On my show this month:
He lived to a ripe old age but we're still extremely sad at his passing as he influenced one of the most important bands ever, The Clash, produced my favourite album of all time, "Heart of the Congos", worked with Junior Marvin and along with King Tubby invented a whole new musical language, dub ... I could go on forever but all I'll say is that Ring of Fire bows to the mightiest of the mighty Lee 'Scratch' Perry and the music he made from 1963 though to last year.
Listen to this month's FSK show for a full two hours of his genius. I had 167 songs I wanted to play! In this Dandelion Radio show we pepper the 4 hours with some LSP classics.
Also in the show new tracks from Benefits, The Felice Brothers, Lana Del Rey, Red Axes and something of The Bug's new album which is one of the things that will in the end, make 2021 bearable.
Artists new to us and hopefully to you Deep Tan, Media Jeweler, Israel's Charlie Megira (sadly passed away a few years back) and his take on the David Lynch sound a revelation for me, Maddy Maia, The Mountain Movers and Melbourne's cheap Casio punx the wonderfully named Debt Cult.
As usual we drop in the odd oldie that you might not have heard before and I'm guessing this will be the first time Dandelion Radio has aired a Peter Sarstedt song!

Website: hockingsean.wix.com/metalpostcardrecords
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Biography:
Sean Hocking is the founder and owner of Metal Postcard Records and based in Hong Kong.

An avid Peel listener from the late 70’s onwards he discovered the true breadth of music available between 10:00pm and midnight for many years. Metal Postcard Records follows the Peel/Tony Wilson philosophy of play it, release it, and don’t worry about other people’s opinions too much; they all come round eventually.

"My first DJ experience aged 15 was being asked by older schoolboy Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins/Bella Union) to play a six form dance in the dim distant days of Dexy’s Midnight Runners and a three-piece Cure. Since then I have played Sydney warehouses, West Sussex fields, Brooklyn Bars, Cambodian restaurants, Vietnamese Riverbanks, Hong Kong rooftops and too many empty houses with dodgy fuse boxes to mention.”

“Mentioning favourite recordings would be pointless as they change from day to day but I can tell you that amongst my favourite gigs has been Black Flag at the lyceum in 1980 something, The Cramps on their Psychedelic Jungle tour, The Triffids final Sydney concert at the Paddington Town Hall, Julian Cope’s main stage sunset set Glastonbury in 1987, any Ed Kuepper performance over the last 30 years, Konono No.1 in New York a few years back and The Stone Roses at Spike Island was, without a doubt, a great day out. Oh and the three times I was lucky enough to catch Melbourne’s Morning After Girls who should all be considered for sainthood.”"

The launch party for the Cambodian Space Project’s debut single on Metal Postcard Records in Phnom Penh was a revelation as the band was joined on stage by various musical survivors of the Pol Pot genocide who sang and played their hearts out for hours on end. Couldn’t remember feeling such musical joy... Well not since Peel played The Dodgems’ ‘Lord Lucan Is Missing’ for the first time."

A listener (DJ lano) made my day with this comment on Mixcloud ... "When I was 16 John Peel was my 'go to' man for new music. Now aged almost 46, you - Sean - are the person I most look forward to listening to. Many thanks for another top selection!"

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