Tales From A Disappearing City
Hosted from a South London tower block by Neil Keating aka Controlled Weirdness. Tales from a Disappearing City is a chance for Neil to tell some untold subcultural stories from past and present, joined by friends from his lifelong journey through subterranean London. Neil is a veteran producer and DJ and has been at the front line of all aspects of club and sound system culture since the early 80’s. His musical CV includes playing everywhere from plush clubs to dirty warehouses as well as mixing tunes on a variety of iconic London pirate radio stations. He has released music on numerous underground record labels and was responsible for promoting and playing at a series of legendary early raves in the USA at the start of the 90’s. He still DJ's in the UK and throughout Europe and beyond and has an eclectic and seriously deep collection of music built up over time that reflects an appreciation of all elements of the London groove. Neil currently runs Presence Unknown, a vinyl and digital label dedicated to releasing music influenced by his love of Electro, Acid House and Rave. He also does a fortnightly radio show live from Planet Wax record store in New Cross where his aim as always is to play you some amazing music that you have never heard before.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 31
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 11 - 80's Countercultural Explorations in Basel and London - special guest - Christoph Fringeli - Praxis - Datacide
80's Countercultural Explorations in Basel and London
For the eleventh episode of "Tales From A Disappearing City," I am joined by my long-time friend, Christoph Fringeli, who runs Praxi…
Episode 10 - 90's Raves and Subnet Vinyl Network - special guest - Ben - Dead Silence - Audio Illusion
For the tenth episode of "Tales From A Disappearing City," I am once again joined by Ben McCusker, a member of the Dead Silence Syndicate and co-founder of Audio Illusion Recordings. In…
Episode 9 - Electro, Pirate Radio and Raving in the Woods - special guest - Ben - Dead Silence - Audio Illusion
For the ninth episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by Ben McCusker, member of the Dead Silence Syndicate and co founder of Audio Illusion Recordings. We first met in t…
Episode 8 - 80's Electro, Go-Go and Acid House - special guest - Simon Dexorcist
For the eighth episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by my old mate Simon Brown aka The Dexorcist. We first met at an illegal rave in the mid 90's and instantly bonded o…
Episode 7 - Politics and Dancing in the 80's and 90's - special guest - Neil Transpontine
For the seventh episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined again by
Neil who produces a couple of respected blogs that have consistently documented all aspects of what we cov…
Episode 6 - Post Punk and Journeys to the City - special guest - Neil Transpontine
For the sixth episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by
Neil who produces a couple of highly respected and long running blogs that have consistently documented all aspect…
Episode 5 - TechNet, Break/Flow and Dead by Dawn - special guest - Howard Slater
For the fifth episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined once again by my good friend Howard Slater aka Flint Michigan. I first met Howard in the mid 90's at Dead by Dawn whi…
Episode 4 - Post Punk, Squats and Techno - special guest - Howard Slater
For the fourth episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by my good friend Howard Slater aka Flint Michigan. I first met Howard in the mid 90's at Dead by Dawn which was a l…
Episode 3 - Free Parties and Sound Systems - special guest - Blackmass Plastics
For the third episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined once more by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics. This is the final part of our recent chat. We talk about how …
Episode 2 - 90's Record Shops and Raves - special guest - Blackmass Plastics
For this second episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined again by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics to discuss our memories of 90's record shops as well as key part…
Episode 1 - Early vinyl and record shop memories - special guest - Blackmass Plastics
For this first episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics to discuss our early memories of buying vinyl and visiting record shops…