{"id":2828,"date":"2026-04-28T08:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2026-04-28T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:41:02","slug":"age-of-chance-the-bbc-sessions-85-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2828","title":{"rendered":"age of chance &#8211; the bbc sessions 85-87"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/PRELP-8-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/PRELP-8-cover-1024x1024.jpg?wsr\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2829\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/PRELP-8-cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/PRELP-8-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/PRELP-8-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/PRELP-8-cover-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/PRELP-8-cover.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>well, having had some old lo-fi digital versions of the peel sessions, this is an unexpected treat for 2026.<br \/><br \/>here is the pr blurb : <br \/><br \/>&#8220;<em>a stunning mix of northern soul, machine-like beats, electroclash, slogans and<br \/>agitpop, age of chance were one of the most exciting groups to emerge during<br \/>the c86 era. they certainly didn\u2019t sound like anybody else, that\u2019s for sure.<br \/>an uncompromising live act, age of chance were frantic and frenetic \u2013 and they<br \/>even dallied with the mainstream via their version of prince\u2019s kiss. janglepop<br \/>this is not.<br \/>now, not before time, their three sessions for bbc radio 1 are collected by<br \/>precious recordings of london as part of the label\u2019s ongoing series. <br \/>and for good measure, we\u2019ve included both sides of their first two incredible ground-<br \/>breaking singles \u2013 motorcity and bible of the beats, both unavailable in anyform for decades.<br \/>\u201cthat time was so exciting,\u201d recalls frontman stevie elvidge. <br \/>\u201cfrom the moment peel played motorcity the day after he received it, to working up kiss specially for the second session. we all loved it and danced to it, but we wanted it to have<br \/>our sound \u2013 the guitars, the hip-hop beats. i wished we\u2019d recorded how the<br \/>west was won on the first lp. it\u2019s still one of the best things we\u2019ve done.\u201d<br \/>guitarist neil howson described the progression of the bbc recordings, saying:<br \/>\u201cin the first session we\u2019d focussed on a percussive and rhythmic sound, and into<br \/>the second, we\u2019d developed a broader scope, added open chords, harmonics<br \/>and dynamic breaks. that informed from now on, this will be your god, which<br \/>we wrote for c86; we wanted to experiment and try something more extreme<br \/>than just a pop song.<br \/>\u201cthe best example of that is how the west was won, which is almost cinematic.<br \/>it feels like an echoing, symphonic wall of sound.\u201d<br \/><\/em><br \/><strong>age of chance<\/strong> \u2013 <em>bbc sessions 85-87<\/em> is available in a limited edition of 500<br \/>copies on 12-inch vinyl, with unseen images and sleeve notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more detail<\/span> : <a href=\"https:\/\/preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com\/music\">here<\/a> &#8211; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ageofchance.co.uk\/\">official site<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>well, having had some old lo-fi digital versions of the peel sessions, this is an unexpected treat for 2026. here is the pr blurb : &#8220;a stunning mix of northern soul, machine-like beats, electroclash, slogans andagitpop, age of chance were one of the most exciting groups to emerge duringthe c86 era. they certainly didn\u2019t sound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2830,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions\/2830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}