Delve headlong into the world of Plato's Retreat thanks to Hallertau with Samuel Harmony, Kris McFang, Aneeka Moheed and Rob Bollox . $1 - $1000 records given equal treatment and airtime. For all that's good in Boogie, New Wave, Disco, House, Post-punk, Afro, Modern Soul, AOR, & much much more.
Another Plato's Retreat, bringing you the tunes, the sports and media recommendations, and asking the important questions...like what is your favourite sandpaper grit? Brought to you by Hallertau!!!
Playlist
Laid Back - Bakerman (Extended Remix)
Out - Tough Enough
Fini Tribe - I Want More
Ladi6 - Alofa (Radio edit)
Talking Drums - Courage
Yoko Ono - Hell In Paradise (Club Version)
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife (Radio Edit)
The Cure - Just One Kiss
Dry Cleaning - Hot Penny Day (Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul Remix)
Stones Taro - Leaf Raining
The Avalanches, Jamie XX, Neneh Cherry, CLYPSO - Wherever You Go
Rio Zur - Baile del Viento
L'imperatrice ft. Erick the Architect - Sweet & Sublime
Psychemagik - Everywhere (Psychemagik Remix)
Merchant - Tumbledown (Extended)
Melenas - Bang (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)
Van Staden & Böhm - Number One Girl Raver
Lee "Scratch" Perry, Shaun Ryder - Green Banana - Dubkasm Remix
It's another special COVERS SHOW! Highlights include a special Quincy Jones covers set from Sam Harmony, a debate about what constitutes a medley and an edit, as well as a very special final song as we approach the holiday season.
Playlist
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
P.J.B. feat. Hannah and Her Sisters - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Man to Man (Paul Zone and Man Parish) - I Need a Man
Robey - One Night In Bangkok
Simply Red - Money's Too Tight To Mention (Cutback Mix)
400 Blows - Movin'
Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen in Love (Extended Version)
!!! - Take Ecstacy With Me
Balaam & The Angel - I Feel Love
Sanchez - End Of The World
U Madoo & Cpt. Barky - Mix Up
Richie Stephens / Bounty Killa - Maniac
Sharon Forrester - Must Be Talking To Angel
Dubsensemillia - It Aint Over Till It's Over
Pam Hall - My Heart Will Go On
BORNS - I Touch Myself (Cover)
Wolf Alice - Boys (Charli XCX Cover)
Sega Bodega, Dorian Electra - Teenage Dirtbag
Tom Of England - I Want To Destroy?
Derek Lalo & Trinity - Dont Stop Till You Get Enough
AJ Brown - Human Nature
Blood Sisters - RIng My Bell
Ladi Luv - Ring My Bell
Tevin Campbell - Strawberry Letter 23
Quincy Jones ft Ray Charles & Chaka Khan - I'll Be Good To You (Good For The Soul Mix)
The Plato's team is joined on the show by Rachel Ashby of bFM breakfast fame. In sport the focus is on the ecstasy and agony of the bFM football team who competed in the Footy Fundraiser in support of Music Helps. A few tears are shed during a special TV on the Radio at 6pm for the passing of the legendary Maggie Smith.
Playlist
GAE-G - Bonne. M
Lebanon Hanover - Golden Child
Robert Gorl - I Love Me
Fini Tribe - I Want More
SOPHIE - My Forever (feat. Cecile Believe)
Brian Eno - Golden Hours
Frank Booker - El Salvador (Vocal Mix)
Four Tet - Baby
Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
El Michels Affair, Piya Malik - Unathi
Caribou - Sun
Mokotron - ŌHĀKĪ
Body Beat Ritual - Kissed Senseless
Ortotasce - Dispatches From Solitude
Men Without Hats - Modern Dance
Molchat Doma - Na Dne
Joy Division - The Eternal
Fat White Family - John Lennon
Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
Steve Monite - Only You - Frankie Francis Disco Jam Edit
It is another covers show! Plenty of tunes to love and hate here.
Also, in sports the Plato's team cross live to comrade and 95bFM drive host Tuva'a Clifton who is representing Samoa (and bFM) at the Paris Olympics in the canoeing. Tuva'a gives us all the goss on the ground about the food, the anti-sex beds, and the mysterious muffin man.
Playlist
Far Corporation - Stairway to Heaven
Minimal Compact - Immigrant Song
Fat White Family - Visions of Pain
The Associates - Heart of Glass (Auchterhouse Mix)
Big Fun - I Feel the Earth Move
Grace Jones - Love is the Drug
Saada Bonaire - Allright Now
LIFE - 2001
Lawrence Reynolds - Workin Man Blues
Ronnies Rebel Room - Echoes Of My Mind
Ronnie & The Ramblers - Echoes Of My Mind (Everbodys Talking cover)
The full Plato's Retreat team bring you a special live to air from the Hallertau Brewery in Riverhead to celebrate the release of the 95BeerFM Lager (you can get yours HERE, with $10 of each sale going to bFM).
The full team is back in the studio delivering a special treat for Plato's Retreat, in the form of the Covers Special! Listeners love to hate it, and hate to love it, and this edition continues in the proud tradition of seeking out the best and worst covers to be found anywhere.
Playlist
Tears for Fears - My Girls
The Overlords - Holiday in Cambodia
Bat for Lashes - Strangelove
Tenacious D - Baby One More Time
Paul Haig - Ghost Rider
Sprngtime Is Coming With A Strawberry In Its Mouth
To prevent the Emmerdale review from becoming Kim Tate reveiw (the most hated character in English television), this week Rob runs us down on the Sharma family's chocolate factory fiasco, scream-ups at the pub, and just a little bit of KT news.
In this edition of Emmerdale, Rob fills us in on the chaos being caused in the wake of Kim Tate's return to the village and the return of Joe (from the dead!).
In this edition of the Emmerdale review we talk maternal kidnapping, breaking the Dingle code, and the return from prison of the most hated character in UK television.
In this edition of the critically acclaimed Emmerdale review Rob describes an exciting road trip in which multiple characters end up in the beautiful city of Belfast, birthplace of the Titanic. In Belfast, Marlon and Paddy confront Paddy's father Bear-Wolf in a pub, before moving into a having a really great chat about pies.
In this episode of the highly acclaimed Emmerdale review, Mr. Rob Bollox fills us in on the outcome of Paddy's DNA test and some agricultural misadventures featuring hangovers and farmyard machinary
In this edition of the Emmerdale Review Mr Bollox fills us in on the attempted frame-up of Kane Dingle by "the scariest man I've seen on television". Kris and "Rootin' Tootin' Pollard" also have a bit of fun with the Emmerdale Wild West name generator.