Radio Academy chat with Distorted's Andi Durrant about the making of Dance Britannia.
- Feb 8, 2023
- 1 min read
Andi talks to Laura Rawlings, for the Radio Academy's podcast, about the making of Dance Britannia. A docu-series hosted by the legendary Sister Bliss, that aired on Kisstory during Christmas 2022.
During the episode, Andi shares lots of behind-the-scenes stuff about getting Fatboy Slim, Paul Oakenfold, Orbital, Chicane, Groove Armada and K Klass to be involved, and some nerdy production bits for radio/audio nerds.
Listen to the full episode here
this was a really insightful conversation. hearing andi durrant detail the process of bringing together such iconic artists for dance britannia was fascinating. the behind-the-scenes notes on production and archive curation are exactly the kind of depth that makes these projects resonate. it's a valuable look at how a meaningful documentary series about uk dance music comes together. AI Image Editor
Brilliant industry conversation. Side note for the Distorted team: between Distorted radio, the production company, the podcast network, Andi's voice work, the artist content, the Radio Academy / industry coverage, and years of programming archive, you've built one of the most independent radio + podcast operations in the North — but listeners and industry partners researching specific work face a wall of nav. A "Find Distorted's Work" sortable landing page (filter by format — radio / podcast / production / voiceover + by genre + by year + by client — BBC / brand / independent) would dramatically improve discovery for press, partners, and prospective clients. I help small media production companies ship that with a copy web ai —…
Dance Britannia is genuinely one of the more important UK electronic-music documentary projects of the last few years — and the Radio Academy conversation with Andi about the production craft (archive sourcing, interviewee curation, the editorial decision tree across eras from rave through grime) is exactly the kind of behind-the-scenes radio storytelling that doesn't get enough platform. I run a small UK dance-history account on IG and we've started using an Nano Banana2 AI image and short-video tool to restore and enhance old club photography from the 80s-90s for posts (faded film stock, low-light Manchester / Sheffield club shots come back looking like fresh prints). The Dance Britannia archive deserves that kind of visual treatment too. Sharing this Radio Academ…
Fascinating insights from Andi Durrant on the making of Dance Britannia! It's great to hear how legendary artists were brought together for this docu-series. Also, check out utd codes for some gaming strategies!
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