Greetings from the wire bender here at radio on Berlin October 2026
Guyanese writer Marc Matthews, actor, musician, broadcaster and producer. https://www.spokenwordarchive. org.uk/content/artist/marc- matthews
During Guyana’s turbulent and violent ”independence In the 1960s Marc moved to London where he still resides and where he became part of the “UK Black Power movement
He worked closely in the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) with Kamau Brathwaite and John La Rose, Marc was one of the younger poets there with Linton Kwesi Johnson in 1987 he won the Guyana Prize for his debut poetry collection. Marc Matthews’s pioneering role as a nation language performance poet has probably not been properly recognised, his roots and material were always more Guyanese than Black British.?
Similarly, because of its nature as live theatre rather than as published scripts, his important work, first with fellow Guyanese Ken Corsbie in “Dem Two” then in All Ah We, which added John Agard and Henry Muttoo, has largely vanished from the record, if not the memory of those who witnessed them.
Only Matthews’s record Marc-Up (1987) survives as a record of those days.our show features recordings from his performances captured on Marc Up.
Mathews is also known for his work under the pseudonym “Tramping Man,” a musical collaboration with Jean Phillippe Altier, Florian Brand and Adam Hoyle as Burn brothers where he and I first buck up
https://soundcloud.com/ burnbros/burn-brothers-back- on-the front line
This show features tracks from the yet to be released“Bomb art meet Marc Mathews lp” a recent collaboration with artist and performer Pater Harris long time collaborator at On u sound with tracks are “ Baking Bread Uncle Charlie “ Peter Harris performance artist and painter has had a number of recent releases such as Baby man with recent collaboration of both music and visual textural art with Lee Perry
Alongside Harris is Fritz Caitlin of 23 Skidoo together they have completed this Bomb art style LP of Marc’s work.
This new collaboration features dub drums and mixing (including dub versions) by Bombart regular Fritz Catlin (23 Skidoo https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=vkTCvcNtvG4) and backing vocals from Adam Hoyle and Simon Wade.
https://peterharrisart.co.uk/ lee-scratch-perry-and-peter- harris-collaborations/s
Also featured on.this show are tracks by Jacuzzi Superstar via the Omni label which is the timeless Jungle classic . “Can You Feel It ?”
Complimenting the EP is a cover designed by the legendary Junior Tomlin, ‘The Salvador Dali’ of Rave, who we should know from seminal flyers and record covers from back in the day.
Available now at:
omnimusic.bandcamp.com/album/ enter-the-jacuzzi-ep
www.beatport.com/release/ enter-th…cuzzi-ep/7212774
We also have tacks from Off Kilter recordings a musical rhizome of Rubber bus long time friends and family of Radio On Berlin Rubber Bus riding high on their fourth album; the latest and eternally bliss-full “Welcome To Karmic City. “
Channelling diverse influences which include Gong, Tim Blake, Mad Professor, Coil, Azu Tiwaline, soundsystem culture, Ambient music, Adrian Sherwood, modular synthesis, wide open spaces, super strength polish lagers sourdough bread dub club.
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