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THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 26 - 3. ALEX KAPRANOS (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th July 2022
Alex Kapranos joins Matt Everitt to share some of the influential First Times of his life and musical career with Franz Ferdinand, and how the band formed out of the 90s Glasgow music scene. Also, we'll hear about his first gig - memorable for the wrong reasons - and his Greek roots.
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out [Now]
Yannis Markopoulos - Who Pays The Ferryman [BBC]
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes [EMI]
Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die [Virgin/EMI]
Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier [Columbia]
Madness - Embarrassment [Virgin]
The Kinks - Shangri-La [Sanctuary]
Huey Lewis And The News - Back In Time [Capitol]
Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To [Domino]
Franz Ferdinand - Darts Of Pleasure [Domino]
Dory Previn - The Lady With The Braid
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? [Rhino]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 26 - 2. SEUN KUTI (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd July 2022
Afrobeat bandleader Seun Kuti discusses his musical firsts with Matt Everitt. Hear how growing up with his father, the legendary Fela Kuti, influenced his music and philosophy. With tracks from Fela Kuti, Skee-lo and his own recordings with The Egypt 80.
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Feat. Carlos Santana) - Black Times
Fela Kuti - Zombie
Fela Kuti And Afrika 70 - Sorrow Tears And Blood
Skee-Lo - I Wish [Polygram TV]
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto In E Flat Major
Fela Kuti - Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - African Soldier
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Many Things [Disorient]
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Higher Consciousness
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Struggle Sounds
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Love And Revolution (Live)
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me [Rap-A-Lot]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 26 - 1. HERBIE HANCOCK (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th June 2022
Herbie Hancock chats to Matt Everitt about the pivotal music and moments that shaped his career.
A pianist, composer and band leader, whose seven-decade career began with jazz royalty like Donald Byrd and Miles Davis, before pioneering moves into Jazz, funk, soul and hip hop established him as a touchstone for musicians across the musical spectrum. Hear how an eleven-year-old Herbie got an early taste of success, why an enduring memory of playing with Miles Davis involved hitting a dud note, and how his seminal hit Rock It had an immediate impact on the Break Dancing scene.
Herbie Hancock - Fat Mama
Fats Waller - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-flat Minor, Op. 23
Beethoven - Concerto No. 2 In B-flat Major, Op. 19
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
The Miles Davis Quintet - If I Were A Bell (Live)
Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
Herbie Hancock - Sly
Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You (Directstep Version) [Columbia]
Joni Mitchell - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
Herbie Hancock - Rockit [Reader's Digest]
Flying Lotus - Moment Of Hesitation
Miles Davis - Nefertiti
THE KESKIDEE (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th July 2022
Oral Historian Alan Dein pieces together the remarkable and pioneering story of the Keskidee, Britain's first arts centre for the black community.
Founded in the early 1970's and tucked away in a church hall in the backstreets of Islington, London, it forged new ground for a generation of black British poets, actors, artists and directors.
Dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson was the educational officer at the Keskidee and Bob Marley shot the music video for 'Is This Love?' there. It had its own drama company, artists in residence and was a hub for African and Afro-Caribbean politics and arts, as well as a creative nursery for home-grown talent. It also catered for the needs of local youth and gave a generation of black teenagers a space of their own.
But this massively influential cultural centre also has a fascinating earlier history, when it served as a progressive mission hall with a musical pastor and a legendary silver band. Today the building has reverted to being a religious base, housing an African church and a devout and joyous congregation.
Dein joins up the hidden history of Gifford Hall which has played host to three different communities, but which, curiously, have much in common.
Producer: Neil McCarthy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
THE 12 INCH SINGLE (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd July 2022
From the mid-1970s the humble 7 inch vinyl single was joined by a much grander relative - the 12 inch single.
It reached its peak in 1983 with Blue Monday by New Order, probably the biggest selling 12 inch single of all time.
Music Journalist and co-founder of ZTT Records, Paul Morley visits the Factory Club in Manchester to talk to Peter Hook of New Order about how Blue Monday was written and to designer Peter Saville about the famous sleeve.
Paul explores the origins of the 12 inch single as a potentially higher quality format than the 7 inch single and visits Abbey Road studios to watch an engineer cutting a 12 inch single. Does it really sound better?
And he meets music producer Trevor Horn at Sarm Studios, home of ZTT records, to discuss the Frankie Goes to Hollywood 12 inch singles. ZTT released so many different versions of Two Tribes on 12 inch that the chart rules were changed - so was the record buyer getting value for money?
And what does the 12 inch single tell us about 1980s excesses?
Producer: Nick Holmes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.
SOUND OF CINEMA - 360. LALO SCHIFRIN AT 90 (320kbs-m4a/134mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 20th August 2022
Lalo Schifrin, composer of classic jazz-infused scores for Mission Impossible, Bullitt and Dirty Harry, turned 90 this year. Matthew Sweet looks back on his career and music. As well as the afore-mentioned films, the programme features music from Cool Hand Luke, Enter The Dragon, The Fox, The Four Musketeers, Rush Hour 2, The Amityville Horror and Tango.
Lalo Schifrin - Mission: Impossible (1966) - Theme [Geffen]
Lalo Schifrin - Cool Hand Luke (1967) - Tar Sequence [Tsunami]
Lalo Schifrin - Enter The Dragon (1973) - Main Title [Rhino/Warner]
Lalo Schifrin - The Fox (1967) - Main Title, Frost Trees, Lonely Road [Rhino/Warner]
Lalo Schifrin - The Four Musketeers (1974) - Overture, Breakfast At The Bastion [Label "X"]
Lalo Schifrin - Rush Hour 2 (2001) - Out Of The Way [Varèse Sarabande]
Lalo Schifrin - The Amityville Horror (1979) - Suite [Quartet]
Lalo Schifrin - The Exorcist (1973) - Music from the unused trailer [Warner Bros]
Lalo Schifrin - Tango (1998) - Tango del Atardecer [Deutsche Grammophon (DG)]
Lalo Schifrin - Dirty Harry (1971) - Main Title [Aleph]
Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt (1968) - Suite [Rhino/Warner]
Portishead - Sour Times [Polydor]
SOUND OF CINEMA - 358. STRANGER THINGS ABOUT THE EIGHTIES (320kbs-m4a/136mb58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 30th July 2022
What was it about the 1980s setting that proved so distinctive and right for the hit television series Stranger Things? Matthew Sweet reflects on the spirit of the decade as told through the music of its films. The programme includes music from the Goonies, The Breakfast Club, Wall Street, Witness, Driving Miss Daisy, The Final Countdown, War Games, Terminator and Germlins. The Classic Score of the Week is Jerry Goldsmith's music for Twilight Zone: The Movie.
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things (2016) - Theme [Lakeshore]
Dave Grusin - The Goonies (1985) - Fratelli Chase [Varèse Sarabande]
Keith Forsey - The Breakfast Club (1985) - I'm The Dude [A&M]
Stewart Copeland - Wall Street (1987) - Anacott Steal [Hollywood]
Maurice Jarre - Witness (1985) - Building The Barn [Varèse Sarabande]
Hans Zimmer - Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - End Titles [Varèse Sarabande]
John Scott - The Final Countdown (1980) - Main Titles [JOS]
Arthur B. Rubinstein - WarGames (1983) - Suite [Intrada Special Collection]
Brad Fiedel - The Terminator (1984) - Theme (Extended Version) [Silva Screen]
Jerry Goldsmith - Gremlins (1984) - The Gremlins Rag [WaterTower Music]
Jerry Goldsmith - Gremlins (1984) - High Flyer [WaterTower Music]
Jerry Goldsmith - Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) - Nightmare At 20,000 Feet [Film Score Monthly]
Rita Wolf - My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) - Dance Mix [Milan]
Wendy Carlos - Tron (1982) - Ending Titles [Walt Disney]
HORACE ANDY - MARY ANNE HOBBS AUDIO DIARY 14.09.22 (320kbs-m4a/48mb/21mins)
BBC Radio 6 broadcast: 14th September 2022
Legendary Jamaican reggae artist Horace Andy joins the show to talk about the making of latest album Midnight Rocker. He also talks about growing up in Jamaica and collaborating with Massive Attack and Adrian Sherwood and how he found and nurtured his voice as an artist.
Massive Attack & Mad Professor - Bumper Ball Dub [Wild Bunch]
Horace Andy - See A Man's Face [Studio One]
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower [Polydor]
Burning Spear - Door Peep [Island]
Massive Attack - One Love
Horace Andy - Midnight Scorcher [On-U Sound]
Horace Andy - Safe From Harm [On-U Sound]
Horace Andy & Daddy Freddy - Away With The Gun And Knife [On-U Sound]
THE CLASH - THIS IS RADIO CLASH: EPISODE 2 - PART 1 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th May 2022
On Boxing Day 2013, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon from the Clash treated 6Music listeners to two hours of their favourite tunes and some rock n' roll tales in their first ever radio show: This is Radio Clash.
A mysterious character called Bernie also makes some special disguised appearances. Formed in 1976 in the vanguard of British punk, the Clash would soon become one of the most iconic rock bands of their era, a symbol of intelligent protest and stylish rebellion in the turbulent years of the late Seventies and early Eighties. Just as importantly, they were to become unflinching musical pioneers, integrating first militant reggae, then dub, funk, jazz and hip-hop into their music, which has helped to make them one of the most respected and sampled bands by modern DJs and dance musicians. Cracking the Top 10 in America in 1982 - before splitting three years later - they were to leave behind an extraordinary recorded legacy.
FIrst broadcast in 2013 and repeated as part of a 6 Music Artist Collection.
David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome
The Clash - This Is Radio Clash
The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
Adam Faith - With Open Arms
Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites
The Sugarhill Gang - The Lover In You
Roy Montrell - (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
The Meters - Cissy Strut
Booker T. & The M.G.s - Green Onions
The Regents - Runaround
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
Van Morrison - Snow In San Anselmo
Johnny Horton - I'm Coming Home
THE CLASH - IN THEIR OWN WORDS (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th May 2022
The Clash reveal their story through interviews from the BBC archives, with a Joe Strummer interview back in 1981 through to Paul Simonon and Mick Jones chatting to Lammo about London Calling in 2019.
The Clash - Capital Radio One [Columbia]
The Clash - Police On My Back
The Clash - Washington Bullets
The Clash - Police & Thieves
The Clash - London Calling [Columbia]
The Clash - White Riot
The Congos - Row Fisherman Row
The Clash - Train In Vain
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail
The Clash - I'm Not Down
The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
STEVE LAMACQ ALBUM CLUB - THE CLASH'S LONDON CALLING (320kbs-m4a/178mb/1hr18mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th January 2022
Join the album club and listen along as Steve Lamacq plays the whole of The Clash's ground breaking 3rd album London Calling.
"If music-loving aliens land and you find yourself, at laser-point, searching for one single example of how rock is supposed to be rolled, then you are strongly advised to recommend London Calling. Because this epic double album, from its iconic sleeve to its wildly eclectic mash-up of styles, is surely the quintessential rock album.
So good in fact that Rolling Stone magazine voted it the best album of the 1980s, even though it actually came out in 1979. This was when The Clash came of age, progressing from the brilliant-but-limited punk rock ire of their first two albums to the stage where they could turn their hand to reggae, ska, rockabilly and pretty much anything else they fancied.
Yet the record never lacks focus and Strummer and Jones' willingness to experiment is never let down by a lack of great songs. Pick from straight-up punk like "Death Or Glory", sweet pop like "Lost In The Supermarket" or dub like the Paul Simenon-penned "Guns of Brixton". They're even confident enough to leave possibly the best song of all, "Train In Vain", un-credited on the sleeve when any other band would be screaming its presence from the rooftops.
Truly, a record so brilliant you'd have to be from another planet not to love it."
Mark Sutherland - BBC Music Review 2004
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/c3cz/
The Clash - London Calling
The Clash - Brand New Cadillac
The Clash - Jimmy Jazz
The Clash - Hateful
The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail
The Clash - Spanish Bombs
The Clash - The Right Profile
The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
The Clash - Clampdown
The Clash - Guns Of Brixton
The Clash - Wrong 'Em Boyo
The Clash - Death Or Glory
The Clash - Koka Kola
The Clash - The Card Cheat
The Clash - Lover's Rock
The Clash - Four Horsemen
The Clash - I'm Not Down
The Clash - Revolution Rock
The Clash - Train In Vain
PEOPLE LIKE US - LATE JUNCTION: THE SOUND OF THE SUMMER MIXTAPE (320kbs-m4a/68mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 26th August 2022
Ice cream vans, cricket matches and inflatable kayaks. Throughout the summer we've been exploring the outside world, with listeners sending in their self-made field recordings capturing the sounds of summer. To round off the season, Jennifer Lucy Allan shares a special mixtape from People Like Us aka Vicki Bennett, weaving these recordings into her own unique style of montage. Bennett sees sampling as folk art in the age of mechanical reproduction, with all of the sharing and cross-referencing incumbent to a populist form. Since the early 90s she has been repurposing pre-existing footage to craft audiovisual collages, delving into the surreal with a dark and witty take on popular culture.
The United States Of America - Coming Down [Sundazed Music]
Modular - La Niña Fantástica [Elefant]
Chris Watson - Wild Song At Dawn [FACT]
Andres Saenz de Sicilia - Castle Hill Bleats
Kazmi With Rickies - Aguas De Marco [Suite¡ Supuesto!]
Don Cherry & Peter Rowan & Peter Orlovsky & Allen Ginsberg - Spontaneous Poetics #2 [Naropa University Digital Archives]
The Chico Hamilton Quintet - Blue Sands [Pacific Jazz]
Alan Alpenfelt - Chamonix 2019
Stimmhorn - Schnee [Röhrender Hirsch]
Valya Balkanshka - Izlel Je Delyo Hagdutin [Nonesuch]
巻上公一 & Anton Bruhin - Electric Eel [Tzadik]
Jacopo Foglietti - Cows And Flies
Dean Hurley - Electricity I [Sacred Bones]
Butthole Surfers - The Hurdy Gurdy Man [Rough Trade]
Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras - Hurdy Gurdy Man [Dark Entries]
Os Mutantes - Panis Et Circenses [Polydor]
エマーソン北村 & MMM - Rock Your Baby [EM]
Tom Northcott - Sunny Goodge Street
Pearls Before Swine - Sail Away [Reprise]
Hank & Slim - The World Turned Gingham [Caciocavallo]
Wobbly - Shipping Forecast White Falling
Spyros Stergiakis - North London Rain
Compost - Bwaata [Columbia]
Alannah Chance - The Azores Cagarros, July 2022
Phil Smith - Montenegro, Ribat, Night Cicadas
Judy Lawson - Frogs
Hannah Mackaness - La Baie des Singes
Intro (320kbs-m4a/12mb/5mins)
Outro (320kbs-m4a/1mb/30secs)
HUDSON MOHAWKE - CLASSIC ESSENTIAL MIX (2009) (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 14th August 2022
Glaswegian based Hudson Mohawke (real name Ross Birchard) makes his Essential Mix debut, as his debut LP 'Butter' is released on Warp Records. Hudson was the youngest ever finalist of the World DMC and ITF Mix Championships, aged 15, and he rose to prominence as part of Glasgow's Lucky Me collective.
Loops Haunt - Dusk Mechanics [Fortified Audio]
Machinedrum - Sakatak [Unreleased]
Red - I Should Tell Ya Momma On You [Damfunk Remix] [Stones Throw]
Hudson Mohawke - Bopgunn V1 Instrumental
Dorian Concept & Lil Flip - I'm A Balla [Patchwork Pirates Edit] [Unreleased]
Hudson Mohawke - Fuse
Tiago - Babelfish [Beat Dimensions]
Rustie - Nekoo [Unreleased]
Starkey - Ok Luv [Planet Mu]
Hudson Mohawke - Ice Viper
Hudson Mohawke - Overnight Celebrity
Hudson Mohawke - Star of A Story
Hudson Mohawke - Are You Feeling Hot
Hudson Mohawke - Take My Hand
Hudson Mohawke - Still On It
Hudson Mohawke - Pipes
Hudson Mohawke - Chorduroy
Hudson Mohawke - Photo 2
Hudson Mohawke - Waldo's Gift
Harmonic 313 (Feat. Wiley) - Scar [Warp]
Princess - Say I'm Your Number One [Teldec]
Markis Sage - Creature Of Lagoon [Harmonia]
Redinho - Mo Brap [Numbers]
Krystal Klear - Boogie Wan [Unreleased]
Midnight Star & Usher - Touch That Midas Girl [Unreleased]
Becoming Real - Get Hype [Tough Love]
Free School (Feat. Kelis) - Grey Goose [Whatcha Sippin On]
Ludacris - How Low Can You Go [Disturbin' Tha Peace]
Redhino - Banger [Numbers]
Hudson Mohawke - Stay Fresh
Lazersword - Trapperkeeper [Numbers]
Lil Wayne - I Feel Like Dying (Flying Lotus Mix) [CDR]
KGB Man - Africa [Unreleased]
Ply Girls - I Could Give You Reasons [Unreleased]
James Canty - Lickin' Stick [Stones Throw]
Hudson Mohawke - Twistclip Loop
Carl Cox - Let's Do It [Bass Section Recordings]
Apple - De Siegalizer [Numbers]
DJ Seduction - Imp002 [Impact]
Becoming Real - New Kids [Unreleased]
Manix - Head In The Clouds [Knights J1]
Jjak Hogan - Frequency [FrequeNC]
Machindrum - Carry The Weight [Unreleased]
Fatima Yamaha - What's A Girl To Do [D1 Recordings]
Nacho Patrol - Futuristic Abeba (Hudson Mohawke Remix) [Rush Hour]
Slum Village (Feat. ODB) - Dirty [Capitol]
The Pharcyde - Passin Me By (FlyAsPie Remix)
Cloud One & Madlib - Unknown Interlude Track [CDR]
SciFi Stu (Feat. Vast Aire) - The Will [Unreleased]
Terror Danjah - Bipolar [Unreleased]
Joy Orbison - J.Doe [Doldrums]
Lone - Sharpest View Of The Sun [Dealmaker]
Mwëslee - Eurocarne Snips Track 4 [Unreleased]
Hudson Mohawke - Monde
Mike Slott - Snow Birds [LuckyMe]
Dimlite (Feat. Pharrell) - Cotdam [Unreleased]
American Men - AM System [LuckyMe]
HUDSON MOHAWKE - MARY ANNE HOBBS MIX 12.08.22 (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 12th August 2022
Glaswegian DJ and producer Hudson Mohawke take charge of the 6 Music Decks on the release of his new album Cry Sugar on Warp Records. Inspired by 90s John Williams, film scores and spectacular soundtracks, Cry Sugar will be Hudson's third album and will provide clubbers with high-energy, euphoric dancefloor tunes.
Silvestre - Relapse [Padra Himalaya]
Dorian Concept - Let It All Go [Atlantic]
George Riley & Tan Tangerine - S E X
Nikki Nair - Eyes On You [n goes infinity]
Gammer - So Much For Lost Lands
Yazzus - Metro City Bay Area
George Michael - Careless Whisper (Edit) [Sony]
Machinedrum & Tan Tangerine - Alithia
Hudson Mohawke - Bicstan [Warp]
Machinedrum - Never Die
Hudson Mohawke - Dance Forever [Warp]
Sig Nu Gris - Soft As Strong [Spirit Level]
Glass Animals - Helium (Hudson Mohawke Remix) [Wolftone]
Walter Beats - Children
Jacques Greene - Believe
Hudson Mohawke - Is It Supposed [Warp]
ORBITAL - MARY ANNE HOBBS MIX 29.07.22 (320kbs-m4a/68mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th July 2022
Orbital, the electronic music duo comprised of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll, take over this week's Friday Guest Mix celebrating a 30 year anniversary with new album 30 Something, featuring a host of reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of landmark Orbital tracks.
Orbital - Smiley [Orbital Recordings]
Orbital (Feat. Anna B Savage) - Home (The Hottest Day On Record Mix) [Orbital Recordings]
Orbital - Numbers [Orbital Recordings]
Orbital & Penelope Isles - Are You Alive? [Orbital Recordings]
Orbital - Spicy [Orbital Recordings]
Orbital - The Box (Joris Voorn Remix)
Orbital - The Box [Orbital Recordings]
Orbital - The Girl (Floex Remix) [Orbital Recordings]
Orbital - Belfast (Yotto Remix) [Orbital Recordings]
Orbital - Impact (Rich NxT Remix) [Orbital Recordings]
Orbital - You Are The Frequency [Orbital Recordings]
KODE9 - MARY ANNE HOBBS MIX 22.07.22 (320kbs-m4a/70mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd July 2022
Kode9 is a DJ/Producer, artist and writer. He set up the record label Hyperdub in 2004, and in 2019 the sub label Flatlines to focus on audio essays and sonic fiction. He brings the vibes for this week's Friday Guest Mix after the release of his new album Escapology.
Stevie Wonder - You've Got It Bad Girl [Motown]
EQ Why - Jukelicious [Equalized]
Kode9 - Uncoil [Hyperdub]
DJ Rashad - Too Late Now [Juke Trax Online]
Hyph11E - Barnacles (Kode9 Mix) [SVBKVLT]
MJ Cole - Sincere (Hank Edit)
DJ Manny - No Snares [Not On Label]
DJ Paypal & Teklife - XYLO [Teklife]
Itoa - Glow Coma [Exit]
CA$TLE - LRI [Trax Haven]
DJ Paypal - TikTok
Heavee - Make It Work [Teklife]
DJ Paypal - Say So VIP
Kode9 - The Break Up [Hyperdub]
DJ Phil & Heavee - House It Up [Teklife]
DJ Rashad - In Da Club Before Eleven O'Clock [Juke Trax Online]
Chimpo - Send 4 Me [Drmtrk]
Burial - Chemz (Kode9 Edit) [Hyperdub]
JEFF MILLS - MARY ANNE HOBBS MIX 08.07.22 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th July 2022
Jeff Mills takes over the Friday Guest Mix. Tomorrow Comes The Harvest is a stunning new live presentation from Mills, featuring an ensemble of super musicians weaving intricately textured music through waves of Afrofunk electro jazz with a beating heart of techno.
The Paradox - Super Solid (Radio Edit) [Axis]
The Paradox - Twilight (Live At Montreux Jazz Festival Version) [Axis]
The Paradox - X-Factor [Axis]
The Paradox - Ultra-Violet (Prelude Montreux Live Version) [Axis]
The Paradox - Residence (Montreux Live Version) [Axis]
The Paradox - Outro Spoken Word (Montreux Live Version) [Axis]
SWAMPMASTER - SWAMPOLOGICALMIX (320kbs/173mb/75mins)
September 2022
Let's Eat Grandma - Overflow [Transgressive]
Jeff Wayne - The Eve Of The War/Horsell Common And The Heat Ray [CBS]
The Orb - Say Cheese (Gaudi's Dubble Mozzarella Mix) [Dubmission]
David Harrow - In My Head (Inside My Head Mix) [Dubmission]
Tackhead - Rulers & Foolers [On-U Sound]
Hudson Mohawke - 3 Sheets To The Wind [Warp]
The Avalanches - Radio (Sinkane Remix) [XL Recordings/Modular Recordings/Astralwerks]
Vangelis - Chew's Eye Lab [Esper Productions]
Eris Drew - Fluids Of Emotion [Interdimensional Transmissions]
James Blake - Limit To Your Love (Daniel Bortz Re Edit) [Not On Label]
The Avalanches - Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life (Dragged By Leon Vynehall) [XL Recordings/Modular Recordings/Astralwerks]
Shpongle - How The Jellyfish Jumped Up The Mountain (Cosmic Trigger Remix) [Dubmission]
Sherwood & Pinch - We No Normal (Anger Management) [On-U Sound]
Zero B - Lock Up [Ignition]
Hudson Mohawke - Is It Supposed [Warp]
Two Shell - Pods [Mainframe Audio]
Theon Cross - Forward Progression II [New Soil]
The Future Sound Of London - Far Seeker [fsoldigital.com]
THE POET LAUREATE HAS GONE TO HIS SHED - HRH PRINCE CHARLES (320kbs-m4a/143mb/62mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 28th August 2021
For a special finale to the current series, Simon Armitage travels to Wales to talk to HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales in his Welsh home, Llwynywermod, in Llandovery. Swapping his shed in the Pennines for a barn beside the Brecon Beacons, Simon weaves the conversation around themes of creativity, inspiration and nature. He speaks to The Prince of Wales about the flora and fauna of their surroundings, his passion for conservation, the music of Wagner, and the former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. At one point, the doors of the big barn are thrown open and Prince Charles takes Simon through a series of hay meadows that surround the former farm, pointing out the trees that have been planted since he took over the property, including the maple trees used to line the aisle of Westminster Abbey for Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton.
SOUL MUSIC: SERIES 25 - 5. KRAFTWERK - COMPUTER WORLD (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th August 2022
How Kraftwerk's classic album Computer World has changed people's lives.
On their first wedding anniversary, David Sanborn and Jennifer Huber remember their Kraftwerk themed celebrations. Ramona Gonzales from the band Nite Jewel recounts how a car crash and a chance encounter with Computer World changed the course of her life. And Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark recalls the Kraftwerk concert that inspired his musical career.
Kraftwerk were forged in the shadow of World War Two, out of a desire to create a new, German music. Uwe Schütte from Aston University explains how Computer World embodies the politics of this time and points the way to a computerized future. Brian Carney recalls how the album's glamour and sheen changed his horizons in the industrial town of St Helens. And in South Central Los Angeles Greg Broussard, aka Egyptian Lover, shows how this album brought love into his life.
Life, love and an electronic future as experienced through the music of this pioneering German band.
Producer: Melvin Rickarby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
SOUL MUSIC: SERIES 25 - 4. BOYS DON'T CRY (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th August 2022
Boys Don't Cry by The Cure is, on the surface, a tribute to teenage angst and a slice of pop perfection.
Lol Tolhurst, the band's drummer, wrote the song with his band mates in Robert Smith's parents' house extension.
Poorna Bell saw the song's lyrics echo her husband's struggle with expressing his emotions, and describes the devastating impact which that can have.
Runner Derek Redmond recalls the moment he lost his 'game face' at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and Sara Pacella and Jeffrey Axt chart the changing fortunes of a giant Boys Don't Cry poster.
Producer: Sally Heaven.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.
SOUL MUSIC: SERIES 23 - 4. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th June 2022
America's national anthem was written by a lawyer, Francis Scott Key, after watching the British navy bombing Fort McHenry in 1814.
It was set to an English social men's club song and recognized as the national anthem in 1889. Notoriously difficult to sing, and traditionally played at public sports events and orchestral concerts, the anthem has inspired emotion and attracted controversy.
We hear from:
Dr John Carlos who along with Dr Tommie Smith, raised their fists on the Olympic podium in the Mexico City Olympics in 1968 as the anthem was played.
Jose Feliciano who sang the anthem at the 1968 World series and provoked criticism.
Conrad Netting IV who discovered the truth about his fighter pilot father's history which led him to a cemetery in Normandy.
Writer Crista Cloutier who associated it with President Obama's election.
Members of the Coldstream Guards band who played the anthem at the changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace the day after 9/11.
And Leon Hendrix, Jimi's brother, who was in the army at the time of Woodstock, and was put on 'potato peeling duty' because of the 'dishonourable' version his brother had played.
Producer: Sara Conkey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 32. GOLDIE (320kbs-m4a/95mb/41mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 13th August 2022
Born Clifford Joseph Price, Goldie was brought up in care homes and with foster families in the west Midlands. After establishing himself as a graffiti artist, he began to make dance music and, with his 1995 debut album Timeless, was a pioneer of the drum'n'bass sounds that dominated club culture throughout the decade. Alongside work as a DJ around the world, Goldie has also taken on various acting roles, including in the James Bond film the World Is Not Enough and, on television, playing a gangster in Eastenders. He was also runner-up in the 2008 reality show Maestro, in which contestants learned to conduct a symphony orchestra. The following year, he was the subject of a television documentary in which he composed a piece of contemporary classical music that was performed at the BBC Proms.
Goldie's choices for This Cultural Life include hearing David Bowie's 1969 Space Oddity when he was in care, and relating to its theme of isolation and abandonment. He also talks about the huge influence of seeing the 1983 documentary Style Wars, about the emerging hip hop scene in New York in the early 1980s, and the role of graffiti artists in reclaiming the subway trains and the walls of railway yards as their unofficial galleries. Goldie also reveals that the American jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny is one of his biggest influences, despite working in a very different musical field.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 28. ARMANDO IANNUCCI (320kbs-m4a/96mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 28th May 2022
Writer and director Armando Iannucci reveals the most important artistic influences and experiences that have shaped his own work. Armando was the creative force behind Radio 4's news satire series On The Hour, which moved to television as The Day Today and launched the career of Alan Partridge. He wrote and directed the political comedy series The Thick Of It, and the long-running American TV series Veep. His big screen credits include In The Loop, The Death Of Stalin and The Personal History Of David Copperfield.
Armando recalls his Italian-Scottish family upbringing in Glasgow, where his lifelong love of classical music was first forged in Hillhead Public Library. A fan of radio comedy from a young age, he talks about the impact of hearing the 1978 radio comedy The Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, whose central character Arthur Dent is, like many of Iannucci's own comic creations, a man way out of his depth as events spin out of control.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is chosen by Armando as an event that had a big influence on his decision to create political satires The Thick Of It and its big screen spin-off In The Loop, in which government ministers and their advisors struggle to navigate a political path littered with inconvenient facts and rules. Reflecting on his work as a director, Armando Iannucci cites the American filmmaker Sidney Lumet as another major inspiration, with movies including Network, Dog Day Afternoon, Twelve Angry Men and The Verdict.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
HAPPY DAYS - THE CHILDREN OF THE STONES (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th May 2022
Writer and comedian Stewart Lee explores the ground breaking television series Children of the Stones and examines its special place in the memories of those children who watched it on its initial transmission in a state of excitement and terror.
The programme includes contributions from series co-creator Jeremy Burnham, singer Julian Cope, cast members and fans.
In 1977 HTV launched the revolutionary children's television drama telling the story of an astrophysicist and his son who arrive in the village of Milbury to study ancient stones. The residents greet each other with the phrase "Happy day", and the community is held in a strange captivity by the psychic forces generated by the circle of giant Neolithic stones which surround it.
Filmed at Avebury in Wiltshire, it is a strangely atmospheric production with the baleful, discordant wailing voices of the incidental music increasing the tension.
The story, involving a temporal paradox and issues of individuality and community assimilation thematically challenged the after-school audience, which included Stewart Lee.
In this documentary Lee returns to Avebury to discuss the serial's impact, examine its influence on him and explore the history and secrets of the ancient stones.
1970s kids may have dived behind the sofa during Doctor Who, but it was Children of the Stones that gave them nightmares.
The series is frequently cited by those who remember it as one of the scariest things they saw as children.
Producer: Stephen Garner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.
HIGHWAY 61: FIFTY YEARS ON (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th July 2022
Andy Kershaw re-examines the Bob Dylan album that changed popular music and his life.
Beginning with the resounding hit of a snare drum, Like A Rolling Stone starts Bob Dylan's first fully electrified album, Highway 61 Revisited.
When he first heard the song in his mother's car, Bruce Springsteen said it was "like somebody kicked open the door to your mind." The album represents the birth of rock music, as opposed to the pop or beat music that preceded its release.
It sounds as subversive now as it did in 1965.
Besides revolutionising popular music, the album transformed the life of broadcaster Andy Kershaw. For him, nothing would be the same after Highway 61.
Andy travels to America to meet the surviving musicians and hear the extraordinary stories behind the recording sessions.
Dylan was only 24 years old when he walked into Columbia Studio A in New York City to record the album in June 1965. For a masterpiece record, it is all the more remarkable that almost no preparation, and absolutely no rehearsal, went into it.
Al Kooper, who was brought in as an observer, tells how he mistakenly and fortunately found himself playing the organ on Like A Rolling Stone, discovering the song's melody on the spot.
Bassist Harvey Brooks talks about the patience that was required to work with the unorthodox Dylan. Legendary Nashville musician Charlie McCoy describes how he was accidentally brought in to play the memorable Spanish-sounding guitar on Desolation Row.
And Keith Richards provides a surprising take on Highway 61's legacy.
Producer: Colin McNulty
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2015.
FEEL THE CHANT: THE BRIT FUNK STORY (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 17th June 2022
In the seventies and early eighties, Jazz Funk music swept the UK's dance floors and clubs. This new musical sound emerged from the shadows of disco and had a fascinating impact in Britain.
We hear from Mark King of Level 42, Gee Bello of Light of the World, Bill Sharpe and Jill Sayward of Shakatak, DJ's Chris Hill and Snowboy, Paul P of Hi-Tension and Southern Freeez singer Ingrid Mansfield Allman.
In this documentary, vocalist and presenter David Grant, who was part of the UK soul outfit Linx, revisits this unique era in British music which saw artists experimenting with a fusion of jazz, funk, urban dance rhythm and pop hooks.
He reveals how the origins of Brit-Funk heralded a new dawn of dance music, cutting through racial boundaries in the clubs.
Produced by Stephen Garner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.
