My Stats in Blogger...

I've been checking out the stats from my blog and notice that most people that visit it are not from Mexico, and not even from Spanish speaking countries, this segment represent only 26% of the visitors, the rest are from other countries 64% are from the United States and then from Japan, UK, Russia, Denmark, France and Japan. So that's why since june 7th I started doing my post in English, hope you can leave some comments and let me know about the music selection and how can I improve the Radio Unión. Thanks to all and hope to hear from you soon.... and don't forget my face book page at http://facebook.com/union104.

Demo vs Final Version ...transmitted on 06.19.12

"So pull on your hair, pull on your pout,

Cut the conversation, Just open your Mouth"

Here is the second show about the Demo vs Final Version, here in Radio Union we love to do this show, because for me it is very interesting to see how a song changes from the first conception to the final product and the bands presented here are very popular but all of them start at the same place, somebody have and idea, they pitched it to the Band and then recorded so they don't forget and they take it to the studio to pour some fairy dust and have an awesome result! And here's the playlist...

The Smiths - There's  a Light

Death Cab for Cutie - Talking Bird

Lowlife - River Of Woe

The Cure - Fascination Street

Mew - 156

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My Playlist ...transmitted on 06.12.12

"She had an horror of rooms she was tired you can't hide beat,

When I looked in her eyes they were blue but nobody home"

I created this show in honor of Myself, Ha! I just wanted to put here some of my favorite bands and how each of them influence me to the music that I now put into RadioUnion. I remember coming from school  at age 6 and putting the The Beatles, my brother had about 12 albums and I love to listen to them and also The Rolling Stones were a big part of my start of listening to music. Then I started to listen to my own music, Bands like XTC and The Clash, Joe Jackson, and The Smiths. Then came Cocteau Twins, here I started to love women voice… Liz Freaser is awesome to listen and live it's very impressive how she turns her voice into and instrument and gets through your skin. Then came Goth music with bands like Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, Lowlife and I started playing drums with a cover band of, of course, Joy Division and Bauhaus. in the 90s Industrial music made a big impact to the music I listen to, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Laibach, Mussolini's Headkick and others; in Mexico City I just to go to a Dance Bar that on Friday's was all Industrial music, one night I got 20 bruises… happy times! But it started to change my mood… so listening to a Nettwerk Sampler I heard Sara McLachlan and I knew she was the antidote. After that I had a break from music and 8 years ago I started listening to new music and then came the Radio Show and 2 bands capture right away my attention first Mew and Beach House with their last album. So here it is!

The Beatles - A day in a Life [Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band '67]

XTC - Senses working Overtime [English Settlement '82]    
The Clash - London Calling [London Calling '79]

The Smiths - You just haven't earned it yet, baby [Louder than bombs '87]

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll [Blue Bell Knoll '88]

Joe Jackson - Scary Monsters [Live Music Europe 2010 '10]

Bauhaus - Spirit [1979-1983 Volume Two '86] - Spirit

Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope [Remission '84]

Sarah McLachlan [Fumbling Towards Ecstasy '93] - Fear

Mew - Beach [Eggs Are Funny '10]

Beach House - Lazuli [Bloom '12]

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Mercury Prize Winners 2002-2011 ...transmitted on 05.22.12

"Maybe I had said, Something that was wrong,

Can I make it better, With the lights turned on"

As some of you may know, since 1992  the MERCURY PRIZE is a an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland artists, but it differs from BRIT Awards because they focus more into artists and groups with a fresh approach to music. Nominations are chosen by a panel of musicians, music executives, journalists and other figures in the music industry in the UK and Ireland.

On this Radio Union's show we focus on the winners of the last 10 years for this prestigious award, here we will find all styles of music from Hip-Hop to Baroque pop, from indie Rock to Alternative Rock. So please check out this 10 year walk through the best of United Kingdom and Ireland Music. And the Playlist is…

Ms. Dinamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee [A Little Deeper '02]

Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner [Fix Up, Look Sharp '03]

Franz Ferdinand - This fire [Franz Ferdinand '04]

Antony And The Johnsons - You Are My Sister [I Am a Bird Now  '05]

Arctic Monkeys - From The Ritz To The Rubble [Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not '06]

Klaxons  - Two Receivers [Myths Of The Near Future '07]

Elbow - Weather To Fly [The Seldom Seen Kid  '08]

Speech Debelle - Go then Bye [Speech Therapy '09]

The XX - Shelter [XX '10]

PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder [Let England Shake '11]

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80's Mix...

Here's a mix I did for my High School Class Reunion, it has a lot of the more poppier and danceble Bands that I like, I hope you like it. Nothing Fancy, just an hour mix to hang out with your friends, so that means every type of music, even the one you don't like that much.   ;-)


The Bands included are: 


B'52s, Katrina and the Waves, Power Station, New Order, Dead or Alive, Soft Cell, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Jimmy Somerville with The Communards, Bananarama, Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark, Human League, Culture Club, Jody Watley, Technotronic, Wham!, David Bowie and Duran Duran.


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BICYCLES ...transmitted on 06.05.12

"How could I forget to mention,the bicycle is a good invention, Sitting there in a silent movie, Beside the only girl who really ever knew me"

As a loyal Bicycle rider, when I was in College I've always I wanted to have a group of enthusiasts to ride along, but back then I just rode and played drums. Now a little bit older I found this group and it's called Mxli Bici, what they do is ride 4 times a week through the City and this is not an easy task due to the lack of driver's education and respect for the cyclists, I can say that ridding alone in Mexicali has become an extreme sport, so this is why I did the show in honor of the BYCICLE. Just like me there are plenty of artists who love ridding on a bike, from this list below I believe that Lily Allen's song better represents what goes on while ridding, you see everything that you can see while in a car and of course there's more freedom, you help the environment and you do exercise, What more can we want?  And the playlist is…

Queen - Bicycle Race [Jazz '78]

The Dukes Of Stratosphere - Bike Ride To The Moon [Chips From The Chocolate Fireball '87]

Be Your Own Pet - Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle [Be Your Own Pet ' 06]

Plastiscines - (zazie fait de la) Bicyclette [LP1 '07]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bicycle Song [By the way EP (Bonus tracks) '02]

Flobots - Handlebars [Now 71 '08]

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. - The Bike Song [Record Collection '10]

Tori Amos - Pretty Good Year (Live from Sound Check) [A Tori Amos Collection - Tales of a Librarian '03]

Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles [Live At The O2 Arena '09]

Lily Allen - LDN [Alright, Still... '06]

Christopher Willits - Colors Shifting (Slow Bicycle Remix) [Free Remixed '06]

Kraftwerk - Tour De France [Tour De France OST '03]

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Artist of the Month - Zee Avi ...transmitted on 05.29.12

"Don't wanna keep on sharing my bed,
With someone that I have to love less, and less"

For this show we focused on Izyan Alirahman or as the artist ZEE AVI, this petite singer from Malaysia, has a very sweet and unique voice and also lays guitar and ukulele. Her road to fame started In September 2007, when a friend of hers missed her show and she decided to uploaded into YouTube, after that the people started to get interested in her and she began to post more videos of her singing, these videos came to the eyes and ears of Patrick Keeler; drummer for The Raconteurs, he send the link to Ian Montone, who was the manager of The White Stripes, The Shins, The Raconteurs, and others. and quickly became a fan, Montone passed her music on to Emmett Malloy, who signed her to Brushfire Records, a record company which is partly owned by Jack Johnson. The she recorded a song called "No Christmas For Me" that was included on Brushfire Records's 2008 Christmas album This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday. After that Her single "Bitter Heart" was first to become available on the US iTunes store, and her full self-titled debut album was released on May 19, 2009, co-produced by Brushfire Records and Ian Montone's Monotone Records. And the rest is history. And tha playlist is…

Bitter Heart [Zee Avi´09]

First Of The Gang To Die (Morrisey) [Zee Avi´09]

I Wish I Never [One More Time With Colors´10]

Just You And Me [One More Time With Colors´10]

Siboh Kitak Nangis [Ghostbird´11]

Madness [Ghostbird´11]

Is This The End [One More Time With Colors´10]

Anchor [Ghostbird´11]

Roll Your Head In The Sun [Ghostbird´11]

The Book Of Morris Johnson [Ghostbird´11]

Milestone Moon [Ghostbird´11]

Concrete Wall [Ghostbird´11]

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