Radio Massacre International

British band

Radio Massacre International is a trio of British musicians, Steve Dinsdale (keyboards and drums), Duncan Goddard (keyboards and bass), and Gary Houghton (guitar, synth). They specialize in improvisational experimental electronic music, utilising vintage synthesizers and sampled sounds alongside electric guitar. They are also exponents of the Mellotron keyboard. More recently, they have begun to incorporate bass guitar and drums by varying degrees in an attempt to stretch musical boundaries within the confines of a three piece. Their music has been described alternatively as ambient music, space rock, Krautrock, New Age, Berlin School, and various other terms, although the band itself prefers the label "organic music". Points of reference include bands ranging from Tangerine Dream to "Rabbit" era Chas and Dave.

The unusual name dates to the early 1980s, and the trio's early experiments with primitive sounds. The name was coined by Steve to describe cathartic sessions by the band, working away from traditional write/arrange/rehearse methods. Lacking anything but the most basic equipment, the band plugged keyboards and guitars straight into a cassette deck for a more abrasive sound than that achieved with the (mostly borrowed) equipment used in the making of their early recordings as DAS. Therefore, there is no deeper meaning in the name. It was adopted as the main name for the band in 1990, as recording in the "DAS" style was wound up. There are 12 DAS "albums", although only the first was ever published (as a cassette album); some of the later titles feature other musicians and any plan to release these recordings would mean hunting down the participants to obtain clearance.

The band has been prolific, largely due to the improvised and lengthy nature of their musical explorations, releasing over 45 albums. Album Year Notes Frozen North 1995 Republic 1996 Knutsford in May (Live) 1997 Burned & Frozen Diabolica Recorded in 1994 Organ Harvest Gulf 1998 A Bridge Too Far (Live) Recorded in 1997 Borrowed Atoms Live at the October Gallery (Live) Ltd. edition for visitors of the concert only Bothered Atmos 1999 Sequel to Borrowed Atoms Upstairs Downstairs (Live) 2000 Been There Done That (Live) Recorded in 1997 Cuneiform Records The God of Electricity Recorded in 1994 Zabriskie Point Planets in the Wires 2001 Startide Recorded in 1993Maelstrom 2002 Recorded in 1999 Greenhousing 2003 Solid States (Live) E Live 2003 (Live) People would really like Space Rockif they would only give it a try (Live) 2004 Walking on the Sea (Live) Hog Wild (Live) Emissaries 2005 Cuneiform Records Septentrional 2006 Lost in Space 6 CD Boxed Set Rain Falls in Grey 2007 Cuneiform Records Blacker October Gallery (redux) Download only release of complete 1997 concert Antisocial 2008 Download/CD R release of 2005 concert Fast Forward Sampler covering band's entire recorded output Philadelphia Air Shot Live set from WXPN's Star's End Radio show 14 November 2007 Rain Falls in a Different Way Companion set to Rain Falls in Grey E Live 2008 2009 Liphook Variations Download only release, CD release possible in mid 2010 March 2000 Download only release Time & Motion 2010 Cuneiform Records Lost in Transit 7 CD Boxed Set Limited edition release of selected live performances from 2004–2007 City21 2011 Lost in Transit, Volume 8 10 2013 The Clouds of Titan