In 1971, The Rolling Stones left England with no money in tax exile.  They went on to record an album in the dark, damp basement of a villa in southern France and later complete it in Los Angeles.  Listen about how this tumultuous time period in the history of the Rolling Stones created tracks like Let it Loose.

Learn about what Chiptune music is and how a British composer named David Sugar was involved in its inception and rise to mainstream.

Two college kids were out to antagonize their audience with experimental loops...but the audience was into it! Find out how MGMT's "Electric Feel" got its start.

Aurora Aksnes, from rural Norway, started her professional music career at age 16. In 2014 she released her third single, Under Stars. Learn about Aurora and what drives her music in this episode.

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The Clown Prince of Hip-Hop, Biz Markie, left his mark with the classic "Just a Friend." Learn about how he started and about how it all came together in this episode of RepeatOne.

Learn how a turn-of-the-century New Year's Eve karaoke performance at a pub formed The Darkness, the glam-rock gods responsible for the falsetto rock masterpiece "I Believe in a Thing Called Love."

The Doors' hit song "Touch Me" was written by guitarist Robby Krieger at a time when sex symbol and lead singer Jim Morrison was spiraling out of control. Find out all about what makes this song special.

Learn all about the "futuristic" hit song "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco. Produced by the Father of Disco, Georgio Moroder, find out how disco became electronic dance music in this meaty edition of RepeatOne.