Slashmusic

"Slashmusic" was a podcast presented by Tom Ravenscroft for Channel 4 Radio. Forty shows were made available between August 2006 and June 2007. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/08/17/bathom17.xml "Replace Dad? That would be hateful"] , "The Daily Telegraph", August 17 2006. Accessed online March 30 2008.] The show was produced by Hermeet Chadhar, who had formerly produced a Radio 1 show for John Peel, Ravenscroft's father. The podcast was relaunched in January 2008 under the name "New Music Download".

The show was originally a 30 minute podcast, and was later extended to 45 minutes due to demand from listeners (although the show often extended to around an hour in length) [ [http://www.newstatesman.com/200611200012 "I have not a gram of rock'n'roll in me"] , "The New Statesman", November 20 2006. Accessed online March 30 2008.] .

Music

Channel 4 Unsigned

The show was intended to showcase music from the [http://www.channel4.com/music/4unsigned/ Channel 4 Unsigned] music pages (from which the show took its name, i.e. www.channel4.com"/music"), but the time was often filled with tracks taken from other sources. Ravenscroft said of the Unsigned pages,

Despite my initial apprehensions of what I would find on Channel 4's MyMusic website, the job of trawling through its 20,000 tracks has proved hugely entertaining and we found some brilliant music. [ [http://www.newstatesman.com/200611200012 "I have not a gram of rock'n'roll in me"] , "The New Statesman", November 20 2006. Accessed online March 30 2008.]

essions

The show also featured sessions especially recorded for the show:

Show 11 was a series of live performances recorded in Manchester, and featured The Fourers, Cutting Pink With Knives, Suzy Mangion, 65 Days of Static and Hotplate.

Show 36 was recorded in Berlin and featured specially recorded tracks by Milenasong and Malta.

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.channel4radio.com/show/index.php?Id=409 Slashmusic at Channel 4 Radio]
* [http://www.channel4radio.com/show/index.php?Id=460 New Music Download at Channel 4 Radio]
* [http://www.myspace.com/slashmusicradio New Music Download at MySpace] - formerly the Slashmusic Myspace page.
* [http://www.channel4.com/music/4unsigned/|Channel 4 Unsigned at Channel 4 Radio]
* [http://www.koogy.clara.co.uk/slashmusic/ Slashmusic Tracklistings] - Unofficial site with tracklistings up to Episode 26.