Surface Noise and Other Noises are two non-generic music shows presented by Zero that take alternate turns in the Thursday 21:00 - 23:00 slot (UK time) on ExileFM.
Each show follows a simple presentation format: three (sometimes more, occasionally fewer) tracks presented as an interesting segue (absolutely no beat-matching), with mininal chat between each sequence..

 

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Surface Noise exclusively features music from The Great Big Magic Box Of Sevens - which is to say, Zero’s extensive collection of seven inch vinyl discs.

You can expect to hear surf, funk, soul, reggae, glam, disco, synth-pop, new wave, bossa nova, post-punk, rock, prog, ska, garage, bluebeat, soul, rockabilly, punk, doo wop, be bop, hip hop, power pop, jazz, klezmer, mariachi, psychedelia, country, rhythm & blues and whatever else he can lay his hands on. Probably not techno, heavy metal or polkas. Probably.

Archived shows are available here.

 

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Other Noises features music from Zero’s digital collection, each show having an arbitrary theme to constrain the selection. This makes sure that there are lots of surprises - little gems that have been buried in the digital vault waiting for release… Early shows didn’t have the thematic format and so tended to be a bit self-indulgent.

The range of genres is, if anything, even broader than Surface Noise…

Archived shows are available here.