We Can Be Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Enjoy this forensic analysis by Michaelangelo Matos of a classic pirate radio set. 

Presented yesterday at the EMP conference, it's titled "We Can Be Free”: The Pirate Radio Explosion of Ezee D on Don FM (February 20, 1993) and can be enjoyed in script form at MM's Beat Connection Substack.

Enjoy also the set itself at Soundcloud 

I once gave a talk titled "Just 4 U London" at EMP, back when it took place in Seattle every year - I can't remember if I played any pirate radio snippets, though.... 

"Normality, believe!"

 

"Jim and Emma, get out of John's bed"

the flip

 

the whole session (or what i got of it)

"All tracks recorded in 3D-Sound"

 

Got an email a few years ago from Tone Def supremo DJ Yomi, pointing out that 4 Horsemen did not simply = Foul Play alter ego, but was a collaboration with him. He was going to give me the whole 4 Horsemen / Tone Def story but never happened....  Would be interested to know how they vibed that vibe. 

more brilliant than the sun

slightly more than seven minutes in...

never understood why they didn't title it "Long Dark Tunnel", as opposed to "Valley of the Shadows"








tee hee