On my show this month:
A solid two hours from us this month, we say 'hello' and 'goodbye' to the wonderful Japanese band, Astro-B, with probably their last ever single. We are really quite upset about that fact, as we became good friends with the band and their associate Lee (Thomas Imposter Records) directly after hearing them on the John Peel show all those years ago. In 2004, Skreen was actually on his way to meet Lee and the band in Tokyo when the news about John Peel's death was announced, so that bond between all parties became something even stronger.
On a slightly happier note, we have some terrific new singles to play you from Alice Hubble, Linda Guilala, Klammer and 100 Year Party Court plus new album material from Cristina Quesada, Spray, Now Zero, Submotile and Clara Engel.
Aiming to our high-brow audience, there's a slight classical feel to some of the show with tracks from Nanoviola and Mother Julian, with Cellista providing further intrigue. We treat you to another track from the mighty Necessary Animals album and we make a great new discovery in the form of South Korea's Gumiho.
There's loads more music and mayhem too, but we'll let you discover it with your own ears when you listen to the show. Enjoy!

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Biography:
The Beatbox Saboteurs are Blu and Skreen B, we are a couple of miscreant toffs from the South of England who simply like making and listening to music.
We are probably most well-known for being members of the Cuban Boys, the band who became an integral part of the John Peel Show in the late 90s and, amusingly, through a sequence of fortunate events, ended up being signed to the EMI mothership and gatecrashing the UK charts. We charted higher than S Club 7, pretty good for a "bad Technohead tribute band". However, winning John Peel's Festive 50, recording a couple of sessions for him and having our homemade CDRs played on his show remain our greatest achievements.
The Beatbox Saboteurs formed as an escape pod from the Cuban Boys, aiming to further propel the tradition of twisting popular sound recordings into something fresh and interesting. Call it smiling entertainment with a devilish grin. Once again, we found ourselves adored by John Peel, along with an ever-expanding rabble of DJs from radio stations all around the globe. Between 2002-03, the Beatbox Saboteurs released a rapid succession of albums and special one-off recordings before taking the decision to disappear before the lure of corporate labels tainted the project.
Aside from The Beatbox Saboteurs, we have been involved in many music projects. Our early days as schoolboys were spent making horrendous metal-bashing experimental noise but since then we have worked in nearly every genre: goth, synth-pop, techno, classical, ambient, drum & bass, pop, dance, rock, electro and possibly even novelty pop.

We now run a micro-label called House Of Beauty Records and enjoy the freedom to create whatever takes our fancy. We are goths at heart but can see the wonder of light. If you want to send us a dodgy demo then we would love to hear it!

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