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ALTERN 8 - PHONES DOWN FINALE MIX (320kbs-m4a/55mb/24mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th December 2021
Electronic rave legends Altern-8 finish the show with a ravey Phones Down Finale Mix.
MASC - Morse Code
Rebūke & Modular Expansions - Cubes (Rebuke Remix)
Bump & Chambray - I'm Rushing (Chambray Remix) [Food Music]
Shadow Child & Doorly - Piano Weapon [Polydor]
Unit 2 & KiNK - Sunshine (KiNK Remix) [Running Back]
Bodhi & Shadow Child & S.P.Y. - 88 (Shadow Child & S.P.Y Remix) [Food Music]
Mak & Pasteman - My MPC [Food Music]
DJ's Unite & Rebūke - Volume 1 (Rebuke Remix)
SL2 & Shadow Child - DJs Take Control (Shadow Child Remix) [Food Music]
Mac & Ward & Shadow Child - Ebony (Shadow Child Bak 2 Skool Extended Mix) [Food Music]
Chambray - Yuu (Instrumental) [GND]
LOSE YOURSELF WITH... NIGHTMARES ON WAX (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd January 2022
Nightmares on Wax explores Freedom as a destination and what that entails through music.
Jules Brenna - Paragons Of Bliss [Scruffy Soul Recordings]
Chris Dawkins - Soul Treasures [Released]
El Michels Affair & Liam Bailey - Awkward (Take 2) [Big Crown]
Harry Griffiths - Fort U Were Sound [Deep Heads]
Akimbo - Gaya [Earth Night]
6th Borough Project - Back Where It All Began (The James L'Estraunge Orchestra Remix) [Roar Groove]
Maze - Happy Feelin's (AGFA REDUX) [Fort Knox Recordings]
Naná Vasconcelos - A Day In The Amazon /Um Dia No Amazonas [Hemisphere]
DR.M∆D & Megiapa - Beyond The Sun [Cosmic Compositions]
DR.M∆D & Megiapa & Nightmares On Wax - So Here We Are [Warp]
The Emotions - As Long As I Got You (The Reflex Revision) [The Emotions]
Searchlight (Feat. Tolü Makay) - Breathe [Fallen Tree 1Hundred / 1HX]
AGENTS OF TIME - RADIO 1'S WIND DOWN PRESENTS... AFTERLIFE (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 5th February 2022
Italian duo Agents of Time are in the mix, bringing you an hour of music to unwind to.
Rival Consoles - I Like [Erased Tapes]
Agents Of Time - Untitled
Renwartherger - Lifelike [Bulletdogde]
Yann Tiersen - Ker Al Loch (Beatrice Dillon Remix) [Mute]
Moderate Kingdom - 1990
Abysso - Anthem
Monkey Safari & Borneo - Aduna [Hommage]
Agents Of Time - The King Of Our Days [Rumors]
Agents Of Time - Northern Lights [Afterlife]
Agents Of Time - Untitled
Agents Of Time - Untitled
Max Cooper - Phi [Phi]
Aljosha Konstanty & Liam Thomas - Purple [Monstercat]
Agents Of Time - Untitled [Afterlife]
WILLIAM ORBIT - RADIO 1'S WIND DOWN PRESENTS... ANJUNADEEP (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 4th December 2021
Music designed to unwind the mind. William Orbit shapes a stunning soundtrack for Anjunadeep.
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (Feat. Dawn Upshaw) - Symphony No.3, Op.36 [Warner]
Nox Vahn (Feat. Mimi Page) - Dream Of Love [Anjunadeep]
Jon Hopkins - Second Sense [Just Music]
Bear McCreary - Memories Of My Mother (God Of War) [Sony]
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Version) [Mute]
Trio Mediæval - Just (After Song Of Songs) [Milan]
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Snegourotchka [Malibran]
William Orbit - Wordsworth [Anjunadeep]
William Orbit (Feat. Lido Pimienta) - Águilas [Anjunadeep]
Elizabeth Taylor & John Barry - London At Dawn (William Wordsworth) [Fantastic Voyage]
William Orbit - Starbeam [Anjunadeep]
Michael Stearns - Baraka (Soundtrack) [Milan]
Above & Beyond - Sun In Your Eyes (William Orbit Remix) [Anjunabeats]
Daniel Pemberton - The Skylab Plan [Back Lot Music]
Jamshied Sharifi - Mariama (Mashti Remix) [Kiah Keya]
Rue Du Soleil - In My Heart [Cafe Del Mar Music]
Sumio Shiratori - Muumimusiikkia [Moomin Music]
Wojciech Kilar - A Retour À La Maison [Milan Classics]
Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Ferryboat [Embryo]
Aphex Twin - We Are The Music Makers [BMG]
Brian Eno - Light Legs [Universal]
Burial - Come Down To Us [Hyperdub]
THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 12. STING (320kbs-m4a/96mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 25th December 2021
As leader of rock band The Police, and as a multiple-Grammy winning solo artist, Sting has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide over his four decade career. In conversation with John Wilson, Sting explores some of the people and places that helped shape his creativity. He recalls his working class upbringing in the Tyneside shipbuilding communities, and how hearing The Beatles inspired his musical ambitions as a child. Sting explains why, at the height of their international success, he split The Police in the mid-eighties. He also reveals how Miles Davis and other jazz musicians, and classical composers including Bach and Prokofiev, inspired his new musical direction as a solo artist.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
ARCHIVE ON 4: THAT'S EDUTAINMENT! (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd February 2022
Are the values of education and entertainment truly compatible? Matthew Sweet asks if learning can or should be fun.
When we watch a high-end TV documentary do we learn anything? Or do we simply think we have? With lessons from the archive, this is an hour long look at the links between education and fun.
We attend Radio 4's King Street Junior for a historical re-enactment and go down Sesame Street, an early example of edutainment that worked. A 1970's adult education series called On the Move, with a young Bob Hoskins playing a removal man who has trouble reading and writing, helped enormous numbers of people with literacy problems. It accidentally became cult viewing in the process.
The same cult status was accorded to the first late night Open University broadcasts, although the values of good television and undergraduate teaching initially clashed, sometimes about the appropriate colour of shirts.
In his capacity as academic, Matthew talks to Dr Fern Riddell, whose PhD he supervised. Fern chose broadcasting and writing rather than lecturing or teaching as a career and she explains how injecting historical authenticity into TV dramas like Ripper Street might help us see past eras more clearly, if backed by the right research.
And, with the help of Harvard Professor of Education Meira Levinson, Matthew wonders whether Homer Simpson is an appropriate vehicle for the study of philosophy.
Meanwhile, are some of the ideals of Public Service Broadcasting changing in the digital age? Nowadays the strictly educational programmes like OU material and schools broadcasting are no longer part of the general broadcasting landscape, meaning we're less likely to stumble upon them. Put Public Service Broadcasting into a popular search engine and you might not end up learning about the BBC mission statement, but something completely different.
A Testbed production
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
PARIS-ZURICH-TRIESTE: JOYCE L'EUROPEAN (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 29th January 2022
The Irish cultural industries have in recent decades managed to turn James Joyce into a valuable tourist commodity - 'a cash machine', 'the nearest thing we've got to a literary leprechaun.'
Joyce would surely have disapproved. "When the soul of man is born in this country," he wrote, "there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets." That is precisely what he did, leaving Ireland behind and living more than half his life across Continental Europe.
As Anthony Burgess put it, "Out there in Europe the modernistic movement was stirring," and by placing himself in the cultural cross-currents of cities like Trieste, Rome, Zurich, Paris & Pola, where he experienced the early rumblings of Dada, Psychoanalysis, Futurism et al, Joyce became a part of an endlessly plural social and linguistic explosion, far removed from the monolithic oppressiveness of Ireland.
Backed up by interviewees including Colm Tóibín, John McCourt and Liv Monaghan and illustrated by rich archive recordings, Andrew Hussey argues it was the deliberate rupture of leaving home - taking up "the only arms I know - silence, exile and cunning" - that allowed Joyce to develop the necessary breadth of vision and literary skill to write his greatest works. The Dublin of Ulysses itself becomes, according to Tóibín, 'a Cosmopolis... another great port city like Trieste."
For Hussey, who has himself lived and worked as a writer in Paris for many years, Joyce was not only a great pathfinder, he also offers an inspiring trans-national vision of Europe and the world just at a time when borders are tightening and the darker shades of nationalism are once again looming large.
Produced by Geoff Bird
BREAKING THROUGH (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 podcast: 10th August 2021
Breaking, also known as break-dancing, born in New York City in the 1970s, is set to make its debut at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024.
Four-time breaking world champion, BoxWon (Benyaamin Barnes McGee), traces how breaking went from Bronx block parties to NYC's downtown art scene, to the world.
Speaking to legends of breaking, such as Rock Steady Crew's Ken Swift and B-Boy Glyde from Dynamic Rockers, BoxWon reveals how punk impresario, Malcolm McLaren, helped breaking become a worldwide craze in the 1980s - before it vanished.
But when the mainstream got bored, breaking didn't die - it just went back underground, only to re-emerge a decade later more extreme than ever.
Breaking is once again a global phenomenon, with pro dancers coming from all corners of the world - Russia, Japan, and South Korea are now home to some of the world's very best.
But when the International Olympic Committee confirmed breaking as a new sport for the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, many people were taken by surprise.
The last time they had heard of breaking was back in the 1980s - a fad which swiftly disappeared with shoulder pads and leg warmers.
Breaking Through tells the fascinating story of how this dance-form survived and evolved outside of the media spotlight, fuelled by the scene's die-hard devotees.
Now, as it attracts global corporate sponsorship and demands for more stringent rules and regulations, we hear about the breaking world's own internal battle to maintain its integrity.
Presenter: BoxWon (Benyaamin Barnes McGee)
Producer: Simona Rata
Research: Emmanuel Adelekun
Studio Mix: James Beard
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
KING LOUIS THE FIRST OF BRITAIN (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 podcast: 20th July 2021
The great jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong died 50 years ago today, in New York. In his near 70 years on Earth, the man known to his fans as "Satchmo" and "Pops" made friends and created admirers wherever he played. It was no different in Britain.
Louis came here first in 1932 and lastly in 1968. He influenced many jazz performers including one of this country's finest trumpeters, Byron Wallen, who first picked up the trumpet after hearing "Satchmo" play.
In this programme- "King Louis the First of Britain", Byron sets out to find out just why Louis made such a connection with people here - a connection that is just as strong today.
A 6foot6 production for BBC Radio 4
WHY TIME FLIES (AND HOW TO SLOW IT DOWN) (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 podcast: 4th June 2021
Armando Iannucci travels through time - discovering why it seems to accelerate alarmingly as he gets older and what, if anything, can be done to slow it down.
How exactly does the human brain calculate the passing of time? Why are the results often so distorted, with time either dragging or flying by? Armando meets physicists, psychologists and philosophers who help him unravel the emotional, physical and cultural factors which affect our perception of time.
Along the way he finds out how time flies... for flies.
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how he attempted to simulate the experience of time slowing down during a road accident, by throwing participants off a 150 foot high platform. Would they be able to decipher flickering images which would normally flash by too quickly?
Physicist Adrian Bejan suggests that Armando's brain has simply worn out, generating temporal discrepancies. He argues that as people age, the rate at which their brain processes visual information slows down, making time speed up.
Can the phenomenon be explained by mathematics. Kit Yates explains that each moment of our lives, every hour, day or week, becomes a smaller and smaller fraction of our entire life.
Psychologist Ruth Ogden, has conducted experiments to test how people of all ages estimate the passage of time, including under lockdown conditions. She says the reason our perception of time varies so dramatically lies in the way we form memories. Children’s lives are filled with new experiences, creating rich memories which make time seem to pass slowly. As we age, we have fewer new experiences, fewer vivid memories, and time rushes by.
To slow down time we must inject new, exciting experiences into our lives... like listening to this programme for example.
Producer: Brian King
A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4
BETWEEN ROCK AND A GOOD CAUSE (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th April 2021
From San Francisco in the 1960s to Live Aid in America, the controversial music promoter Bill Graham was a tough businessman who also staged dozens of benefit concerts, with some of the biggest names in rock.
John Wilson looks back at a career of back-stage battles and the odd on-stage punch-up, including the memories of British promoter Harvey Goldsmith, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood and Bill Graham's friends and colleagues.
Producer John Goudie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.
DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - 6 MUSIC 17.01.22 (320kbs-m4a/1.4gb/10hrs30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th January 2022
Escape with 6 Music for the Desert Island Disco All-Dayer, with banging tunes & dancefloor fillers. Wash away all the noise and find sanctuary in sound.
01. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - WELCOME TO THE DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER
Listener Stu Harrison takes you to his own personal island as part of 6 Music's Desert Island Disco All-Dayer. Expect dancefloor fillers, smooth music and good vibes only.
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. [Ed Banger/Because]
Jayda G - Both Of Us [Ninja Tune]
Lyn Collins - Think (About It) [Polydor]
The Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (Part One) [Warner Bros.]
The Winstons - Amen, Brother
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
Incredible Bongo Band - Apache [Pride]
02. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - BONOBO MIX
Bonobo takes you to his own personal island as part of 6 Music's Desert Island Disco All-Dayer. Expect dancefloor fillers, smooth music and good vibes only.
Bicep - Glue [Ninja Tune]
Bonobo (Feat. Jordan Rakei) - Shadows [Ninja Tune]
Janet Jackson - If (Kaytranada Remix) [Jakarta]
The Haggis Horns - Traveller, Part 2
Harvey Sutherland - Bermuda
Dauwd - Idris [Psssh]
Bonobo - Rosewood [Ninja Tune]
Henri Texler - Les Là-Bas (Bonobo Remix)
Al Zanders - Long Gone
03. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - PLANNINGTOROCK MIX
Planningtorock takes you to their own personal island as part of 6 Music's Desert Island Disco All-Dayer. Expect dancefloor fillers, smooth music and good vibes only.
Duck Sauce - aNYway [Fool's Gold]
Planningtorock - U&u
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Michael Gray Remix)
Planningtorock - Girl You've Got My Heart [Human Level]
Jehnny Beth - Flower (Planningtorock's Planningtoloveher Version)
Lady Gaga - Alice (LSDXOXO Remix) [Interscope]
04. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - 2MANYDJS BLUE MONDAY MIX
2manydjs AKA Soulwax take you to their own personal island as part of 6 Music's Desert Island Disco All-Dayer, with an exclusive New Order themed mix for Blue Monday.
Stephen & David Dewaele have taken the seminal 1983 hit, deconstructed it, turned it inside out and rebuilt it into a mix celebrating the track's legacy, on what is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year.
Beastie Boys - Root Down [Grand Royal]
New Order - Blue Monday [Factory]
05. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - DAVID HOLMES MIX
David Holmes takes you to his own personal island as part of 6 Music's Desert Island Disco All-Dayer. Expect an uplifting mix and good vibes only.
Suicide - Dream Baby Dream [ROIR]
SAULT - 9 [Forever Living Originals]
Unknown - People Can Do Anything
Daniel Avery - Lone Swordsman (Chris Carter Remix)
Francisco - Heal Yourself
Freedom Fry - Stayin' Alive
Marc Mac - Foreign Policy
Andrew Weatherall - We Count The Stars (Unloved Remix)
Unknown - One Turn Of The Screw
Unknown - Love Is Made For Sharing
06. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - ALISON GOLDFRAPP PLAYLIST
Alison Goldfrapp takes you to her own personal island as part of 6 Music's Desert Island Disco All-Dayer. Expect dancefloor fillers, smooth music and good vibes only.
Chic - My Forbidden Lover [Connoisseur Collection]
Daft Punk - Voyager [Virgin]
Róisín Murphy - The Rumble [The Vinyl Factory]
The Knife - Heartbeats [Rabid / V2]
Kelly Lee Owens - Jeanette [Smalltown Supersound]
Prince - Controversy [Warner Bros.]
07. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS
Janelle Monáe & Saul Williams - Dance Or Die [Atlantic]
Afronaut & Melissa Browne - Transcend M.E. [Apollo]
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation [A&M]
Bobby Womack - California Dreamin' [EMI]
Nubya Garcia - Source (Dengue Dengue Dengue Remix) [Concord Jazz]
08. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS - LOUIE VEGA GUEST MIX
Another chance to hear Louie Vega's guest mix recorded especially for the show. Louie is one of the most loved and respected DJs and producers of the last 30 years. You may know him under many production guises from Masters At Work, Lou2, Hardrive to Nu Yorican Soul. He has been DJing since he was 13 and by 1985 he was playing block parties in the Bronx where he was raised. He hasn't stopped since.
Masters At Work - Mattel [Masters At Work]
"Little" Louie Vega - Another Day In My Life [Promo]
Ten City - That's The Way Love Is (Louie Vega Remix)
Honey Dijon (Feat. Annette Bowen & Nikki O) - Downtown (Raw Dub & Downtown Mix) [Classic]
Anané - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming
"Little" Louie Vega (Feat. Nico Vega) - How He Works [Nervous]
Lady Blackbird & KDA - Collage [Foundation Music]
"Little" Louie Vega & The Martinez Brothers (Feat. Marc Bassey) - Let It Go (Honey Dijon Dub) [Defected]
Voices - Voices In My Mind [MAW]
09. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS
The Style Council - Shout To The Top [Polydor]
The Exciters - Blowin' Up My Mind
Basic Channel - Quadrant Dub 1 [Basic Channel]
Steve Monite - Only You [Soundway]
Clipz & Ms Banks & JayKae & Ms. Dynamite - Again (Redlight Mix) [RCA]
Kamaal Williams - Mr Wu [Black Focus]
Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day (From "Trainspotting") [Opal Music/UMC]
10. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS - QUANTIC ESCAPE MIX
The prestigious UK-born, NYC-based producer Quantic has been enchanting people across the world for nearly two decades, showcasing his artistry and rare ability to intertwine the electronic with the orchestral.
Jacob Mafuleni & Gary Gritness - Atuka Mhondoro 808 [Nyami Nyami]
Goma-Laca (Feat. Karina Buhr) - Do Pilá [Goma-Laca]
Quantic - Let The Sparks Fly [Simple]
Soul II Soul - Happiness (Dub) [Parlaphone]
Nu Genea & Célia Kameni - Marechià [NG]
Ricardo Marrero And The Group - Land Of The Third Eye [Vaya]
Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil - Tropicália [Philips]
DJ Angola - Bailalo (Quantic Mix) [Wonderwheel Recordings]
11. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS
Yuna & Little Simz - Pink Youth [UMG]
Stefflon Don & BEAM - Beg Mi Ah Link [Twenty Nine Music]
Childish Gambino - 42.26 [RCA/Wolf & Rothstein]
Kamasi Washington - Humility [Young Turks]
Erykah Badu & Queen Latifah & Angie Stone & Bahamadia - Love Of My Life Worldwide [Motown]
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out [A&M]
12. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES
Stevie Wonder - I Wish (The Reflex Revision) [Self-released]
The Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of [Virgin]
Rick James - Super Freak [Motown]
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound [Polydor]
The Traffic - White Lines
The Three Degrees - You're The One [Big Break]
Maceo Parker - Homeboy
13. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES - JALAPENO RECORDS MIX
Craig takes the disco reigns with an exclusive mix from Jalapeno Records.
In 21 years, Jalapeno has released music from 51 acts, 49 feature artists, 270 remixes, 35 albums, 24 compilations, and spawned four sub-labels.
Skeewiff - Theme From Dave Allen
The Allergies & Lyrics Born - Going To The Party [Jalapeno]
Aldo Vanucci (Feat. Kylie Auldist) - You're All Show [Jalapeno Ltd]
Kraaak & Smaak - Squeeze Me [[PIAS]]
Izo FitzRoy - I Want Magic [Jalapeno]
Sam Redmore (Feat. Lumi HD) - Just Can't Wait [Jalapeno Ltd]
Smoove & Turrell - You Could've Been A Lady [Jalapeno Ltd]
Soopasoul (Feat. Dionne Charles) - Hot & Cold [Jalapeno Ltd]
Basement Freaks - Get Down Boogie [Jalapeno Ltd.]
Flevans (Feat. Laura Vane) - Who's Got Me [Jalapeno Ltd.]
The Allergies - Felony [Jalapeno Ltd]
Kraak & Smaak (Feat. Mayer Hawthorne) - I Don't Know Why [Jalapeno Ltd]
14. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES
Kiki Gyan - Disco Dancer [Soundway]
Disclosure (Feat. Fatoumata Diawara) - Douha (Mali Mali) [Island]
The Trammps - Disco Inferno
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell [Big Break]
The Bucketheads - The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) [Big Beat]
Hard Feelings - Love Scenes [Domino]
Lack Of Afro - The Outsider [Freestyle]
15. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES - JOE GODDARD MIX
Craig dances into the afternoon with Joe Goddard of Hard Feelings and Hot Chip.
They chat about Joe's new collaborative project, Hard Feelings, and Craig turns the volume up as he presses play on Joe's Desert Island DIsco mix.
Super Cat - Don Dada (Hip Hop Mix) [Columbia]
Warmduscher - Fatso
Little Simz (Feat. Obongjayar) - Point And Kill [Age 101]
Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity [Merge]
Panache - Every Brother Ain't A Brother [Isle Of Jura]
Vybz Kartel - Mi Fi A Dweet [Greensleeves]
Danaé - Black Girl Magic [Self-released]
Sworn Virgins - Burning Off My Clothes [DeeWee]
16. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES
Skeewiff - Delta Dawn [Jalapeno]
Dan Auerbach - Shine On Me [Easy Eye Sound]
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Pimp
Franc Moody - She's Too Good For Me [Juicebox Recordings]
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Blenda [DEEWEE]
The Trammps - Disco Inferno
Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop (Joey Negro London Bus Stop Mix) [Z]
Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee) [Dover]
17. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES - HUEY MORGAN MIX
Craig has you covered with a Desert Island Disco mix from Huey Morgan.
Adriana - Contigo [Continental]
Chaka Khan - Clouds [Warner Bros.]
Luca Battisti - Amarsi Un Po' [Numero Uno]
Mndsgn - Do4luhv
Khruangbin - Summer Madness [LateNightTales]
Vangelis - Love Theme [EastWest]
Ukokos & Jabco - Keep Rising All Night Long (Sunday Service Mix) [G.A.M.M.]
Alexander O'Neal - What's Missing [Tabu]
Gil Scott‐Heron - I Think I'll Call It Morning [Arista]
18. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ
All throughout January, we're helping you Escape with 6 Music and as today is 'Blue Monday', we thought we'd take you away to warmer climes as part of our Desert Island Disco all Dayer. Running from breakfast through to Lammo, Desert Island Disco is all about big tunes and great music to get you on the dancefloor, songs to take you a fictional desert island. Good vibes, is what we're looking at here.
Steve has not only the good vibes, but also 3 special mixes to set your mood correctly. Firstly, our 6 Music colleague Afrodeutsche has put together a special mix for us to help us escape. Then, the brilliant Orlando Weeks has curated some music that will help us to feel relaxed and refreshed. Finally, we're delighted that the brilliant BBC journalist Ros Atkins has put together a Drum n Bass mix for us! Ros is of course a journalist, reporter and presenter for BBC News, but in another life was a Drum N Bass DJ. He's getting back behind the decks after two decades away for today's Desert Island Disco All-Dayer, with a mix themed around South London's Brixton Electric, where he said he's enjoyed some of the greatest nights out!
The Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday [MFP]
The Pipettes - Pull Shapes [Memphis Industries]
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun [Slash/London]
The Sam Fonteyn Orchestra - Please Sir! (Theme)
Mint Royale - Blue Song [Faith & Hopes]
House Of Pain - Jump Around [XL Recordings]
Billy Costello - I'm Popeye The Sailor Man
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing [Moshi Moshi]
The Housemartins - Get Up Off Our Knees [Mercury]
Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays [EMI]
19. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ - AFRODEUTSCHE MIX
As part of our all Day Desert Island Disco, Steve not only has the good vibes but also 3 special mixes to set your mood correctly. Firstly, our 6 Music colleague Afrodeutsche has put together a special mix for us to help us escape.
Black Sheep - Strobelite Honey (Morales Def Mix)
K.A. Posse - Dig This
Andrea & Oscar Key Sung - Music Is My Life
The Blapps Posse - Bus' It
The Black Dog - Vir2l
Shadow Child - Eye Feel
Hezziane - Hallion
Wink - 516 Acid
Blame - Music Takes You
Nookie - Give A Little Love
20. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ
The Libertines - Time For Heroes [Rough Trade]
Wet Leg - Chaise Longue [Domino]
Chic - I Want Your Love [Global Television]
Doni Burdick - Bari Track
The Kit Kats - That's The Way [Jamie]
Dillinja - Armoured D
Hillman Minx - I've Had Enough [Mercury]
Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Me No Pop I [Island]
21. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ - ORLANDO WEEKS MIX
As part of 6 Music's Desert Island Disco All-Dayer, the brilliant Orlando Weeks has curated some music that will help us to feel relaxed and refreshed. The former Maccabees frontman has a mix that includes music from The Durutti Column, Kelly Lee Owens & Louie Armstrong.
The Durutti Column - For A Western
Brian Eno & John Cale - Spinning Away
Arthur Russell - The Platform On The Ocean
Bullion - Hula
Kelly Lee Owens (Feat. John Cale) - Corner Of My Sky
Louie Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
Here We Go Magic - Over The Ocean
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Muzz - Bad Feeling
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
Kele - The Heart Of The Wave
22. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club Mix) [Factory]
DAN - If You're Happy & You Know It [All The Madmen]
The Still Brothers - The Deep [Lewis Recordings]
Phoenix City Allstars - Play With Fire
La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix) [Polydor]
The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On (12" Version) [Warner Music TV]
Feist - 1234 [Polydor]
23. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ - ROS ATKINS DRUM & BASS MIX
BBC News presenter Ros Atkins, known for his viral explainer videos on social media, swaps his news desk for the DJ decks for a special mix. Formerly a Drum & Bass DJ before joining the BBC, he's crafted this mix to celebrate one of his favourite venues for a DnB night out, the Brixton Electric in South London.
DJ Hype & Ganja Max (Feat. MC Fats & DJ Daddy) - Rinse Out [Ganja]
Dead Dred - Dred Bass (Origin Unknown Remix) [Moving Shadow]
Shimon & Andy C - Night Flight [RAM]
Higher Sense - Cold Fresh Air (Cyantific Remix) [Moving Shadow]
LTJ Bukem - Atlantis (Marky & S.P.Y. Rework) [Good Looking]
D Kay & Lee - Wax'd VIP (D Kay Remix)
Calibre - Mr. Maverick [Signature]
Koffee - Toast (Clipz Bootleg Mix) [Not On Label]
Atlantic Connection - In Your Eyes [Westbay Music]
.....BUT STILL THEY COME (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th February 2022
"...But Still They Come' explores the enormous impact and influence of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds, telling the story of the recording of the original album, the various incarnations produced in the 35 years since its release and the 2012 version, re-recorded for a new generation.
This programme explains how and why Jeff Wayne began working on a concept album based on H.G. Wells' science fiction masterpiece and the years of hard work it took to realise his vision.
In the summer of 1978, the UK album charts were dominated by Disco and Punk, with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack firmly entrenched at number one. It was an audacious move and a huge gamble to release a double concept album based on a Victorian science fiction novel. But the compelling blend of progressive rock, classical music, Richard Burton's narration and the fascinating story struck a chord with music fans all over the world and the album became a massive hit, supported by the singles Forever Autumn and Eve of the War.
Guests contributing recollections of the part they played in Jeff's creation include David Essex who voiced The Artilleryman and Justin Hayward who sang Forever Autumn. The programme also contains never-before-heard studio interaction with Richard Burton, David Essex and Jeff Wayne during the original recording sessions.
In the years since its release The War Of The Worlds has morphed in to live stage shows, computer games and apps. Now Jeff has re-interpreted the record for a 21st century audience with a new recording featuring Liam Neeson and Gary Barlow (who both contribute to this programme), and Joss Stone.
Produced by Des Shaw and Chris O'Shaughnessy
A Ten Alps production
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.
DH LAWRENCE - LOVE AMONG THE HAYSTACKS (320kbs-m4a/100mb/44mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th October 2021
The story of two young farm-working brothers, the heat of harvest time and the arrival of a young German governess in the vicarage next door.
Philip Jackson stars as the narrator in DH Lawrence's novella.
Dramatised by Nick McCarty.
DH Lawrence .... Philip Jackson
Maurice .... Benedict Sandiford
Geoffrey .... Tony Bell
Paula ... Sasha Pick
Lydia ....Sara Poyzer
Father .... John Turner
Tramp ... Stephen Critchlow
Henry .... Ian Peck
Director Hazel Castell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
DH LAWRENCE - THE GYPSY (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th March 2021
Drama inspired by D H Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gypsy. Handsome gypsy Joe and his family arrive in the small countryside village of Papplewick one summer looking for work. It isn't long before Joe is drawn to the local Rector's daughter. A tale of desire and repression set during interwar England.
CAST:
Joe .... Samuel Edward-Cook
Vina .... Candis Nergaard
Yvette .... Verity Henry
Lucille .... Harriet Chandler Judd
Granny .... Christine Cox
Rector .... Paul Stonehouse
Sergeant Eastwood .... Toby Hadoke
Written by Dan Allum
Directed by Charlotte Riches
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2017.
DH LAWRENCE - WOMEN IN LOVE (320kbs-m4a/525mb/3hrs48mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th to 14th December 2020
Gudrun returns to the Midlands mining town of Beldover, intending to join her sister, Ursula in teaching.
Starring Clare Holman, Stella Gonet, Douglas Hodge and Nicholas Farrell.
DH Lawrence's passionate novel was first published in 1920.
Dramatised in four parts by Elaine Feinstein.
Music composed by Anthea Gomez.
Director: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.
WOMEN IN LOVE - 1. SPRINGTIME (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th December 2020
At a society wedding, the sisters attract the attention of Gerald Critch and Rupert Birkin. Both are very different gentlemen - with very different responses to love.
Ursula .... Clare Holman
Gudrun .... Stella Gonet
Gerald .... Douglas Hodge
Rupert .... Nicholas Farrell
Hermione .... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Pussum .... Sunny Ormonde
Halliday .... John Webb
Sir Joshua .... Simon Carter
Mrs Critch .... Ann Beech
With Tracy Wiles, Robert Harper, Peter Meakin, Richard Curnow, David Timson, Zoe Ganjavi, Bethan Ganjavi, Stephanie Luxton and Steven Blakeley
WOMEN IN LOVE - 2. WATER GAMES (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 10th December 2020
Gerald excites Gudrun with his physical brutality, but Ursula is infuriated by Rupert's prevarication.
Ursula .... Clare Holman
Gudrun .... Stella Gonet
Gerald .... Douglas Hodge
Rupert .... Nicholas Farrell
Hermione .... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Mr. Critch .... Norman Bird
Winnie .... Tracy Wiles
Mr Brangwen .... Christopher Scott
Mrs Brangwen .... Gillian Goodman
With Lennox Greaves and Shirley Dixon
WOMEN IN LOVE - 3. MOONLIGHT (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th December 2020
Rupert proposes, but this decisive action leads to more questions rather than answers.
Ursula .... Clare Holman
Gudrun .... Stella Gonet
Gerald .... Douglas Hodge
Rupert .... Nicholas Farrell
Hermione .... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Mr. Brangwen .... Christopher Scott
Winnie .... Tracy Wiles
Mrs Critch .... Ann Beech
Mr Critch .... Norman Bird
With Shirley Dixon, Rebecca Wright, Robert Harper and Gillian Goodman
WOMEN IN LOVE - 4. MOUNTAIN SNOWS (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 14th December 2020
A looming tragedy cements the future of Rupert, Gerald, Ursula and Gudrun.
Ursula .... Clare Holman
Gudrun .... Stella Gonet
Gerald .... Douglas Hodge
Rupert .... Nicholas Farrell
Loerke .... Keith Drinkel
Pussum .... Sunny Ormonde
Halliday .... John Webb
Mrs Critch .... Ann Beech
Mr Brangwen .... Christopher Scott
Mrs Brangwen .... Gillian Goodman
With Robert Harper and Steven Critchlow
DH LAWRENCE - THE RAINBOW (320kbs-m4a/261mb/1hr54mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 20th & 27th June 2021
Sexual awakenings, transgressive same-sex love and internalised repression are explored as Lawrence's characters try to find happiness and fulfilment in uncertain times.
'DH Lawrence: Tainted Love’ dynamically puts centre stage Lawrence's daring writing on the complexity of love. The Rainbow dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
‘DH Lawrence: Tainted Love’ is a pairing of two novels 'The Rainbow' and 'Women in Love' linked by Ursula Brangwen. Sexual awakening, transgression and repression are explored as his characters try to find happiness and fulfilment in uncertain times. Set in a mining town in Nottinghamshire, 'Tainted Love' is a celebration of Lawrence at his most daring, pushing the boundaries of sexuality in the dawning of the Twentieth Century.
Seen through the eyes of Ursula, ‘The Rainbow’ spans three generations of the Brangwen family from 1840s to 1905 exploring the complexity of desire, sexuality and liberty. As Ursula reflects on her family history, she defiantly questions the choices open to women, rejecting the path taken by her mother Anna who found fulfilment in childrearing and finding inspiration in the advice of her grandmother Lydia, a Polish refugee, who tells her to seek someone who will love her for what she is, not for what he wants. Upon publication in 1915 the novel was suppressed on the grounds of obscenity, all copies were destroyed and it remained banned in Britain for 11 years under the Obscene Publications Act 1857.
With thanks to the Estate of Frieda Lawrence Ravagli.
Directed by Nadia Molinari
BBC Audio Drama North Production
THE RAINBOW - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 20th June 2021
Ursula Brangwen wants to know about passion and desire. Delving into her own family history she defiantly questions the choices open to women.
Ursula ..... Cassie Bradley
Tom ..... Karl Collins
Lydia ..... Aneta Piotrowska
Young Ursula ..... Florence Hunt
Anna ..... Rosalie Craig
Young Anna ..... Lauren Tanner
Will ..... Lee Ingleby
THE RAINBOW - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 27th June 2021
It is the dawn of female suffrage and Ursula, now a young woman, strives for sexual and financial independence. Ursula refuses to be tied down by the confines of her gender and the expectations of her family as she searches for sexual and intellectual fulfilment beyond the boundaries of her small town.
Ursula ..... Cassie Bradley
Anton ..... Nico Mirallegro
Anna ..... Rosalie Craig
Will ..... Lee Ingleby
Winifred ..... Tala Gouveia
Harby ..... Graeme Hawley
Young Ursula ..... Florence Hunt
DH LAWRENCE - DAUGHTERS OF THE VICAR (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 6th June 2021
Louisa and Mary, daughters of the impoverished vicar of Aldecross, see only marriage as a means of escape from their routine lives.
The arrival of a new young curate fills them with anticipation, but will his intellectual qualities match up to the more physical attractions of Alfred Durant, the son of a local miner?
DH Lawrence's novella - written at around the same time as Sons and Lovers - is a classic tale of the struggle between emotion and intellect.
Louisa ...... Rachel Atkins
Mary ...... Cathy Sara
Mrs Lindley ...... Gillian Goodman
Mr Lindley ...... David Timson
Mr Massey ...... Robert Pickavance
Alfred Durant ...... Peter Meakin
Mrs Durant ...... Ann Rye
Miner ...... Sean Connolly
Dramatised by Jane Beeson.
Director: Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
DH LAWRENCE - SONS AND LOVERS (320kbs-m4a/393mb/2hrs51mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd to 4th March 2020
The classic story of a Nottinghamshire mining family. Stars Benedict Sandiford and Elizabeth Estenson.
Published in 1913, DH Lawrence's classic novel dramatised in three parts by Michael Butt.
Paul Morel is born in Nottinghamshire at the turn of the 20th century. His father is a hard-working, hard-drinking miner, but his mother a refined woman of middle-class aspirations.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
SONS AND LOVERS - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd March 2020
As family conflict grows, Paul's mother turns to her sons.
Paul Morel .... Benedict Sandeford
Gertrude Morel .... Elizabeth Estenson
Walter Morel .... Clive Russell
Miriam .... Fiona Clarke
Young Paul .... Simon Lanos
William .... Joseph Attenborough
Annie .... Andrea Nicholas
Mrs. Davies .... Kate Rutter
Mr. Jordan .... Peter Meakin
SONS AND LOVERS - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 3rd March 2020
Clinging to her sons, unhappy Gertrude is jealous of Paul's success and his friendship with Miriam.
Paul Morel .... Benedict Sandeford
Gertrude Morel .... Elizabeth Estenson
Walter Morel .... Clive Russell
Miriam Leivers .... Fiona Clarke
William .... Joseph Attenborough
Annie .... Andrea Nicholas
Mrs Radford .... Kate Rutter
SONS AND LOVERS - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th March 2020
Gertrude clings to her son Paul, who now turns to a new lover even though he has not forgotten his first love.
Paul Morel .... Benedict Sandeford
Gertrude Morel .... Elizabeth Estenson
Walter Morel .... Clive Russell
Miriam Leivers .... Fiona Clarke
William .... Joseph Attenborough
Annie .... Andrea Nicholas
Mrs. Radford .... Kate Rutter
Clara Dawes .... Janice Chambers
Baxter Dawes .... Peter Meakin
TIM FERRANTE - A HORROR SOUNDTRACK MIX (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 31st October 2021
A special Halloween mix from Tim Ferrante for Amy Lamé. Tim is a horror soundtrack specialist, label owner, historian, and curator, and has put together this sinister soundtrack.
George Edward Ott - Raiders Of The Living Dead - Raiders Main Title Vocal
Tyler Bates - Day Of The Dead - Hell On Earth
Tito Arevalo - The Mad Doctor Of Blood Island - Dance, Part 2
Bruno Nicolai - Night Of The Howling Beast - Il Giorno Del Giudizio
Burt Bacharach - The Blob - The Blob
Fernando García Morcillo - The Witches Mountain - The Witches Mountain
Giuliano Sorgini - The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue - John Dalton Street
Franz Waxman - Bride Of Frankenstein - Main Title
John Carpenter - Halloween Kills - Main Title
William Loose - Night Of The Living Dead - Heavy Agitato
Christopher DeMarco - Troma's War - Rumble In The Jungle
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 25 - 4. KEVIN SHIELDS (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd January 2022
The My Bloody Valentine frontman shares the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped his life and career, telling the story of the era-defining LP Loveless (1991) along the way. Kevin talks about making that record under the chaotic and hedonistic umbrella of Creation Records, how postpunk and hip hop both helped to shape their sound, and what it is about Primal Scream that's fostered such a long-lasting friendship and collaboration.
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
The Dubliners - The Fields Of Athenry
The Monkees - Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head")
The Beatles - Help!
Ramones - Judy Is A Punk
Ramones - Baby, I Love You
The Birthday Party - Mr. Clarinet
My Bloody Valentine - She Loves You No Less
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
My Bloody Valentine - What You Want
Dinosaur Jr. - Little Furry Things
Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
My Bloody Valentine - If I Am
Patti Smith - Banga
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 25 - 3. KAE TEMPEST (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th January 2022
Kae Tempest shares the pivotal songs and moments that have shaped their life and career.
Kae Tempest - The Beigeness [Big Dada]
The Zombies - She's Not There [Rhino]
Zig & Zag - Them Girls Them Girls [RCA]
Billy Cobham - Stratus [Atlantic]
A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way [Jive]
Mos Def (Feat. Pharoahe Monch & Nate Dogg) - Oh No [Rawkus]
Sound Of Rum - Best Intentions [Sunday Best Recordings]
Kae Tempest - Lonely Daze [Caroline International]
Nirvana - All Apologies [Geffen]
Kae Tempest - Circles [Big Dada]
Kae Tempest - Theme From Becky [Big Dada Recordings]
Kae Tempest - Tunnel Vision [Fiction]
Kae Tempest - Don't Fall In [Fiction]
Kae Tempest - Whoops [Fiction]
OutKast - Millenium [LaFace]
DJ SS - The Lighter [Formation]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 25 - 2. NADINE SHAH (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th January 2022
Nadine Shah shares the pivotal songs that have shaped her life and career. Along the way, she tells Matt about her friendship with Amy Winehouse and early gigs in Pizza Express through to Mercury Prize nominations and performing with her idols.
Nadine takes a break from the studio with long-time collaborator and producer Ben Hillier as she begins recording her 5th album, following the much-lauded Kitchen Sink (2020) and Holiday Destination (2017).
Nadine Shah - Fool [R&S]
The Shangri‐Las - Leader Of The Pack [Old Gold]
Mariah Carey - Hero [Columbia]
Blur - Parklife [Food]
Blur - Out Of Time [Parlophone]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms [Mute]
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam [Philips]
Amy Winehouse - (There Is) No Greater Love [Island]
Nadine Shah - Out The Way [1965]
Nadine Shah - Dreary Town [Apollo]
Scott Walker - It's Raining Today [Philips]
Nadine Shah - Aching Bones [Apollo]
Nadine Shah - Mother Fighter [1965]
Nadine Shah - Club Cougar [Infectious Music]
The La's - There She Goes [Go! Discs]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 25 - 1. KELE OKEREKE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd January 2022
The Bloc Party frontman reveals the records that are part of his musical DNA. We'll find out whether Kele did doorstep Steve Lamacq with a CD at the start of the band's journey, how his various solo projects have interwoven with the band's life, and why he's particularly angry on Bloc Party's upcoming record.
Bloc Party - Helicopter [Wichita]
King Sunny Adé - Ja Funmi [Island]
Suede - Introducing The Band [Nude]
The Cranberries - Dreams [Island]
Kris Kross - Jump [Now]
Elastica - Stutter [Deceptive]
Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass [Wichita]
Bloc Party - She's Hearing Voices [Trash Aesthetics]
Bloc Party - Banquet [Wichita]
Mogwai - Ithaca 27 ϕ 9 [Rock Action]
Kele - Smalltown Boy [!K7]
Bloc Party - So Here We Are [Wichita]
Kele - Tenderoni [Wichita/Polydor]
Aphex Twin - Xtal [Apollo]
Bloc Party - Traps [Infectious/BMG]
Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U [XL Recordings]
THE GATSBY FACTOR (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th September 2021
Recorded on both sides of the Atlantic - Sarah Churchwell explores the enduring popularity of The Great Gatsby as a novel and as a source of inspiration for film and stage adaptations.
Back in 2011, it became a 'major motion picture' for the fourth time in its life - in a version by Baz Luhrmann.
In Britain, academic and broadcaster Sue visits the Northern Ballet and Wilton's Music Hall in London - both with versions of Gatsby
While in New York, she hears about the locations for the novel - the extreme wealth of north shore Long Island where Gatsby has his mansion, and the contrasting 'valley of ashes' where the poorer characters live.
Featuring luminaries at the New York Times who consider why this novel, more than any other, has burned its way into American consciousness.
How was Scott Fitzgerald in this the slimmest of novels, and with Gatsby the vaguest of protagonists, able to crack 'the kernal of the American fable'?
Producer: Susan Marling
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2013.
THE GREAT GATSBY LETTERS (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th September 2021
F. Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor Maxwell Perkins about his hopes and fears for his new novel - The Great Gatsby.
A selection of the lively correspondence that describes the story in making, as the author travelled the south Mediterranean at the time, with his wife Zelda.
Read by William Hope.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.
ARCHIVE ON 4: THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 6th July 2021
Generation X author Douglas Coupland explores the ideas, sound and vision of media seer Marshall McLuhan who in the 1960s coined the phrases "the medium is the message" and "the global village".
Marshall McLuhan was the first great prophet of what would become digital mass media and indeed the global media village - a thinker and writer of near supernatural foresight.
Trained as a literary scholar, throughout his career McLuhan not only examined the relationship between form and content in the media itself, offering dazzling arguments for the importance of medium over content, but anticipated the very idea of online networks, virtual reality, multiple interfaces, social media and most importantly of all, how new technologies rewire us by stealth, endlessly transforming our identities and our communities. "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us," he said.
Drawing on cutting-edge thinking about networks and cybernetics, McLuhan foresaw a fully wired, connected world, which would bring to an end the isolated consumption of print. New cross-border (effectively online) communities would form, breaking old political barriers, creating genuinely new kinds of electronic identity. But with this McLuhan offered a warning: older ideas of privacy and the self would evaporate under new media he said, leading to the rise of what he called 'discarnate' man - the lost, disembodied user extended across an unrelenting, unforgiving electronic global nervous system.
McLuhan's ideas seem more prescient than ever. As Douglas Coupland puts it: 'The future has never happened so quickly, to so many people, in such an extreme way - just as Marshall predicted, an uncanny prophet of our own digital age.'
Contributors include novelist Tom McCarthy, DJ Spooky, Andrew McLuhan, biographer Philip Marchand, the media theorists Shannon Mattern and Bernard Dionysus Geoghegan, Zak Kyes the graphic designer, philosopher James Garvey, filmmaker Jonathan Meades and former network engineer Tung-Hui Hu, who has written on McLuhan and 1970s guerrilla television.
Presenter: Douglas Coupland
Producer: Simon Hollis
A Brook Lapping production
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
ARCHIVE ON 4: THE WOMAN-MACHINE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 26th June 2021
While the history of electronic music includes many notable men whose stories have been frequently celebrated, the genre has also provided a space for a wide range of extraordinary women to create a musical room of their own.
Working with machines meant being able to sidestep many of the hurdles that stood in the way of women aspiring to a musical career, such as access to orchestras, commissions and concert halls, and an over-riding failure to be taken seriously by the male musical gate-keepers. Elizabeth Alker examines the connections between early pioneers such as Eliane Radigue and Daphne Oram (who gained access to studios thanks to the second world war), those musicians who followed in their immediate wake such as Suzanne Ciani and Laurie Spiegel, and today’s generation of female composers.
Anna Meredith, Holly Herndon, Afrodeutsche and JLin all speak with Elizabeth about their own work and the debt they owe their predecessors. Central to the story is the composer and academic Pauline Oliveros, who founded the San Francisco Tape Music Centre, and whose theories around deep-listening as a feminist act shape so much of the texture of the music created by the women and men who followed her.
This is music, Elizabeth argues, which has an emphasis on tone and texture. This lends it a particular quality making it both distinct from its male equivalent and also profoundly beautiful and rich.
Presenter: Elizabeth Alker
Producer: Geoff Bird
A Tempo & Talker production for BBC Radio 4.
ARCHIVE ON 4: A NIGHT WITH PRINCE (320kbs-m4a/129mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 17th April 2021
To mark the fifth anniversary of Prince's passing, US music critic and broadcaster Ann Powers presents a tribute framed around a night she spent with the star in 2008.
This was a night for hanging out in the star's mansion in Beverly Park (which had 'the European opulence of an upscale spa'), for meeting his protege and girlfriend Bria Valente, and for listening to tracks in Prince's limo, a local club – even his bedroom.
Contributors include keyboard player Doctor Fink, sound engineer Susan Rogers, biographer Dan Piepenbring who was working on Prince's memoir just before he died, and Kristin Scott Thomas whose first ever film role was in the Prince directed Under The Cherry Moon.
Produced by Clem Hitchcock
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
ARCHIVE ON 4: GAGARIN AND THE LOST MOON (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 10th April 2021
On 12 April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became an explorer like none other before him, going faster and further than any human in history, into what had always been the impenetrable and infinite unknown.
Raised in poverty during the Second World War, the one-time foundry worker and a citizen of the Soviet Union became the first human to fly above the Earth in the vastness of space.
In doing so he became an instrument in The Cold War – an ideological battle between the superpowers: East versus West, communism versus democracy.
Dr Kevin Fong tells the story of how 27 year old Yuri Gagarin came to launch a new chapter in the history of exploration and follows the cosmonaut's one hour flight around the Earth.
The Soviet Union's triumph in 1961 was the event that galvanised the United States to win the Space Race: to send the first people on the Moon by the end of the decade. Yuri's own ambitions to voyage to the Moon were frustrated by his political masters, a faltering Soviet lunar space program and two tragic accidents.
As well as presenting archive recordings, Kevin talks to space historians and writers:
Tom Ellis, historian at the London School of Economics
Stephen Walker, author of 'Beyond'
Slava Gerovitch, author of Soviet Space Mythologies' and 'Voices of the Soviet Space Program'
Andrew Jenks, author of 'The Cosmonaut who couldn't stop smiling'
Cathleen Lewis, curator at the National Air and Space Museum
Actor Stewart Campbell is the voice of Yuri Gagarin. Tony Turner is Soviet space program founder Sergei Korolev. Nicholas Murchie is General Nicolai Kaminin, head of cosmonaut training.
Technical production is by Giles Aspen and Jackie Margerum.
Co-writer and producer: Andrew Luck-Baker of the BBC Radio Science Unit.
(Picture: Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Photo credit: Imagno/Getty Images.)
