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Add this programme to your calendarThe Matt Pop Show
A weekly trip up and down the time line of rock ‘n’ roll and pop music history with host Matthew Pop; playing anything and everything from the 1950s up to the present day. Expect blues / r & b / soul / funk / reggae / ska / punk / post-punk / new wave / alternative rock / mod / beat / britpop / heavy rock / glam rock / art rock / krautrock / disco / electronica / hip-hop / folk / jazz / bluegrass / country & western & eastern music and everything in between.
From the boppers to the shakers, the mods to the rockers, from the hippies to the punks and the metal heads to the disco queens, from the grunge kids to the likely lads, the nu-ravers to the indie kids, from golden oldies to new releases this show has a little bit of something for everyone. And you never know, you may learn a thing or two about a thing or two and discover something new you never knew you knew before. With a unique retro focus and monthly special theme features this one show you won’t want to miss. Buy the ticket, take the ride!"
About Matthew Pop
Matthew Pop is not the casual listener of music; he feels sorry for the casual listener. Pop is essentially a musical altruist. For him, listening to music is very much an active pursuit, whereby you live and breathe your records. Early on in life Pop learnt that he couldn’t play the guitar like-a-ringing a bell, thus he began looking for alternative ways to channel his love of music. He, like so many before him, became a Disc Jockey. But not because being a DJ was cool or a way to meet girls, but because it made him feel good to share great records with people in the hope that they would enrich other peoples’ lives as they had his.
During his time at the University of Exeter, Pop met lifelong friend and fellow aspiring DJ and music lover Gary Gilmore, and together they formed the DJ Duo CIRCA ’77, going on to become area battle-off finalists and establishing the infamous South-West DJ collective known as the FYC . This set Pop off down the path of the pursuit to become his generation’s John Peel. Whilst other students were using their loans to pay for essentials like food, rent and beer, Matt Pop bought records instead. They were his life source; his hangout was Illusive Records and his home was the Amber Rooms.
During the 4 years (mis)spent in Exeter Matt Pop put on numerous club nights both under the FYC banner and through various solo outings, making it his mission in life to share his ever-increasing record collection with anyone and everyone who cared to listen. But these were not your average club nights; they were conceptual and extremely varied in theme. Your typical night might’ve included any one of the following: INVASION OF THE RECORD SNATCHERS (Garage/Surf/Psyche/Rockabilly), NICHE MARKET (Punk/New Wave/Indie), READY, STEADY, GO! (Mod/Northern Soul/R&B/Ska) and GUYS N DOLLS (Soul, Funk, Hip-Hop), but to name a few, and to complement these nights there were the theme time afternoon radio shows he produced for local Exeter radio station, Phonic FM. It is fair to say, and this is no exaggeration, that Devon and many of the people who came through the county during the years 2005-2009 are more musically enlightened thanks to him...and now Matthew Pop has returned to his home in the Second City to shake things up, because after all, as the Swedish pop group once said, "without a song and dance what are we?"
