Netil Radio Weekly
#021
Words
Hello and welcome back,
It’s been an interesting week on all fronts, but one particular picture brought a cold and sharp breath of the past on my neck. Seeing Boris Johnson fighting drug gangs means only one thing - it’s over. I remember very well. In the early 00s, a police gun was pointed at me so many times during my DJ sets back in Slovakia, so much so - that it became some kind of “normal”.
Every election period, the period after election + anytime our government was trying to hide something, they came up with drug raids. Raids don't really solve the drug issue, don't hurt big crime gangs either, politicians look good on TV, and the world seems to be in balance.
But it’s 2021 and the UK has a much longer history of democracy as Slovakia had at that time. Funnily we don’t do many drug raids these days in Slovakia. In the last two years police and prosecutors have been busy handling corruption which feels very familiar to what has lurked in UK politics since Boris took over.
Government contracts with shady offshore companies, job positions for friends and family loyal to “the cause”, dangerous characters around politicians, people believe in imaginary issues… Today’s UK feels to me very much like Slovakia in the early 00s. Good thing is that this government has two more years to expose the ugliness of its “vision” for people to realise. And in two years - it’s in our hands.
On a different note - in the music business, everything is ticking along fine. At Least here in the UK; No one is cancelling anything, no concerns, no plans, just a party. Life is great.
At the end, same shout as last week - get a booster jab, wear a mask, wash your hands and think twice if it’s worth it, respectful and right to party right now.
Stay connected
Miro
Coming Up
Seems like a “week of returns” is coming up
✧ Corporeal Face is coming back to mothership with his monthly Ecstasy Garage Disco starting tonight 9pm ✧ And one of our long time favourite, hyperactive Canan Batur will be back every month on 2nd Sunday 12-2pm ✧
Exciting times! Feels very much like when children are coming back home from long travels 😍
Listen Back
✧ Varda Hayes joined Blake Creighton in the studio ✧ Marcus Barnes did the last show of the year ✧ less electronic, more guitars - that was the vibe last Saturday. Starting with R Lionheart & MF Tomlinson covering Tropical Problems, and the new show on the block All Zipped Up with Gary Lover & Anya ✧ TSUNIMAN in unusual ambient rapture set for Morning Transition ✧ Tia Cousins joined Harry James for SC&P session ✧ More Ritual with Mermaids ✧ and weekly Magical Real sorcery ✧
New Music
Our Tel Aviv asset and its industrial voice Oren G sent us few bandcamp tips for you. Catch his Disintegration show every 1st Monday of the month 7-9pm
Sons of Traders Presents: Stas Zavialov -amazing producer that i discover via soundcloud this is his first compilation in a label. He will get my full focus in the future
Years of Denial - Human Tragedy - i LOVE this amazing dark wave duo! Here is a very unique ep on a little bizarre and amazing Lebanese (yes yes) label
Throbbing Gristle - Journey Through A Body - Lots of words were written about TG and her people after they split up this amazing group from Hull in the UK. This partial album always brings me to the mood of the show and the mood I want to create.
Enjoy 💙 Oren G
And that’s all for this week
Stay tuned
NR team
London’s community voice, broadcast live from a converted shipping container atop of Netil Market - project facilitated and supported by Eat Work Art