Party like it's 1989. A vintage display of TB-303 virtuosity mixed by Mike Dred at the height of the acid house scene
Freshly Spannered
The audio equivalent of ice cream with pickled onions? Jerome Hill strings together a selection of sounds to sate the musical cravings of the childbearing lady (also compatible with other activities)
Spannered's 13th Oddcast rolls into town courtesy of Australia's legendary Nam Shub Of Enki
Rebel Intelligence operative agent2 crafts his first mix for Spannered, featuring the likes of Surburban Knight, Snuff Crew and Virgo Four
The mighty Bass Clef invites you (and your neighbours) on a tour of the influences behind his Inner Space Break Free album
Glasgow's Production Unit embraces the Oddcast ethos with a magnificent medley spanning jazz, industrial, gamelan... and the illustrious Bernard Cribbins
Bristol's Ekoplekz makes a fuzzy elixir to pour in your ears, drawing comparisons with King Tubby's singed dub, the sci-fi emissions of the Radiophonic Workshop and Suicide's protopunk electronics
A darkly sculpted DJ set from Surgeon, recorded in October 2011 at Blackest Ever Black's London showcase
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- >>> Word up. After six years of, ahem, running this site like it was some kind of going concern, we've decided to call it a day before updates drop to the level of frequency you'd associate with a king penguin's breeding cycle.
Spannered's primary function was always to keep available content from our previous projects, Overload Media and Musicalbear, and that'll stay online right here, along with all the great audio, features and reviews we've gathered up since the site launched in 2006.
We'd like to extend a huge thanks to everyone who's written for Spannered over the years, the many artists who've let us host their mixes, live sets and exclusive tracks, all the spammers who have given us hearty belly laughs by letting us bait them, and of course, everyone who's bothered reading and listening to the weird, wonderful and occasionally banal stuff with which we've filled these pages.
Just before closing up shop we had a flurry of fine mixes drop into our inbox, so be sure to head across to our radio section to check them out.
We'll be continuing to use our Twitter account for occasional outbursts of enthusiasm and sarcasm. Head over there and befriend us if you like.
Cheerio 29 Apr 2012
Radio Spannered
Surgeon
at Blackest Ever Black
Spannered Oddcast #15
Jerome Hill's Music for Pregnant Ladies
Spannered Oddcast #14
Production Unit's Other Musics
Spannered Oddcast #13
Nam Shub's Spannered Sitars
agent2
Le Orme
Bass Clef
Inner Space Influences
Mike Dred
Acid Tape
Archive picks
As the closing feature for the Overload Media site back in 2003, Nick Doherty talked with legendary DJ and producer Theo Parrish
Alex Ward talked to irrepressible performer Jamie Lidell back in 2003 about his first album for Warp and his ever-evolving live show
A deeply, darkly ambient mix by sylvan-eared Coppice. First in a series inspired by lost corners of forest and parkland in London
Various Artists
Lo Fidelity Allstars
Drexciya
Harnessed the Storm
Bloc Weekend 2007
Doolally in a Chalet
Various Artists
Is It Rolling Bob? A
Various Artists
Compilation 2
Baikonour
Hot Milk
Lars von Trier
Manderlay
Michael Moore
Fahrenheit 9/11
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