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To round off a brilliant year of RG EMOMs, Readipop hosted a special XOX 2026 event at Oakford Social Club in June. Bringing together five magnificent performances, featuring Movement81, Mentat, Bloco Electrohed, Sophie Sirota and Founder of the EMOM Movement Martin Christie. We also had the premiere screening of ‘A Year In The Life of RG EMOM’ by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Matt Hulse. All can be relived in this special highlights recording. If you enjoyed XOX 2026, don’t miss XOX LIVE at Oakford Social Club on 24th September, featuring another night of live electronic music. Tickets are available now! https://www.citizenticket.com/events/readipop-3/xox-live/ *This is a live recording, so inconsistent noise throughout*

May’s RG EMOM marked the end of our 2026 Summer Season, featuring brilliant performances from The Dark PyrAmid, this occasional society, Neurish, Cephid, Fingerwolf and John Christian — all captured in this live recording. Although the 2026 Summer Season has come to a close, don’t forget our special event at Oakford Social Club on 13th June, featuring live performances from a selection of EMOM artists, including EMOM founder Martin Christie, plus the premiere of A Year In The Life of RG EMOM, a mini-documentary by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Matt Hulse. Tickets are available now! https://www.citizenticket.com/events/readipop-3/readipop-presents-xox-2026-at-oakford-social-w-movement81-martin-christie-founder-of-emoms-and-more/

The April RG EMOM has been and gone, and it was a banger of a night! With performances from Bric A Brac, Broken Semitone, pH7, Electric Café, Morph and Bovine Boy, all recorded live to make up this month’s podcast episode. If you like what you hear, we’ve got plenty more recorded EMOMs to check out, or you could come along to witness the performances live at our next EMOM on the 14th of May at South Street Arts Centre! We’ll be recording it of course, so make sure to keep your eyes peeled for the next installment of the Music Changing Lives podcast 👀 In other exciting news, we’ve got an amazing event happening at the Oakford Social Club on the 13th of June, with live performances from a range of EMOM goers (including the Father of EMOMs Martin Christie) as well as the premiere screening of “A Year In The Life of RG EMOM” a mini documentary by BAFTA winning filmmaker Matt Hulse. Make sure you book your tickets for that now!!!https://www.citizenticket.com/events/readipop-3/readipop-presents-xox-2026-at-oakford-social-w-movement81-martin-christie-founder-of-emoms-and-more/

Check out this month's episode of the Readipop Music Changing Lives Podcast, which was recorded at our March 2026 RG EMOM! This event had amazing performances from a range of musicians, including Space Age Couple, Grandma's Laser Printer, AM Frequencies, Miétte, Sebastian Reynolds and Electrohed. We record our podcasts live at the EMOMS so you can experience the full event as if you were there, and if you like what you hear you can always come along to our next RG EMOM on the 9th of April!

Welcome back to the Readipop Music Changing Lives Podcast, recorded live at the February 2026 RG EMOM! We’re excited to share the performances from this evening's line-up who were all amazing! We had My Liberal Pony, Manual Vs Auto, Earle, Deepsonics, Projected Form and Obrasendub. Enjoy listening through their performances, and don’t forget to come along to the next live EMOM on the 12th of March!

We’re back with another fantastic RG EMOM Podcast! Recorded live at the October 2025 EMOM for those that couldn’t make the event, or who just want to re-live an incredible night of performances! We had a great line-up for this night, including Corporation Tramways & Fine Arts Committee, Neurish, Harmonic Motion, AM Frequencies, Technomadic and Electrohed. The final RG EMOM of 2025 is this Thursday, November 20th, so come on down to South Street Arts Centre for the last party of the year!

An introduction to an exciting project of ours… The Reading EMOMS! Recorded live at each EMOM so if you couldn't make it in person, you won’t miss a thing. With performances from Christopher J Marshall, i4M2, Spryt Electra, Anduna J, Obrasendub, Steve Norris and Bovine Boy.   This episode of the Music Changing Lives podcast was recorded at our September EMOM, and if you like what you hear, you can join on on Thursday the 23rd of October for the next edition of the Autumn EMOMS.

Back in February, Readipop's XOX Project celebrated the Emu SP-12's role in the creation of Hip Hop and Trip Hop. Guest speaker Tony Nwachukwu (music producer, DJ, lecturer and Music Technology consultant) came to talk about the history of the sampler, demonstrate how to use it and help us discover why it's such an important machine. Tony Nwachukwu is a founding member of UK trip hop band Attica Project. Formed in 1994, they have released many albums and singles, one of which is 1995's Mo'Wax release "Blueprint", which features the Emu SP-12 on the cover! This is a showcase from the second part of the event, check out our other podcast for part one - the interview! *This is a live recording, so inconsistent noise throughout*

Back in February, Readipop's XOX Project celebrated the Emu SP-12's role in the creation of Hip Hop and Trip Hop. Guest speaker Tony Nwachukwu (music producer, DJ, lecturer and Music Technology consultant) came to talk about the history of the sampler, demonstrate how to use it and help us discover why it's such an important machine. Tony Nwachukwu is a founding member of UK trip hop band Attica Project. Formed in 1994, they have released many albums and singles, one of which is 1995's Mo'Wax release "Blueprint", which features the Emu SP-12 on the cover! This is an interview hosted by Harrison Screen from the first part of the event, check out our other podcast for part two - the showcase! *This is a live recording, so inconsistent noise throughout*

Captured live at our August Music Meet-up, Abbie Hill breaks down the production techniques she used for AMELIAH JAYNE's 'Mother Earth' and gives us insight on how she uses Logic. *This is a live recording, so inconsistent noise throughout*

Thanks to the brilliant responses from our survey on what you wanted to hear about in our Music Meet-Ups and Music Changing Lives Podcast, Harrison brings you a discussion on Marketing & Building a Local Fanbase! Joined by a wide range of knowledgable panelists: Trevor Absolom, Chris Bound & Eva Rowlatt. Captured live at our bi-monthly Music Meet-up, hear all about building a strong local fanbase, as well as the ins and outs of marketing music. *This is a live recording, so inconsistent noise throughout*

In conversation with Abbie Hill, Harrison discusses her journey at Readipop from teenage work experience, to post lockdown music leading, all the way to her final few months working with us!

Last month Harrison caught up with Tim & Joe of Banbury 2-piece LAKE ACACIA. Chatting about their journey into music, where they are now, and where they want to be - it's a half hour episode you don't want to miss! We also got a sneak peak into their upcoming single 'We Don't Want You Now', out Friday 26th July 2024. Find their links here: https://linktr.ee/lakeacacia https://open.spotify.com/artist/1t9nWjXELKNqeahunfgl0a?si=mXDVLa9fQkKygg0cfcHCIQ

This episode Harrison is finding out what goes on behind festivals and events! Joined by a wide range of knowledgable panelists: Molly Banbury, Pete Wheeler, Sarah Stuffins and Suzanne Stallard. Captured live at our bi-monthly Music Meet-up, they discuss their journey into organising different festivals and events, giving us an insight into what goes on, as well as sharing some tips & tricks on how you could get involved in similar roles. *This is a live recording, so inconsistent noise throughout*

In this Music Changing Lives podcast Abbie, Gavin and Harrison sit down to reflect on the last couple of years of XOX and look at the future of the project. Watch this on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/RaTUYN6Lqb0