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"Raga Vibrations" is a monthly selection of Indian music curated by Greg Davis.

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We have a very special guest mix by the one and only Keanu Nelson. For those not familiar with Keanu’s work, he's an artist based in Papanya, Northern Territory, Australia. His debut album was produced and recorded by Yuta Matsumura, who is behind such groups as The Lewers, Low Life & Orion. Keanu’s warm and very heart yearning lyrics are sung in both his native language and english, this paired with Yuta’s analogue-esqe beats and keys is a real angelic treat. I hope you enjoy some of Keanu’s favourite tracks that inspire him daily and a few of his gems from the debut album.

The Leather Boy

The Leather Boy

The Leather Boy has been played on NTS shows including The Outsiders w/ Rich Tupica, with On The Go first played on 9 August 2020.

Milan Rodelle, a.k.a. The Leather Boy, (born as Milan Radenkovich on December 15, 1941 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia; died March 14, 1971 in New York City) was an enigmatic producer, songwriter and recording artist on numerous songs made throughout the 1960s, mostly though not exclusively in the garage rock genre. He released an LP and numerous singles for seven different national record labels and other independent labels (a total of more than 30 songs) under a variety of names: Milan with His Orchestra, Milan, The World of Milan, Milan (The Leather Boy), and The Leather Boy. Additionally, as the producer, arranger and/or songwriter, Milan oversaw many other releases by a variety of artists ranging from the pop singer Lou Christie, to the bubblegum pop band Ice Cream, to the psychedelic rock band The Head Shop.

Greg Shaw thought enough of Milan to place his song "I'm a Leather Boy" as the opening track on two different albums in the Pebbles series: the Pebbles, Volume 10 CD and the earlier Pebbles, Volume 11 LP (which was also the first album to be released on his AIP record label). He wrote of Milan as being "a cryptic artist who made a series of high image records offering himself as some leather-clad, bike-riding rebel, but so stylized he might've been imagined by Andy Warhol. . . . The only name to be found on these records is Milan, a name that also shows up as writer/producer on a big pile of records, from the early 60s right thru the end of the decade. . . . But who was he? No further clue has ever emerged. This is one guy whose story really cries out to be told."

In the promotional material for the 2009 retrospective album Hell Bent for Leather, Milan is described in this way: "From his earliest incarnation in the record industry as a Xmas twister, the enigmatic Milan changed his name and re-invented himself several times: a teen idol with a cute hairdo and a preppy look, a garage gonzo savage, an all dressed-in-black biker stud, a psychedelic screamer in love with satellite sounds, and other characters known or waiting to be discovered. One thing is for sure: few people can claim so many identities in less than a decade."

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The Leather Boy

The Leather Boy has been played on NTS shows including The Outsiders w/ Rich Tupica, with On The Go first played on 9 August 2020.

Milan Rodelle, a.k.a. The Leather Boy, (born as Milan Radenkovich on December 15, 1941 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia; died March 14, 1971 in New York City) was an enigmatic producer, songwriter and recording artist on numerous songs made throughout the 1960s, mostly though not exclusively in the garage rock genre. He released an LP and numerous singles for seven different national record labels and other independent labels (a total of more than 30 songs) under a variety of names: Milan with His Orchestra, Milan, The World of Milan, Milan (The Leather Boy), and The Leather Boy. Additionally, as the producer, arranger and/or songwriter, Milan oversaw many other releases by a variety of artists ranging from the pop singer Lou Christie, to the bubblegum pop band Ice Cream, to the psychedelic rock band The Head Shop.

Greg Shaw thought enough of Milan to place his song "I'm a Leather Boy" as the opening track on two different albums in the Pebbles series: the Pebbles, Volume 10 CD and the earlier Pebbles, Volume 11 LP (which was also the first album to be released on his AIP record label). He wrote of Milan as being "a cryptic artist who made a series of high image records offering himself as some leather-clad, bike-riding rebel, but so stylized he might've been imagined by Andy Warhol. . . . The only name to be found on these records is Milan, a name that also shows up as writer/producer on a big pile of records, from the early 60s right thru the end of the decade. . . . But who was he? No further clue has ever emerged. This is one guy whose story really cries out to be told."

In the promotional material for the 2009 retrospective album Hell Bent for Leather, Milan is described in this way: "From his earliest incarnation in the record industry as a Xmas twister, the enigmatic Milan changed his name and re-invented himself several times: a teen idol with a cute hairdo and a preppy look, a garage gonzo savage, an all dressed-in-black biker stud, a psychedelic screamer in love with satellite sounds, and other characters known or waiting to be discovered. One thing is for sure: few people can claim so many identities in less than a decade."

Original source: Last.fm

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