Covered The Breakfast Spread on PBS this week.
Mixed bag of morning stuff - some house in there of course!
Click the photo for the show page and tracklist:
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Butch Le Butch - Diablo (7th Dub)
Dipping back in the Cosmetic Records catalogue today!
Picked this one up almost a year ago when I was getting into Tony Crea and Paul Main's label from the early 2000s. I uploaded a couple of Moisture Rich Foundation tracks from the first Cosmetic release but I slept on this one at that time.
I played the a-side, which also appeared at the time on some Ministry of Sound compilations, while covering VG+ on PBS last year, but then it just sat on the shelf.
Butch Le Butch is still pumping out edits and hosting parties, after being a big time player in Melbourne's disco dance scene for over 20 years. While some of those more recent productions don't quite hit for me, much like the other two cuts on this record, Diablo (7th Dub) is a hidden deep gem.
The organic percussion sample, dubbed out and stretched to the limit, is hypnotic. While in the original version some of the horns and instrumental samples dominate things too much, the overzealous echo of almost every element creates a disco haze that envelopes you in this version.
These twisted, wonky and enthralling edits are the ones I really enjoy. Would love to see this work late at night in a smoke-filled room!
Check out the record on Discogs here.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
The Artisans - Don't Have To Choose
Something a bit different today. An Indie pop gem from an underground powerhouse in Australia.
Greasy Pop Records was started in Adelaide by Perth Native Doug Thomas. Throughout the 1980s they put out a bunch of sought after and slept on rock, punk and pop records from a bubbling South Australian scene.
This record, the only release by The Artisans, came in 1990, when the label was starting to move into punk and garage rock. Don't Have To Choose is full of naivety, hope and youthfulness. While the band members must have got older, this serves as a snapshot of their forays into indie music experimentalism.
The catalogue of Greasy Pop Records, similarly, provides a relevant window into the South Australian underground in the 1980s. While you might think it would be all Cold Chisel or The Angels, there were passionate alternative artists making genuinely interesting music.
Check the record out on Discogs here.
I came across this from my volunteering at PBS in the Music Department, cataloguing the extensive vinyl collection. There will be more to come on the Empty Archive, but for a teaser of what's to come, you can listen to my fill for Radio City using some of those bits here.
Radio City on PBS
Back on PBS today with a cover for Crispi's legendary show, Radio City!
I played a bunch of Australian stuff that I have dug our through my volunteering in the PBS Music Department.
Lots of old 80s pop and funky stuff that maybe you haven't heard anywhere else, plus a few you might have heard on Empty Archive already!
Monday, August 24, 2026
Full Bag on Skylab Radio
Another episode of Full Bag with Empty DJ is up on the web for replay now.
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Ended up mostly playing some electronic stuff, starting out downtempo and moving into some big time house belters!
Lots of stuff from my channel got a run. Tracklist below. Hope you enjoy!
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Robinson, Wall Project - Deep Down (Mid Day Dub Mix)
Long resident in my bag finally sees the light of YT today.
I think I maybe first heard Finn play this on his incredible Sunday Club show on NTS. I started listening to the digitally available Sole Music versions, but they've got nothing on the old Simplex cuts. I got to pick up a copy in Shepparton and been running it regularly ever since.
Simplex had prolific output in the mid 90s, a bunch of stuff that went under the radar. By the end of the decade they had put hits from the likes of Blaze out, before they faded into obscurity.
All the Deep Down cuts are bouncy, hypnotic garage house. The Mid Day side is more stripped back than the full on Deep Down mixes. In the Dub, the vocals are echoed out to perfection. Sometimes you get just a vocal stab, or a long crescendo, but more often than not it's that haunting mantra, deep down.
It's a banger that hangs around in my head and is never far from being on my turntable. Hope you're into it too.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Smoove Society - Dance Floor (Full Lenght)
More house stuff up here on the channel now!
This one comes via Swedish label BTB Records. Sublabel of SweMix records which was a powerhouse in Swedish releases of the late 80s and early 90s.
Urban Dance Sound Vol.1 is a compilation of a bunch of producers that also appeared on other BTB and SweMix releases. Some have already appeared on YouTube including the other Smoove Society track on the record.
I can't manage to dig up anything on Smoove Society. Can't even track down a name. All I know is the two tracks on this record are bangers.
Dance Floor (Full Lenght) is energetic and fun. There's elements of UK rave classics, a driving bassline, chaotic percussion and a vocal sample that's both haunting and inviting.
It's a real under the radar European house gem, complete with a playful typo.
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