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Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

SIX, at least, worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays featured during #ColinSpencer Programme #184 thanks to #GhostElektron, @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social, 3 by #PowerStateFailure and @rashamon.bsky.social : @kicklizard.bsky.social I'm Coming For You Mix

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

#DiscoverAndRemember

December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

Yippee! Turns out that there were, at least, EIGHT worldwide firstplays during #ColinSpencer Programme #154 thanks also to #Cosmosapien 'Cruz 7 (Edit)', @milanmusicuk.bsky.social 'Why Would I Lie To You? ( #Xxäm Remix)' and #PowerStateFailure 'Hit Back Or Die!'

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

May 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#INTERVIEW: #PowerStateFailure 's Paul O'Connell for #ThreeOriginalsByEach

Join me to find out who Paul champions...

#ColinSpencer Programme #184
🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧
Saturday 6 December 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)

Before then? #DiscoverAndRemember #Lime www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#Tracklisting: #ColinSpencer Programme #164

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

At least FIVE worldwide #exclusive firstplays amongst the self-released artists and output of labels including @dominorecordco.bsky.social, @interscoperecords.bsky.social & @muterecords.bsky.social

#DiscoverAndRemember

Colin Spencer Programme #164

lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Colin Spencer Intro Theme)'
Bauhaus 'In The Flat Field'
Cult With No Name 'Running (In And) Out Of Time'
Means Of Production 'Black Light'
Scenius 'Swift As Light'
Shriekback 'Just World Fallacy'
Bauhaus 'Dark Entries'
Paparazzi Whore 'Circuit Overload'
She's Got Claws 'Dreams In Cold Storage'
Joyless Jones Vs Fever Creature 'What The Eye Doesn't See (RMX)'
U_EXCi 1i2c 'Unfinished Business'
Temporal Fix 'Memory Of Kindness'
Cult With No Name 'Do As We Say, Not As We Do'
lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Inst)'
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 'Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow'
Nitzer Ebb 'I Thought (Final Sin)'
PowerStateFailure 'Unspoken'
Morgan Bryan 'CS - Tune'
NX-01 'NX04'
Queens Of The Stone Age 'I Think I Lost My Headache'
NX-01 'M.B.B. NX01 Pendek Remix (Instrumental)'
Queens Of The Stone Age 'Sick, Sick, Sick'
NX-01 'NX02'
Queens Of The Stone Age 'Regular John'
Bauhaus 'Burning From The Inside'
lonelyklown 'Wave Goodbye'

July 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#Tracklisting: #ColinSpencer Programme #149

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
featured, at least, ELEVEN worldwide #exclusive firstplays amongst the output of labels inc. #BanoffeeSound @muterecords.bsky.social @retrosynthrecords.bsky.social @stateofbassuk.bsky.social & @waxtraxrecords.bsky.social

Colin Spencer Programme #149 5Apr25

lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Colin Spencer Intro Theme)'
iammilan 'Why Would I Lie To You (Idiot Synchrony Extended Mix)'
Planet Neil 'Contactless (Remix)'
Nostalgia Deathstar 'The Ground Belongs To Me (Sons Of Ken Remix)'
lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Inst)'
Barry Adamson '007, A Fantasy Bond Theme'
Live Blue Roma 'Chapter X: Flares And Dyes'
Barry Adamson 'Il Solitario'
Perpacity 'Lille Flamme'
Scenius 'Funny Sky'
Fuzzbox Kollective 'The Day The World Turned Day-Glo (Wired Squire Mix)'
Morgan Bryan 'CS - Tune'
Sapphira Vee 'Last (Instr)'
Front 242 'Welcome To Paradise (Live)'
Sapphira Vee Ft. Chava Sanberg 'Bereishit (Instr)'
Front 242 'Headhunter (Original Mix)'
Sapphira Vee 'Lost Your Found (Instr)'
Front 242 'Quite Unusual (Original Mix)'
Ben Frost 'Permcat, Kyiv'
Pete Jones 'Cancer In My God (Dub Idol Mix)'
PowerStateFailure 'Fragments'
Ricardo Autobahn 'Music For Bus Stations'
Cosmosapien 'Cruz 7'
lonelyklown 'Wave Goodbye'

April 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#EXCLUSIVES: @milanmusicuk.bsky.social, #NostalgiaDeathstar, @perpacity.bsky.social, #PlanetNeil, #PowerStateFailure and @ricardoautobahn.co.uk get #worldwide firstplays during #ColinSpencer Programme #149
🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧

#DiscoverAndRemember www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

April 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#ColinSpencer Programme #145
▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
featured, at least, FIVE worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays thanks to 2 by #isunraynz*, isunray And #CosmicAddress*, #PowerStateFailure & @tdctunes.bsky.social

#DiscoverAndRemember

*underpinning #JayHay's #ThreeOriginalsByEach interview

Colin Spencer #145 6-8pm Sat 8mar25 @Colinscuts Jay Hay (Isunray @Isunraynz) Talks Abc @Abcfry

www.mixcloud.com

March 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM

Kiffie8

@kiffie.info

What's that? Generation Blitz 4, compiled by State of Bass UK, on double vinyl style CD?

Track by PowerStateFailure (Paul O'Connell)

#80smusic #electronicmusic #postpunk

May 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#ColinSpencer Programme #164 featured, at least, FIVE worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays thanks to #1i2c, @joylessjones.bsky.social Vs #FeverCreature, @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social, NX-01* and #PowerStateFailure

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

*underpinning a section of Nick's #ThreeOriginalsByEach

July 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#Tracklisting: #ColinSpencer Programme #145
www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
featured, at least, 5 worldwide #exclusive firstplays amongst the self-released artists and output of labels including @acerecords.bsky.social @beggarsgroup.bsky.social @cherryredrecords.bsky.social @muterecords.bsky.social

Colin Spencer Programme #145

lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Colin Spencer Intro Theme)'
Frankie Goes To Hollywood 'Watching The Wildlife'
Gary Numan 'White Boys And Heroes'
Fused 'Thought Crime'
lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Inst)'
Erasure 'Sono Luminus'
Nitzer Ebb 'Ascend (Pro-Gress Three Vox)'
Erasure 'Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)'
Nitzer Ebb 'Ascend (Remix)'
Erasure 'Rock Me Gently'
Nitzer Ebb 'Trigger Happy (Remix)'
Gary Numan 'I Die: You Die'
Peter Godwin 'Baby's In The Mountains (Razormaid Remix)'
PowerStateFailure 'Yoodle Doo'
Frankie Goes To Hollywood 'Two Tribes (Peel Session, Recorded 24 November 1982)'
Gary Numan 'Noise Noise'
Morgan Bryan 'CS - Tune'
isunray 'State Of The World (No Vocals Mix)'
ABC 'Poison Arrow'
isunray And Cosmic Address 'Crystal Harbour (No Vocals Mix)'
ABC 'The Look Of Love, Pt. 1'
isunray 'I Wish You Happiness (No Vocals Mix)'
ABC 'Love Conquers All'
Laibach 'Fedayeen'
Frankie Goes To Hollywood 'Krisco Kisses (Peel Session, Recorded 24 November 1982)'
TDC Tunes 'Seeker'
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army 'Are 'Friends' Electric'
lonelyklown 'Wave Goodbye'

March 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
3rd most Played upload on www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer/

#DiscoverAndRemember this #TT #Electrocurated, #136 from 4 years ago today, including what're 6 worldwide radio #EXCLUSIVE firstplays and music by @ericcpowellmusic.bsky.social @jeffappleton.bsky.social +more

Electrocurated #136 featuring what were at the time Angelenos, Blueonsilver, FUSED, Gilbert / Hampson / Kendall, PowerStateFailure and Willie Gibson worldwide radio #EXCLUSIVE firstplays and unveilings, among music by Barny Smyth, Desu Ex Sounds And Pas De La Dame Sauvage, Erasure, Eric C. Powell + Andrea Powell, Fortran 5, Frazier Chorus, Garsa, Gary Numan, Jack Beech, Jeff Appleton, Jeff Mills, Komputer, Leg Puppy, Lifelong Corporation, OneTwo, Sunroof, Telex, The Rude Awakening and Vicious Pink

May 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#EXCLUSIVES: 3 by #IdiotSynchrony and #PowerStateFailure 'Two Fried Eggs And A Packet Of Crisps' get their #worldwide unveilings during #ColinSpencer Programme #139

🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer...
Saturday 25 January 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)

#DiscoverAndRemember www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

January 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#EXCLUSIVE: #PowerStateFailure 'Yoodle Doo' gets its #worldwide première/unveiling during #ColinSpencer Programme #145

🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧
Saturday 8 March 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)
to #DiscoverAndRemember PowerStateFailure and others

Before #145? Try www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

March 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

What're you up to now 3 years ago today?

Me? #Electrocurated #180 featuring @theartofnoise.bsky.social @kiffie.info @lonelyklown.bsky.social @saintmartyn.bsky.social @shardlowe.bsky.social @stevedeeley.bsky.social @wavewulf.bsky.social+more

#DiscoverAndRemember via www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

Electronic music based: 4 NON BLONDES (LORD AND MASTER Remix), CHRYSALID HOMO (x2), FUSED (x3!), KIFFIE, LONELYKLOWN FT. ALEX (x2), POWERSTATEFAILURE, SAINT MARTYN, SHARDLÖWE, STEVE DEELEY, TEMPORAL FIX and WAVEWULF worldwide EXCLUSIVE première firstplay unveilings among new music, promos and recent releases by Chrysalid Homo (another), Kiffie (another), More, PowerStateFailure (another), Ritual Cloak & Michal Iwanowski and Wavewulf Featuring Nala Spark, plus gems by Art Of Noise (x2), Howard Jones, Madness, Mavka, Nell & The Flaming Lips, Pet Shop Boys and PowerStateFailure (yet another!); begun by the programme ident by milan - thank you James.

Enjoy music from the 70s, 80s, 00s, 10s and 20s on this 180th Electrocurated, a 2-hour programme.

March 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#Tracklisting: #ColinSpencer Programme #170

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
featured, at least, NINE worldwide #exclusive firstplays/premières/unveilings amongst the self-released artists and output of labels including @astirrecs.bsky.social and @muterecords.bsky.social

#DiscoverAndRemember

Colin Spencer Programme #170 tracklisting
lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Colin Spencer Intro Theme)'
Iv-An 'Somewhere Nice And Quiet'
Greenhaus Ft. David Baker 'I Can't Escape From Saturday'
Spray 'I Keep Missing The Loveboat (ReSpray)'
Inochi 'Terrain (Radio Edit)'
Shriekback 'Wasps In Heaven (Colin Spencer Cleaned Version)'
BlakLight 'Prey'
lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Inst)'
Laibach 'In The Army Now'
Add N To (X) 'Barry 7's Contraption'
Laibach 'War'
Add N To (X) 'Skills'
Laibach 'War (Methods Of Prevention Mix)'
Add N To (X) 'Oh Yeah, Oh No'
nON sTOP eROTIC cABARET 'Sold Our Souls'
Drew Miller 'Vanishing Point'
Paul J Weston 'End Of Me (PowerStateFailure Remix)'
Morgan Bryan 'CS - Tune'
Ana Foutel 'Capas'
Amores Grup De Percussió 'Amores'
Ana Foutel And Olexiy Mikryukov 'Etude #14'
Joshua Pierce 'Suite For Toy Piano'
Ana Foutel Edgardo Palotta '¡Un Chubasco!'
Aparicio Alfaro 'Sonatas And Interludes'
Cult With No Name 'Do As We Say, Not As We Do (Instrumental)'
Paul J Weston 'All I Have Given'
Robin Guthrie 'A Most Remarkable Woman'
lonelyklown 'Wave Goodbye'

September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#Tracklisting: #ColinSpencer Programme #154

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
featured, at least, 8 worldwide #exclusive firstplays amongst the output of labels including @cherryredrecords.bsky.social @chrysalisrecs.bsky.social @muterecords.bsky.social #Raft #Reprise @retrosynthrecords.bsky.social

Colin Spencer Programme #154 10May25

lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Colin Spencer Intro Theme)'
Paparazzi Whore 'I Don't Think So (Paul Dakeyne Main Mix)'
Psy'Aviah Ft. Sorrow Stories 'Heaven Is Not Enough (Lectreau's Greedy 12 Inch Mix)'
Poppy Factory 'Stars'
Kissing The Pink 'Identity Card'
lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Inst)'
Miranda Sex Garden 'Sunshine (Abrasion Mix)'
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 'Do You Wanna Get Heavy?'
Miranda Sex Garden 'Muff Diving Size Queen'
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 'Lovin' Machine'
Fuzzbox Kollective 'Ten Yard Stare'
The Adventures 'My Imaginary Girlfriend'
iammilan 'Why Would I Lie To You? (Xxäm Remix)'
Matthew Nowhere Ft. Lunar Twin 'Transforming'
PowerStateFailure 'Hit Back Or Die!'
Morgan Bryan 'CS - Tune'
Helen McCookerybook 'It Wasn't Me (Loop)'
Linda Lewis 'Old Smokey'
Helen McCookerybook 'Three Cheers For Toytown (Loop)'
Linda Lewis 'Rock A Doodle Doo'
Helen McCookerybook 'Almost There (Loop)'
Linda Lewis 'Spring Song'
Cosmosapien 'Cruz 7 (Edit)'
KLF 'What Time Is Love? (Colin Spencer Cleaned Version)'
Chrysalid Homo 'Shenzhen Soldier'
Decius 'Queen Of 14th St (Instrumental)'
lonelyklown 'Wave Goodbye'

May 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#ColinSpencer Programme #149

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
featured, at least, 10 worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays thanks to @milanmusicuk.bsky.social : @idiotsynchrony.bsky.social mix, @perpacity.bsky.social, @ricardoautobahn.co.uk, 3x @sapphiravee.bsky.social, @scenius.bsky.social and others

#ColinSpencer Programme #149 featured, at least, TEN worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays/premières/unveilings thanks to #iammilan 'Why Would I Lie To You (#IdiotSynchrony Extended Mix)', #NostalgiaDeathstar 'The Ground Belongs To Me (#SonsOfKen Remix)'*, #Perpacity 'Lille Flamme', #PlanetNeil 'Contactless (Remix)'*, #PowerStateFailure 'Fragments'*, #RicardoAutobahn 'Music For Bus Stations', #SapphiraVee 'Last (Instr)'** & 'Lost Your Found (Instr)'**, Sapphira Vee Ft. #ChavaSanberg 'Bereishit (Instr)'** and #Scenius 'Funny Sky'

* from the next #GenerationBlitz compilation, Mutant Electro [on State of Bass UK], pre-order now via https://generationblitz.bandcamp.com/

** underpinning Janet's #ThreeOriginalsByEach conversational interview feature championing #Front242

April 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#ColinSpencer Programme #139

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
featured, at least, FOUR worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays/unveilings thanks to #IdiotSynchrony 'Coronach', 'Denouement (Instrumental)' & 'The Sky Should Never Be The Limit' and #PowerStateFailure 'Two Fried Eggs And A Packet Of Crisps'

January 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#EXCLUSIVES by #1i2c, NX-01* & #PowerStateFailure get their #worldwide firstplays

#ColinSpencer Programme #164
🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧
Saturday 19 July 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)

Before then? #DiscoverAndRemember www.mixcloud.com/ColinSp.../p...

*underpinning part of #ThreeOriginalsByEach

July 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#ColinSpencer Programme #141

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
featured, at least, TWO worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays/premières/unveilings thanks to #DavidOwner 'Rhea Vortex' and #PowerStateFailure 'Latin Lick'

#DiscoverAndRemember

Colin Spencer #141 6-8pm Sat 8Feb25 @ColinsCuts Dan Dolby talks Have A Nice Life

DAVID OWNER and POWERSTATEFAILURE worldwide EXCLUSIVE firstplays/premières/unveilings, among new music from 2025 by Helen McCookerybook, iammilan, Leg Puppy 2.0 and Phonseca, and gems by ACR, Bloom, C...

www.mixcloud.com

February 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#Tracklisting: #ColinSpencer Programme #184

▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

At least, EIGHT worldwide #exclusive firstplays amongst the output of labels including @cherryredrecords.bsky.social @chrysalisrecs.bsky.social @happyrobots.bsky.social @hologramopera.bsky.social

#DiscoverAndRemember

Colin Spencer Programme #184 tracklisting:
lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Colin Spencer Intro Theme)'
Talk Talk 'It's My Life (12" Remix)'
Page 'Kylskåpsdörr'
Kick Lizard 'Try To Get By (That's Boost)'
Rashamon 'Juggernaut (Kick Lizard I'm Coming For You Mix)'
Man/Woman/Chainsaw 'Only Girl'
Chris Liebing Speedy J Collabs 3000 'Zwart'
Ghost Elektron 'Marx'
Means Of Production 'Mountain And The Snow (Rough Bounce 2)'
lonelyklown 'Big Wave 2 (Inst)'
Moby 'That's When I Reach For My Revolver (Psychotic VE-GUN Mix - Edit/Vocal Dub)'
Barry Adamson 'Iggy And Lou And Mick Rock Too'
Michael Son Of Michael 'Sonido Del Sureste'
Morgan Bryan 'CS - Tune'
PowerStateFailure 'The Last Hours (Special Extended Mix For The Colin Spencer Show)'
Paul Hardcastle 'Rainforest (Original Version)'
PowerStateFailure 'Harmonium (Special Extended Mix For The Colin Spencer Show)'
Paul Hardcastle 'Eat Your Heart Out (Special Remix)'
PowerStateFailure 'Ureshii (Drone Mix For Colin Spencer Show)'
Paul Hardcastle '19 (Destruction Mix)'
Yoann Pisterman 'Rhizomatic Hopping'
Substak + LR Friberg 'Like Thought Beneath Sleep'
Scenius 'All In Good Time'
Cloud Studies 'Last Night I Fell Again'
Cars From The Future 'Particles Of Lonely Attraction'
lonelyklown 'Wave Goodbye'

December 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

#EXCLUSIVES

#DavidOwner 'Rhea Vortex' & #PowerStateFailure 'Latin Lick' get their #worldwide premières/firstplays/unveilings during #ColinSpencer Programme #141

🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧
Saturday 8 February 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)

#DiscoverAndRemember with www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

February 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Colin Spencer

@colinspencermusic.bsky.social

Artists with #NewMusic on #ColinSpencer Programme #154 inc. #PowerStateFailure & @psyaviah.bsky.social Ft @sorrowstories.bsky.social : @lectreau.bsky.social mix

🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧
Sat. 10 May 2025
6-8pm (#UK times)

Before then? #DiscoverAndRemember www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

May 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM