Let It Roll

Let It Roll

"Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.

Episodes

TechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-Rave

September 5, 2025 • 42 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠" with a look at the avant-garde of late 90's post-rave, post-rap, post-rock artists who abandoned the dance floors and strived to advance the boundaries of the form. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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TechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differentiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & Techstep

September 3, 2025 • 41 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' " Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at what happened when Jungle rose to prominence and the scene fragmented into competing subgenres. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episo...
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TechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead, & Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of Bristol

September 1, 2025 • 41 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of UK rave in the 1990s with a mental trip to Bristol and chat about how the 1990s Bristol sound emerged from a city not much known for innovative music until the 1980s. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying s...
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TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 1990s

August 29, 2025 • 43 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture ⁠" with a look at the chapter on "America The Rave: US Rave Culture 1990-1997" an era when rave became a significant underground youth music in the US but never reached the mainstream nor did American EDM make much of an impact internationally. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO ...
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TechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba & Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UK

August 27, 2025 • 40 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠⁠⁠⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠⁠⁠⁠" with a look at the chapter "Marching Into Madness: Gabba and Happy Hardcore." It was a time when the sounds in Holland and Scotland got more martial and extreme while a backlash against Jungle sent many UK dancers into the arms of Happy Hardcore. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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TechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop and Reggae Elements Back Into UK's Rave Scene

August 25, 2025 • 43 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠" with a look at how hardcore breakbeat evolved into Jungle in London in the early 1990s, changing the sound and bringing more Black dancers into the scene. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The...
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TechnoRoll 2.10: Pirate Radio in the UK Brought the Underground to the Airwaves

August 22, 2025 • 43 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss Pirate Radio in the UK in the 1990s. The discussion is based on Simon Reynolds' chapter "This Sound Is For the Underground" from "⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠." ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subsc...
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TechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig, and Richie Hawtin Led Detroit's Second Wave of Techno

August 20, 2025 • 42 mins
This week hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness talk about the second wave of Detroit Techno -- artists like Underground Resistance, Richie Hawtin’s +8 label and Carl Craig. Based on Simon Reynolds' "⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠." ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclu...
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TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott & DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to Darkcore

August 18, 2025 • 41 mins
As Ecstasy lost its charm for many in the UK dance scene, some producers and DJs led an evolution that saw the music's themes get grimmer and the sounds get stranger. Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' ⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -...
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TechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog & Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance

August 15, 2025 • 44 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠" with a focus on chapter called “Feed Your Head: Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance” and the attempt by some producers and DJs to push the music into a serious album-oriented music made for listening rather than dancing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISO...
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TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton & Triggered a Backlash

August 13, 2025 • 40 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠" with a talk about The Spiral Tribe, the 1992 Castlemorton Common Festival and the crusty-raver alliance that saw the last gasp of mass illegal raves in Britain. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 m...
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TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe & the UK

August 11, 2025 • 41 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversation about Simon Reynolds' "⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠ " with a look at the chapter titled "'Ardkore, You Know the Score: The Second Wave of Rave 1990-92." Nate and Ryan talk about the Northern bleep and bass sound of Warp and Unique 3, the hip-house and ragga sound of Shut Up and Dance, the anthemic pop of N-Joi and Belgian & German brutal...
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TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into Rock

August 8, 2025 • 44 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture with a look at the second summer of love hit particularly hard in Manchester and the North of England where bands like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, the Shamen and Primal Scream attempted to fuse rave and rock. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE...
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TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UK

August 6, 2025 • 41 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Culture" with a look at the chapter title "Living A Dream: Acid House and UK Rave 1988-1989." ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. Also subsc...
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TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Chicago House, Detroit Techno, & New York Garage

August 4, 2025 • 41 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the Techno scene in Detroit, the House scene in Chicago and the garage scene in New York and New Jersey and how African-Americans in those three cities invented and perfected EDM as we know it today.  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISOD...
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TechnoRoll 2.1: Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture

July 31, 2025 • 41 mins
In this episode host Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness introduce the new series, discuss author Simon Reynolds' background and perspective and why his book “⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠“ is a definitive take on the UK dance scene of the 1990s. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying...
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Technoroll 1.22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJ

July 28, 2025 • 36 mins
After discussing “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey” for 21 weeks, hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness get the opportunity to ask some questions of the authors. Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton describe their motivation for writing the book, how they worked together and how they decided what to include and what to leave out of their pioneering history of the DJ. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBS...
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Technoroll 1.21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?

July 24, 2025 • 46 mins
In this week’s episode hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness debate the questions raised in the final chapter of "⁠Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey⁠" about the values of clubbing and whether or not the current mass success of superstar DJs represents a betrayal of those values. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this epis...
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Technoroll 1.20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Change the Game

July 21, 2025 • 44 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the wave of superstar DJs that emerged in the 21st Century like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusiv...
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Technoroll 1.19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990s

July 17, 2025 • 42 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the attempts to criminalize rave culture in the UK and US. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the ...
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