title: Slashmusic
text: # Slashmusic
  
  Slashmusic was a podcast presented by Tom Ravenscroft for Channel 4 Radio. Forty shows were made available between August 2006 and June 2007. The show was produced by Hermeet Chadhar, who had formerly produced a Radio 1 show for John Peel, Ravenscroft's father. The podcast was relaunched in January 2008 under the name New Music Download.
  
  The show was originally a 30-minute podcast, and was later extended to 45 minutes due to demand from listeners (although the show often extended to around an hour in length).
  
  ## Music
  
  ### Channel 4 Unsigned
  
  The show was intended to showcase music from the Channel 4 Unsigned music pages (from which the show took its name, i.e. www.channel4.com/music), but the time was often filled with tracks taken from other sources. Ravenscroft said of the Unsigned pages,
  
     Despite my initial apprehensions of what I would find on Channel 4's MyMusic website, the job of trawling through its 20,000 tracks has proved hugely entertaining and we found some brilliant music.
  
  ### Sessions
  
  The show also featured sessions especially recorded for the show:
  
  | Show | Date | Artist |
  | - | - | - |
  | 3 | 9 September 2006 | Pants Yell! |
  | 6 | 24 September 2006 | gay against you |
  | 9 | 18 October 2006 | Misosoup |
  | 11 | 1 November 2006 | 'In the City', live in Manchester |
  | 14 | 23 November 2006 | Genghis Tron |
  | 17 | 14 December 2006 | Pocket Promise |
  | 20 | 4 January 2007 | Splen |
  | 24 | 1 February 2007 | Poq |
  | 28 | 8 March 2007 | Rolo Tomassi |
  | 31 | 29 March 2007 | Neural Sonic Combustion |
  | 34 | 19 April 2007 | Ergo Phizmiz |
  | 36 | 3 May 2007 | Berlin Special |
  | 38 | 17 May 2007 | Jesus Licks |
  | 41 | 7 June 2007 | Hotplate |
  
  Show 11 was a series of live performances recorded in Manchester, and featured The Fourers, Cutting Pink With Knives, Suzy Mangion, 65daysofstatic and Hotplate.
  
  Show 36 was recorded in Berlin and featured specially recorded tracks by Milenasong and Malta.
  
  