Eclectic Kettle was a show hosted by Simon Batistoni and Ben Ward, our unintentionally-comedic duo of beardy Brits. Playing new and less new tunes from dirty lo-fi punk to airy ethereal dance, and geiger-counter–laced British electronica, with regular support from friends and guest DJs bringing their own strange and wonderful tastes to the air. Eclectic Kettle ran for five years: from December 2013 to December 2018.
Amateur professionals, veering closer to professional incompetents, Simon and Ben became sidetracked by rambling digressions about football (the proper kind, sometimes the other kind), cheese, linguistics, and lobster. One time they had a uninterrupted 20 minute argument about Britpop, but they promised never to do that again.
“All Good Things.”
This time we really mean it. After 227 shows, plus some reruns, this is the very last broadcast of Eclectic Kettle. Recorded live at the end…
12/26/2018 • 0
“Sound and Vision”
With the last Kettle in the can, we continue our December retrospective with a re-run of January 2016's Bowie spectacular, with special guest host Tom Coates…
12/19/2018 • 0
“Luna Talk Asylum”
Another classic Kettle repeat this week, this time back to March 2017 and delightful rambling about visits to the moon. Remember, you can support the BFF.fm…
12/12/2018 • 0
“The Answer”
With Eclectic Kettle now at its end, we're spending December reliving a handful of our favourite and memorable moments from Kettle's five year history. This week…
12/5/2018 • 0
“All Good Things.”
After 227 shows, Eclectic Kettle is coming to an end. Simon and Ben are in the studio together again, with many returning cast members and friends.
11/28/2018 • 0
“Night Show”
In the penultimate broadcast of Eclectic Kettle we welcome back Tom and Anna as co-hosts for a fresh round of joyous, chaotic banter and mirth. We…
11/21/2018 • 0
“Waiting Here for Catastrophe”
It's election night in America, do you know where you votes are? Honestly, Simon and I have found ourselves suckered into bloviating political commentary before and…
11/7/2018 • 0
“Cinematic Soul”
A solo round from Ben, doubling down on mostly-new music this week, with a decadent diversion into the soundtrack works of Radiohead.
10/31/2018 • 0
“The Authentic Experience”
This week Ben is at the Gruff Rhys show (we may have mentioned that a few times…) so tonight's episode is pre-recorded with regular occasional co-host…
10/24/2018 • 0
Full Interview with Gruff Rhys
On October 16th, Gruff Rhys joined our broadcast of Eclectic Kettle. We abridged the interview for airtime, but here's the full version, along with a transcript.
10/17/2018 • 36 minutes
“Babel Babble”
As the sun begins to sink to the west of Eclectic Kettle, we're trying to bring back some of our favourite guest hosts from over the…
10/17/2018 • 0
“Do It For Ghosts”
A nice show this week, full of great music, but somber as we note the passing of our friend and BFF.fm legend Ben Russo. Read the…
10/10/2018 • 0
“Somewhat Disstracking”
Back in the present Ben and Simon bring a whole glut of new tunes featuring Metric, Open Mike Eagle, Clark, Rhye, Villagers, BadBadNotGood and many more.
10/3/2018 • 0
“Brothers in Arms to Iran”
It's the first days of autumn and we're enjoy the overspilling summer evenings. So many great records this year and we're playing them loud to drown…
9/26/2018 • 0
“Accidentally Autopilot”
Simon is away again so Ben puts together a classic Kettle set list, including a highly recommend middle of delicate, immersing, cinematic piano-driven works.
9/12/2018 • 0
“A Questionable Podcourse of Action”
Two Kettles in two days, Ben returns to the studio after yesterday's ATA Window-occupying bank holiday special, to play all the music that didn't make it…
9/5/2018 • 0
“Bank Holiday Special” (Live from BFF @ ATA.)
A long weekend yields special programming and so we're delighted to present an extra special afternoon episode of Eclectic Kettle for the Labor Day holiday. “Less…
9/3/2018 • 0
“Modular Melodies”
This week on Kettle, Simon is away in the desert so Ben is rejoined by Matt B to play new tunes and chat about music production…
8/29/2018 • 0
“Nightmares on Wax”
This week's Eclectic Kettle is a special show as we're finally keeping a promise to ourselves to play all vinyl for the night. As a result,…
8/22/2018 • 0
“Soundtrack OST”
It's Tuesday, it's still number… I dunno, 8? It's Eclectic Kettle! This week Simon makes an appearance, picks some great tunes and previews a set of…
