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Jon Sherrard, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 2:40 pm UTC
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15 years young in 2009, Rinse FM is thought to be London’ biggest pirate radio station.
Focusing on the underground sounds of the UK, listeners will hear grime, UK funky, garage and dubstep. The launch of its online streaming service in 2006 meant listeners outside the capital and the UK could listen in live, furthering dubstep’s reach around the world.
N-Type is possibly the closest to a radio celebrity that Rinse FM has. He’s also the latest Rinse-r to get behind the decks for the station's acclaimed mix CD's, with this month's Rinse: 09 subject to a lot of deserved hype.
R is also for:
Reso: "The soundtrack to a robot genocide…" Even the SEGA Megadrive isn't safe from sampling - just listen out for the Altered Beast clip in Reso's Beasts In The Basement.
A-Z of the blues
A-Z of surf
A-Z of chiptune