Antigen Records

25/08/2024

Under-employed Antigen PR drone Jason Jason raises a pint of whelks to the seaside people of Essex, to celebrate their contribution to British democracy. And he bids farewell to the big beasts of modern Conservatism, commemorating the characters who have selflessly served up content for the Antigen Internet Radio show over the last 4 years.

Plus, context-free Hi**er appreciation, Captain Mordaunt’s marine threat index, and international music from the mean streets of Monte Carlo to the cultural capital of East Anglia, Clacton-on-Sea.

Join him for his last ever political show, streaming now on Ship Full of Bombs - Thames Delta Independent Music Radio Station. It is a monster.

https://sfob.podbean.com/e/antigen-internet-radio-episode-43-leviathan/

09/07/2024

It'll be back to the political drivel in a couple of weeks, with an election aftermath special. But tonight, turn up the volume and drown out the pathetic death rattle of your local Conservative MP’s career, with episode 42 of the Antigen Internet Radio show.

One hour of apolitical entertainment, featuring: CLT DRP, This Heel, Marc Newby, The 180 Gs, 1st Naumati Baja Gulmi UK, JPEGMAFIA, Kulk, Senyawa, otay:onii, Reducer, Erick, Scudamor Ziadune, One Man Underground - Lee Ashcroft and Violence Gratuite (Hakuna Kulala)

Stream or download at Ship Full of Bombs - Thames Delta Independent Music Radio Station: https://sfob.podbean.com/category/antigen/

24/05/2024

Ben Brown, dressed as the Witchfinder General in suspenders? It can mean only one thing - a new DINGUS KHAN record is on the way! We commissioned Colombian illustrator Catalina Carvajal to festoon the sleeve with her most depraved fantasies about the band. But what did she demand in return?

Under-employed antigen PR drone Jason reveals the human cost of obtaining brand new artwork for the vinyl release of Dunce Kap, in a product placement special, on the Antigen Internet Radio show. Stream it now on Ship Full of Bombs - Thames Delta Independent Music Radio Station. You know where the links are.

02/05/2024

So nice to receive a personal thank-you message from Spotify CEO Daniel Ek after Gaffa Tape Sandy's Beehive single topped 1 million streams on the world's most popular music discovery platform:

“Thank you, Antigene (sic). Without the hard work of the little guys like you, I would never have acquired the disposable capital to invest 100 million euros in the tech-focused battlefield solutions offered by Helsing AI – a new type of software company that’s helping to make the world a safer place for everyone to enjoy the consequence-free convenience of music streaming (winky face emoji).”

Cheers Dan! But we can’t take all the credit...

27/03/2024

This month, London was named top city for culture in the world by experts at Audley Travel, using data from ultra-reliable customer reviews on TripAdvisor.

Reporting on the prestigious social media post by the Oxfordshire-based travel agent, Secret London encouraged readers to experience the city's vibrant tapestry, writing that "London’s cultural offerings extend far beyond its museums and galleries."

We like to think we've done our bit over the years to support the cultural enrichment of our nation's capital. And this mission continues on Saturday 30th March, when we send two ambassadors for the arts to perform at The Grace in Islington.

Where else in the world will you be able to witness a former town councillor swallow raw eggs until he is sick? Or watch a 55-year-old man breakdance in his underpants? Not in Paris or Prague, that's for sure.

Ticket details below.

PS. It's DINGUS KHAN and John Callaghan.

17/03/2024

In just over two weeks, the DEAD RAT ORCHESTRA's Cease Silence compilation album has raised over £3,000 for Médecins Sans Frontières and the Palestinian Red Crescent, to fund relief work in Gaza. It's a project that was only possible because of the music donated by 48 artists united in their horror at the human cost of the Israeli government's military action in the area.

The album contains a bewildering array of contributions from musicians based in 12 countries, spanning its four and a half hour run time. I've selected a few of my favourites in this month's Antigen Internet Radio show, which is streaming now on Ship Full of Bombs. Hear DEAD RAT ORCHESTRA, Rev Simpkins, Dorian Wood, Sutari, DEFBOYZ (feat. Radical) and Wamkelwa Nkone.

Plus, music by Italian Books (remixed by DShappyBOI), Fever Ray, The Pop Group and The Legless Crabs. And the most articulate rap critique of the situation in Gaza from Sage Francis (feat. oldboyrhymes, Rituals of Mine and Alxndrbrwn).

See comments for listening instructions and album details.

12/03/2024

Rumours have been circulating on the internet that the royal portrait used to promote episode 39 of the Antigen Internet Radio show was Photoshopped prior to publication. I strongly refute these allegations.

Episode 39 - Realm of Twilight, is streaming now on Ship Full of Bombs - Thames Delta Independent Music Radio Station. You know where the link is.

10/03/2024

Feminist electronic industrial avant rock duo PUTAN CLUB play Colchester Arts Centre on Thursday 14 March, with East Anglian noise rock malcontents Earth Mother Fu**er and end-of-the-pier electronica from Weapon Eyes.

It's an increasingly rare treat to see self-organising, truly independent bands from Europe brave the post-Brexit cultural wasteland of Britain.

Their reward - cancelled dates because venues and promoters still can't provide European artists with the correct paperwork to perform in the UK, more than 3 years after the end of the EU exit implementation period.

So, it's Colchester or Newcastle, if you want to catch Putan Club live in the UK. We will be there.

09/03/2024

Are dolphins mammals or royal fish? Can Prince Andrew teach us the true meaning of friendship? And will a last-minute celebrity intervention save support for care leavers in Suffolk?

Enter the realm of twilight to find out. Episode 39 of the Antigen Internet Radio show is streaming now on Ship Full of Bombs - Thames Delta Independent Music Radio Station. You know where the link is.

01/03/2024

Latest news! DEAD RAT ORCHESTRA release Cease Silence - a fundraising compilation of music by artists opposed to the genocide in Gaza. 48 tracks, featuring contributions from friends and allies, including antigen favourites John Callaghan, Sealionwoman, Dorian Wood. Rev Simpkins, and Sutari. Plus a whole horde of people whose work we've admired over the years and some names that are new to us. These are artists united in their concern over the Israeli government's military action in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis that has resulted from it.

The compilation contains over 4 hours of music and includes previously unreleased material by John, Dorian, the DEAD RATs and the Rev. It's an album you can enjoy for the music alone, even if you are as indifferent to the suffering of the Palestinian people as many of our elected representatives here in the UK.

You can purchase Cease Silence for £15 or more from Bandcamp. All proceeds from this album will go to Médecins Sans Frontières and Palestinian Red Crescent.

48 track album

23/02/2024

What is wrong with seaside people? Why do Brexit rebels love Spartans? And who needs art, when you have turnips? All the answers in episode 38 of the Antigen Internet Radio show, only on Ship Full of Bombs - Thames Delta Independent Music Radio Station.

Plus tunes from: Antony and the Johnsons, Armand Hammer, PJ Harvey, Blind Willie Johnson, Bu****le Surfers, Pissabed Prophet, Marc Newby, Magnetic Fields, Kulk, Paavoharju and Pound Land.

You know where the link is.

21/02/2024

Who needs culture, when you have turnips? Under-employed antigen PR drone Jason defends the art-hating turnip-folk of Suffolk County Council against the menace of Dame Judi Dench, Baron Lloyd Webber and Mr Stewart Lee (whose contribution to comedy is yet to be formally recognised with an honour).

"When this trio of cultural heavyweights suddenly took an interest in my local council’s budget proposals, I looked forward to reading their insights into municipal finances. Imagine my horror when I saw their casual indifference to the fate of housing-related support in my home county. They seemed more interested in using their platform to embarrass Suffolk County Council into subsidising ticket prices for their future appearances at the Theatre Royal in Bury St. Edmunds."

You won’t have to imagine his horror if you listen to episode 38 of the Antigen Internet Radio show on Ship Full of Bombs - Thames Delta Independent Music Radio Station, because he goes on about it at excruciating length. You know where the link is.

18/02/2024

If you live inland like I do, it’s easy to form prejudices about seaside folk. In the early nineteenth century, the people of Hartlepool famously hanged a monkey, believing it to be a French spy working for Napoleon. In Grimnis, on the Hebridean coast, villagers brutally stoned a walrus to death, to prevent it luring their menfolk into inappropriate sexual relations. And in Fareham, 36,459 people voted for Suella Braverman.

I try to find out what's wrong with people from the seaside, in episode 38 of the Antigen Internet Radio show. Stream it now on Ship Full of Bombs - Thames Delta Independent Music Radio Station, Southend-on-Sea City's premier internet-only radio station.

https://sfob.podbean.com/e/antigen-internet-radio-episode-38-the-english-disease/

20/01/2024

New year, new half-baked resolutions? There'll be no dry January, Vegebruary or heroin-free March for us. Here at antigen records, we don't believe in self-improvement. Instead, we'll be supporting the struggling petrochemical industry with an ambitious programme of new vinyl releases.

We kick off with a brand new SuperGlu 7", featuring two tracks that capture the band at the height of their powers: break-out hit Dreams and Ben Brown's Bohemian Rhapsody - Simmer Down. Both available on a physical object for the first time.

It's a single that embodies the spirit of a summer that gave the Manningtree-based four-piece the chance to live out some of their wildest wish-fulfilment dreams - headlining the BBC Introducing stages at Leeds and Reading, closing Latitude with a midnight set at the Alcove stage and then jetting off to SxSW for a sold-out showcase for BBC Music and the Department of International Trade, where they were described as "one of the most exciting forces in British guitar music."

For members of SuperGlu, that dream may have turned into a nightmare - the one where they turn up every morning at their boring day job, and then realise they're only wearing underpants. But for the rest of us, this is the chance to relive happier times and enjoy the sound of a band at their creative peak.

Dreams b/w Simmer Down 7" is available from the antigen records website and from our Bandcamp page. Click the tag to be transported there.

30/12/2023

Music isn't a popularity contest judged by 7 people from Chelmsford. But if it were, then we would have clearly have won the first prize... in the local band category. Silver Thread by Anna’s Bones was just pipped to the post by Blur. And its presence in the chart nudged Pissabed Prophet out of the top 30!

You can listen to the full rundown with Paul Dupree on City Sound Radio on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/pauldupree94/transmission-w-paul-dupree-best-tracks-of-2023-271223-city-sound/