presenters » Ben Taaffe

Recent Shows

Show Name
Date
Underground Solution
Saturday 12th November
Underground Solution
Saturday 29th October
Underground Solution
Saturday 8th October
Underground Solution
Saturday 1st October
Underground Solution
Saturday 24th September

Q & A

How did you become involved with the station and your program?

I had been a long time and devoted listener to the Underground Solution show and frequent visitor to the legendary Complex Records store as then owned and staffed by Underground Solution founder and presenter Ben Stinga.

Listening to the show introduced me to the world of electronic and modern soul music and is the reason I have become a fanatical record collector. After 10 years or so with RTR Ben decided to go into retirement and asked me to co-present what was the single most influential source of musical deepness and information in my life. Of course, i said yes!

How long have you been with RTRFM?

Started guesting on a few shows in 2003, I think, and started hosting in 2004

What do you enjoy most about presenting?

Playing music that I love and listening to it in the knowledge that many, or even just some, other people might be enjoying it just as much as me!

Strangest experience at RTRFM?

… I couldn’t say, it is all pretty freaky.

Favourite RTRFM program/s?

El Ritmo Latino, All City, Black and Blue, Out to Lunch, Giant Steps.

What do you do in real life?

Mostly I try to figure out what exactly is real, how to distinguish it from the fantasy world that I most often reside in, and then how to avoid it.