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X-Ray Moon - DJ

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X-Ray Moon

On my show this month:
This month X-Ray Moon has decided to give a nod to the two anniversaries of, on the one hand the creation of East Germany in 1949, and hence it is their 75th anniversary this year; and on the other hand, it is the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Having lived in Berlin, X-Ray Moon wanted to doff his imaginary Punk hat to the people who he became very fond of, and who made him very welcome in their city and in their former East Germany.
East Germany gets a bad press – some of it merited, possibly a lot of it merited… but what is always forgotten are the positives about the country, the culture and the music… And how, which is often forgotten, they ensured that all Nazis and Fascists after the Second World War were imprisoned for their crimes ... unlike in West Germany where some of them even became part of the post-war West German Government.
X-Ray Moon wanted to celebrate a moment that is important for European history and remind people that the 'Ossies' made good music too (sometimes).
Moon treats us to some Punk, with the likes of Feeling B and Nina Hagen, for example; some Experimental music with, AG Geige, there is also a little East German Jazz, with Manfred-Ludwig Sextett, and there is also some Ska.
Moon thought that with these anniversaries having loomed over the musical horizon, either he made this programme now or not at all.
So then, for one time only X-Ray Moon hopes the listeners enjoy – both in musical terms and as an intriguing gesture towards a country and a culture that no longer exists – EAST GERMANY ETCETERA.

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Biography:

Music both old and new. My tendency has always been to be attracted to the 'different', the other, the subversive… something that in one way or another challenges authority or orthodoxy and somehow attempts to shape wider society. Whether that be Punk, two-tone, Krautrock, Rai… etc.
In addition to that though I quite simply enjoy discovering the new, the different and the strange. Sounds, voices and atmospheres from around this small globe we call home are what excite me...
Over the years I have lived in many different countries, and wherever I was John Peel was the background, for many years, that aurally lit-up my adventures. He so perfectly reminded us that the quality, importance and worth of something has nothing to do with its 'popularity', and more to do with how it breaks down barriers and makes the complacent feel uncomfortable. How music at its best can be so much more than just a wallpaper-friendly pop song. So, then, eternal thanks to John Peel, who helped mould many of us…
Plus, thanks for listening. It is a great pleasure and joy to bring these shows to you; I hope you enjoy what you hear.

Tracklistings and listen again to the previous shows:

2024Nov - Oct - Sep - Aug - Jul - Jun - May Nirvana Etcetera - Apr CAN Etcetera - Mar - Feb - Jan
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