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75: Octo Octa and Eris Drew are better living through alchemy
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No Tags is a podcast and newsletter from Chal Ravens and Tom Lea chronicling underground music culture.
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- 75: Octo Octa and Eris Drew are better living through alchemy · 2 óra 15 perc'The big beat defenders are incoming'. An ominous text message to receive moments before meeting Octo Octa and Eris Drew in the flesh, but a sure sign that this would be a very…
- 74: What does it take to run a clubnight for 20 years? · 1 óra 34 percFor 20 years, Mantra and Double O have been running Rupture, the London-based party that’s become guiding light for 160-inclined ravers. As any promoter will tell you, that’s a…
- 73: Dance music has entered its proteinmaxxed era · 53 percWe need to talk about this event flyer, and not just because of how Big Beat Cinema-coded it is. Prospa, Josh Baker and Kettama have worked their way into the uppermost stratum…
- 72: When is a festival not a festival? · 1 óra 39 percIs this the way they say the future’s meant to feel? Or just 20,000 people milling about at the White Claw gazebo? This summer Tom and Chal attended a LOT of different festivals…
- 71: Second quarter report – the best music of 2026 so far · 2 óra 3 percClosing a hectic summer, we’re back with our regular report on the best music of the last three months. We’re joined as always by No Tags third Beatle and zillennial savant Henry…
- 70: The true story of real dubstep · 1 óra 45 perc“Is this dubstep?” There was a time in the 2010s when approximately 23% of all YouTube comments were a variation of this question. One of the UK’s most influential yet…
- 69: Your favourite DJ is a psyop · 1 óra 29 percKeep honking, piggies: I’m listening to whatever rockslop the algorithm just sicked up for me! So we’ve been circling a certain topic for a while now – in order to be fashionably…
- 68: Djrum or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Clang · 1 óra 46 percWhy be seamless when you can go KLANGGG? This week’s guest is living proof that doing things wrong, backwards, upside-down or simply not at all can reap creative dividends. We…
- 67: Sheffield, Synth City · 1 óra 55 percSheffield punches well above its weight when it comes to tunes. From #1 synth-pop hits to underground techno classics, clattering industrial funk to accidental Britpop icons, the…
- 66: First Quarter Report – the best music of the last three months · 1 óra 15 percThe Q1 report is here and the charts are clear: buy underscores. 📈 On this episode of No Tags, we talk through our favourite releases of 2026 so far – not to mention some music…
- 65: The indies fight back! Damon Krukowski on the value of sound · 1 óra 55 percWe all know what sound is, but are we any good at describing it? This week’s guest is a musician, writer and one of independent music’s wisest observers. Damon Krukowski has been…
- 64: A new film canon! Rockufiction · 1 óra 12 percSo we had another idea for a movie canon. After blinking our way through The Moment – the recent mockumentary about Charli XCX by director Aidan Zamiri – we got thinking about a…
- 63: Baltimore is still the engine room of US club music · 1 óra 35 percSome of the most exciting dance music around right now is coming out of Baltimore. Reenergised by a younger generation of artists putting a fresh spin on the Baltimore Club…
- 62: Lil Internet changed our minds about AI music · 1 óra 33 percTaganistas may know Lil Internet from his music videos (Beyoncé, Diplo), his high-concept DJ mixes, or his ever-present voice on Twitter. Since 2017 his main focus has been New…
- 61: Is clubbing really in decline? We asked Ed Gillett · 1 óra 15 percReports of the death of nightlife may be greatly exaggerated. In recent months we’ve heard of new clubs opening in Peckham and Brixton, an audio upgrade at Tola and plans for a…
- 60: A radical vision for club culture with Anjali Prashar-Savoie · 1 óra 25 percA stack of new interviews are coming down the No Tags pipes right now, but first we return to a conversation from our sold-out event at the ICA last month. If you couldn’t make…
- 59: The best music of 2025 · 2 óra 13 percSneaking in at the last possible moment, it's the No Tags best of 2025 show! As is tradition, we’re joined by Henry Bruce-Jones to look back on the year in tunes and spotlight…
- 58: Deepfake Jorja and the biggest bangers of the 21st century · 1 óra 19 percFirst off, we’re plugging. The second No Tags book is here – and it looks great. ‘Conversations on underground music culture, Volume 2’ compiles the best interviews and…
- 57: The second No Tags book is here! · 48 perc…And we’re back! Yes, first episode of No Tags for a few weeks, and while we do appreciate the concern, it’s just the two of us running this show, we both have jobs that we do it…
- 56: Burial whisperer Dan Hancox on grime reunions, the power of crowds and sodcasting · 1 óra 36 percFirst, news: our new book is almost at the printers ahead of launching it at the No Tags live show in London on 11th December! We’ll be announcing our guests very soon, and you…
