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Miss the daze
when I was a kid.

Old school. Pre-credit crunch. UK music. Grime, garage, pirate radio — and the culture that shaped a generation.

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missthedaze.fm is a weekly cultural publication about UK music before everything changed. Grime. Garage. Channel U. Pirate radio. MySpace. The era when music felt like it belonged to you because you had to work to find it.

"Recreating the feeling of growing up with UK music before the credit crunch era."

This isn't a blog. It's not a community platform. It's not a merch brand. It's an archive — expressed through writing, sound, and occasionally, objects. One piece a week, every Friday, without fail.

The mixes aren't just DJ sets — they're emotional timelines. The articles aren't just reviews — they're cultural autopsies. Built around one question: what did we lose when music got easy?

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Channel U Era

Grime's Love Songs — Valentine's Day Mix #05

30:18 · 2.1k views · Feb 2025
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Channel U Era

Old School Grime Mix #04 — 2000s UK Classics

30:44 · 4.1k views · Mar 2025
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Just Before Grime — UK Garage

Old School Grime Mix #03 — Transition Era

30:50 · 6.5k views · Sep 2024
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Channel U Era

Old School Grime Mix #02 — 2000s UK Classics

32:44 · 8.2k views · Jul 2024
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Channel U Era

Old School Grime Mix #01 — 2000s UK Classics

30:57 · 15k views · Jun 2024
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001

What Channel U did that no algorithm ever will

It wasn't just a music channel. It was a transmission from ends to ends.
Coming soon6 min read
002

The last summer before everything changed: UK Garage, 2001

One year before grime took over. What was in the air, and why it still matters.
Coming soon8 min read
003

Why pirate radio felt more real than anything legal

The frequency was unstable. That was the point.
Coming soon7 min read
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"We don't sell merch. We make objects that belong to the era we're documenting. Occasional editions. Small runs. When they're gone, they're gone."

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👕 miss the daze when i was a kid 101.7 FM
Edition 001 · Limited Run

The 101.7 FM Shirt

Vintage football shirt silhouette. Retro collar. Oversized fit. The kind of shirt you'd have seen in a Channel U video, if they'd had the foresight.

Left breast: miss the daze when i was a kid in small serif. Right breast: 101.7 FM radio badge. Nothing else.

StyleVintage football shirt
FitOversized
ColourBlack
MaterialJersey
Run sizeLimited — TBC
StatusNotify me