Like the Ambient Channel, the Jukebox presents music from a huge variety of backgrounds – its mixes, however, are more uptempo. The first emission comes up with European ideas about reggae, some stoic drumming, a reflection on alienation, and a track capturing the atmosphere in Tokyo during the early eighties.
54-minute mix with music by Alec Empire, Jun Togawa Unit, Pink Industry, The Red Krayola, and others – made between 1968 and 2008.
Featured cover art: New Age Steppers – Action Battlefield
Kraftwerk – Elektro Kardiogramm
minimal lyrics, maximal effect (2003, EMI)
The Red Krayola – Green of My Pants
led by visual artist Mayo Thompson, the band from Houston, Texas was lightyears ahead of its time (1968, International Artists)
Pink Industry – I Wish
formed by Jayne Casey in Liverpool and combining the spirit of post-punk with experimental electronics, the band’s debut album reached number 12 on the UK Indie Chart (1983, Zulu Records)
Faust – It’s A Rainy Day Sunshine Girl
a happy song, only recorded at the last minute when the band realised that the album was seven minutes too short (1972, Polydor)
Jacques Palminger and The Kings Of Dub Rock – Polizeihubschrauber
John Holt’s “Police In Helicopter” – the Hamburg way (2008, Play It Again Sam)
New Age Steppers – Nuclear Zulu
a British take on reggae – and one of Adrian Sherwood’s first productions on his label (1981, On-U Sound)
Testpattern – Modern Living
hyper-modern and optimistic synth-pop produced by Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, capturing the atmosphere in Tokyo during the early eighties (1982, Yen Records)
Jun Togawa Unit – Kachiku Kaikyo
addressing alienation and monotony of a daily work life (1985, Yen Records)
Yoko Ono – Greenfield Morning I Pushed an Empty Baby Carriage All Over the City
referencing the miscarriage Ono suffered in 1968 (1970, Apple Records)
Alec Empire – The Backside Of My Brain
from a collection of Empire’s earliest recordings (1990-94, Mille Plateaux)
