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How is modern music helping striptease to adapt its traditional image? Some of the biggest stars and producers of 21st century burlesque reveal what makes a great striptease soundtrack.

Sixty years ago it was all sassy, jazzy show tunes. Today it can be techno, post-punk, hip hop, spoken word - even sound effects.

So what’s happened to the soundtrack – and the image – of striptease? We hear what works best, and what should be avoided. And we explore how the sound of contemporary and neo-burlesque can support its social, cultural and political power.

Starring:
Julie Atlas Muz (former crown holder, Miss Exotic World and Miss Coney Island)
Darlinda Just Darlinda (multiple winner, Golden Pastie Awards)
Tigger! (The Original King of Boylesque – The Godfather of Neo-Burlesque)
Nasty Canasta (The Girl with the 44DD Brain)
Luna TikTok (The Tickin’ Time Bombshell)
Aurora Galore (finalist, Miss Exotic World)

Also featuring:
Zoe Ziegfeld, Fancy Feast, Lux DeLioux, DJ Scott Ewalt, DJ Momotaro

Producer: Steve Urquhart
A White Stiletto production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4

Playlist:
Buddy Morrow – Night Train
Buddy Guy – What Kind Of Woman Is This
Nero’s Day At Disneyland – No Money Down Low Monthly Payments
Big Spender (instrumental) – from the musical Sweet Charity
Reverend Horton Heat – D for Dangerous
Aqua – Barbie Girl
Blood Sweat and Tears – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
KRS One – Sound of Da Police
Sam Taylor – Harlem Nocturne
Louis Armstrong – St Louis Blues
Sounds of various car alarms
Garbage – Number One Crush
Infected Mushroom – Saeed
Perez Prado – Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White