Hawkbinge

The Hawkbinge voyage through the 90's continues with the epic "Electric Tepee". An album almost as long as the podcast that covers it, this one features Hawkwind's biggest step into techno and electronics yet. It's a marathon, not a sprint...

As ever, we delve into the big releases of 1992 featuring the big chart hits of the year so we can see what musical environment Electric Tepee was launched into, check out the state the band at the time, and check out the album artwork. Matt will also select his picks for the Hawkbinge Master Playlist on Spotify, and add our turntable picks to what will end up being Vol 6 of the Hawkbinge Sessions Playlist, the first 5 of which you can find here:

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.2 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.3 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.4 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.5 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Master playlist, also on Spotify.

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New year, new season, new episode! Hawkbinge is back for season 3 covering the 1990's, kicking off with Space Bandits!

Yet another fresh start for Hawkwind with interesting arrivals and departures from the band, so no change there.  As ever, we get into the music of the day to set the scene for Space Bandits, going through some of the biggest albums and hit singles of the year, look at the state of the band and check out the album cover artwork as well as get Matt's take on the music.

Matt will also select his picks for the Hawkbinge Master Playlist on Spotify, and add our turntable picks to what will end up being Vol 6 of the Hawkbinge Sessions Playlist, the first 5 of which you can find here:

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.2 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.3 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.4 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.5 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Master playlist, also on Spotify.

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A Hawkbinge bonus... 

Setting the seal on season 2, Matt & Andy look back on Matt's selections from the 80's albums that made the Hawkbinge Master Playlist on Spotify. What leapt out at him, what was he thinking? Did he pick the same tracks you would have done? 

Next stop, the 90's...

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.2 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.3 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.4 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.5 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Master playlist, also on Spotify.

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HAWKWIND: THE THATCHER YEARS

Hawkbinge is back from the dark recesses of our completely unplanned hiatus! And we're casting an eye over 80's Hawkwind to round off season 2 and get our PDA's, pogs and pagers at the ready  for season 3 and the 1990's...

However, We couldn't face this daunting task on our own, and so we enlisted the help of an amazingly special guest to talk 80's Hawkwind with us: a man who was there, lived it,  breathed it, and  documented most of it with his camera - yes, it's all-round renaissance man Oz Hardwick himself - renowned Hawkwind photographer, published poet, Professor of Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity, musician (with an album of space rock out now, no less) and writer. And we get into all of that, because it's fascinating, and then blaze a trail randomly through Hawkwind's 80's releases before choosing some of our favourite orphan tracks that never made it onto those albums, but maybe should have...

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.2 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.3 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.4 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.5 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Master playlist, also on Spotify.

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The Hawkbinge New-Release Reaction Crew is reunited as friend-of-the-pod Joe Banks joins Matt and Andy as they jump in the DeLorean once more and slide sideways through time from 1988 to 2023 in order to check out the brand new Hawkwind album and give their hot-takes on  "The Future Never Waits"...

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.2 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.3 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.4 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.5 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Master playlist, also on Spotify.

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Hawkbinge makes another incursion into the podcast timeline for a very quick reaction special to Matt's first time seeing Hawkwind live since starting the podcast.

WARNING: Playlist spoilers for people who are going to see the tour!

And so, with the `Chronicle of the Black Sword finally concluded, Hawkwind end the 1980's with The Xenon Codex, and so Hawkbinge brings the curtain crashing down on season 2 with a deep dive into this enigmatic little gem.

As ever, we look at the music landscape of 1988 (Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" best single at the '88 Brit Awards... yes, that's where we are). We also have a rather special piece of cover art to dive into, and a tour programme from that "mad professor's laboratory" tour that followed.

Also, we bring the 80's to an end by publishing vol.5 of the Hawkbinge Sessions Playlist on Spotify (links below), including Matt's and Andy's turntable picks from this very episode.

Enjoy.

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.2 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.3 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.4 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.5 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Master playlist, also on Spotify.

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A "Live Chronicles" bonus special episode, with a very special guest...

You can't really talk about "Chronicle of the Black Sword" without talking about "Live Chronicles", the live record of the tour that brought all of Hawkwind's Moorcock-inspired furore to the stage, with dancers, sword fights, readings (occasionally from the man himself), and more sword fights. One of the best tours ever?  Hawkwind's 'Spinal Tap' moment?  Bit of both? You decide...

We are duly honoured to spend a couple of hours in the company of none other than Mr Ian Abrahams, of "Sonic Assassins" book fame, to chat about a tour both he and Andy saw for reals. We get the sounds, the sights, and the smells of a fantasy/space rock band on the road. But enough o' my yackin', let's rock...

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.2 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.3 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.4 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Master playlist, also on Spotify.

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ELRIC: Arioch! Aide me in my hour of need!
ARIOCH: I am here, what dost thou wishest?
ELRIC: I wishest for HAWKBINGE!!!

And here it is! Finally! Episode 15, “Chronicle of the Black Sword”, a full 2.5+ hours of swords, sorcery and rock n’ roll, in which Matt gets introduced to Elric of Melniboné, the Eternal Champion and the multiverse according to Michael Moorcock.  We also talk Earth Ritual, Hawkfest, ‘Silver Mr. Sheen’, the big music of 1985 and the travesty that is Hawkwind’s omission from Live Aid. Plus, we remember the one and only Nik Turner, RIP.

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.2 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.3 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.4 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Master playlist, also on Spotify.

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It's a monster 2 hours of Hawkbinge this time around - Matt has chosen his masque, which side will he be on? Find out here, as Hawkbinge deep dives into 1982’s Choose Your Masques…

As ever, we look at what was going in the music world in 1982 and take stock of where the band is at. Matt gives his considered response to the album and he and Andy go through it in depth. They also check out the artwork and take a look at the expanded double album reissue, and consider The Return of Silver Machine. The turntable selections this time around also mean that volume 4 of the Hawkbinge Sessions playlist is now complete and released on Spotify, featuring Matt’s picks from the last Levitation, Sonic Attack, Church of Hawkwind and Choose Your Masques alongside the music that he and Andy have been listening to over the past few months.

Remember: if you want to get into it, you’ve got to get out of it… if you want to get into it, you’ve got to get out of it… if you want to get into it, you’ve got to get out of it… if you want to get into it, you’ve got to get out of it… if you want to get into it, you’ve got to get out of it… if you want to get into it, you’ve got to get out of it… if you want to get into it, you’ve got to get out of it…[…]

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.2 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.3 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.4 playlist on Spotify

Click here for the Hawkbinge Master playlist, also on Spotify.
 
We truly appreciate all the tweets, messages, ratings and comments, and if you'd like to get in touch, you'll find Hawkbinge here: @hawkbinge on Twitter and Insta, and email [email protected]
 
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