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KENNY EVERETT ON BBC RADIO BRISTOL - 1. 12/06/1971 (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcat: 24th December 2024
Kenny Everett was arguably the most creative, most innovative, most technically gifted radio presenter the UK has produced.
He was a pioneer, first with the offshore pirates in 1964, then as part of the launch team for BBC Radio 1 in 1967 – and later a key figure when licensed commercial radio began with Capital Radio in 1973.
Kenny spent hours in the studio stitching together truly original shows, filled with his exquisitely produced personal jingles, crazy sounds effects, and zany comedy moments delivered in a frenetic, inventive style that no-one could match. He was close friends with the Beatles, regularly playing their latest tracks before anyone else. Among his peers he was regarded as a "genius". And yet he was a shy Catholic boy from just outside Liverpool who had a habit of being fired.
The BBC banned him from talking to the press after repeatedly complaining about Radio 1's output. Things came to a head in July 1970 after he responded to a news bulletin about the wife of Transport Minister John Peyton passing her advance driving test. Kenny joked that she "probably crammed a fiver into the examiner's hand". As a result, his weekend show was cancelled, a fate he'd previously suffered at Radio Luxembourg, Radio London, and later at Radio 2.
He was just 25, and apart from a few stints on continental stations, there was nowhere else to go. The BBC still had a UK radio monopoly, and his top-flight radio career looked to be over.
A saviour arrived a year later at one of the BBC's fledgling local stations, when Radio Bristol's manager David Waine needed holiday cover. Feeling Kenny had been badly treated, David phoned to offer four programmes at a rate of just £12.50 a week! Desperate, Everett agreed – sparking an internal row with Waine who was rebuked by BBC Radio's MD Ian Trethowan for not consulting him, warning that he'd be in trouble if things went wrong.
To minimise any potential disaster, David wisely asked Kenny to pre-record his shows at home in Sussex. He then posted the tapes for checking by a producer before broadcast. On June 12,1971 the "wireless wizard" was back on-air. It was an occasion largely overlooked as few people heard it.
At the time BBC Local Radio only broadcast on VHF (now FM) when most listeners only had medium-wave sets. Much of the output was "parish pump" material. Broadcast hours were limited, with few staff and tight music restrictions.
So Kenny's first show, heard here in full for the first time since broadcast, was probably the most dangerous show on BBC Local Radio.
He announces his return by saying "It's disgusting. I don't know how they allow him to get away with it". He was clearly relieved to be back with a fast-paced kaleidoscope of his work. It's littered with bespoke Radio Bristol jingles, a chat with Dusty Springfield, and an episode of the comedy serial "Dick Dale – Special Doctor", previously heard on Radio 1.
Listen out for an amusing sequence as he tunes across his radio dial with extracts from Radio Solent, Radio Brighton, Radio 4, Radio 3, and Radio 2, with a cutting swipe at the station who axed him: "We don't play Radio 1!"
The show features tracks from The Move, Nilsson, Peter Noone, Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, Stavely Makepeace, The Beatles, The Fantastics, Cat Stevens, White Plains, Twiggy, Mungo Jerry, Dusty Springfield, the Supremes and The Four Tops.
You may wonder why Kenny regularly mentions the record labels of songs played. At the time, BBC Local Radio could only play one hour of commercial music a day under strict "needle time" restrictions negotiated with the Musicians' Union. One way to get around them was to play "new releases" giving the record label, and (in theory at least) its number.
Kenny's Radio Bristol shows opened the door at other BBC Locals including Radios Merseyside, Solent, Nottingham, Brighton (now Radio Sussex) and Medway (now Radio Kent). He also appeared on "Start The Week" on Radio 4 over Christmas 1971 – becoming a regular on a spin-off series "If It's Wednesday … It Must Be" over the next 18 months. Ev was finally allowed back on Radio 1 in April 1973 but left six months later as Capital began.
He returned to TV in 1978, with "The Kenny Everett Video Show" from Thames, moving across to BBC1 in 1981 with "The Kenny Everett Television Show" which ran for six years. But radio was his first love. He helped launch Capital Gold, the station's AM service in 1988 where he worked until shortly before his death from AIDS in 1995. He was just 50. But he left a legacy of unique work influencing broadcasters like Noel Edmonds, Steve Wright and Chris Evans.
The first of three shows Kenny made for BBC Radio Bristol first broadcast in June 1971.
*** Part of BBC Radio 4 Extra's celebration of Kenny Everett who was born 80 years ago on Christmas Day, 1944.
The Move - Tonight
Harry Nilsson - Daddy's Song
Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Things
Paul McCartney - Dear Boy
Paul McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Tom Jones - Puppet Man
Stavely Makepeace - Give Me That Pistol
The Beatles - Paperback Writer
The Fantastics - Something Wonderful
Cat Stevens - Tuesday's Dead
White Plains - When You Are A King
Twiggy - Zoo De Zoo Zong
Harry Nilsson - City Life
Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose
Dusty Springfield - Where Am I Going?
The Supremes & The Four Tops - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)
KENNY EVERETT: THE BBC LOCAL RADIO YEARS (320kbs-m4a/127mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd December 2024
The hitherto untold story of the 'wilderness years' of Kenny Everett long before he became a TV star.
In 1970, he was sacked by BBC Radio 1 for insulting the wife of a Government Minister. He was just 25 and was arguably the most creative broadcaster of his generation.
At that time, the BBC still had a radio monopoly in the UK, so the only outlet for his talents was on the corporation's Local Radio stations, then in their infancy.
Cuddly Ken worked for six stations in total, there were few listeners, and they didn't pay much.
The documentary was compiled by journalist and broadcaster Paul Rowley who as a schoolboy recorded Everett's shows on Radio Merseyside on his domestic tape recorder. It was a good job he did because the BBC didn't keep any of those vintage recordings.
Four of the stations even insisted that “the wireless wizard” never worked for them. But after a marathon treasure hunt, Rowley traced listeners who'd similarly recorded Kenny's shows 'off-air' and tracked down some BBC employees who'd 'borrowed' the master tapes.
Paul discloses that one station manager was carpeted after hiring him without permission from the top brass at Broadcasting House. Another station fired him after a feature deemed to be anti-BBC. Part of the banned show is included.
The documentary also looks at the internal politics of the corporation over its handling of the 'enfant terrible'.
Featuring:
* Kenny Everett's then wife Lee who blitzed stations to put her husband on-air
* Former BBC Radio 1 Controller Johnny Beerling
* David Waine (BBC Radio Bristol)
* Victor Marmion (BBC Radio Merseyside)
* Ken Warburton (BBC Radio Solent)
* John Holmes (BBC Radio Nottingham)
* Dennis Lewell (BBC Radio Medway, now BBC Radio Kent)
* Phil Fothergill (BBC Radio Brighton, now BBC Radio Sussex)
* Barbara Taylor
* Lawrie Bloomfield
* Richard Skinner
* Rob Salvidge
Kenny was finally allowed back on Radio 1 in April 1973 but left six months later at the start of Independent Local Radio, being part of the launch team for Capital Radio, the UK's first commercial music station.
He died on April 4, 1995 from an AIDS-related illness. He was just 50.
Fittingly, Radio 4 Extra is broadcasting the programme on December 23, 2024 on the 60th anniversary of the opening of pirate ship Radio London, where Kenny's radio career began. It was arguably the UK's most successful offshore station, with Kenny making his debut the following day on Christmas Eve, 1964 on his last day as a teenager.
The documentary was shortlisted for a Sony Radio Award in 2002 in the "Music Special" category.
Engineer: Darynn Garrett
First broadcast on BBC local radio across England at Christmas 2001.
*** This programme is part of a collection of shows in Christmas week as BBC Radio 4 Extra celebrates the work of Kenny Everett to mark what would have been his 80th birthday on Christmas Day, 2024.
THE KINKS - LIVE SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE 1973 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th December 2024
The Kinks at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in 1973.
The Kinks - Victoria
The Kinks - Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
The Kinks - Lola
The Kinks - Holiday
The Kinks - Good Golly Miss Molly
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
AMOL RAJAN - INSIDE NUMBER 9 HITS THE STAGE (320kbs-m4a/24mb/10mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 14th December 2024
Amol Rajan speaks to Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.
Inside Number 9 - the comedy so often labelled dark and surreal - graced our television screens for a decade before ending earlier this year.
Now it is going on stage in London's West End with its writers and stars Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. Today's Amol Rajan spoke to them both about the play - and about the future of comedy.
HANNAH PEEL & RICHARD NORRIS - 6 MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL -
4. BEATS & BYTES (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th December 2024
Hannah Peel & Richard Norris chart a musical history through iconic instruments, with the 808 and Ableton in the spotlight in this final episode.
The 808 drum machine is one of the most iconic instruments of all time. Richie Hawtin explains how the 808, alongside the 909, was instrumental to techno, his music as Plastikman, and throughout his career. And Jlin shows how the sounds of the 808 are found throughout her production, despite never having owned a machine.
Ableton is one of the leading music making software programmes on the planet. One of its creators, Gerhard Behles, explains how the freedom of 90s Berlin influenced the birth of the software. Diving deeper into music and computers, Holly Herndon and Marta Salogni remember using AI to make Holly’s album PROTO, and artist Patten discusses the inspiration and challenges of using text to audio AI to create his boundary pushing sounds.
From the Theremin to the MPC, the 808 to Ableton, Instrumental takes drum machines, samplers, synths, and software as a springboard to celebrate creativity in all its facets. Across the series hear from fellow musicians, creatives and instrument builders including Brian Eno, Carl Cox, Marta Salogni, Roger Linn, Jlin, Jacob Collier, Richie Hawtin, Andre Huang, Patten, The Mad Professor, Shiva Feshareki and more, on how people have been using, and misusing these tools to create new and wonderful music.
Andy Cooper - Chase On The Ave
LL Cool J - I Need A Beat
John Foxx - Plaza [Virgin]
Inner City - Good Life [10]
Plastikman - Plasticity [Nova Mute]
Jon Hopkins - Neon Pattern Drum [Domino]
FKA Twigs - Figure 8
Jlin - Erotic Heart
Jlin (feat. Phillip Glass) - The Precision Of Infinity [Planet Mu]
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Diagram Girl [Phantasy]
Basic Channel - Q1.1
Flying Lotus - Getting There [Warp]
Max Cooper - Perpetual Motion [Mesh]
Loraine James - I DM U [Hyperdub]
Andrew Huang - Heartbeat
Holly Herndon - Canaan (Live Training) [4AD]
Holly Herndon - Evening Shades (Live Training) [4AD]
patten - Inhale [555-5555]
patten - Forever
patten - Nimzo
HANNAH PEEL & RICHARD NORRIS - 6 MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL - 3. DIGITAL & DECKS (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th December 2024
Hannah Peel & Richard Norris chart a musical history through iconic instruments, with the DX7 Synth and SL1200 Turntable in the spotlight.
The Yamaha DX7 was one of the biggest digital synths of the 80s. Peaking in 1986, its sound appeared on thousands of tracks across all genres that decade. Brian Eno reveals how he was one of the few people who managed to programme it. And Youtuber Cuckoo celebrates the sounds of the DX7 that were used in video game soundtracks of the 80s and 90s.
The Technics SL1200 turntables are legendary amongst DJ across dance, hip hop and beyond. Carl Cox explains why, and how he managed to mix on three of them at once. And turntablist Shiva Feshareki reveals how finding a scrap of paper while researching Delia Derbyshire, led to her 2018 Prom for two turntables and orchestra.
From the Theremin to the MPC, the 808 to Ableton, Instrumental takes drum machines, samplers, synths, and software as a springboard to celebrate creativity in all its facets. Across the series hear from fellow musicians, creatives and instrument builders including Brian Eno, Carl Cox, Marta Salogni, Roger Linn, Jlin, Jacob Collier, Richie Hawtin, Andre Huang, Patten, The Mad Professor, Shiva Feshareki and more, on how people have been using, and misusing these tools to create new and wonderful music.
Andy Cooper - Chase On The Ave
A-ha - Take On Me
Brian Eno & John Cale - Lay My Love [All Saints]
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name [Island]
Brian Eno & John Cale - Grandfather's House
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It [Global & Tapes]
Howard Jones - What Is Love?
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme [Warner Bros]
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World [Now]
SEGA - Splash Wave / Out Run
True Cuckoo - Mem Corrupt
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme [Warner Bros]
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
Jurassic 5 - Lesson 6: The Lecture [PIAS]
Carl Cox - Electronic Generations
Chic - Good Times [Columbia]
Wilton Felder & Bobby Womack - Inherit The Wind [UMOD]
DJ Carl Cox - I Want You (Forever) [Perfecto]
Shiva Feshareki - Still Point - Movement III [NMC]
Richard Norris - One [Group Mind]
HANNAH PEEL & RICHARD NORRIS - 6 MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL - 2. SPACE & SAMPLERS (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd December 2024
Hannah Peel & Richard Norris chart a musical history through iconic instruments, with the Space Echo and MPC in the spotlight for this second episode.
The Roland Space Echo is a legendary effect that uses tape to create spacey delays and reverbs. The Mad Professor remembers first using tape delays, the importance of the Space Echo in Dub, and working with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. Whilst Hannah and Richard share their love of tape as a tactile medium with Brian Eno and Hainbach.
The AKAI MPC was a sampler that came out in the 80s, and revolutionised a technique that was previously only available to the upper echelons of the music making community. Author Joe Schloss gives a concise history of Hip Hop and sampling and explains why the MPC was at the epicentre. And Jacob Collier reveals how sampling his audiences singing led to him creating his own musical instrument.
From the Theremin to the MPC, the 808 to Ableton, Instrumental takes drum machines, samplers, synths, and software as a springboard to celebrate creativity in all its facets. Across the series hear from fellow musicians, creatives and instrument builders including Brian Eno, Carl Cox, Marta Salogni, Roger Linn, Jlin, Jacob Collier, Richie Hawtin, Andre Huang, Patten, The Mad Professor, Shiva Feshareki and more, on how people have been using, and misusing these tools to create new and wonderful music.
Andy Cooper - Chase On The Ave
King Tubby & Rupie Edwards - Buckshot Dub
Portishead - Cowboys [Go! Beat]
Mad Professor - Ankoko
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Enter The Dragon
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mad Professor - Jazzy Dub [Ariwa]
Massive Attack - Bumper Ball Dub (Karmacoma)
Terry Riley - Concert For Two Pianos And Tape Recorders
Steve Reich - It's Gonna Rain [Elektra Nonesuch]
Brian Eno & David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit [Sire]
Delia Derbyshire - Blue Veils And Golden Sands [BBC]
William Basinski - dlp 1.1 a [Temporary Residence Limited]
Hainbach - Embrace Before We Forget [Seil]
Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen - March [Hands In The Dark]
Madvillain - Supervillain Theme (Instrumental)
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up [Now]
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd [Virgin]
Prince - 1999 [Warner Bros]
De La Soul - Eye Know [Big Life]
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World [Mo'Wax]
Love Bug Starski & The Harlem World Crew - Positive Life
Treacherous Three - Feel The Heartbeat
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) [Elektra]
Slum Village - Fall In Love [Ne'Astra Music Group]
J Dilla - Last Donut Of The Night [Stones Throw]
Jacob Collier (feat. Brandi Carlile) - Little Blue [Decca]
Jacob Collier - 100,000 Voices [Decca]
HANNAH PEEL & RICHARD NORRIS - 6 MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL - 1. MAGIC & MICROPHONES (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd December 2024
Hannah Peel & Richard Norris chart a musical history through iconic instruments, with the Theremin and SM58 Microphone in the spotlight for this first episode.
Invented in 1928, the Theremin is one of the first electronic instruments. Biographer Albert Glinsky shares details of the incredible life its Russian inventor Leon Theremin led. Plus, director Lisa Rovner, whose documentary Sisters With Transistors celebrates the female pioneers of electronic music, explains why Theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore was so important in the story of electronic music.
The SM58 is the classic ice cream shaped microphone you've seen on hundreds of stages. Brian Eno reveals why this budget microphone was perfect when he was recording Bono's vocals. And Richard and Hannah share their love of using microphones to record the natural world, and how they use these field recordings in their own music.
From the Theremin to the MPC, the 808 to Ableton, Instrumental takes drum machines, samplers, synths and software as a springboard to celebrate creativity in all its facets. Across the series hear from fellow musicians, creatives and instrument builders including Brian Eno, Carl Cox, Marta Salogni, Roger Linn, Jlin, Jacob Collier, Richie Hawtin, Andre Huang, Patten, The Mad Professor, Shiva Feshareki and more, on how people have been using, and misusing these tools to create new and wonderful music.
Andy Cooper - Chase On The Ave
Clara Rockmore - Summertime [Mississippi]
Bernard Herrmann - Prelude [20th Century Fox]
Mica Levi - Andrew Void [Milan]
The Listening Room Ensemble & Clara Rockmore - Bachianas Brasileiras: No. 5, Aria
Erick Friedman, Clara Rockmore & Nadia Reisenberg - Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor
Clara Rockmore - Theremin Concerto: Pastorale
Lisa Bella Donna - Onward To A Dream [Behind The Sky Music]
Isao Tomita - Arabesque No. 1
Beck - Where It's At [Geffen]
U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) [Island]
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire [Island]
Bing Crosby & Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band - Whispering [RCA Victor]
Hannah Peel - The Deceived TV Series
Kayla Painter - Precipitation
Kayla Painter - Your Echoes
Chris Watson & Nainita Desai - Deep Blue Voices, Caribbean Sea
Chris Watson & Nainita Desai - Endless Dawn Chorus, Finland
Clint Mansell - Spirit Of The Woods [Invada]
Clint Mansell - Mycorrhiza (60-250 HZ) [Invada]
HELENA HAUFF - ESSENTIAL MIX 21.12.24 (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 21st December 2024
Helena Hauff is back with a brand new Essential Mix for the end of 2024!
T/Error - Post Human (Lloyd Stellar Remix) [LDI]
Christopher Ledger - Unpleasant Surprise [Tonomat Recordings]
Orlando Voorn - Outerworld [Trust]
AUX 88 - You don't want none of this [db classics]
Kid Ginseng - I Go Off [Kraftjerkz]
Gesloten Cirkel - Zombiemachine Acid [Murder Capital]
Model 500 - Night Drive (Thru-Babylon) [Metroplex]
Dark Vektor - Look into da fiucha [Fanzine]
Kosmic Messenger - Sounds And Spirits [Eclipse]
UR - Tramnsition [UR]
DJ Savage - Abaddon [TH Tar Hallow]
Lars Huismann - See You Soon [Dolly]
Joey Beltram - Ten Four [NovaMute/Tresor]
Max Watts & Huey Mnemonic - Echoes Of Change (Mnemonic Mix) [Limited Network]
CEM3340 - Vocè [Curtis Electronix]
The Implant - Panopticant (Assembler Code Remix) [Phoq U Phonogrammen]
Unklevon - Transed About U [Boysnoize]
Human Rebellion & Power - Fake Reality [Midi Mode]
Zeta Reticula - Binary Pair (Human Rebellion Remix) [Warehouse Manifesto]
sin:it:sin - Across The Desert Sands (Umwelt Remix) [LDI]
ELEKTROTECHNIK - Autopilot [Fanzine]
Druum & Melatron - F The Purists [Libertine]
Scan7 - The Resistance (UR Detroit Rusted Metal Mix) [SCAN]
J Cow - A complex range of human emojis [Potatoheadz]
Baobinga - Nukka [Plastic Raygun]
Gearshifter - Have A Nice Day [LaBrat Audiochemicals]
Rhyw - A2FAM14
Your Favorite Martian - Ultraviolet Images [Red Planet]
RADIOACTIVE MAN - MARY ANNE HOBBS ICONS MIX 06.12.24 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th December 2024
British DJ, electronic music producer and audio engineer Radioactive Man aka Keith Tenniswood takes over the decks for this week's ICONS mix.
Radioactive Man - Colourful Language [Asking for Trouble]
Cyborg Nerve - Cyborg Nerve [Cyphon Recordings]
Radioactive Man - Under The Counter [Asking For Trouble]
Radioactive Man & Ben Pest - A Gentleman From London Was Very Upset [Asking For Trouble]
Computor Rockers - Program A Beat [Breakin]
Radioactive Man - Yew Got 2 B Yew [Asking For Trouble]
Clarence G - 'Cause I Said It Right [Clone]
Decent Damage - Popular [Off Me Nut]
R.M.K. - Chengs Garden Avoidant [Avoidant]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 33 - 4. STEPHEN O'MALLEY (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th November 2024
From Judas Priest to Gene Autry, with some Scott Walker and The Muppets thrown in, Stephen O'Malley from power ambient drone rockers Sunn O))) shares his First Times with Matt Everitt. This is definitely one for the rock heads!
Sunn O))) - It Took The Night To Believe [Southern Lord]
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare (Single Version) (2003 Remaster) [Rhino/Warner]
Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus [100 Hits]
Slayer - South Of Heaven [American Recordings Catalog P&D]
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law [Legacy Recordings]
Darkthrone - Thulcandra [Peaceville]
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew [Columbia/Legacy]
Miles Davis - Electric Red (Album Version) [Columbia]
Sunn O))) - Black Wedding [Hydra Head]
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls [Blackened Recordings / Universal Music]
Sunn O))) - F.W.T.B.T. [Southern Lord]
Sunn O))) - Rabbits' Revenge [Hydra Head]
Sunn O))) - My Wall [Southern Lord]
John Abercrombie - Waiting [ECM]
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Brando [4AD]
Sunn O))) - Troubled Air [Southern Lord]
Black Sabbath - Hole In The Sky [Sanctuary]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 33 - 3. NUBYA GARCIA (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th November 2024
British jazz musician, composer and bandleader, Nubya Garcia, talks about the pivotal First Times in her life, soundtracked by Esperanza Spalding, Erykah Badu, Sonny Rollins and more!
Nubya Garcia - Triumphance [Concord Jazz]
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds [Island]
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Ornette Coleman - Peace [Warner Jazz]
Herbie Hancock - Chameleon [Columbia/Legacy]
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas [Prestige]
Theon Cross & Moses Boyd - Activate [Gearbox]
The Charles Lloyd Quartet - Tagi [ECM]
Nubya Garcia - Hold (Alternate Take) [Jazz Re:freshed
Erykah Badu - All Night
Nubya Garcia - The Message Continues
Nubya Garcia - La Cumbia Me Está Llamando [Concord Jazz]
Nubya Garcia - The Seer [Concord]
Nubya Garcia (feat. Esperanza Spalding) - Dawn [Concord]
Esperanza Spalding - Precious
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 33 - 2. JAKE SHEARS (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th November 2024
Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears talks about the pivotal First Times in his life with 6 Music's Matt Everitt, soundtracked by Nine Inch Nails, Beck, and The Muppets!
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama [Parlophone]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax [Sony Tv/Columbia]
Willie Nelson - On The Road Again [Columbia]
Bert & Ernie - I Refuse To Sing Along [Sesame Workshop Catalog]
Scissor Sisters - Almost Sorry [Polydor]
The Electric Mayhem - Can You Picture That? [Walt Disney]
Deee‐Lite - Groove Is In The Heart [Telstar]
David Bowie - Fantastic Voyage (2017 Remaster) [Parlophone UK]
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me [Wonderland]
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole [TVT]
Beck - Cellphone's Dead [Interscope]
Scissor Sisters - Bicycling With The Devil
Scissor Sisters - Electrobix [A Touch Of Class]
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb [Polydor]
Scissor Sisters - Laura (Glastonbury 2004)
Scissor Sisters - Fire With Fire [Polydor]
Mega Bog - Cactus People [Mexican Summer]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 33 - 1. KATE NASH (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th November 2024
6 Music's Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists revealing the pivotal moments and songs that shaped their lives and their careers.
Kate Nash reveals her musical firsts and talks looking after her fans at gigs, the hardships of the live music scene today, and how OnlyFans is financing her latest tour! With music from Nirvana, Connie Constance, Britney Spears, and more.
Kate Nash - Millions Of Heartbeats [Kill Rock Stars]
Harry Nilsson - The Puppy Song [Atlantic]
Harry Nilsson - Without You [Old Gold]
Spice Girls - Wannabe [Sony Music TV]
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time [Virgin]
The Dubliners - Spancil Hill [Arran]
RTÉ Concert Orchestra & David Brophy & Bill Whelan - Reel Around The Sun [UMC - Decca Gold]
Ms. Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee [Now]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [DGC]
Kate Nash - Caroline's A Victim [Polydor]
Kate Nash - Foundations [Fiction]
Kate Nash - Conventional Girl [Dine Alone Music]
Connie Constance - Mood Hoover [Play It Again Sam]
FRED DEAKIN - FREDMIX16 (THIS IS PEDAGOGICAL POP) (320kbs/254mb/1hr51mins)
freddeak.in download: 24th December 2024
Jake Xerxes Russell - Leaving Here Don't Know Where I'm Going
Cabin Luv Affair - Time Is Killing Us
Tartan - Orleans
Fred Fisher Atalobour - W.T.F.S.
Magic Wand - Shish Balearic
Celine Dion - Think Twice (Kindness Remix)
Soul Media - Breeze
The Weathermen - On The Borderline
Fun Kool (Feat. Bcleo & Anna Dee Tee) - Policy Aziendale
George Otsuka Quintet - Loving You
Bibleways - Thank You Lord
Lulu - I Love To Boogie
Strictly Butters - Loud And Clear
Shep Cooke - Pretty Saro
Blackfoot Sue - Summer (From The Summer Suite)
D.D. Mirage - Night Time
Lonnie Liston Smith - Divine Light
The Basic - Milk
Midnight Runners - I Like Funky
Light Of The World - Get On Board
Change Boys (Feat. Ndiaxo Dal Jaam) - Jaar Jaar Dub
Demuir - In Awe Of You
Super Flu - Believe
Margie Cox - Standing At The Altar
Ramsey Lewis - Breaker Beat
Reptile Youth - Speed Dance
Casino Boy - Honesty
Sound Support - Nobody Knows
Romanelli - Connecting Flight
Hozan Yamamoto, Masahiko Togashi, Yosuke Yamashita - Breath Prologue
Jazzanova - The Siren's Call
The Polyversal Souls - Sad Nile
Electrelane - Film Music
Quincy Jones - Soul Full Of Gold
John Beltran - Outro
Stacey Kidd - Body Jerkin'
Marco Lys & Ben Miller - Give It To Me
Lindsay Buckingham - Trouble
Makoto Matsushita - Business Man (Part One)
Scruscru - Primavera
Kim Yaffa - Once Bitten Twice Shy
Paul McCartney - When Winter Comes (Anderson. Paak & Mac DeMarco Remix)
Peter Skellern - A Shadow Of A Dream
Marika Hackman - The Girl Who Fell To Earth
THE MORNING AFTER MIX - IT'S A MERRY MORNING AFTER MIX CHRISTMAS, BABY! (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2024
Ring them bells for this curated Christmas special Morning After Mix featuring Khurangbin, James Brown and Phoebe Bridgers.
Marvin Gaye - Purple Snowflakes [Motown]
The Sha La Das - She La Da La La
Beach House - I Do Not Care For Winter [Bella Union]
Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again [EMI]
Chilly Gonzales - Snow Is Falling In Manhattan [Gentle Threat]
Harry Nilsson - Snow (Alternative Version) [RCA]
Sufjan Stevens - Ring Them Bells [Song Music Entertainment/Kinky Boots/Masterworks Broadway]
Bob Dylan - Winterlude [Sony Music]
Low - Just Like Christmas [Jeepster Recordings]
Girl In Red - Two Queens In A King Sized Bed [World In Red]
St. Vincent - Happy Birthday, Johnny [Loma Vista Recordings]
Phoebe Bridgers - Christmas Song [Dead Oceans]
Joni Mitchell - River [Reprise]
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal [Bella Union]
The Unthanks - 2000 Miles [Rabble Rouser Music]
Badly Drawn Boy - Donna And Blitzen [XL Recordings]
Ella Fitzgerald - We Three Kings
Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland [Fontana]
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Sandra Robinson - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year [Trojan]
James Brown - Christmas Is Love
Sharon Jones And The Dap‐Kings - Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects
Prince - Another Lonely Christmas [Warner Bros]
LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart
The Velvet Underground - Jesus
Mazzy Star - Lowers
Broadcast - Winter Now [Warp]
Luke Temple - The Birds Of Late December
Marika Hackman - Driving Under Stars [Transgressive]
Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow
Ike & Tina Turner - Merry Christmas Baby [Rhino]
Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
Sonny Boy Williamson - Santa Claus [Universal Music Group International]
The Drifters - White Christmas [Rhino]
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here [Craft Recordings]
THE MORNING AFTER MIX - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd December 2023
Two hours of alternative Christmas treats to ease you through the festive period featuring Maple Glider, Rotary Connection and SZA. Hit subscribe to get new Morning After Mix playlists every week.
Marika Hackman - Winter Wonderland
Phoebe Bridgers - Christmas Song [Dead Oceans]
Khruangbin - Christmas Time Is Here [Dead Oceans]
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal [Sub Pop]
HAIM - Hallelujah [Polydor]
Lou Rawls - Christmas Will Really Be Christmas
SZA - Snooze [Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA]
FINNEAS - Another Year
The Staves - Home Alone Too [Atlantic]
Elliott Smith - Angel In The Snow
Lisa Hannigan - Snow
Glasvegas - A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like A Kiss)
Bob Dylan - Winterlude
Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) [Virgin]
Hania Rani - Silent Night
Adrianne Lenker - Snow Song
Frank Ocean (feat. John Mayer) - White
Maple Glider - Mama It's Christmas
Myrkur - Nordlys
Lemonah & Lenny Loops & Intuitive - Snowy Night
Kelly Finnigan - No Time To Be Sad
Mos Def - May-December
Rotary Connection - If Peace Was All We Had
ALISON GOLDFRAPP - 6 MUSIC FESTIVE TAKEOVER (320kbs-m4a/255mb/1hr51mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th December 2023
Alison Goldfrapp, the long-running vocalist of iconic electronic duo Goldfrapp, provides a break from the standard Christmas ballads with two hours of festive, up-tempo electronica and dancefloor grooves.
Fresh from launching her solo career earlier this year with her debut album Love invention, Alison is here with a stocking full of electro bangers to get you moving, so shake off the chaos of the festive season and get dancing!
Expect a real jamboree of great tunes from the likes of Hercules & Love Affair, and Chic and Sylvester, to Peggy Gou, Hot Chip and Kaytranada.
Alison Goldfrapp - Every Little Drop (Edit)
Will Powers - Adventures In Success
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
Kylie Minogue - Tension (Extended Mix)
Disclosure (feat. Zedd) - You've Got To Let Go If You Want To Be Free
RóisÃn Murphy - Foolish
Tame Impala - Breathe Deeper
Inner City - Good Life
New Order - Temptation
Prince - 1999
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Laid Back - White Horse
Kenya Grace - Strangers
MUNA - One That Got Away
Hot Chip - Ends Of The Earth
Kaytranada (feat. Thundercat) - Be Careful
deadmau5 (feat. Kaskade) - I Remember
Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana (Edit)
Alexander Robotnick - Problèmes d'Amour (Ah Ou Ah Version)
Sylvester - I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
Chic - My Forbidden Lover
Gaznevada - I.C. Love Affair
Frank Ocean - Seigfried
Doja Cat - Nunchucks
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
Solange - Sound Of Rain
WAYNE COYNE - 6 MUSIC FESTIVE TAKEOVER (320kbs-m4a/255mb/1hr51mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th December 2023
He's sung about Christmas at the Zoo, covered White Christmas and even starred as alien Santa in the movie Christmas on Mars, so who could be better qualified than Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne to take control of 6 Music's Festive Takeover?
Along the way we can expect music from the likes, of Marvin Gaye, Yoko Ono, Nell, Miley Cyrus and David Bowie, plus stories from across The Flaming Lips 40 years at the heart of the indie music scene.
Produced by Paul Sheehan.
Low - Just Like Christmas
shame - Feliz Navidad [Dead Oceans]
Imagene Peise - Winter Wonderland [Warner Bros.]
Petula Clark - Downtown [EMI]
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? [EMI]
Imagene Peise - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [Warner Bros.]
Yard Act - 100% Endurance [Island]
Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)
Burl Ives - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer [Capitol]
The Organ Keys - Do You Realize [Warner Bros]
Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town [Columbia]
Steven Drozd - Christmas Snowflakes On The Autobahn [Boondice]
Judy Garland - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [Pure Music]
John Lennon - Cold Turkey [Calderstone]
John Lennon & Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [EMI]
Miley Cyrus - Karen Don't Be Sad [RCA]
Vince Guaraldi Trio - The Christmas Song [Fantasy]
John Coltrane - Greensleves [Supreme Media]
Shane MacGowan And The Popes - Christmas Lullaby [EMI Music Australia]
Imagene Peise - Christmas Laughing Waltz [Warner Bros.]
Bee Gees - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You [Universal]
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime [MPL]
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Christmastime In The Mountains [Domino]
The Who - Christmas
Marvin Gaye - Purple Snowflakes [Motown]
The Flaming Lips - A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So) [Warner Bros.]
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy [Telstar]
Big Star - Jesus Christ [Rhino]
Pretenders - 2000 Miles [Virgin]
Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet [GB / Zaleski Enterprises]
ERIC CANTONA - A FREAK ZONE SPECIAL (320kbs-m4a/254mb/1hr51mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th December 2023
Footballing icon Eric Cantona presents a playlist of some of his favourite music, with a particular emphasis on the energy between artist and audience captured in live recordings. Expect music by the likes of Nick Cave, David Bowie, and Daniel Johnson. One of the greatest players of his generation, Cantona has since turned his talents to acting and music, releasing his first single in the summer of 2023 before undertaking a European tour during which he recorded the tracks for his debut album due in 2024. A shorter version of this programme was broadcast as The Freak Zone Playlist in October 2023. This 'director's cut' version includes new stories and additional tracks chosen by Eric.
Éric Cantona - I'll Make My Own Heaven
Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End
The Pogues - Summer In Siam (Live)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - God Is In The House (Live In Paris)
David Bowie & The Tony Visconti Trio - Port Of Amsterdam (Live At The BBC)
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Liam Gallagher - Once (MTV Unplugged Live At Hull City Hall)
Françoise Fabian - La Conversation
Miles Davis - All Of You
The National - Sorrow (Live At Berkeley 2018)
Éric Cantona - The Friends We Lost
Leonard Cohen - The Future
Noir Désir - Si rien ne bouge (Live à l'Elysée Montmartre / Mai 1991)
Manset (feat. Mark Lanegan) - Cover Me With Flowers Of Mauve (Élégie Funèbre 2014)
Sid Vicious - My Way
PJ Harvey - All And Everyone
The Doors - The End (Live Hollywood Bowl 1968)
MARY ANNE HOBBS - IN CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT DEL NAJA FROM MASSIVE ATTACK
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th November 2024
Mary Anne is in conversation with Robert Del Naja from Massive Attack, about The Act 1.5 Climate Action Accelerator, a weekend of live music and events taking place in the city from 28th - 30th November, in which they are performing alongside IDLES and Nile Rogers. The Liverpool concerts are a celebration of the city being named the world's first UN Accelerator City for climate action, promoting sustainability in music.
Killer Mike (feat. Future, André 3000 & Eryn Allen Kane) - Scientists & Engineers [Loma Vista]
Pinch - Qawwali [Planet Mu]
IDLES - Mother (6 Music Session, 02 June 2017)
Björk (feat. Thom Yorke) - Náttúra [Polydor]
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) [Motown]
Objekt - Worm Dance [Kapsela]
Massive Attack - Risingson [Virgin]
Massive Attack - Butterfly Caught (Version Point Five) [Virgin]
Massive Attack - Angel (Blur Remix) [Virgin]
Massive Attack - Future Proof
Massive Attack (feat. Shara Nelson) - Safe From Harm (Just A Dub) [Circa]
Massive Attack & Tracey Thorn - Protection (The Eno Mix) [Circa]
Massive Attack (feat. Tunde Adebimpe) - Pray For Rain [Virgin]
Massive Attack - Teardrop (Mad Professor Mazaruni Vocal Mix)
MARY ANNE HOBBS - ROBERT DEL NAJA PLAYLIST
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th November 2024
Ahead of their Act 1.5 Climate Action Accelerator event in Liverpool Robert Del Naja from Massive Attack compiles a playlist including stunning collaborations, rarities & remixes of the band including tracks with Young Fathers, Sinead O'Connor, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Mos Def.
Massive Attack & Mad Professor - Karmacoma (Bumper Ball Dub) [Virgin]
3D & Young Fathers - Give [Unreleased]
Massive Attack (feat. Guy Garvey) - Fatalism (Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi Remix) [Virgin]
Massive Attack (feat. Terry Callier) - Live With Me (Stripped Back) [Virgin]
3D On Jupiter - 3D On Jupiter (Main Mix) [Battle Box]
Massive Attack (feat. Sinéad O'Connor) - What Your Soul Sings (EP Remix) [Unreleased]
Massive Attack (feat. Martina Topley‐Bird) - Psyche (Fever Ray Remix) [Unreleased]
Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps (Manic Street Preachers Mix) [Circa]
Massive Attack (feat. Yasiin Bey) - I Against I [Virgin]
Massive Attack - Redlight (Clark Remix) [Warp]
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack Remix) [Real World]
Peeping Tom (feat. Massive Attack) - Kill The DJ [Ipecac Recordings]
MASSIVE ATTACK PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th November 2024
Featuring selections from their key albums, dub remixes and collaborators Mad Professor & Horace Andy among others.
Massive Attack & Horace Andy - Five Man Army [Wild Bunch]
Horace Andy - Skylarking (Dub) [Gorgon]
Massive Attack - Group Four (Mad Professor Remix) [Virgin]
Massive Attack - Risingson [Virgin]
Massive Attack & Horace Andy - Hymn Of The Big Wheel [Wild Bunch]
William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You've Got [Polygram Tv]
The Wild Bunch - The Look Of Love [Universal]
Massive Attack - Teardrop [Now]
Massive Attack - Teardrop (Mazarani Dub One) [Universal]
Massive Attack - Wire (Leaping Dub) [Universal]
Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps (State Of Bengal Mix) [Circa]
Massive Attack - Safe From Harm [Virgin]
MASSIVE ATTACK LIVE (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th November 2024
Massive Attack recorded live in concert. Featuring performances from Glastonbury and the Royal Albert Hall.
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (1996)
Massive Attack - Teardrop (1996)
Massive Attack - Safe From Harm (1996)
Massive Attack - Heat Miser (1996)
Massive Attack - Hynm Of The Big Wheel (1996)
Massive Attack - Angel (Royal Albert Hall, London 1998)
Massive Attack - Risingson (Royal Albert Hall, London 1998)
Massive Attack - Man Next Door (Royal Albert Hall, London 1998)
Massive Attack - Daydreaming (Royal Albert Hall, London 1998)
Massive Attack - Mezzanine (Royal Albert Hall, London 1998)
Massive Attack - Eurochild (Radio 1 Session, 21 Feb 1996)
NB: Massive Attack did not perform at Glastonbury in 1996, but did do do in 1997
MASSIVE ATTACK AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th November 2024
Massive Attack live and in conversation at the BBC. Featuring archive 6 Music material and interviews with Matt Everitt, Julie Cullen, Stuart Maconie & Mark Radcliffe. The programme also includes contributions from documentary film maker & Massive Attack collaborator Adam Curtis.
Massive Attack & Elizabeth Fraser - Black Milk [Circa]
Massive Attack - Risingson
The Velvet Underground - I Found A Reason
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Massive Attack - Exchange
Massive Attack - Angel (Mad Professor Remix)
Massive Attack (feat. Tricky) - Inertia Creeps [Circa]
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Massive Attack & Tracey Thorn - Protection
The Archies - Sugar Sugar
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Massive Attack - Angel
Massive Attack - Karmacoma
Massive Attack - Protection
Massive Attack - Teardrop
EDITS EDITS EDITS! (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st December 2024
Expect some DJ special edits on some classic pop, R&B and soul classics courtesy of the likes of Dimitri from Paris, Masters At Work, Bicep, Shanti Celeste, Danny Krivit and more.
Soul Central - Strings Of Life (Danny Krivit Re-Edit)
Janet Jackson & Masters At Work - Go Deep (Masters At Work Vocal Deep Disco Dub)
Dominica - Gotta Let You Go (Bicep Edit)
Destiny's Child - Girl (Junior Vasquez Club Dub)
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Kon's Illvester Feel Reel Remix)
Chaka Khan - Like Sugar (Elliot Adamson Edit)
4hero (feat. Lady Alma) - Hold It Down (Bugz In The Attic's Co-Operative Mix)
Orbital - Are We Here? (30 Something) (Shanti Celeste Edit)
Kerri Chandler & Dennis Quin - You Are In My System (Faster Horses Sport Mix)
Space Jams - What Have You Done For Me Lately (TMB Mix)
3 Winans Brothers & The Clark Sisters - Dance (Louie Vega Dance Ritual Mix)
Mariah Carey - Fantasy (Def Club Mix)
Disko Kidz - I Want To Thank You
Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
DJ ZINC - CLASSIC ESSENTIAL MIX (2009) (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 1st December 2024
Throwback to November 2009, when DJ Zinc dropped two hours of bass-heavy house & jungle!
Geeneus - Get Low [Rinse]
DJ Zinc - Nu Sound [Bingo Bass]
Acid Girls - Lightworks (Harvard Bass Remix) [Iheartcomix]
Tempa T - Boy Off Da Ting (Accapella)
Unknown - Klambu [Unknown]
Unknown - Unknown
Major Lazer - Pon Di Floor (Zinc Edit) [Mad Decent]
JME - Bigup
De Bos - On The Run (Ralvero Get Down Remix)
Unknown - Jazzy Olives
Fake Blood - Dozens (Cheap Thrills) [CDR]
Mike Dunn - Kavalla Funk vs. Deep Down (Zinc Edit) [Defected]
Ramon Tapia - Whats Next [Herzblut]
Yonurican - Boriken Soul [Priti Soul]
Smify & Quiffy - Champion Sound
AGel Abril - Spells Of Yoruba (Accapella) [Defected]
Passion Pit - Little Secrets (Jack Beats Remix) [Columbia]
Unknown - Bad Man Riddim
SonicC - Saiph [Music Response]
trRg - Twilight Riddim (Zinc Can't Mix Edit) [Tempa]
Kid Cudi - Embrace The Martian (Seiji Mix) [Fools Gold]
Zinc & Benga - My DJ
Olivier Giacomotto & DJ T. - Superskank vs. Dis [Riva Starr Mashup]
NG - Tell Me (Zinc Special)
JoeySuki & Laidback, Luke & Apste - Need Your Lovin [Zinc Edit] [Mixmash]
DJ Zinc - Pimp My Ride [Bingo Bass]
Sydney Sampson - Riverside [Data]
Starkillers - B. Ass Trick [Nervous]
Marco del Horno - The Only Way Is Down [Bullet Train]
Chase & Status - Eastern Jam (Kyle Watson Remix) [RAM]
Tom EQ - Funk
DJ Zinc - Horrible [Bingo Bass]
Tempa T - Next Hype (Zinc Instrumental) [CDR]
Major Lazer - When You Hear A Bassline (Tony Senghore's Accapella) [Mad Decent]
Altered Natives - Rass Out
Hard House Banton - Sirens
SonicC - Stickin' [Music Response]
SonicC - Stickin' (Digital Lab Remix) [Music Response]
Snatch - Kewok (Daniel Hakaasman Remix) [Snatch Recordings]
Laidback Luke & Diplo - Hey [Mad Decent]
Laidback Luke & Diplo - Hey (Sydney Sampson Remix) [Mad Decent]
DJ Zinc - Wile Out [Bingo]
Emalkay - When I Look At You (Zinc Edit) [Dub Police]
Hangman - The Shaman (Jundland Wastes Mix)
Roska - Wonderful Day (Zinc Special) [Kicks An Snares]
Laidback Luke & A‐Trak - Shake It Down [White Label]
Oliver $ & Jesse Rose - Got Your Thing (Zinc Edit)
Headhunter - Prototype (Modeselektor Remix) [Tempa]
DJ Zinc & Benga - Number 1 Girls
AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix) [Trouble & Bass]
DJ Zinc - Killa Sound (Accapella) [Bingo Bass]
DJ Zinc - 128 Trek
Gracious Nappa Man K - Migraine Skank (Accapella)
Proxy & No.Lay - Raven (Zinc Special)
Jonny L - Hurt You So
LFO - LFO [Warp]
Bodysnatch - Euphony
Kicks Like A Mule - The Bouncer
Rufige Kru - Terminator
LTJ Bukem - Atlantis [Goodlooking]
Goldie - Inner City Life [London Music Stream/Because Music]
TROPICALIA - REVOLUTION IN SOUND (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd December 2024
Tropicalia was a musical revolution in Brazil.
Singer and journalist Monica Vasconcelos meets the key artists and contemporary champions of Tropicalia - from Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil to Marcos Valle and Talking Heads' David Byrne - and explores its enduring musical and political force.
Burning brightly for only few years in the late 1960s, and politically inspired by the uprisings in Paris in May 68, the Tropicalia movement electrified Brazilian music.
It combined the sophistication of bossa nova, samba and baiao with psychedelia, new Beatles-inspired electric sounds and orchestral experimentation. It was a deliberately subversive mix that provoked the country's military regime and led to the exile and imprisonment of some of Brazil's star musicians.
Tropicalia brought a new wave of liberation and energy into Brazilian music.
Earlier in the decade, bossa nova had captured a mood of national optimism but, as the 1960s wore on, the political situation darkened. The military junta, in power since 1964, was drifting into open repression - the arts would be censored, musicians targeted, imprisoned and exiled. A new, more combative approach was called for.
Tropicalia was based around a core group of musicians – Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, the group Os Mutantes, singer Gal Costa and Tom Ze
It was a mash-up of styles which drew on the country's deep roots but pushed the sound elsewhere, radically.
Harvesting influences from inside and outside Brazil, drawing especially on Western rock, classical orchestration and electronic effects, Tropicalia parodied, mixed and sampled global styles.
Producer: Simon Hollis
A Brook Lapping production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2016.
