Lunchbox Radio

History

Lunchbox Radio was born out of a project that Roy Lindauer (Ecsyle) and DJ David Aaron were developing called Mixlfe. Mixlife was to be a resource to promote electronic dance music and culture, specifically to promote the more progressive sounds of dance music. While Mixlife did not materialize, Roy was still interested in promoting and sharing music and in 2007 during a very long drive home, he came up with the idea of doing an internet radio station called Lunchbox Radio.

In early 2008 "Ecsyle" and "The Mantis" started to experiment with internet radio broadcasting by playing music from their home in the evenings. The show was called Jager Hour and consisted mostly of taking shots of Jager with friends over the air and playing music back and forth throughout the night. They also had a decently large collection of music that was put into a random playlist and streamed 24 hours a day, mostly so they had music to listen to at work.

Better hardware was acquired, software was developed, and some partnerships were formed with other internet radio stations and producers, including Wish Industry, Warped Radio, Reno House Musique, Darkstar 801, Crucial X Radio, to help create Lunchbox Radio proper. The Mantis was responsible for overall programming of the radio station playlists, ensuring that it was constantly streaming diverse and unique content. Our partnership with DJ Ribble was crucial to improving the overall quality and reach of the stream.

In early 2008 Lunchbox Radio started to do live radio broadcasts. The first show was called "Milk Money Sessions" hosted by Ecsyle and the Mantis. Each show was recorded and made available as a podcast. Lunchbox Radio teamed up with Reno House Musique to produce "Hustlcast", hosted by Sean Murray and DJ AFS, and then with the Bing Bong Twins to produce "Real Slow the Fast Way".

In 2010 Ecsyle and the Mantis decided to shutdown the radio station due to resource constraints.

It was with great sadness that on December 10th 2010 our friend and partner Ryan "DJ Ribble" Beaton passed away from a rare form of cancer. He was an inspiration and shared a love of the music with us. We will always remember and honor him.

Due to hardware failures in 2011 we lost the entire archive of submitted DJ Mixes for the 24 hour radio station. It pains us to have lost so many amazing mixes from all of our friends, but we are grateful that we got to share them with the world through our platform.

We rode the wave hard and fast and had so much momentum there was barely a minute to breath. It was an incredible slice of space and time filled with high energy, life, absurdity, excess, and wonder, and while it had its lows, the highs left a deep mark on us and we will always look back fondly on Lunchbox Radio. Thank you all.