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Steam Radio MCR, Manchester (2026)

31/03/2026

Introducing Ella! Some of you keen eyed content enjoyers may have noticed a shift in our flyers, videos and image over the past 6-months or so. We thought it was long overdue we introduced you to our designer, videographer and person-all-things-visual

“Hello! I’ve had the pleasure of developing Steam’s visual identity since the relaunch. It was a great challenge to design a system that is both diy/wonky/steamy and coherent! I love playing with texture and making my own type, so I’m very pleased the team was on board with these elements. If you make great things (music/food/art/events…) and would like some help with graphics and identity, get in touch! I also love capturing events on camera and making videos that capture the spirit. The best thing about freelancing is dipping into lots of projects and seeing people make wonderful things happen.”

Swipe to take a look at some of Ella’s work, plus some photos taken by her from our most recent party.

31/01/2026

A sunny winter morning in Manchester! We’ve got the ideal soundtrack for a wintry walk, exploring the woods, or a whole host of alternative steam radio sanctioned activities. Tune in at www.steam-mcr.com and say hello in the chat. Up today:

🌳10-12.00 - Kacper Pieta & Camilla Reghenzi

Ease into your Saturday morning with Kacper Pieta & Camilla Reghenzi. Expect dreamy jazz, and uplifting rhythms to warm you up on this cold January morning, followed by a conversation between the two hosts about their favourite new records and upcoming plans for the new year

🌳12-13.00 - Work Party

The Work Party crew see us into the afternoon, having just announced their next party here at Rainy Heart.

🌳13-14.00 - DJ ISHU and Matty

DJ ISHU and Matty bringing the smooth, funky, and jazzy vibrations to Steam Radio.

🌳14-15.00 - Maracuya

Maracuya is back on the Steam airwaves after quite some time, with a low-end exploration that will both make your head spin and enable you to enter a deep state of meditation.

🌳16-17.00 Dance Policy

Manchester magazine looks forward to the year ahead, with hosts Grace and Joe discussing who and what will be big this year while playing some of their favourite tracks.

30/01/2026

The cat is out of the bag and it's making its way to Salford, ETA 3rd May 2026. We're super chuffed to be curating for this year's Sounds from the Other City! It's always such a highlight of the year, huge love to the crew for the invite. Lineup is super stacked across the whole festival, and we've assembled a dream team of steam fiends for Porta.

Bank Holiday, Sunday 3rd May. Early birds and second release tickets are all gone - grab a penultimate release ticket now via before they also disappear. Not to be missed!

24/01/2026

We're kicking off today with the Mixed Signals and Alright Break It Up crews warming up your wintry Saturday morning, before the One6Wave crew jump on with a special 2hr cypher live from the studio.

The show spotlights music from across the Black diaspora while centring Manchester’s underground, and features an exclusive cypher with artists from South Manchester who have worked and recorded at the one6wave studio, alongside selections highlighting emerging talent from across the city. Not one to miss!

And we've got OG OR Man wrapping up the day from 4-6:

"R.I.P. Renee Good. Well, what do you call it when armed and masked goons come into your city and start shooting unarmed citizens? It isn’t peace, is it? This week’s show does its best to strike a (manic) balance between cheerful vibes and outright fu***ng fury, featuring, inter alia: classic Americana (the GOOD Americana, yeah?), new stuff from Manchester, San Francisco, New York and, er Middlewich, punk, post punk, pre-punk funk, soothing ambient electronica, abrasive industrial pop and a clenched fistful of my favourites from last year.

And loads of blazing polemic (as you’d expect) from Sinead O’Connor."

Loads of great stuff today, tune in at www.steam-mcr.com

23/01/2026

Wakey wakey, rise and shine… it’s Bizliotheque time. Poet .s kicks off our Friday broadcast till 11am. Join for biz, stay till 6pm cus we’ve got some old steam heads and fresh faces to the station guiding us through!

9:00-11:00 Bizliotheque w/ Biz Bond .s

Breakfast Bizliothèque - slow grooves and morning pages to accompany a brew of your choice

11:00-13:00 Fuergo

Selected ambient sounds from across the globe. Fuergo blends modern electronica, ethereal jazz and cinematic textures this Friday from 11. Lock in or kick back.

14:00-15:00 Slow Cookin’ w/ Inness

A radio show meant for those easy, hands-on, meditative tasks. Tune in, put down your phone, and step into a sonic space created just for you to exist within. It’s an hour of music that evolves gently in the background, letting you unwind and flow with the rhythm of whatever you’re doing.

15:00-16:00 The Witching Hour: Grounding Rhythms

Witching Hour co-founder 24joy digs out some dub vs club basement sounds ahead of their next lineup for 31.01.26 in SOUP.

16:00-17:00 Dreamboat w/ Silene

Join Silene on a voyage of the in-between, where thoughts drift and memories echo

17:00-18:00 Missile to the Moon

One of steams first residents returns for an hour of folk, soul dub with a few classics sprinkled in.

Listen at www.steam-mcr.com

16/01/2026

A stellar day of broadcasting coming to you Saturday morning from 10am.

✨ 10:00-12:00 // Bodipa

Bodipa is a dynamic production and DJ duo comprising Levi Love and Stallone. Their name, derived from the South African Setswana language, loosely translates to “Deepness,” reflecting their deep-rooted love for Deep House music.

🌟 12:00-13:00 // Areeba

･:*:･ﾟ☆ ･:*:･ﾟ☆
A journey shaped by progressive, experimental, and trance influences ✧
Sounds that push boundaries, expand horizons, and open pathways to deeper spaces. My direction is heavily inspired by nights spent at q***r parties, especially Highhoops when I first moved to Manchester. Additional influences come from Haunted Dancehall and Chitta, events run by Manchester’s local artists that cultivate environments for exploration, freedom, and connection ༓˙⋆

✨ 14:00-15:00 // Aoife

Aoife steps into the studio with an hour of dub and reggae infused sounds from across the globe.

🌟 15:00-16:00 // Phia Sky live at Rainy Heart for Steam’s 5th bday

A re-run of Phia Sky’s energetic set from Steam’s 5th birthday. Wiggly synths, chest rattling low end, breakneck kick drums and a Nintendo DS, what more can you realistically want?

✨ 16:00-17:00 // Watcha Say

We are so excited for Watcha to join us for their first ever steam show, expect nothing but the best from this tenderhearted powerhouse selector.

Listen live at steam-mcr.com

15/01/2026

Woop Woop Friday calls, you know the drill, tune in to Steam Radio!

✨ 9.00-11.00 // Breakfast at Elody’s

Elody host Friday’s breakfast show with an eclectic mix of musical delights and chat.

✨ 11.00-13.00 // Late Morning Snack Show w/ Tommy Cross

New year, same Tommy, same late morning shenanigans. All the usual tackle: funk, disco, dub, trip hop and downtempo. Keep it locked crew x

✨ 13.00-14.00 // Girls with Claws w/ The Pitch Wytch, Miss Spent and Miss Bobbles

GIRLS WITH CLAWS are The Pitch Wytch, Miss Spent, and Miss Bobbles. They’ve all been on the decks for the past 20 years playing whatever they want, at loads of places, from discos around the world to sunny South Manchester. You never know what’s gonna be played next from their eclectic record boxes. They don’t follow rules.They break them.

✨ 14.00 - 16.00 // Scran for the Soul w/ Jim

Jim is back on the steamy airwaves easing you into your Friday jollies. Expect a mixed bag of tunes to get your brain whirling, feet wiggling and arms jiving!

✨ 16:00 - 18:00 // Call and Response w/ Old Child

Work Party parent Old Child brings you feel-worthy and dance-worthy music of all speeds and sounds to make you cry, laugh, move and think. Special edition powered by Aunty J’s 7 inches.
 
Listen live at steam-mcr.com

10/01/2026

Coming up today!

✨10am // Prismo

Co founder of the now retired Sheffield and Manchester based parties Static and Contact, as well as festival collective Club Qualia, Prismo has been slowly building his record collection over the last 8 years spanning a wide range of electronic music. He will be dusting off some of his favourite 2000s Deep and Dubby house records to bring some warmth to the wintery morning.

✨ 11am // Between Stillness w/ teepee h

teepee h drifting into the early afternoon with a mixed bag ambient, folk and all things lovely

✨ 12am // Wave Check Radio w/ JT Kobie

JT Kobie is a Manchester-based DJ and multidisciplinary creative, operating through his collective one6wave. His Steam Radio show is a space for sound with substance — spotlighting music from across the Black diaspora while bridging local underground voices with national and international artists. Expect genre-fluid selections, deep rhythms, and records rooted in culture, resistance and evolution. This is music with intention, community and forward motion

✨ 2pm // Mixed Signals live from Steam's 5th Birthday

Recorded live from Rainy Heart at our fifth birthday party back in November, this one's a real treat.

Listen at www.steam-mcr.com

09/01/2026

Looking back at our fifth birthday party last year, thank you to every dj, dancer and parce the parcel paser, we’re already dreaming of the next one.

In the meantime, listen live to Steam every Friday and Saturday 10am-6pm

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02/01/2026

Bleedin ‘eck! Happy new year to all those who follow the Gregorian calendar. Before our full fledged return, we thought we’d bring you some more picks from the back end of 2025, including a live recording of and from our 5th Birthday Birthday Party!

9:00-10:00 Fuergo

To ease you into your day, and possibly easing the nye 3-day hangover, Fuergo aka steam staple returned to the airwaves with a new alias and a new sound. Folky electronics, ambient exploration and soundscapes.

10:00-12:00 Breakfast-Isms .music

Isms cruise through eclectic cuts and silly chat (discussing a broad range of topics such as favourite bald men and Damon Albarn run-ins)

12:00-14:00 Bizliotheque .s

Poet legend Biz takes us through a journey of spoken word and songs with striking poetic lyricism, from jazz to neo-soul, indie and electronica - truly a soothing and evocative listen!

14:00-15:00 Donsurf & Sharari (live from Steams 5th Birthday at

Donsurf & Sharari shelled it out at our recent 5th birthday - two hours of bumpin broken beat and disco thumpers, including a live rendition of their unreleased collaboration ‘Reach Out’. We’ll be broadcasting the first hour.

15:00-16:00 The O’Gorgman Family B2B

Live from our Steam Happening in October, The O’Gorman dynasty brought a blend of psych rock and esoteric bangers! More music to put you in a right mood…

16:00-18:00 Gardentrix presents: Women in Jungle .isca

To round off the day we revisit Gardenatrix’s latest show - two hours of raucous chopped amens, breakcore and footwork flavours. With an archivist’s meticulousness Gardenatrix showcased the women that shaped and define jungle.

Listen in at www.steam-mcr.com

21/12/2025

Sasha’s Steam Selects

Hello sweet steam listeners, it’s
here, one of Steam Teams programmers and producers.

This festive season, we wanted to give you the gift of a Steam Selections Special, Lock in on Saturday the 27th of December to listen back to a specially curated selection of some of my favourite shows from our 2025 residents.

Kicking off with Late Morning Snack Snow W/ 24.10.25

start your mid winter day with sweeping folky sounds, flaky pastries and a sprinkle of discoey drums

Expect: sweet autumnal musings, expansive folk explorations, and a selection of sweet sweet snacks

Songs To Cast Spells to W/ Aisha

If witches had radio, what would they listen to? In this show Aisha uses her own interest in fictional, historical and present day spellcasters to make a musical proposition for songs to keep witches locking in, one to stir your coffee to.

Expect: Jazz, opera, protest music

Dreamboat w/Silene on Steam radio 22.11.25

Join Silene on a voyage of the in-between where thoughts drift and memories echo, this is one of my all time favourite shows of the year - one to have in your headphones for your midwinter walk, or on the speaker for a sweet afternoon stretch.

Expect: ambient, electronic

Las Buenas W/ Enigma 07.11.25

One to facilitate a moment of reflection in your day, for Las Buenas debut steam show, listen for synthesiszed dreamscapes, with just a little dash of heavy distortion

Expect: field recordings, dub and melodic synth.

W/ MEMP3 & Old Child 22.11.25

Warm up your afternoon with this sweet steam debut from Work Party, spanning disco, soul, new wave and more this pair strike out with two hours of quality tunes that start out slowing your heart rate betfore they speed it back up again. One for turning up the volume and dancing around your kitchen to.

Expect: auditory offerings in all shapes and sizes

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