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Cover star: the king of electronic music, Giorgio Moroder
Mondo goes Electro! A whole show devoted to global electronic music of every kind.
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Cover star: Japanese City pop queen Miki Mitsubara.
An absolute truck load of new releases including Turkish psych rock, Dutch no-wave & French surf rock!
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Cover stars: Current Italo-disco kings Nu Genea
A scintillating, sizzling summer sunshine special!
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Cover stars: the late, great Françoise Hardy
Featuring a deep dive tribute to the life and work of Françoise Hardy.
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Cover stars: Japanese-Belgian electro duo Aili
Featuring new music from Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia & Germany, as well as new vintage reissues from Venezuela, Peru, and the Congo.
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It’s a EUROPOP special!
Classic 80s synthpop from Germany, Spain and Austria, contemporary pop genius from France, Croatia and Ukraine…and my fave three Europop disco bangers OF ALL TIME.
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Cover stars: French-Colombian leftfield pop genius Eda Diaz
A delve into Krautrock, and a smattering of tracks from French-Colombian Eda Diaz’s fantastic debut album.
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Cover stars: Spanish indiepop queens Melenas.
A bumper crop of new releases to kick off 2024 in global pop style!
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Cover stars: Afrobeat sensations ONIPA
A best of 2023 special, rounding all my favourite Mondo Pop tunes of the year!
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Cover stars: Spanish 60s beat rockers Los Bravos
A Spanish 60s beat rock special, with a host of vinyl goodies I picked up from a recent trip to Alicante!
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Cover stars: French 70s poet performer Yves Simon
Afro-jazz from Guadeloupe, Peruvian soft rock, a French pop cover of a Radiohead classic and the first ever Finnish song I’ve ever played.
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Cover stars: Up and coming French R&B artist aupinard
A sultry summer slow burn featuring Ghanian afrobeat, Catalan indie, a bit of wonky Colombian salsa & an Italian Bill Withers cover.
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Cover star: Brazilian bossa nova queen Astrud Gilberto
A HOT HOT HOT Summer Global Pop Special, featuring lots of Brazilian joy, plenty of Afrobeat and a tribute to Astrid Gilberto.
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Cover stars: Ghanaian gospel king Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy
A Sunny Bank Holiday sizzler featuring Libyan reggae, French-Canadian house and Ghanaian Afrobeat!
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Cover stars: Brilliant contemporary Brazilian quartet Bala Desejo
A Springtime blast of global pop joys, including new releases from South Africa, France, Japan & Zambia
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Cover stars: Contemporary Turkish psych rockers Altin Gun
A TURKEY SPECIAL showing off the best Anatolian sounds, old & new.
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Cover stars: Ghanaian musical melting pot Nyamekye Junction
A bumper show of brand new global goodies
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Cover stars: Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Yukihiro Takahashi
A winter warmer full of cozy global pop delights
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Cover stars: Belgian electro wonders Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
A monster BEST OF 2022 show live from the studio
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Cover star: Japanese leftfield pop legend Akiko Yano
Live from the studio, and including an exploration of the 1982 album made by Akiko Yano with the UK art rockers Japan.