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The stories of the global underground movement that shaped experimental music and culture, told by the artists that were there…For two decades during the '80's and '90's, the international mail system fostered a network of underground artists, exchanging cassette tapes of music and homemade artwork – all under the radar of mainstream media. Taking the DIY message of Punk as a jumping off point, we travel through the network to find the creators of the fanzines, the music, the labels and events.
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Cassette Culture is hosted by Cassette Culture & DIY Music. The show has published 29 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Mind Bomb: The The & Eyeless In Gaza" (23 September 2026, 28 minutes), "Tapes Received: The Factory Connection" (25 June 2026, 29 minutes), and "Tapes Received: Industrial Music for Industrial People" (28 May 2026, 26 minutes).
Cassette Culture publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 27 minutes across 29 episodes.
Booking probability for Cassette Culture is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Cassette Culture requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Cassette Culture's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Cassette Culture are Artists, Writers & Performers. Cassette Culture has a music audience and around 970 subscribers on YouTube.
Cassette Culture & DIY Music hosts Cassette Culture, a music podcast with 29 episodes published.
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Episode #9
Our Industrial News "tapes received" trail reaches into the early 80s, and attention turns to quality. Robert H. King leads us into this episode, where we speak with Matt Johnson (The The) and Martyn Bates (Eyeless In...
Episode #7
Some of the most surprising and revealing connections surface in this episode. Two worlds that rarely get mentioned in the same breath: Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records , and Manchester's Factory Records . At the...
From 1978-1980, Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records published a newsletter called Industrial News. With a philosophy of exchange and transparency, they listed attendance numbers at their concerts, future label plans...
The strange, uncompromising world of Alien Brains , the project led by Nigel Jacklin that helped define the outer edges of the early 1980s DIY cassette underground. Emerging from a school science lab, inspired by John...
A hard to imagine London of derelict warehouses and ruined public buildings birthed the short, intense life of Snatch Tapes, the late-70s cassette label founded by Philip Sanderson of Storm Bugs. Launched in 1979...
Episode #3
Emerging from the squats, free gigs and improvised studios of late-70’s Portobello Road, F*ck Off Records operated at the volatile intersection of hippie idealism and punk DIY. Active between 1979 and 1982, the...
Episode #1
After we spoke with Mark Automaton for our episode on Deleted Records and the Instant Automatons, he kindly shared his recollections of the music and bands presented on the legendary “Deleted Funtime&rdquo...
Emerging from the same late-1970s underground that fuelled punk, DIY cassette culture, and European electronic experimentation, we explore the influence of Colin Potter - sound artist, producer, and founder of...
Episode #1
Underneath the safety pins, television expletives and bondage trousers that came with Punk in 1977, there was a coded message for those ready to hear it. Resolutely independent, the Instant Automatons and their label...
Cassette Culture
The artists who made the template - In Season 2 we’re delving into the very origins of the underground cassette music scene from the late 70s and early 80s, featuring insights from key musicians who revolutionised...
From vinyl to cassettes and the occasional... flexi-postcard! Geert-Jan Hobijn reflects on Staalplaat’s origins as a cassette label, and some current releases. In this special interim episode of Cassette Culture...
Episode #14
Music mix by Joshua James Amberson drawing on cassette releases reviewed in issue #3 of the Copy This Cassette zine. Joshua is publisher of the Basic Paper Airplane zine, and curator of the Antiquated Future...
From the worlds of mini-comix to independent music, D. Blake Werts is the creative force behind the fanzine, Copy This Cassette . Martin Franklin and co-host Jerry Kranitz sit down with Blake to share the surprising...
3D glasses at the ready, we speak with Richard Allen, editor of psychedelic magazine Freakbeat, founder of Delerium Records, and Michael Dog of Club Dog, Megadog and Planet Dog Records. Together, they helped define an...
Episode #11
Armed with fanzines, cassette tapes, and a fierce DIY spirit - two teenagers from Herne Bay helped shape the UK’s underground music scene. In this episode, host Martin Franklin traces the journey of Gary...
Tales of handmade 'zines and the cassette underground with two key figures: Martin Bowes of the electronic-industrial band Attrition, and Alan Rider of the Adventures In Reality label and fanzine. We trace their...
Episode #9
From the provocative performances of Throbbing Gristle at the Lyceum to Einstürzende Neubauten's infamous stage-demolishing concert at the ICA, this episode captures the moment when musical boundaries were not just...
Amazing artworks, CDr's and a mystery device. The full unboxing experience of the package sent to us from Belgium by Sandy from the Hybryds. This is the Bonus version of the recordings which opened Episode 8 "Universe...
At the forefront of Industrial and dark electronic music since the 1980s, Cold Spring Records emerged from the cassette underground to become a significant independent record label. We unpack the story of label founder...
DIY passion, artistic discovery, and the power of community. This is a story of the kind friendly networking that typified the cassette scene and it shines through in this episode. We dive into the fascinating history...
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musician, Throbbing Gristle
professor of particle physics, The Instant Automatons and Deleted Records
Contributor with the Forum for Intellectual Property at the Hudson Institute and Director of the Media, Entertainment and Technology Law Program at the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California
Senior Football Executive and Technical Adviser, African Methodist Episcopal Church
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