It’s that time once again when the world’s greatest radio station Resonance 104.4FM asks you to dip into your pockets and help to support its activities for another year. The award-winning station continues to broadcast unique and ear-opening content across London on FM and far, far away via ResonanceFM.com and it’s recently launched DAB platforms; with all programme-makers and the vast majority of staff giving their services entirely for free. But it’s an expensive business and each year Resonance faces a genuine struggle to make ends meet. That’s why their annual fundraiser, held every February is such a crucial part of the station’s calendar.
There’s a programme of fantastic events coming up over the next week or so as well as the usual Ebay auction, with lots of covetable items and experiences up for grabs. For my part, I’m very excited to present another brand new Howlround 7″, featuring two classic unreleased tracks from the vaults. Only three copies exist and you can visit their individual pages on the Resonance auction site here, here and here. The tracks will not be re-pressed or reissued anywhere else (which is actually a bit of a shame as they’re two of my favourites). A big thank you must go to Dan at Onecutvinyl.com, who once again has donated his time and services for free. Resonance salutes you, Dan!
Bidding ends 9pm February 10th, so don’t sleep on these if you want one. To whet your appetite and hopefully encourage a final flurry of bidding, the A-side will be played on the Dexter Bentley Pay As You Go Hello Goodbye Show this Saturday (as part of the fundraiser Dexter Bentley is auctioning off his airtime at the rate of £10 per minute – visit hellogoodbyeshow.com to find out more), but other than that brief airing, nobody apart from the lucky winners will ever hear these tracks. So please make your bids nice and high – they’re beautiful records and I think we can all agree it’s a thoroughly worthy cause. Visit fundraiser.resonance.fm to find out more and get involved.
Robin The Fog 