Nostalgie Tube Machine

Nostalgie Tube Machine is French nostalgia radio with a simple brief: the songs you already know by heart, played back to back. Think Claude François, Michel Sardou, and the golden age of French variété, then add 80s synth-pop and the kind of Euro hits that used to soundtrack every summer. Don't expect deep cuts. Not the point. The pleasure here is familiarity, and the station commits to it without apology. Since it's branded under the Nostalgie umbrella, the production is polished and the tone stays warm rather than ironic. Serge Gainsbourg turns up occasionally, though the playlist usually p…