The voice at work, motivating dancers, chilling or heating spaces, augmenting varied scene-specific emotions that enhance sociability, excitement, wildness is the subject of this show, appropriately provided as a beat mixed DJ set that party hops different scenes and eras.
There's a type of spoken-word associated with house music, epitomized by Lil Louis, Blake Baxter and Hercules that enlivens the track in a sweaty way, a hot way. It's a non-genre of MCing and it's certainly not singing but something that's got a dark, sexual utility. There's a kind of post-punk oratory that uses found texts and lists of dislikes, or grim northern towns to add cold irony to dance-able music, blowing on the soup until it's inviting enough to dip in. When footwork subjects a voice to...
This show originally aired on Cashmere Radio. For more info, the tracklist or other episodes visit the show's archive at https://cashmereradio.com/shows/the-weirding-module
