Seven seven inch singles selection

Posted on March 27, 2025 by onedeckpete

One of the good things in life is looking through a pile of seven inch singles and not thinking too much about the tunes and putting together a mix (in the old days it would be on one of those cassette tape things). Below is a quick one put together this evening after looking through a couple of piles of records that haven’t been played for a while.

We were influenced by a post by The Rhythm Doctor on Facebook about a recent mix of his from 7” singles for MOJO Estonia and Sugar B‘s “supermix” show on Charisma FM 87.8 Mhz where all sorts of reggae singles are played in any order.

Here’s the first Seven seven inch singles selection in the pot and here’s the tracklisting:
Jah Cure – Longing for version/drop leaf rhythm
Alton Ellis & The Flames – Ain’t that loving you
Ras Ibuna/Village Bunch – Diverse Doctrine Version
Pablove Black – Chaunting Dread
Anthony B – Stop Fight
Jah Woosh – Shine Eye Gal Version Part 2
Yabby You/King Tubby’s – Chant Down babylon Version

We welcome other mixes and don’t worry too much about the genres just put them on and if they sound good…

“No WSTLing at WORK” said the foreman

Posted on February 25, 2025 by onedeckpete

Here’s the audio of the weekend just gone Imaginary Station show WSTL/WORK in a whistling while you work tip. Expect all sorts of tunes from related genres (including Heavy Whistling and Gainful Employment-core) and at 22.30 there’s a mix by One Deck Pete called “Work while you whistle”.

Here’s the tracklisting:
The silhouettes – Get a job (excerpt) (00.01)
コディ – Clocking In (00.19)
Nexotica – Whistlin’ Blues (04.21)
Whistling Kettle in dub (6.40)
The Secret Whistle – Lebensmittelvergiftung (07.00)
Paul Blackford – Night Shift (11.20)
Phoenix City All-stars – Career Opportunities Dub (excerpt) (14.03)

Tune in and enjoy the sound of WSTL/WORK!

From Beatles to Bigfoot to Aetherius

Posted on February 11, 2025 by onedeckpete

Here’s the audio of Imaginary Station’s From Beatles to Bigfoot broadcast last weekend via Shortwave Gold, a show full of the songs of Lennon/McCartney covered in a way you’ve never heard before. Also beatles soundalikes, plus UFOs, flying saucers and a Yeti Choir (*subject to availability). It’s a odd mixture but a very nice odd mixture featuring contributions from all of the Imaginary Stations crew.

At 14.04 mins in One Deck Pete brings you a UFO themed mix called “A pint of lager please Earthman”. The tracks are:
Tena Stelin – UFO
Jah Warrior – Unidentified Flying Dub
The other self – Men from Venus
The Psychedelic Aliens – Blofonyobi Wo Atale
Meridian Brothers – Guaracha U.F.O (No Estamos Solos…) (excerpt)

Limited copies come with an extra “via the ionosphere” mix

Posted on January 23, 2025 by onedeckpete

A big thanks to DJ Frederick and Imaginary Stations for broadcasting Downbeat on Shortwave last weekend via the transmitters of Shortwave Gold. The show featured two 15 minute mixes in a downtempo style back to back from Jesse Yuen (Australia) and One Deck Pete (London, SE23).

We’ve posted up two recordings of the show. The first is the stereo studio recording and below that, the off-air recording via the shortwaves recorded in glorious mono. Fading and extra noises thanks to the ionosphere/groundwave.

Big shout to Jesse Yuen for getting involved and into the spirit of this shortwave radio project of ours.

Chill out via the ionosphere (or by groundwave)

Posted on January 13, 2025 by onedeckpete

Imaginary Stations will be bringing you a one-off programme called Downbeat on Shortwave this weekend. On Saturday 18th January 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and on Sunday 19th January 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz they’ll be an hour of downtempo tunes being transmitted across the shortwave radio waves. (UTC is same as UK Time at the moment).

Jesse Yuen from North of the River Swan (Australia) and One Deck Pete from Imaginary Stations/Weeds up to me knees (McLaren’s, Brockley Rise SE23) will be bringing you two 15 minute downtempo mixes each in a back to back style. Tune in your shortwave radio this weekend or if you haven’t got one, via an online Software Defined Radio here at the right time and on the right frequency as they say (in AM mode) and listen in and chill out.

Doing the Knowledge

Posted on December 15, 2024 by onedeckpete

Above is the audio of KNOW from Imaginary Stations broadcast on Saturday December 14th and repeated on Sunday December 15th 2024 via Shortwave Gold.

As usual it’s a great mix of tunes from the Imaginary Stations crew and at 16.15 in there’s a mix from One Deck Pete called “Have you got the Knowledge?” featuring the tracks above. Well, what do you know!

The more you know, the less you understand

Posted on December 12, 2024 by onedeckpete

Tune into KNOW from Imaginary Stations on Saturday December 14th 2024 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and repeated on Sunday December 15th 2024 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold.

They will be imparting some very deep knowledge on the show, answers to questions like “What is the meaning of life?”, “Can you speak Venusian?” and “Why are Jaffa Cakes known as a cakes rather than biscuits?” and bringing you songs that you may or may not know. At 16.15 in there’s a mix from One Deck Pete called “Have you got the Knowledge?” featuring Avmus, Deezz, Ernest Wilson, Capstone and Gregory Isaacs.

Big shout to The Rhythm Doctor for the KNOW related classic below and to Jesse Yuen the other week for reminding us how good it is. Below that, an Observer classic with a brilliant dub. Seeing is knowing and all that.

One for the KFAM

Posted on November 27, 2024 by onedeckpete

Imaginary Stations have a show called KFAM (Radio fun for all the family!) on Saturday November 30th 2024 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and repeated on Sunday December 1st 2024 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and it’s also broadcast at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz via the services of Shortwave Gold. Expect all sorts of family related music, tunes about Dads (not “My Old Man’s a Dustman”), Mum’s (Not “Mother of mine”) and loads more. It’s all relative innit?

At 19 minutes in there’s A Family Friendly Mix from One Deck Pete with tunes from DJ Daddy Riff, Múm, Dad Bod Dub and The Sons of Silence.

So gather around the shortwave radio at the alloted time and feel a part of something and revel “in the theatre of our imagination” with KFAM. If you’ve no shortwave radio tune in here.

The Blue Peter Garden at the grass roots of dub

Posted on November 9, 2024 by onedeckpete

Here’s a new mix from One Deck Pete called “An introduction to Dub Gardening” and goes out to all dub gardeners everywhere and we welcome contact from (dub and non dub) gardeners wherever they may be. Dedicated to the late Percy Thrower.
The mix features:
Augustus Pablo – Melody Dub
Soulware – Augmented Seed (Dub Version)
Biggabush – Beat Dem in Dub
Jasmine Tutum & Madtone – Return to the Branches (no hams mix)
Vassell Meka – Flowers Dub
Madtone – Compost your mind

We’re not completely sure where the Dub Gardening phrase originates from but it may (or may not and we apologise if it was somebody else) have something to our good friend across the pond Dr Strangedub (alongside DJ baby Swiss) who brings you the The Echo Chamber which is broadcast on KFAI every Wednesday morning from 8 am-Noon UK time here.

A good few ago the good doctor put together a gardening related mix called In The Garden of dub which is below and has also been featured up on Weeds a few times but well worth posting up again! Features lots of artists inluding Singers & Players (ft. Prince Far I), Earlyworm, Madtone, Finn The Giant, Juno Gad Allstars meet Earlyworm, Leroy Sibbles, Jah Wobble, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bakshish, DubXanne (ft. Ranking Roger) and lots lots more. Big shout to all dub gardeners.

XRPT on your RADIO

Posted on October 21, 2024 by onedeckpete

Here’s the audio of yesterday’s transmission from Imaginary Stations, a show called XRPT, a compilation of Imaginary Stations shows past, present and future. It’s an interesting listen and includes contributions from all the crew, DJ Frederick, Justin Patrick Moore and at 21 minutes in is a mix from One Deck Pete called Bits and Pieces (nothing to do with Smiley Miley and The Radio 1 Roadshow of course!)

Bits and Pieces tracks:
Donut Specialist – As advertised (KMRT)
Alan Ginsberg vs Anima Universalis Into The forest – A supermarket in California (KMRT)
Beatz for Food – Frozen Food (KMRT)
The Conet Project – Phonetic Alphabet NATO (WORD)
Giorgio (Moroder) – Stop (WORD)
Christine Miller – Word Sound and Power (WORD)
Ham QSO – What’s it like being a token male? (KNTS)
Kwook – Calling all stations 1 (KNTS)
Jodey Kendrick – QYJ 9 (KNTS)

Weeds up to me knees

Madtone, gardening and life

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