul, John Buzon Trio)
PMB197: A Guide To Modern Caravaning (The Three Suns, East Bay Banjo Club, Ferrante & Teicher, Carpenters, Piero Umiliani, Vinnie Bell, Dinah Washington, Gene Rains, Les Paul, John Buzon Trio)
Long-term listeners of the show will be aware that the primary “show tune” at the Moonbase is, allegedly that Juan Tizol... Read more
19 Oct 2014
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #16
PMB203: Bongos A-Go-Go (Ray Barretto, Les Baxter, Terry Snyder, Jack Burger & Danny Gould, Jack “Bongo” Burger, Serge Gainsbourg, Sammy Davis Jr, Jack Costanzo, Chaino, Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica)
PMB203: Bongos A-Go-Go (Ray Barretto, Les Baxter, Terry Snyder, Jack Burger & Danny Gould, Jack “Bongo” Burger, Serge Gainsbourg, Sammy Davis Jr, Jack Costanzo, Chaino, Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica)
Get your fingers loosened up, dear listener, as we bring you a frenzied fiesta of bongo drumming. Having said that, as y... Read more
30 Nov 2014
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56mins
Ranked #17
PMB128: Now That’s What I Don’t Call the 80s (Mitch Murder, Short Circuit, MCM90, [PHYSICS], Hybrid Music System, Jeff Sudakin, Oxykitten, Horizon 200, Ilaiyaraaja)
PMB128: Now That’s What I Don’t Call the 80s (Mitch Murder, Short Circuit, MCM90, [PHYSICS], Hybrid Music System, Jeff Sudakin, Oxykitten, Horizon 200, Ilaiyaraaja)
This is our counter-factual, parallel universe 1980s show. It sounds like the 80s, it looks like the 80s, and trust me, ... Read more
19 May 2013
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #18
PMB052 Seeking Shatner: William Shatner, Nahid Akhtar, Shawn Lee, Monroeville Music Center, Ursula Bogner, The Kramford Look (23/10/2011)
PMB052 Seeking Shatner: William Shatner, Nahid Akhtar, Shawn Lee, Monroeville Music Center, Ursula Bogner, The Kramford Look (23/10/2011)
We’ve been eagerly awaiting William Shatner’s new single/double/triple album Seeking Major Tom, consisting of 20 tracks ... Read more
23 Oct 2011
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #19
PMB Bonus Show 04: Swedish Space Disco (The Frank Popp Ensemble, Stefano Torossi, Logic System, Max Roach, Sapan Jagmohan, Ananda Shankar, Jimi Tenor and Kabu Kabu, Cornelius, The Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra, France Gall, Serge Gainsbourg)
PMB Bonus Show 04: Swedish Space Disco (The Frank Popp Ensemble, Stefano Torossi, Logic System, Max Roach, Sapan Jagmohan, Ananda Shankar, Jimi Tenor and Kabu Kabu, Cornelius, The Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra, France Gall, Serge Gainsbourg)
No new show this week, dear listener, as your hosts have been summoned by the Galactic Space Council to explain why ther... Read more
7 Jun 2015
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1hr 54mins
Ranked #20
PMB111: Baking Today’s Bread (Raja Zahr, Nino Nardini, Vitamin String Quartet, Maximilian, The Catamaran Serenaders, Tony Carey, Wevie Stonder, Moon Wiring Club, Syd Dale and the Otto Keller Orchestra, Cults Percussion Ensemble)
PMB111: Baking Today’s Bread (Raja Zahr, Nino Nardini, Vitamin String Quartet, Maximilian, The Catamaran Serenaders, Tony Carey, Wevie Stonder, Moon Wiring Club, Syd Dale and the Otto Keller Orchestra, Cults Percussion Ensemble)
This week on the show we have a choice selection of recent arrivals at the Moonbase including tracks from two new releas... Read more
13 Jan 2013
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1hr 2mins