Radio NTS The Tube

NTS The Tube examines the experimental territory that followed punk. Post-punk, industrial music and minimal wave define the channel's official musical brief. As part of Infinite Mixtapes, it combines selections from the broadcaster's programme collection into a focused listening service, tracing relationships between guitar-based experimentation and more electronic forms.

The theme makes room for angular arrangements, provocative textures and stripped-back electronic sounds. Post-punk's openness to different rhythms and ideas meets the harsher vocabulary of industrial music, while minimal wave adds a comparatively sparse approach to synthesis and song. These styles share historical connections but retain different musical identities within the channel's scope.

J D Twitch's Post Punk Special and an introduction to Cold Storage are among the broadcasts credited for The Tube's selection. Crossed Wires, 80's Rampwalk and World Of Echo supply further source material, alongside programmes by Leila Samir, Sofay & Ribeka and Tim Koh. The contributors provide different routes through the period's less conventional records. Their archived broadcasts let listeners explore the wider context of a selection while the mixtape keeps its continuous post-punk and electronic focus.

The Tube is aimed at listeners interested in the less conventional paths taken after punk rather than a straightforward collection of classic rock songs. Its selection follows the creative changes around that period and the genres associated with them. By keeping those connections at the centre, the channel offers a coherent route through one particular part of NTS's broad alternative music landscape.