Stop Making Sense

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, MADERA

After a couple of mostly electronic shows packed with music made by robots and full of additives, its back to more standard issue, carbon offset, organic SOAS musical fare. No animals were harmed in the making of this programme.

MADERA'S AURAL WORKOUT

First, six in the mix, four to the floor, to get the blood pumping. Then a little latin stretch in the middle. And finally a leisurely junglist jog back to the changing rooms.

...ITS COMPLICATED, MADERA

Intricate rhythms may be overwhelming at first, demanding attention like a petulant child, tugging puppy-like at your trousers with the odd semi playful nip o' the ankle...but in the long run, they are more rewarding, exceeding expectations and redlining satisfaction levels. If you don't believe us, have a listen to this…

VOULEZ VOUS CHAVEZ AVEC MOI CE SOIR,  MADERA?

Any politician who had his own daytime TV show where he sang and danced and called GW Bush a donkey is down with us here at SMS. In honour of the sadly departed Venezuelan revolutionary (a dying breed) MADERA plays some kerazee high octane latin music amongst the usual mix n blend. La Luta Continua!

LET THE BON TEMPS ROULÉ, MADERA

Its a "better late than never" Mardi Gras affair on the show today, with a snapshot of NOLA sounds past & present. Why? Because we can. Voila!

CASCADE THIS DOWN TO THE POD, MADERA, AND MAKE IT RAIN!

Confessed marketing buzz word muncher Madera presents another show full of baked in virability. Feel the traction!

Madera's Magic Mid January Blues Antidote

As this is allegedly the most depressing time of the year, MADERA decided to dig deep in his bag of phonic pharmaceuticals to make everything all right!

THE MANY MOODS OF MADERA

As the year draws to a close, we find a pensive MADERA at the controls, musing whilst fusing a mix of typically Worldish musical fare. No guests, just straight up tunage of the highest order...

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED

So, live in the studio, film maker BEN LEWIS was due to chat about his recent TV series on WHAT BRITS LOVE (i.e. hats, cars, sandwiches, home ownership and humour, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ug_5RH99zY). But a sudden volte face meant that instead, the topic changed to his recent brilliant 60m film POOR US, AN ANIMATED HISTORY OF POVERTY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otSimrb5rcs). Today was BEN's birthday. He was feeling a bit down. But MADERA's musical selection cheered him up. Another satisfied STOP MAKING SENSE customer.

MADERA GOT THE BLUES. BUT IN A GOOD WAY…

Its a BLUES special on the SMS show today… but not in the obvious, rocking chair on porch, drinking hooch wearing dungarees kind of way… no Siree Bob… Too obvious. In true MADERA style, its all about the twisted bastard child of Deep South scratchy vinyl samples and mega RAM computer manipulation. AND, live in the studio, SON OF DAVE brings his formidable racket, bringing blues kicking and howling into the 21st Century without thievery or pretension. Now, where did I put that there mojo…

I GOT 99 PROBLEMS BUT BEING MADERA AINT ONE

'Oui!' On the auspicious eve of his centenary show, a 'debonair' MADERA is full of 'joie de vivre' for a change. Flitting 'nonchalantly' from 'genre' to 'genre' with 'panache' and 'aplomb', the show is nothing less than a 'buffet' of 'inverted' musical 'delicacies'. 'Å table'!

THE SHOW THAT KEEPS ON GIVING…

Blam… another fine guest live in the studio this week. All the way from Brasil, INDEPENDECIA OU MARTE play three tracks just for us. Also the usual mixed bag of electronic global grooves, rare funk and cheeky edits from trusty MADERA...

The first live STOP MAKING SENSE show of the new season for MADERA VERDE … and it feels good! Straight in with top notch guests KONKOMA in the studio talking about their fresh take on Ghanaian dance music and gracing us with a magical live version of a track off their release on Soundway Records. Also on the show, crisp biscuits from ACID PAULI, STAFF BENDA BILLI, NATIVE SUN and BLACKDOWN + some original girl power business from ASTRUD GILBERTO and BOBBIE GENTRY… and the cheekiest bootleg EVER from AZEALIA BANKS. Welcome along!

SMS 93

A SHOW OF OLYMPIAN PROPORTIONS... THERE... WE SAID IT...

As the Olympic Brand Police patrol the corridors of SOAS, looking for infringements and illegal word associations (only Coca Cola, Mac Donalds and Visa are allowed to claim connections...), rebel broadcaster MADERA keeps calm and carries on, peppering his show with references to "gold", "silver" , "games" and other banned words. Will he make it to the end of the show before they break down the door to the studio and haul him away to force feed him junk food and make him pay for it using a credit card? Stay tuned comrades... (NOTE FROM SOAS RADIO MANAGEMENT: unfortunately, MADERA has been arrested for illegal brand association with the Olympics. Normal service will be resumed in September after he completes 30 days of forced labour , manning a security post at the Olympic Village )