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Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture

Love is the Message podcast

Love is the Message: Music, Dance & Counterculture is a new show from Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert, both of them authors, academics, DJs and dance party organisers.

Tune in, Turn on and Get Down to in-depth discussion of the sonic, social and political legacies of radical movements from the 1960s to today. Starting with David Mancuso's NYC Loft parties, we’ll explore the countercultural sounds, scenes and ideas of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

”There’s one big party going on all the time. Sometimes we get to tune into it.” The rest of the time there’s Love Is The Message.

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  • Nov 6, 2025 · 10 min

    LITM Extra - What We're Listening To, Nov '25 [excerpt]

    This is an excerpt from a patrons episode. To hear the full thing, and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod and become a patron from £3 a month. In this patrons-only episode Jeremy and Tim revive the long-dormant ‘What We’re Listening To’ format for an exploration of what’s been on their turntables recently. Tim pulls extensively from the bag he packed for a recent Lucky Cloud party, including selections from SAULT and Cotontete, while Jeremy shares a modern slice of Bukem-esque DnB and an end-of-the-night dreamy deep cut. Elsewhere in the show we hear a post-punk Fela cover, a classic piece of Sharon Jones funk soul, Highlife guitar, a shoutout for the humble 7”, Afrofuturist mythology and… Alan Partridge. Tracklist: Miguel ‘Anga’ Dias - A Love Supreme Evolução Africa - Liberdade SAULT - Let Me Go Cotonete feat. Leron Thomas - Day In Day Out Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - What If We All Stopped Playing Taxes Vital Disorders - Zombie Underground System - 95 South The Earons - Land of Hunger Big Bud - Lucky7 Rubies feat. Feist - I Feel Electric (TieDye Remix)