What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast Mark Fisher

Terry Chambers and EXTC are back on the road and they are sounding fantastic. In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we catch up with Terry, Steve Hampton and Terry Lines at the start of a tour that will take in more than 20 dates in the USA, from Philadelphia to Virginia, and further gigs and festivals in the UK throughout the summer.
 
EXTC website 
 
Music from Felix von Boxberg 
 
What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book available from www.xtclimelight.com
 
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In the 50th episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we go back to the formative years of XTC in the company of Ian Doeser and Lee Moulding. As well as being front man with the Hamsters from Hell, Ian was in Swindon’s first punk band, the Aggravators, and has been sharing his memories of XTC and others in a book, A Big Fish in a Small Puddle. As well as being Ian’s drummer, Lee has a lifetime of memories growing up as a child of XTC.
 
Music courtesy of Beth Link.
 
A Big Fish in a Small Puddle available on Amazon 
 
What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book available from www.xtclimelight.com
 
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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of XTC’s landmark album Apple Venus Volume I, producer Haydn Bendall talks to What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast about the fraught recording sessions that nonetheless resulted in such majestic songs as River of Orchids, Easter Theatre and Greenman.
“The songs were fabulous,” he says. “I loved the songs.”
Fellow producer Guy Sigsworth joins Mark Fisher to ask the questions.
The Real Numbers Haydn Bendall Guy Sigsworth What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book available from www.xtclimelight.com 
 
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In this month’s episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast we hear from Jason Repantis who works as a manager at the Universal Music Group archives. It was his job to dig out the original tapes of The Big Express for the recent Steven Wilson 5.1 Atmos remix – as well as to locate the original recordings of the 3D EP which has just been released in limited-edition vinyl. Jon Jacques and Mark Fisher ask the questions.
 
We also join Todd Bernhardt to pay tribute to Wes Long, creator of the Optimism’s Flames website, who died much too soon on 6 December 2023.
 
Music comes courtesy  of Michael Casey.
 
Optimism’s Flames website
Wes Long obituary
3D EP at Burning Shed
The Big Express remix at Burning Shed: 
Something Left Worth Saving by Michael Casey and Junglefish
 
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Peter Pumpkinhead proclaims that "Any kind of love is alright" and gets nailed to a chunk of wood for saying so. What does that tell us about XTC's attitude to love and human relationships? In particular, how welcoming does this heterosexual band seem to those who aren't heterosexual themselves?
 
This episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast looks at XTC from an LGBTQI+ perspective. Guest host Darryl Bullock is joined by Keeley Moss, Tim Kendrick and Soizic De St John Rosse to talk about everything from The Loving to Towers of London.
 
Music by Tim Pike and Slowrush.
 
Darryl Bullock 
Keeley 
2025 XTC Fans Festival, Friday 20–Sunday 22 June 2025 
Slowrush
 
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Steven Wilson has returned to XTC's 1984 masterpiece and given it not only a stunning 5.1 surround remix but also, for the first time with XTC, a Dolby Atmos mix. Released on 29 September 2023, The Big Express comes complete with a two-disc digipack sleeve and 16-page booklet.
Mark Reed, Mark Smotroff, Jon Jacques, David White and Steve Cox have enjoyed an early preview of the new mixes. They share their excitement on What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast.
Music courtesy of Nigel Collyer
The Big Express available from Burning Shed
Thanks to Julie Blore-Bizot of L-Acoustics for her help.
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