About this episode

The episode explores XTC's early experiments with dub music through discussions with various guests.

Fireball XL5, All Along the Watchtower, Cut It Out, Go+, Take Away/The Lure of Salvage, Living Through Another Cuba … There are more – and they’re all examples of XTC’s early experiments with dub. In this special two-hour edition of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast , we are exploding together as we go on a deep dive into XTC’s fascinating adventures in sound. Sharing their love of dub are Tom Morley, the original drummer of Scritti Politti, stand-up comedian Mark Thomas, and songwriter and broadcaster Paul Myers , plus dedicated XTC fans Jeff Farris and Kevin Chanel. Mark Thomas: https://markthomasinfo.co.uk/ Paul Myers: https://pulmyears.substack.com/ Jeff Farris: https://soundcloud.com/jefffarris Kevin Chanel and Groove Records: https://groovesrecords.com/ Tom Morley: https://tommorley.com/about/ What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book available from www.xtclimelight.com If you’ve enjoyed What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast , please show your support at https://www.patreon.com/markfisher Thanks to the Pink Things, Humble Daisies and Knights in Shining Karma who’ve done the same. What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast is sponsored by the…

People in this episode

Host: Mark Fisher

Guests: Mark Thomas, Paul Myers, Tom Morley

Topics covered

• XTC
• dub music
• sound experiments
• music commentary
• interviews

Keywords

• XTC
• dub
• music
• interviews
• sound experiments
• Mark Thomas
• Paul Myers
• Tom Morley

Sponsors

Burning Shed

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scritti Politti

Books & works: What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book, Fireball XL5, All Along the Watchtower, Cut It Out, Go+, Take Away/The Lure of Salvage, Living Through Another Cuba

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