Lost in 12 inches

Lost in 12 inches

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Lost in 12 inches episodes

  • Beat Dis

    A debut single that shook the dancefloor everywhere,  started a production career, and was played at my family home in the afternoon when my school mates would wait for their busses.



    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    8 min
  • We love you

    A track that found fame as part of one of the great Dance Compilations of the early 90's. And I give the highlights of a rather epic weekend I spent in Bathurst.

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    8 min
  • Big Car (Retread)

    A little known remix from a pioneer of industrial and electronic music, and their Australian, Severed Heads.
    I head back to Lawson Street in Redfern, my base of operations for the winter  of 1990.  Me, an ex Goth, and a passive aggressive Goth couple.

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    8 min
  • Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)

    A sample laden UK hit that took 6 months enter the Australian charts, just.
    Thursday nights on the Lower Noth Shore in 1990. We were Stompers and we Stomped.

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    8 min
  • James Brown is Dead

    A global techno hit from the Netherlands that charted in the US and in Australia, and how I used to spend my Friday night bringing the Rave to the kids of the North Shore of Sydney

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    8 min
  • Lionrock

    A prog house classic, and yet another debut single. Thank You Justin. 
    I'm thinking about what we wore and where we got it, this episode might be a little Risky

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    8 min
  • Malfunction

    A British techno classic that wasn't the lead track, and the person that introduced me to this song. one of my best friends, Natahsa

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    6 min
  • We Gotta Do it

    A banging Italian techno house track that filled the dancefloors of the Sydney Rave Scene and how we spent our Friday nights in late '91 and early '92

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    10 min
  • Spin that Wheel

    Its time for some Turtle Power with this hip house track from 1990
    And a night out with my oldest friend where this tune provided the soundtrack and we ate gingerbread men shape like a cartoon pizza chef on the way home

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    8 min
  • Pump Up The Volume

    The first big UK produced House track that charted globally.
     And how an initiation to a dance in 1988 spawned in to friendships that have endured to this day

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    8 min

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Lost in 12 Inches is a personal, episodic journey through Sydney's underground rave scene at its peak. Each episode weaves a specific track from the era into a first-person story — the clubs,…