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It's All About Vinyl

Life, music and vinyl, not necessarily in that order.


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  • Mal from Cabaret Voltaire: Sheffield, the avant garde and London's YMCA in 1979

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    In episode seven of the new podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, founder Mark Roland has a cosy chat with Cabaret Voltaire founder Stephen Mallinder. The wide-ranging conversation takes in the Sheffield music scene of the 1970s, the teenaged Mal, Chris Watson and Richard H. Kirk developing their avant garde process in a loft, and the carpeted splendour of the YMCA basement venue in London's Tottenham Court Road in 1979.It's All About Vinyl is a podcast about records and the stories that cling to them. Each episode explores the history, culture and happy accidents behind recorded music, from spinning speeds and forgotten formats to music magazines, charts and the people who shaped how we listen.It’s a chatty, curious look at vinyl and the analogue world around it: part music history, part trivia, part conversation. Whether you’re a serious collector, a casual listener, or someone who’s ever said “I’ve got that on vinyl”, this is a show about why records still matter – and why they always will.Support the podcast!Buy an issue of Electronic Sound, subscribe, or buy a T-shirt, or a record. Or a CD. And sometimes a book.https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/shop

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  • 6. EP06: Kraftwerk Atmos and Cabaret Voltaire and Listener Feedback Answered!

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    In episode six, Electronic Sound magazine founders Mark Roland and Push chat about the launch of Kraftwerk's Atmos mix of the 'Radio-Activity' album, and British electrronc music pioneers Cabaret Voltaire.It's All About Vinyl is a podcast about records and the stories that cling to them. Each episode explores the history, culture and happy accidents behind recorded music, from spinning speeds and forgotten formats to music magazines, charts and the people who shaped how we listen.It’s a chatty, curious look at vinyl and the analogue world around it: part music history, part trivia, part conversation. Whether you’re a serious collector, a casual listener, or someone who’s ever said “I’ve got that on vinyl”, this is a show about why records still matter – and why they always will.Support the podcast!Buy an issue of Electronic Sound, subscribe, or buy a T-shirt, or a record. Or a CD. And sometimes a book.https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/shop
  • EP05: Snooker legend Steve Davis chats with Mark about kosmische music, selling and buying vinyl. And floorboards

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    In episode five of the new podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, founder Mark Roland has a cosy chat with snooker legend turned electronic music lighting rod Steve Davis. Under discussion are kosmische music, the Canterbury scene, Magma, record fairs, limited edition records, selling records to buy more records and much more besides.It's All About Vinyl is a podcast about records and the stories that cling to them. Each episode explores the history, culture and happy accidents behind recorded music, from spinning speeds and forgotten formats to music magazines, charts and the people who shaped how we listen.It’s a chatty, curious look at vinyl and the analogue world around it: part music history, part trivia, part conversation. Whether you’re a serious collector, a casual listener, or someone who’s ever said “I’ve got that on vinyl”, this is a show about why records still matter – and why they always will.Support the podcast!Buy an issue of Electronic Sound, subscribe, or buy a T-shirt, or a record. Or a CD. And sometimes a book.https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/shop
  • EP04: Harry Styles and songs that sound like other songs, My Bloody Valentine, Record Store Day

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    In episode four of the new podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, founders Mark Roland and Push discuss Harry Styles and his new-ish song 'Aperture', and the unlikely source where some of its inspiration may have come from, leading to a chat about The Stranglers, Elastica, the Manic Street Preachers, Wire, Oasis, Neil Innes, Radiohead, The Fall and Spinal Tap. They also dissect Record Store Day 2026 and mine it for the releases they're interested in, My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless' with the original Creation press release, while also touching on counter-culture roots of synthesist Suzanne Ciani, and much more besides.It's All About Vinyl is a podcast about records and the stories that cling to them. Each episode explores the history, culture and happy accidents behind recorded music, from spinning speeds and forgotten formats to music magazines, charts and the people who shaped how we listen.It’s a chatty, curious look at vinyl and the analogue world around it: part music history, part trivia, part conversation. Whether you’re a serious collector, a casual listener, or someone who’s ever said “I’ve got that on vinyl”, this is a show about why records still matter – and why they always will.Support the podcast!Buy an issue of Electronic Sound, subscribe, or buy a T-shirt, or a record. Or a CD. And sometimes a book.https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/shop
  • Extra! #01: The Post-Punk Glory Days and Futurama Festival

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    It's a bonus episode! Mark Roland and Push take a look at the new issue of Electronic Sound magazine, with a deep dive into the history of the legendary Futurama Festival which saw the likes of Siouxsie & The Banshees, Public Image Limited, Dead Or Alive and the Bay City Rollers rubbing shoulders in a petrol-stinking shed. Also they question the wisdom of doing a live launch event.Tickets for the live event: https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/event/synth-east-film-live-podcast-live-music/My Life In The Mosh of Ghosts blog: https://www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com/It's All About Vinyl is a podcast about records and the stories that cling to them. Each episode explores the history, culture and happy accidents behind recorded music, from spinning speeds and forgotten formats to music magazines, charts and the people who shaped how we listen.It’s a chatty, curious look at vinyl and the analogue world around it: part music history, part trivia, part conversation. Whether you’re a serious collector, a casual listener, or someone who’s ever said “I’ve got that on vinyl”, this is a show about why records still matter – and why they always will.Support the podcast!Buy an issue of Electronic Sound, subscribe, or buy a T-shirt, or a record. Or a CD. And sometimes a book.https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/shop
  • 2. EP03: Behind the scenes of the British music press

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    In episode three of the new podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, founders Mark Roland and Push delve into the history of Melody Maker, the legendary British music paper which launched in January 2026, 100 years ago. They tell the story of how the Maker started as a devious plot by its founder to promote songs like 'I've Never Wronged An Onion', through to the post-Beatle glory days and a peek behind the scenes as they reveal the inner workings from their time at the august publication, and its sad demise in 2000.It's All About Vinyl is a podcast about records and the stories that cling to them. Each episode explores the history, culture and happy accidents behind recorded music, from spinning speeds and forgotten formats to music magazines, charts and the people who shaped how we listen.It’s a chatty, curious look at vinyl and the analogue world around it: part music history, part trivia, part conversation. Whether you’re a serious collector, a casual listener, or someone who’s ever said “I’ve got that on vinyl”, this is a show about why records still matter – and why they always will.Support the podcast!Buy an issue of Electronic Sound, subscribe, or buy a T-shirt, or a record. Or a CD. And sometimes a book.https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/shop
  • 2. EP02: Bowie at the British Library, Can, The Stasi, and London's Roundhouse 1972

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    In episode two of It's All About Vinyl, music journalists and publishers of Electronic Sound Mark Roland and Push talk about David Bowie again, this time because Mark attended an event at the British Library where Jehnny Beth (Savages) and Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubaten and The Bad Seeds) performed Bowie songs. None of which stopped them from discussing Hawkwind, heinous cat violence meted out to cherished records, Can, the Stasi and one underground synth duo member becoming a television journalist.It's All About Vinyl is a podcast about records and the stories that cling to them. Each episode explores the history, culture and happy accidents behind recorded music, from spinning speeds and forgotten formats to music magazines, charts and the people who shaped how we listen.It’s a chatty, curious look at vinyl and the analogue world around it: part music history, part trivia, part conversation. Whether you’re a serious collector, a casual listener, or someone who’s ever said “I’ve got that on vinyl”, this is a show about why records still matter – and why they always will.Support the podcast!Buy an issue of Electronic Sound, subscribe, or buy a T-shirt, or a record. Or a CD. And sometimes a book.www.electronicsound.co.uk/shop