God, Pirates And Ovaltineys

GOD, PIRATES AND OVALTINEYS (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd July 2025

Competition between commercial radio and the BBC goes way back before the ship-based pirates of the 1960s.

Between 1920 and the Second World War, Radio Normandy and other Europe-based commercial stations had vast audiences for the likes of Roy Plomley and Christopher Stone - as well as sponsored shows like 'The League of Ovaltineys'.

Sean Street tunes back over time to investigate commercial radio, the BBC and the intense cultural and technical battles between them.

With deep archive featuring pre-war commercials and programme excerpts.

Producer: Julian May

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

A Night Out With: London Elektricity

A NIGHT OUT WITH: LONDON ELEKTRICITY (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th July 2025

Drum and bass mainstay and co-founder of Hospital, London Elektricity (Tony Colman), takes us on a night to the now-closed London club Matter. A small sister club to the better-known Fabric, Matter was situated in Greenwich's O2 Arena and opened in 2008. Throughout his mix, London Elektricity reflects on moments on the Matter dancefloor, playing tracks from DnB heavyweights Breakage and High Contrast, before heading over to Fabric to round the night off.

London Elektricity & Genesis Elijah - Raving All Night [London Elektricity]
London Elektricity - Billion Dollar Gravy [Hospital]
Jaguar Skillz & Conrad Subs - These Sounds Mashup
B-Complex - Beautiful Lies [Hospital]
Riot Jazz Brass Band - Beautiful Lies [Hospital]
Camo & Krooked - Climax [Hospital]
London Elektricity & Genesis Elijah - All On Top [Metalheadz]
Halogenix - Reverie [Gemini Gemini]
Zero T - Come And Represent
Calibre & High Contrast - Mr. Majestic [Harmless]
Breakage - Kill Dem [Digital Soundboy]
Breakage - Rudely Stuff
Daft Punk - One More Time (Unglued Flip) [New State Music]
Pete Heller - Big Love (High Contrast Flip) [High Contrast]
Urban Dawn - Words To Say
Fred V & Grafix - Major Happy [Hospital]
Fred V & Grafix - Major Happy (Frederic Robinson Remix)
London Elektricity - Life Is Beautiful
London Elektricity - Just One Second (Apex Remix) [New State Music]
Netsky - Love Has Gone [Ministry Of Sound Recordings]
Netsky - Love Has Gone (Dub Phizix Remix) [Hospital]
Calibre - Second Sun
DRS & LSB & Tyler Daley - The View [Soul:r]
Calibre - Steptoe
Commix - Be True (Bop Flip) [Mixmag]
Logistics - Together
Marcus Intalex - Outerspace
Hatiras - Spaced Invader (J Majik Remix) [Infrared]
London Elektricity - Hanging Rock (Urbandawn VIP) [Hospital]
Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix) [XL Recordings]
London Elektricity & Gentleman’s Dub Club - Painkiller
Seba & Paradox - Move On [Hospital]
Paradox - Crate Logic [Hospital]
The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Nu:Tone Remix) [White Label]
London Elektricity & Danny Byrd - Echoes In The Dance
London Elektricity - Life Is But A Dream
Breakage - Elmhurst Dub [Hospital]

DJ Rap - Classic Essential Mix (1998)

DJ RAP - CLASSIC ESSENTIAL MIX (1998) (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 13th July 2025

Its back to '98 for two hours of jump up jungle and drum & bass from DJ Rap!

DJ Rap - Bad Girl (Original Mix)
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (Rayner Remix)
Air Movement - Deton
Stormshadow - Omerta (Code Of Silence)
Fibre Optics - Quantize
Interrogator - Trespass
Acetate - Spirit (Ambisonics '98 Remix)
G Squad - Fertile
B.L.I.M & Clinical - Morain
Red One - Strangled Duck
Origin Unknown - Termination
808 State - Pacific (Grooverider's Jeep Mix)
Mampi Swift - Hi Tek
Jonny L - Moving Thru Air (Optical Remix)
Origin Unknown - Broken Road
DJ Freedom - The Zone
Shy FX - Bambaataa
Krust - Unknown
Congo Natty - Champion DJ (97 Remix)
Moving Fusion - Turbulence
DJ Supreme - Submerge
DJ Rap - Representing The DJ
A‐Sides - On The Streets (Kenny Ken Remix)
DJ Rap - Mayday
Ray Keith - India
Flex Camp - Style Warz (Remix)
DJ Reality - Methods
TNT - Another Classic (Remix)
Stakka & K.Tee - Motive
Unknown - Unknown
DJ Rap - Bad Girl (Remix)
DJ Rap - Good To Be Alive (DJ Rap's Alive & Kicking Mix)

Special Request - Essential Mix

SPECIAL REQUEST - ESSENTIAL MIX 12.07.25 (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 12th July 2025

Paul Woolford returns to Radio 1's Essential Mix as Special Request.

Alice Coltrane - Vrindavana Sanchara
Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Children Of The Sun
Don Cherry - Ornette's Influence Part 1
The System - You Are In My System (Kerri Chandler Remix)
Luis Radio - Royale Express
Monty Luke - Fantasms
DJ Delish - Clear The Runway
Underground Resistance - Hard Life
Felipe Gordon - Profundo
MT Close Counters - Lonely Feeling
Bugz In The Attic - Zombie Dub
Bugz In The Attic - Zombie
Bruka Khan - I Know You, I Live You (Refix)
Prana - The Dream (Special Request)
Sunship & Warrior Queen - Almighty Father (Solid Grooves Mix)
KW Griff & Porkchop - Bring In The Katz
Special Request & JT & Chez Damier - Speechless Edit
Impérieux - Cawuso
Sterling Void - It's Alright
Miki Afflick & DJ Cuba - Life In Cuba (Beatdown Mix)
Peven Everett - Inspiration (Timmy Regisford & Adam Rios Mix)
Seiji - Come On Everybody
Cardozo - Hurting My Feet
Olof Dreier & Divacruz - Acuyuye
Lory D - Deep Acoustic
Marie Davidson - YAAM Acapella
Mano de Fuego - Sol (UR)
Blue Terra - Ooze (Sarah Farina Remix)
DJ Rod Lee & Special Request - You DGAF
DJ Technics & Steve Poindexter - Computer Madness (Refix)
Jamal Moss - The Lust Within
Bladerunner - Rave Machine VIP
Rufige Kru & CASISDEAD - Still The Same (SR VVIP)
Conrad Subs - Revisit The Sound
Tim Reaper & Kloke - Blood Pressure
Special Request - Eye Contact
Seiji - Chiggy Time
Conrad Subs - Locked In
Face Of Another - Hardcore (DDS)
Chimeira - Deeper Life (Bladerunner Remix)
Autechre - Spl47 (Warp)
Russell Haswell - Ambient Takedown (Special Request Edit)
Mount Kimbie - Shipwreck (Special Request Remix)

Adrian Sherwood - Mary Anne Hobbs End Of Days Selection

ADRIAN SHERWOOD - MARY ANNE HOBBS END OF DAYS SELECTION (320kbs-m4a/24mb/10mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th July 2025

Adrian Sherwood, the legendary producer and creative force behind the On-U Sound label, selects an End of Days track for future generations ahead of the release of his his first solo album in thirteen years, The Collapse of Everything. As founder and sole producer of the legendary On-U Sound label he has brought the attention of artists like African Head Charge, New Age Steppers, Dub Syndicate, Creation Rebel and Tackhead to the fore, and produced or remixed everyone from The Slits to Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode to The Fall, Blur to Einstürzende Neubauten.

Adrian Sherwood - The Collapse Of Everything [On-U Sound]
Junior Byles - Fade Away
Junior Byles - Beat Down Babylon
Junior Byles - Heart And Soul

Pinch - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs Celebrating 20 Years Of Tectonic

PINCH - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF TECTONIC 18.07.25 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 18th July 2025

Tectonic, the electronic music label run by Bristol DJ and producer Pinch, is releasing a compilation to mark its 20th anniversary.

Tectonic Sound features 24 new cuts by long-time affiliates of the label, in addition to some new faces. Among the artists who have contributed tracks to the release are Peverelist, Shed, Coki, 2562, Sophia Loizou, Appleblim, Flora Yin Wong and Pinch himself.

Founded by Pinch (Rob Ellis) the label Tectonic has been a beacon for early pioneering dubstep releases since 2005.

Kahn & Neek - Motion Light [Tectonic]
Pinch (feat. Trim) - All Man Got (2025 VIP) [Unreleased]
L‐Vis 1990 - Low Pulse
Pinch & Neffa-T - This Is, This Isn't [Tectonic]
Distance - Feel Me (2025 VIP) [Unreleased]
Tommy Jackson - Get Dangerous
SICARIA - Rhassoul [Tectonic]
Kryptic Minds - Askum [Tectonic]
Bodhi - Bellcurve
Dayzero - Remains
Decibel - Whirl [Tectonic]
RIPS - Donkin Donuts
Various Artists - What's That Creeping
Skream - Rottan [Tempa]
Peverelist - Feel Something [Tectonic]
re:ni - Sunrise On The Superloop [Tectonic]
Elbarto - Snake Biz
Ipman - IPA [Tectonic]
The Cult - Voice Of The Tribe
Axle - Chance Encounter [SPE:C]
Joe Milli - Patience
RSD - Forward Youth [Tectonic]
V.I.V.E.K - Gone W3st [Tectonic]
Pinch - Tectonic Sound [Tectonic]
FJAAK & J. Manuel - Binder [Tectonic]
Om Unit - Strobes (The Warning) [Tectonic]

Caribou - Live The Park Stage Glastonbury 2025

CARIBOU - LIVE THE PARK STAGE GLASTONBURY 2025 (320kbs-m4a/46mb/20mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th June 2025

Caribou - Never Come Back (Glastonbury 2025)
Caribou - Volume (Glastonbury 2025)
Caribou - Drum Jam (Glastonbury 2025)
Caribou - Broke My Heart (Glastonbury 2025)
Caribou - Honey (Glastonbury 2025)

The Prodigy - Live Other Stage Glastonbury 2025

THE PRODIGY - LIVE OTHER STAGE GLASTONBURY 2025 (320kbs-m4a/168mb/1hr13mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th June 2025

The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Omen (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Light Up The Sky (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Climbatize/Warriors Dance (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Omen Reprise/Firestarter (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Roadblox (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Poison (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - No Good (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Get Your Fight On (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Their Law (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Breathe (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Smack (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - We Live Forever (Glastonbury 2025)
The Prodigy - Out Of Space (Glastonbury 2025)

Ringo Starr At The BBC

RINGO STARR AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 5th July 2025

A look back at the life and times of Ringo Starr as he celebrates his 85th birthday. In conversation with Alan Freeman, Brian Matthew, Beatles press officer Derek Taylor, Paul Gambaccini and John Wilson.

Featuring performances from The Beatles' early Light Programme broadcasts and a wide range of conversations from the BBC Archive. Ringo recalls his Liverpool childhood, discovering drumming, coping with superstardom, being a Beatle and an ex-Beatle, his acting career and emergence as a solo star in the 1970's before becoming one of the rock world's elder statesmen.

Throughout this incredible journey - which has taken him all the way from Liverpool's Madryn Street to receiving a knighthood at Buckingham Palace, Sir Richard Starkey has retained his dry sense of humour and a sense of amazement at a life spent in the spotlight.

The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends [EMI]
The Beatles - Boys (Pop Go The Beatles, BBC Light Programme, June 1963) [Capitol/Universal]
The Beatles - I Wanna Be Your Man (From Us To You, BBC Light Programme, March 1964) [EMI]
The Beatles - Help [Parlophone]
The Beatles - Honey Don't [Parlophone]
The Beatles - Act Naturally [Parlophone]
The Beatles - The End (Abbey Road) [EMI]
Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna [Parlophone]
Ringo Starr - Only You (And You Alone) [Parlophone]
Ringo Starr - Photograph [Capitol]
Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8 [Capitol/Apple]
Ringo Starr - Sentimental Journey [Apple]
The Beatles - Rain [Parlophone]
The Beatles - Goodnight [EMI]

Sound Of Cinema - 473. The Death Of The Superhero

SOUND OF CINEMA - 473. THE DEATH OF THE SUPERHERO (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 19th July 2025

As new 'Superman' and 'Fantastic Four' films are released, Matthew Sweet asks if the Superhero cycle, having dominated cinema so long, has reached its end; and what role do superhero movies have when the post world war order that the superhero embodied is breaking apart?

Matthew's chosen soundtracks include music from the new Superman film, Batman, The Avengers, Spiderman and Thor.

Neal Hefti - Batman TV Series (1966) - Batman Theme [20th Century Fox]
John Williams - Superman (1978) - Main Title & Love Theme [Varèse Sarabande]
Hans Zimmer - Man Of Steel (2018) - What Are You Going To Do When You Are Not Saving the World? [WaterTower Music]
David Fleming - Superman (2025) - Home [Troll Court / WaterTower Music]
Patrick Doyle - Thor (2011) - Frost Giant Battle [Buena Vista]
Alan Silvestri - The Avengers (2012) - Main Theme [Hollywood]
Henry Jackman - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) - Taking A Stand [Hollywood]
Daniel Pemberton - Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018) - For The Love Of MJ / Saying Goodbye / The Amazing Spiderman [Sony Classical]
Pinar Toprak - Captain Marvel (2019) - This Isn't Goodbye / Captain Marvel [Hollywood]
Laura Karpman - Captain America: Brave New World (2025) - The Island / One Down [Hollywood]
Michael Giacchino - Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) - Main Theme [Hollywood]

Sound Of Cinema - 472. Philip K. Dick

SOUND OF CINEMA - 472. PHILIP K. DICK (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 12th July 2025

Matthew Sweet on soundtracks for films inspired by the science-fiction writer, Philip K Dick, such as Total Recall and Blade Runner. The Prom on 22 July also features a new BBC Commission by Mark Simpson, ZEBRA (or, 2-3-74: The Divine Invasion of Philip K. Dick’), inspired by his work.

Vangelis - Blade Runner (1982) - Main Titles [EastWest U.K.]
Thomas Newman - The Adjustment Bureau (2011) - None Of Them Are You + The Ripples Must Be Endless [Relativity Music Group]
John Williams - Minority Report (2002) - Main Title [DreamWorks]
Jerry Goldsmith - Total Recall (1990) - The Implant + The Mutant [Quartet]
Jerry Goldsmith - Total Recall (1990) - The Dream [Quartet]
Harry Gregson‐Williams - Total Recall (2012) - The Dream [Madison Gate]
Ólafur Arnalds - Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017) - Suite [Madison Gate]
Hans Zimmer - Blade Runner 2049 (2017) - Blade Runner [Epic]
Dominic Lewis - The Man In The High Castle (2015) - Alternate Outcome [Varèse Sarabande]

The Recording Angel w⧸ The Avalanches #15

THE RECORDING ANGEL W⧸ NUMERO GROUP 02.07.25 (256kbs-m4a/109mb/59mins)
NTS Radio broadcast: 2nd July 2025

The Avalanches are thrilled to welcome Numero Group co-founder Ken Shipley as special guest on this month's show. Ken will be playing some of his all time favorite (+ upcoming) Numero releases. The hugely influential and much revered archival label has been responsible for the recovery and restoration of thousands upon thousands of musical classics, curios and ephemera, + has been sampled by Drake, Travis Scott, Kanye West, Lizzo, Pusha T, The Avalanches & Solange.

Eptones - Ten Compasión
Cele Dee - Closer
Randall Stephens - Golden Strings
Macha - Sama Sama
New Jordonaires - It's Alright
Mark A. Mitchell - How Can I?
Karate - Rattle The Pipes
Tirez Tirez - Story Of The Year
The Awakening - Gotta Do Something
Richard Bowen - Mystery
Todd Dunlap - No Dreams
Pennikurvers - Heliotrope
The Kynds - So If Someone Sends You Flowers Babe
The C.O.D.'s - Gimme Your Love
Cathy Hamer - The Hurt Is Still There
Julie Doiron & Chris Sheppard - Everybody Misses You

Thanx frazered

Eastern Bloc Records Presents - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

EASTERN BLOC RECORDS PRESENTS - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 11.07.25 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 11th July 2025

Eastern Bloc Records is a hugely popular and highly influential, independent dance record store that has been open since 1985, making it the longest-running shop of its kind in Manchester City Centre. They are a dance music specialist catering for house, breaks, techno, dubstep and drum and bass from accessible to underground.

Shed - Estrange [Osgut Ton]
Millsart - Theme From Star Child [Axis]
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray [Warlock]
Theo Parrish - Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix) [Third Ear Recordings]
Pépé Bradock - Deep Burnt [Atavisme]
Pépé Bradock - Life [Atavisme]
Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak II / II [Basic Channel]
Wax - WAX20002B [Wax]
Underground Resistance - Transition [Underground Resistance]
Deeon - 2-B-Free [Dance Mania]
DJ Hell - My Definition Of House Music (Resistance D Remix) [R&S]
Kieran Jandu - Back To Mine [Forthcoming]
T++ - Allied [Erosion]
Marcus Intalex - Dusk [Soul:R]
Basic Channel - Octagon [Basic Channel]
Appleblim - Vansan [Skull Disco]
Toasty - Like Sun [Hot Flush]
Goldie Presents Rufige Kru - Terminator [Reinforced]
Equinox - Acid Rain VIP (Breakage Final Chapter Mix) [Planet Mu]
8ball - Total Kontrolz [Grade 10]
808 State - Pacific State (12" Version) [Creed]

A Long Walk With...Tracey Thorn

A LONG WALK WITH...TRACEY THORN (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd July 2025

First broadcast in 2018, Janice Long takes a walk with one of the finest voices in the country, Tracey Thorn.

They hear some songs off her solo album 'Record', and others, with references to the places they visit, her family history and early gigs as both a performer and music fan attendee.

For four decades Tracey Thorn has been one half of worldwide best sellers Everything But The Girl, an acclaimed writer and journalist, wise woman of social media, solo artist and vocalist, who everyone from Paul Weller to Massive Attack wants on their tracks.

Tracey is an enchanting and fascinating guide as they walk around the streets, churches and music venues of North London and Soho. These include Ronnie Scott's, The Hope and Anchor, The Lyceum on The Strand and St. Martin's Church in Gospel Oak where her parents and grand parents were married - described by the architectural expert and historian Nikolaus Pevsner as 'one of the craziest of London's Victorian Churches'.

Everything But The Girl - Driving
Tracey Thorn - Smoke
Tracey Thorn - Kentish Town [Buzzin' Fly]
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Suburban Relapse [Polydor]
Marine Girls - On My Mind [Cherry Red]
Massive Attack - Protection [Wild Bunch]
Steel Pulse - Sound Check (Live) [Warner Bros]
The Go‐Betweens - Head Full Of Steam [Beggars Banquet]
Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded [Virgin]
Tracey Thorn - Dancefloor [Unmade Road]
Everything But The Girl – Love Is Here Where I Live [Blanco Y Negro]

Archive On 4: Wonderlands

ARCHIVE ON 4: WONDERLANDS (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 22nd June 2024

Long ago, in a land not far away, children's books were a neglected corner of the book world - marginalised, unimportant, an afterthought.

Today, one in every three books sold in the UK is a children's book. We're spending more money on children's books than ever before and an increasing number of adults turned to children's fiction for comfort reading in lockdown.

Writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce explores how and why books for children have become central to our reading culture.

It's a Cinderella story - a tale of humble beginnings, unexpected transformations and glittering success.

We have a rich and deep children's book culture, going back to the classics like Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and The Railway Children - stories which still live with us, adapting and evolving for new generations.

Frank explores where they come from and how two World Wars and societal change in the 1960s shaped children's books, and our understanding of childhood itself. He explores the spectacular success of bestselling novels by JK Rowling and Phillip Pullman at the turn of the Millennium, which rocket-fuelled children's publishing.

Traditionally we've preferred to see children's books as historic and separate from the wider culture but in fact, says Frank, writing for children has always been deeply engaged with society.

From Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, through to Malorie Blackman's best-selling Noughts and Crosses series, these authors create mirrors for young readers to reflect on life's big questions.

As Philip Pullman says, "There are some subjects which are too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book."

With contributions from:

* Cressida Cowell
* Phillip Pullman
* Robert Macfarlane
* Jacqueline Wilson
* Onjali Rauf
* Patrice Lawrence
* Dapo Adeola
* Aimée Felone
* Barry Cunningham
* Andy Miller
* SF Said
* Professor Karen Coats
* David Fickling

Readers in order of appearance:

* Ali
* Teddy
* Matthew
* Elysia
* Helena
* Isabelle

Producers: Melissa FitzGerald and Sarah O'Reilly

A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2022.

Desert Island Discs: Noel Gallagher

DESERT ISLAND DISCS: NOEL GALLAGHER (320kbs-m4a/99mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 19th July 2015

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the musician, Noel Gallagher.

He was the principal songwriter of the band Oasis - his younger brother, Liam was the lead singer. Born to Irish parents, as a child he spent his summers visiting his mother's family in rural County Mayo, in sharp contrast to the Manchester council estate where they lived. He taught himself to play the guitar and loved music: he was road manager for the Inspiral Carpets before joining Liam in Oasis.

Their debut album in 1994 marked the beginning of the band's rise to fame as part of the Britpop movement. In 1996 they played in front of 250,000 fans over two consecutive nights at Knebworth and following the Labour landslide in 1997, Noel attended what became known as the Cool Britannia party held in Downing Street by Tony Blair. Oasis won six BRIT Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards before disbanding in August 2009.

He's since formed his own band - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Be My Baby by The Ronettes - CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE
On the Road by Jack Kerouac - BOOK CHOICE
Guitar and plectrum - LUXURY ITEM

Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant [Virgin]
David Bowie - Let's Dance [EMI]
Pink Floyd - Nobody Home [EMI]
The Smiths - Hand In Glove [Warner]
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Original Mix) [CD Pool]
U2 - With Or Without You [Island]
The Ronettes - Be My Baby [ABKCO]
The Beatles - Ticket To Ride [Parlophone]

This Cultural Life - 127. Steve Reich

THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 127. STEVE REICH (320kbs-m4a/98mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 19th June 2025

Composer Steve Reich is one of the most influential musicians of modern times. In the 1960s he helped rewrite the rules of composition, using analogue tape machines to experiment with rhythm, repetition and syncopation. As the godfather of musical minimalism, his influence on Philip Glass, David Bowie, Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, and many other composers, has been enormous. Countless dance music producers also owe a debt to pieces including It's Gonna Rain, Drumming, Different Trains and Music for 18 Musicians. His music has been performed in concert halls all around the world, and his many awards include three Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize, the Polar Prize for Music and the Premium Imperiale.

Steve Reich tells John Wilson how, at the age of 14, three very different recordings awoke his interest in music: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Bach's 5th Brandenburg Concerto, and a piece of bebop jazz featuring saxophonist Charlie Parker, trumpeter Miles Davis and drummer Kenny Clarke. Inspired to start a jazz quintet of his own, Reich began to study percussion before enrolling in a music history course at Cornell University. It was here he discovered the music of Pérotin, the 12th century French composer associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris. His beautiful sustained harmonies had a profound influence on Reich's own compositions, including Four Organs (1970) and Music for 18 Musicians (1976). Steve Reich also explains the significance of two books on his music; Studies in African Music by A.M. Jones and Music in Bali by Colin McPhee, both of which led to a greater understanding of music from parts of the world where music is passed down aurally rather than through notation.

Producer: Edwina Pitman
Additional recording: Laura Pellicer

The Rest Is History - James Bond

THE REST IS HISTORY - JAMES BOND (320kbs-m4a/119mb/52mins)
BBC Sounds podcast: 27th September 2021

What do the history and evolution of Ian Fleming's iconic character tell us about our changing society?

Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland explore 007 in both book and cinematic form.

Four Tet & CamelPhat - Essential Mix At Glastonbury 2025

FOUR TET & CAMELPHAT - ESSENTIAL MIX 28.06.25 (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 28th June 2025

A special Essential Mix with Four Tet at Arcadia and CamelPhat on the Lonely Hearts stage at Glastonbury 2025.

FOUR TET - ARCADIA
S-X - Woooo (KH Edit)
Casey Club - Brostep Flow [Ukf]
Flava D - Energy
Skrillex (feat. Bia) - Unknown
Imogen Heap - Headlock (Mr. Figz Remix) [Columbia]
Schusta - Going Strange [Special Series]
Champion & Denham Audio & Bklava - Set Me Free
Sammy Virji & Interplanetary Criminal - Damager (Hamdi Edit)
NuBass - Automatic [Monta]
Joy Orbison - The Ray Tune
Four Tet - 140Eye
Klint - Cheetah [Kowboi]
Skrillex & Blawan - Unknown
The Prodigy - Out Of Space [XL Recordings]
Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy
Tony Romera - 2009
Baby Ford - Normal (AFX Helston Flora Remix) [Rephlex]
So Solid Crew - Oh No (Sentimental Things) (KH Edit)
Two Shell - Finding My Spirit

CAMELPHAT - SILVER HAYES, LONELY HEARTS CLUB
Blackchild (ITA) - Nothing Better Than Music (Dub) [Defected]
Solomun & Jain - Tout Le Monde Est Fou (Victor Garde Edit)
Felix Da Housecat (feat. Miss Kittin) - Silver Screen Shower Scene (Alexander Delanois Private Mix)
Shakedown - At Night (Anyma & Layton Giordani Remix) [Defected]
Unknown - Unknown
Wallace - Willow [Cwpt]
CamelPhat - NYP2 [Nervous]
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Acapella)
Mau P - MERTHER [Defected]
REBRN - For Your Head [Diynamic]
Samantha Loveridge - Backtrack Blow Up (Max Styler Remix) [When Stars Align]
Clüb De Combat - House Anthem [Diynamic]
CamelPhat & Anyma - The Sign (Kevin De Vries Remix) [Afterlifeinterscope]
Planet Funk - Chase The Sun [Bustin' Loose]
CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola [Defected]
New Order - Blue Monday [Factory (Warner Music)]

Richard Russell - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

RICHARD RUSSELL - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 04.07.25 (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th July 2025

Multi-talented producer and owner of XL Recordings Richard Russell throws down this week's 6 Mix ahead of his performance at Manchester International Festival with his ever-evolving collaborative music project Everything Is Recorded.

Don Cherry - Egonogo
Sean O'Hagan & Stereolab - Metronomic Underground [Duophonic]
Anika - Yang Yang [Invada]
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Great Lives - Marty Feldman

GREAT LIVES - ANNIE NIGHTINGALE CBE ON MARTY FELDMAN (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th June 2025

BBC Radio 1's legendary DJ Annie Nightingale CBE argues for the genius of the manic, bulbous-eyed comic and writer Marty Feldman.

Annie explains to Francine Stock how Marty's special brand of anarchic humour has been somewhat overlooked in comedy history as one of the greats.

Finding fame on UK radio and TV in the early 1970s, he eventually landed film roles in Hollywood.

Marty Feldman's friend, colleague and associate - Barry Cryer OBE is the expert witness.

Producer John Byrne

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2006.

Great Lives - Richey Edwards Of The Manic Street Preachers

GREAT LIVES - KEVIN CUMMINS ON RICHEY EDWARDS OF THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS (320kbs-m4a/64mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 21st April 2025

Richey was, beautiful says Cummins, a natural icon and a gift to photograph. He also believes his writing has been overshadowed by the fact of his disappearance in 1995. "I think nobody has looked beyond that for quite a long time."

Manic Street Preachers biographer, Simon Price, also knew Richey Edwards and says he was "the most intelligent rock star I've ever met".

This programme covers alcoholism, anorexia, and self-harm, but it also celebrates Richey's sensitivity and, as Price says, the fact that he is one of those "icons of alienation" like Ian Curtis and Kurt Cobain who will always be there for people to discover the genius of his work".

Presented by Matthew Parris and produced for BBC Studios by Ellie Richold.

Great Lives - George Harrison

GREAT LIVES - MARK BILLINGHAM CHOOSES GEORGE HARRISON (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 3rd February 2025

George Harrison was a musician, singer and songwriter who became one of the most famous people in the world as one quarter of the Beatles. That alone would merit a place in the Great Lives pantheon, but his work in the decades after the band broke up indicates a man of diverse and arguably underestimated talents.

Erupting onto the pop music scene in the 1960's, the Beatles' success was swift and dizzying; and for the rather private George, sometimes dubbed 'the quiet Beatle', this celebrity and adulation seems to have never quite sat comfortably. Nevertheless, he became a musical icon: responsible for a captivating collection of songs, from those he wrote with the Beatles through to his solo work; collaborating with a host of international artists; popularising Indian music and instruments; and even venturing into the movie-making business. At the same time, like many others thrust into the spotlight, George appears to have struggled with balancing success and the celebrity lifestyle with a more meaningful and spiritual existence.

This tension and how it drove George Harrison as an artist is part of what attracts crime writer, occasional musician and self-professed Beatles fanatic Mark Billingham to his story, and why he's nominated him today. Also in the studio to offer her insights is Dr Holly Tessler, a senior lecturer in music industries at the University of Liverpool, where she leads their MA programme: 'Beatles, Music Industry and Heritage'.

Presented by Matthew Parris and produced for BBC Studios Audio by Lucy Taylor.