Tales From A Disappearing City
Hosted from a South London tower block by Neil Keating aka Controlled Weirdness. Tales from a Disappearing City is a chance for Neil to tell some untold subcultural stories from past and present, joined by friends from his lifelong journey through subterranean London. Neil is a veteran producer and DJ and has been at the front line of all aspects of club and sound system culture since the early 80’s. His musical CV includes playing everywhere from plush clubs to dirty warehouses as well as mixing tunes on a variety of iconic London pirate radio stations. He has released music on numerous underground record labels and was responsible for promoting and playing at a series of legendary early raves in the USA at the start of the 90’s. He still DJ's in the UK and throughout Europe and beyond and has an eclectic and seriously deep collection of music built up over time that reflects an appreciation of all elements of the London groove. Neil currently runs Presence Unknown, a vinyl and digital label dedicated to releasing music influenced by his love of Electro, Acid House and Rave. He also does a fortnightly radio show live from Planet Wax record store in New Cross where his aim as always is to play you some amazing music that you have never heard before.
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- Episode 30 - Free Party: A Folk History. Spiral Tribe, Bedlam, DIY and other underground tales - special guest - Aaron Trinder 05.06.2025
- Episode 29 - Planet Wax: Record Shop & Vital Community Space - special guest - Dexta 14.05.2025
- Episode 28 - Cereal Box Beats, UK Garage & Drum and Bass - special guest - Dexta 24.04.2025
- Episode 27 - 80's Ibiza, Ecstacy & Acid House - special guest - Ian St Paul 26.03.2025
- Episode 26 - 70's London Soulboy Scene & Paradise Garage - special guest - Ian St Paul 05.03.2025
- Episode 25 - Pushing Boundaries: Playing Across Genres and Styles - special guest - Warlock 11.12.2024
- Episode 24 - Raves, Record Shops and Pirate Radio Stories - special guest - Warlock 13.11.2024
- Episode 23 - Squat Parties, Record Shops and Techno - special guest - Jerome Hill 25.09.2024
- Episode 22 - Early influences: Skating, Breakbeats and Pirate Radio - special guest - Jerome Hill 05.09.2024
- Episode 21 - Acid Techno, Squat Parties and Sound System Culture - special guest - Gizelle 31.07.2024
- Episode 20 - Lovers Rock, Charisma and Acid House - special guest - Gizelle 10.07.2024
- Episode 19 - Black Market Records, Jungle and Dropping into Different Scenes - special guest - Miss Pink 05.06.2024
- Episode 18 - 90's London Subculture. Fashion, Clubs and Ambient Soho - special guest - Miss Pink 15.05.2024
- Episode 17 - Underground Raves, Electro and Releasing Tunes - special guest - Phil Klein 24.04.2024
- Episode 16 - 1980's Electro, Scratching and Making Beats - special guest - Phil Klein 03.04.2024
- Episode 15 - Breakdancing, Acid House and Pirate Radio - special guest - Uncle G 21.02.2024
- Episode 14 - Berlin Riots, Anarchy and Techno - special guest - Brandon Spivey 20.12.2023
- Episode 13 - Punk, Anarchy and Acid House in 1980's Manchester - special guest - Brandon Spivey 29.11.2023
- Episode 12 - Praxis Records, Dead by Dawn and Datacide. - special guest - Christoph Fringeli 18.10.2023
- Episode 11 - 80's Countercultural Explorations in Basel and London - special guest - Christoph Fringeli - Praxis - Datacide 20.09.2023
