As winter is nearly finished for another year, I thought I'd post a show from February 2010, in the middle of the original run of Stroboscope shows. It is a themed show and most of the tracks have the word "winter" in the title. It was a lot of

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - July 2010

Jan 21st, 2024 1h 20m

We're in the depths of winter and there's been a cold spell recently, so here's a show from mid-summer 2010. It's the usual jumble of tunes, from 60s psychedelic pop to minimalist classical. Get yourself a hot chocolate and settle back to enjoy

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - January 2011

Feb 12th, 2023 1h 25m

I recorded this episode in January 2011 - I chose this one from the archive for the time of year, but it ended up being quite serendipitous, as it's got a Pink Floyd covers medley of Dark Side Of The Moon tracks and that album was released 50 y

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - January 2020

Jan 20th, 2023 1h 45m

At long last - here's the second part of the Grateful Dead mix I made a few years ago. Always meant to post this, but have been working on the other podcast I'm involved in, so didn't get the chance. This one covers the years 1970 to 1975. Pivo

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - October 2009

Jan 17th, 2023 1h 27m

This is a mix-tape I made back in the late 1990s, all from CDs and cassettes I owned. I intended it to be a whole series and each volume would cover roughly five or six years. I think I only ended up with this one and one more: 1974 to 1980. On

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - January 2020

Jan 17th, 2023 1h 34m

One of my friends was talking about the Grateful Dead a couple of years ago and said she didn't know much about them, so I said I'd make a couple of mixes for her. I stuck mostly to the studio albums, with a few (shorter) live tracks sprinkled

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - August 2019

Jan 16th, 2023 1h 50m

This one came about from a co-worker. We were at a leaving-do and got to talking about music. They said they weren't familiar with some of the bands we talked about - so I said I'd make a mix for them to check out. I chose tracks from the 1960s

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - August 2018

Jan 16th, 2023 1h 30m

Another mix I made for a friend. oh...five years ago now. It's meant to be a bit of a summery mix, as that's when I created it - though the OMD track makes me think of winter, for some reason. Ah well - it's still a decent effort. I found the p

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - May 2018

Jan 15th, 2023 1h 26m

A good friend of mine died unexpectedly in May 2018, of kidney failure. We hung out quite a bit for most of the 1990s and stayed in touch in the early 2000s. He was a talented artist and a pretty good guitar-player and dabbled a bit with the si

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - September 2017

Jan 15th, 2023 1h 19m

I made this mix for a friend that I lost contact with for a long while. She's not on any of the social media sites and her phone number changes quite a bit. I tried to e-mail her, but my e-mail wasn't received. So, as a last-ditch effort, I wro

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - April 2011

Jan 15th, 2023 1h 21m

One of my springtime episodes - this one is nearly twelve years old now! I didn't really stick to a theme, though there's a couple of tunes which either mention "spring" in the title, or sorta fit in with the season. Other than that - it's a mi

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - January 2017

Jan 15th, 2023 1h 19m

I created this mix a little while after reading Peter Shapiro's excellent "Turn The Beat Around: A Secret History Of Disco". I didn't know there was such a thing as 'psychedelic disco', but after finding a thread online about some trippy disco

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - December 2010

Jan 15th, 2023 1h 22m

I got a bit festive in this episode - starting with Misty's Big Adventure's "Have Yourself A Psychedelic Christmas" and then on to the Steve Miller Band's "Good Morning", which musically quotes "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" in its coda. After t

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope

Jan 14th, 2023 1h 1m

The earliest K.S. episode I have in my archive. Unfortunately, the hosting site I had shut down and I lost the first seven shows I created - I hadn't been saving them to my hard-drive at that point. I may revisit the first-ever show, as I've go

The Kaleidophonic Stroboscope - Psychedelia (1966-1973) - October 2009

Nov 1st, 2020 1h 27m

This episode featured a re-make of a mixtape I created in the late 90s, featuring psychedelic tracks spanning the years 1966 to 1973. I first posted this mix in October 2009 on the old K.S. site. I might still have the cassette somewhere as wel

Psychedelic Warlocks & Cosmic Cowboys - Part 1 (1965-1970)

Jan 1st, 2020 1h 34m

A Grateful Dead mix covering the first five years of the band's existence - expect high weirdness and groovy vibes!

Fifty In Thirty: An Album Sampler

Jul 30th, 2019 1h 50m

I made this mix for a friend after a discussion about music at a work leaving-do. They said they weren't familiar with a lot of the bands we mentioned, so I decided to create an albums sampler from the past 50 years. I limited myself to 30 song

Illuminations In 5th Dimensions

Aug 5th, 2018 1h 30m

A CD mix I made for a friend - this is the slightly longer version, with a different track-listing.

Songs For Sean G - A Tribute Mix

May 26th, 2018 1h 26m

A tribute mix for a good friend of mine who recently passed away. These are all tunes he liked, or from albums he owned. R.I.P. Sean Galliher (1973-2018)