Radio Base Camp
Radio Base Camp with Steve di Costanzo features new releases and old gems across many genres, with a heavy focus on psych, garage, indie, funk and soul, Afro-beats, and world sounds from Jamaica to Morocco. The show highlights under-the-radar artists and cult bands. The name reflects the host's love of mountains, trekking, and climbing, connecting the joy of an expedition base camp to the joy music brings.
Episodes
New Releases & Vintage Gems- Sept '26
Radio Base Camp Tuesday morning show Sept '15 - WPKN 89.5-FM (Bridgeport, CT) I'm also turning this into an APPLE podcast so you can download it after it's done. GREAT GREAT songs and artists + XTRA ENERGY: Andy Bell, Look Blue Go Purple, Alabama Shakes, Gloria, Angine de Poitrine, Santigold, Echo & thre Bunnymen, Buzzcocks, Television, The STranglers, The Beta Band, Kraftwerk, Er
DJ DICO's VINTAGE 30 VIBE SELECTIONS
It's the first Tuesday of September. A show that harks back to simpler times. When people ask me "what kind of songs and artists do you like" it's a bit hard to answer. So I thought it might be interesting to take stock of some of my DJ DICO vintage vibe selections. Songs perhaps under the radar and same with bands. In any event I hope you like the selections - they bring back a lot of
Oh Summer- Don't Ditch the Ice Cream Yet
Say it ain't so. Summer always rushes it's way through the calendar and sure enough it's almost September. At least we know that September is pretty sweet. Don't ditch the Ice Cream.Our 2-hr Radio Base Camp Show from 7am to 9am this morning has many twists and turns. Old school and new I've listened to the playlist a few times on my bike rides and it's Radio Base Camp radio ready. Here ar
Radio Base Camp welcomes DJ Germaine Valentine
Tuesday’s Radio Base Camp show has a well-known DJ- Germaine Valentine- who has shared many shows over the past 15+ years that I’ve been on WPKN Radio. It was always an honor to have Germaine Valentine and Hilton Valentine in the studio telling stories and playing great music. Unfortunately, Hilton Valentine - the original guitarist of the British band The Animals- passed in Jan. 2021. It
Side A & Side B (see info below)
Steve di Costanzo aka DJ DICO. Radio Base Camp Tuesday August 11 on WPKN-89.5 FM and streaming. 7am to 9am.Hi all...if you ever want to touch base with me my email is radiobasecamp@gmail.com. This Tuesday's show is an A-side and a B-side. The first hour or so digs into some singer-songwriters and into some vintage country rock. The B-side is more of a scorcher of electronica, dance music,
Get on Your MOD Vespas and Ride
Get on Your MOD Vespa's and Ride- RADIO BASE CAMP dials in the mid 1960's for a look at MOD music and culture. Mod music inhabits many genres including R&B, Stax Soul. Ska, Rocksteady, Blue Beat, Freakbeat, some garage and proto punk. Here are the ARTISTS: Booker T & the M.G.'s, The in Crowd, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The High Numbers, Pink Floyd, Dandy Livingstone,The
See My Friends - Eating Savoy Truffle - Black Coffee
Radio Base Camp 'New Releases and Vintage Gems. Hope you are all enjoying the summer. I've put together an interesting show that has no theme but is curated of course and has a certain flow to the 2 hours of music. Here are some of the artists you will be hearing on Tuesday July 28 from 7am to 9am: Dave Pike Set, Antibalas, The Kinks, The Beatles, Humble Pie, Ruti, Holy Wave,Robyn Hitchco
Radio Base Camp's Electronic Dance Daze
OK...been thinking about this weeks show for awhile. During COVID- WPKN was a comfort to many to hear some music even if it we were sequestered. We also pioneered some fun International themes across genres and countries. I'm going to bring one back. It's an all new show that showcases a bit of everything for everyone. Disco, Rave, Afro-Beats, Dance Hall, New Wave Experimental, Electro,
RADIO BASE CAMP's 'Best Songs of the Year 2026'-so far
Every summer I present a show called 'UNDER THE COVERS'- yes, songs done by different artists than the original. Tuesday will be my 'Under the Covers-Summer Edition' Tune in from 7am to 9am. on WPKN. Here is the list of Artists performing cover versions: Lauren Auder, The Feelies, Graeme James, Female Species, Natural Child, Nina Simone, My Morning Jacket, Khun Narin, Ultimate Painting
Radio Base Camp's 'Songs of the Year' - so far
It's an annual event...in the summer I like to do a show of my RADIO BASE CAMP 'Best Songs of the Year'- so far. Here are the artists and the songs selected in no particular order. Rain (PVA), BCMC (Badland Rag), Dry Cleaning (Cruise Ship Designer), Swamp Dogg (Acid Tongue), Paw Paw Rod (Lights Down Low), Vince Staples (Cotton), A$AP Rocky (Punk Rocky), Romaine Garcia (A Smile With Scar
USA Bows Out to Belgium
HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT 4TH OF JULY. I'm up tomorrow morning with a new RADIO BASE CAMP show. 7am to 9am. I'll be programming all over the map- with some really interesting musical artists who are at the top of their game and genre. NEW RELEASES! and remastered tracks as well as some sneaky and naughty tracks for the adults in the room or car. Here are the artists: PG Harvey, The Blu
RBC- The 2-Hour Technicolor Dream
RADIO BASE CAMP this morning's show I try to do the last Tuesday of every month- I call it the 2-hour Technicolor Dream (this as an homage to the famous concert in the Great Hall of the Alexandra Palace, London, on 29 April 1967. It was called the The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream - the line up included the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, One In A Million, Soft Machine, the Move, Tomorrow, the
Finally Summer Arrives
A big RADIO BASE CAMP 'Thank You' for helping to raise money for our nonprofit community radio station WPKN. You helped us really 'Catch a Wave' Todays musical artists are treats. In fact it sound even better the second time you listen to it.Yorkston/Thorn/Khan, Smerz, Kurt Vile, Babe Rainbow, The Quik, Nightmare on Wax, Soft Hearted Scientists, Pretenders, Iceagae, Robyn Hitchcock, The M
CATCH A WAVE SUMMER TIME
Catch a Wave- it’s about summer, music festivals, surfing and swimming and hitting the beach- today’s Radio Base Camp show is a bit different than my regular shows -its time for us to raise money for nonprofit radio WPKN. I’ll be playing an international Music mix to help you get going this morning with hopes of getting you to raise some money for my show and all of the shows we present.
Countdown to THE WORLD CUP w/RADIO BASE CAMP
RADIO BASE CAMP- My show this Tuesday is a mix of new releases, under the radar tracks and some vintage gems. Artists in the mix includes: LCD Soundsystem, Holy Fuck, Collect 200, Modeski, Martin and Wood, Deee-Lite, Les Big Byrd, Westside Cowboy, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Yuny Singh, Cut Face,Baauer, The Avalanches w/Jamie xx, Hania Rani+ Olafur
RBC- Focus on New Releases and International Artists
Drop me an email here : radiobasecamp@gmail.com thanks for listening Steve di CostanzoI'm always trying to mix up the free-form sounds of each of my show. The first instinct is to find new song releases in a variety of genres. This show fits that with some additional weighting on International songs: Guided By Voices, (USA) Jerome Sydnhams and Fatima Naji,(Nigeria) LYR, (England), So
Memorial Day Wash-Out May 26, 2026
Join me on Tuesday for a new episode of RADIO BASE CAMP from 7am to 9am 'drivetime'.(later as a podcast) We will start a bit quiet but amp up as we go along. Lots of new songs you will not have heard before on WPKN. Here are the artists I'll be highlighting: LCD Soundsystem, Suki Waterhouse, The Fall, Geese, GIFT, Julian Cope, Robert Plant and Friends. S.G. Goodman, Westside Cowboy, P
Radio Base Camp - NEW RELEASES (April and May)
RBC - New Releases!RADIO BASE CAMP- Steve di Costanzo- Tuesday May 19 '26 7am to 9am in the WPKN Bridgeport Studios.NEW RELEASESHere are the artists DJ DICO will be playingCate Le Bon, Little Barrie, Kurt Vile, Kevin Morby, Suki Waterhouse, SAULT, A. More, Shakira and Burna Boy, Norma Fraser, Beefheart & McQuinn, Sunday Mourners, Widowspeak, Calvin Harris/Jazzy, Hercules & Love A
Mt Everest Radio Base Camp
Dive into a curated playlist from DJ DICO: no fat and no filler.Here are the artists for Tuesday May, 12, 2026 on WPKN’s - RADIO BASE CAMP SHOW - Oliver Sim, Real Farmer, Charli xcx, Pigeon, The Beatles, ForgiveMeTommy!, S.G. Goodman, The Stone Roses, Parlor Greens, My New Band Believe, Lemon Twigs, Quiet Light, Lana Del Rey, Giorgio Moroder w/Martin Brodin, Jesse Ware, The Slambovian Cir
Radio Base Camp-New Releases and vintage Gems- Cinco de Mayo
Here are the artists in this Episode: Ed O'Brian (Radiohead), Ryley Walker, Howlin' Wolf, DePreeo with Denis Bovell, Folk Bitch Trio, Seefeel, Spiritual Cramp w/Sharon van Etten, Meat Beat Manifesto, Scritti Politti, John Andrews & the Yawns, Add N to (x), Rubicks, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mia w/Sunday Service Choir, Quiet Light, Heermanos Gutierrez, Crooked Fingers Mac McCaughan (Archer
2-Hour Technicolor Dream - Radio Base Camp
Psychedelia, Freakbeat and others from the 1960's to today. It's a Radio Base Camp Show but the last Tuesday of the month I play a retro show. Thanks for tuning in or downloading the Podcast. Steve di Costanzo aka DJDICO
Auto Tune - Kash Pateling
There are a lot of songs with 12-string guitars. The last 30 minutes were danced out until the end of the show.
The Artemis Has Landed
The music is all set. It's been curated on bike rides and gym visits. There's always plenty of movement and surprises. You will hear songs you won't hear anywhere else.
The Moon and the Bomb
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