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CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA - AMBIENT FOCUS 25.02.23 (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th February 2023
A handpicked selection of blissful ambient tracks to help you beat distractions pulled together by Japanese music producer Chihei Hatakeyama. Featuring music from Canadian melodic wizard Khotin, the Argentinian band The Kyoto Connection, L.A. based musician Brin, and more.
Taranoya - You're Only (Breaking Down)
Toshifumi Hinata - Coloured Air
Susumu Yokota - Saku
Chihei Hatekayama - Warm Rain In June I
BBC Sound Archives - Water: Stream, close perspective
Scott Gailey - Agafia
M. Sage & Patrick Shiroishi - Valley Candle
Blue Divers - Lately
Loris S. Sarid & Swampy Cello - Oats
the humble bee & offthesky - For Her Breath Is On All That Hath Life
Chihei Hatekayama - Calm Night
BBC Sound Archives - Crickets Sp - close-up stridulating in grass. Other crickets in background
Ross Alexander - Fresh Ice Cream
Windy & Carl - Set Adrift
Yamaneko - Adrift
The Kyoto Connection - Memories From Japan
brin - Body Temp Infinite
PDP III & Britton Powell - Channel 3
Chihei Hatekayama - Within New Trees
BBC Sound Archive - Wader (Atmosphere) - NIGHT. Curlew
Jaroslav Kořán - Jarní 1
Sean McCann - Guardian
Hoavi - Sosnovka Voices
nueen - Dome
BBC Sound Archives - Rainforest Atmosphere - Sound of dripping rain water
Khotin - Canada Line
Ahrkh - Haze Cascade
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek - Parades
Chihei Hatekayama - Passage To Greenland
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Water Copy
Oliver Coates - Night
ARCHIVE ON 4: OH YOKO! (320kbs-m4a/130mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 18th February 2023
"Dragon-lady". "Witch". "The woman who broke up the Beatles". These are some of the labels that have been commonly used to describe Yoko Ono, a pioneering musician, artist, and activist who can plausibly claim to be one of the most maligned and misunderstood figures in the history of popular culture.
On this edition of Archive On 4, marking her 90th birthday, you'll hear Yoko Ono on her own terms, in her own words.
Host Jennifer Lucy Allan, a music writer and broadcaster specialising in experimental sound, also assembles a collection of Yoko's peers, friends, and admirers.
Art historian Reiko Tomii reveals how the deprivation and danger of wartime Japan formed Yoko's artistic worldview.
Sound artist Tomoko Hojo explores how an audience becomes Yoko Ono's co-collaborator.
Fluxus poet Nye Ffarrabas remembers baring her bottom for one of Yoko's seminal works.
Rock star Peaches reflects on Yoko Ono's infamy.
Music writer David Keenan asserts that Yoko is "the best Beatle".
Producer: Mae-Li Evans
Executive Producer: Jack Howson
Sound Mix: Mike Woolley
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4
BBC archive interviews featured:
Late Night Line-Up (BBC 2 - 1967)
Parkinson (BBC 1 - 1971)
Andy Peebles (BBC Radio 1 - 1980)
Face To Face (BBC TV - 1998)
Kaleidoscope (BBC Radio 4 - 1998)
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (BBC 1 - 2003)
Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4 - 2007)
Andrew Marr Show (BBC 1 - 2007)
The First Time (BBC Radio 6 Music - 2016)
GEORGE HARRISON: WHAT IS LIFE (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd February 2023
Michael Palin presents a tribute to his friend George Harrison, who died in November 2001. It features archive interviews with George, as well as contributions from his wife and son, Bob Geldof, Jim Keltner, Jeff Lynne, Brian May, Gary Moore, Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar and the Beatles' producer George Martin.
The programme highlights George's contribution to the extraordinary and enduring legacy of the Beatles. Although John or Paul would usually sing the lead vocal, George played a vital role in the distinctive harmonies that enhanced the Beatles' records. Guitarist Gary Moore demonstrates the brilliance of George's solos on their records. And Ravi Shankar talks about how George's love for Indian music and culture influenced Beatles records.
After the Beatles split in 1970, all four released solo records but - to the astonishment of many - it was George who initially achieved the most commercial and critical success. His single My Sweet Lord was a worldwide number one in 1971 and returned to the top of the UK chart in 2002. He organised the Concert for Bangladesh and the triple album of the recordings topped charts around the world. This event, and George Harrison's understanding of the power and responsibility that rock musicians could wield in the world, have had a lasting influence.
George's solo career had periods of great productivity and also two phases when his profile dipped below the horizon. He enjoyed a late 1980s 'comeback' with his hit album Cloud Nine, released the number one single Got My Mind Set On You and two albums with his supergroup The Traveling Wilburys (featuring Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty). The year after George died Brainwashed was released, which featured the music he had worked on since his last solo album in 1987. Among them was the beautiful instrumental Marwa Blues, which won a Grammy Award.
First broadcast on Radio 2 in 2009.
George Harrison - What Is Life
The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
The Beatles - She Loves You
The Beatles - Don't Bother Me
The Beatles - This Boy
The Beatles - Yes It Is
The Beatles - And I Love Her
The Beatles - Taxman
The Beatles - The Inner Light
The Beatles - Within You Without You
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles - Something
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
George Harrison - Awaiting On You All
George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
George Harrison - Blow Away
George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
George Harrison - When We Was Fab
The Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care
George Harrison - Marwa Blues
George Harrison - Pisces Fish
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
George Harrison - Any Road
THE LOOK OF MUSIC, THE SOUND OF FASHION: MALCOLM MCLAREN IN HIS OWN WORDS (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th February 2023
Another chance to hear Malcolm McLaren, who died in 2010, looking back on his life in fashion and music.
Impresario, entrepreneur, agent provocateur, fashion designer, manager of The Sex Pistols, raconteur and maker of myths. Malcolm McLaren was all this and much more.
In December 2008 he spent several days in a BBC studio looking back on his extraordinary life and work while making a three-hour New Year's Day show for 6 Music. This programme contains the highlights of these unique recordings and includes anecdotes about his childhood, his career and includes Malcom's thoughts on the state of the music business and popular culture.
His anecdotes cover an early infatuation with 1950s rock 'n' roll and his precocious eye for fashion (he remembers calling out "Pierre Cardin" when he saw The Beatles first appearance in collarless suits in a Piccadilly club and, a decade later, giving a drunken John Lennon the handmade silk suit off his own back in a New York club).
He also recalls seeing legends such as Screamin' Jay Hawkins and John Lee Hooker performing live; attempting to manage the New York Dolls; his travels in the USA; the shop he ran in London's Kings Road with his partner Vivienne Westwood; The Sex Pistols and the recordings he made in his own right.
There is also the chance to hear an extract of the final piece of music he ever worked on. This piece was the first step Malcolm took in making a series for Radio 2, which, sadly, he was never able to complete. Apparently he was still brimming with ideas for this series as his life ebbed away in a Swiss clinic where he was undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer.
LET'S EAT GRANDMA - NORWICH VENUES TOUR (320kbs-m4a/28mb/11mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st February 2023
Steve Lamacq is live from the Norwich Arts Centre in Norfolk for his third show on his Independent Venue Week tour.
All week, we're touring the UK, hosting the Tea Time show live from a different independent venue. Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth from Norwich band Let's Eat Grandma takes listeners on a tour of Norwich.
Let's Eat Grandma - Eat Shiitake Mushrooms [Transgressive]
Let's Eat Grandma - Snakes & Ladders [Transgressive]
Let's Eat Grandma - Sax In The City [Transgressive]
Let's Eat Grandma - Happy New Year [Transgressive]
Gengahr - She's a Witch [Transgressive]
Let's Eat Grandma - Levitation [Transgressive]
DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - 6 MUSIC 16.01.23 (320kbs-m4a/1.4gb/10hrs30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th January 2023
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
Lauren kicks off the Desert Island Disco All-Dayer, with 6 Music listener Adrian Clegg providing banging tunes & dancefloor fillers. Wash away all the noise and find sanctuary in sound as part of Escape with 6 Music throughout January.
Cassius - Cassius 1999 [Distinctive]
Remi Wolf - Quiet On Set [Island]
Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred [MFP]
Bob & Marcia - Young Gifted & Black [Trojan]
The Who - Baba O'Riley [Polydor]
Motörhead - Motorhead [Big Beat]
02. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - SANTIGOLD MIX
Legendary cross-genre artist Santigold takes you to her very own Desert Island Disco, with a playlist of songs that make her happy and relaxed including The Clash and Black Uhuru.
Bonobo - Cirrus [Ninja Tune]
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) [EMI]
Black Uhuru - Happiness [Island]
Little Simz (feat. Obongjayar) - Point And Kill [Age 101]
Amadou & Mariam - Sabali [Because Music]
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere [Warner Bros]
The Clash - Police & Thieves
03. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - ALICE BINNS MIX
The Desert Island Disco All-Dayer continues, with 6 Music listener Alice Binns providing banging tunes & dancefloor fillers.
Wash away all the noise and find sanctuary in sound as part of Escape with 6 Music throughout January.
Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think [Public Enemy]
Armand van Helden (feat. Duane Harden) - You Don't Know Me [FFRR]
Olive - You're Not Alone [Global Television]
The Tamperer (feat. Maya) - Feel It [Pepper]
Kelis - Acapella [Polydor]
Hudson Mohawke - Intentions
04. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - STUART MACONIE NORTHERN SOUL PLAYLIST
6 Music's Desert Island Disco All-Dayer brings you a mix of nothing but northern soul classics from Stuart Maconie.
Chic - Chic Cheer [Virgin]
Rita & The Tiaras - Gone With The Wind Is My Love
Nolan Porter - Keep On Keepin' On
The Vel-Vets - I Got To Find Me Somebody
Luther Ingram - If It's All The Same To You Babe
Roy Hamilton - Crackin' Up Over You
Bob Brady & The Con Chords - Everybody's Goin' To The Love-In
Beverley Ann - You've Got Your Mind On Other Things
Sandi Sheldon - You're Gonna Make Me Love You [Virgin]
05. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - DON LEISURE MIX
The Cardiff-based producer Don Leisure serves up a hip-hop and Asian-influenced mix as the Desert Island Disco All-Dayer continues.
Baloji - Spoiler [Bella Union]
Sarah Williams White - Greetings (Don Leisure Rework) [First Word]
J Dilla - Track 30 [Unreleased]
Madlib - Theme De Crabtree [Madlib Invazion]
Don Leisure - In the City [First Word]
Don Leisure - WBLS [Unreleased]
Don Leisure & David Newington - Carried By Ice [Unreleased]
Don Leisure - Action King [Unreleased]
Katsuhisa Hattori - Futaridake No Umi [Columbia]
Gruff Rhys - Lone Your Loneliness (Don Leisure Remix) [Rough Trade]
Admin - Bright Moments [Omena]
Earl Jeffers - Black Sunshine [Melange]
Underground Resistance - 303 Sunset [Underground Resistance]
Aphex Twin - Ptolemy [Apollo/R&S]
06. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - LAUREN LAVERNE - ULTIMATE COLLABORATIVE DESERT ISLAND DISCO
The 6 Music listeners picks the tunes, coming together and collaborating on the ultimate Desert Island Disco playlist.
Coldcut (feat. Roots Manuva) - True Skool [Ninjatune]
Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) [Debutante]
The Players Association - Turn The Music Up! [EMI]
Earth, Wind & Fire - September [Premier]
Pearl Charles - Only For Tonight
Donna Summer - I Feel Love [Casablanca]
Purple Disco Machine - Dished (Male Stripper) [Club Sweat / Virgin]
07. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS - DJ PAULETTE MIX
DJ Paulette takes you to her own personal Desert Island Disco with a special mix featuring Patrice Rushen, Anz, Leon Ware and MoodyMann.
Anz - Decisions [Ninja Tune]
Patrice Rushen - Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Be) [Elektra]
Mass Production - Welcome To Out World (Of Merry Music)
Bruise - The Dassy Slide
Gabriels - Love And Hate In A Different Time (Greg Wilson And Che Wilson Remix)
Moodymann - Shades Of Jae [KDJ]
Chantal Curtis - Get Another Love [Key]
Voices - Voices In My Mind
Leon Ware - What's Your Name [Fabulous]
08. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS
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.
Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles [Telstar]
Joy Orbison & Léa Sen - Better [XL Recordings]
Beyoncé - Break My Soul [Parkwood Entertainment]
Emma‐Jean Thackray - Movementt [Movementt]
Freeez - Southern Freeez [Connoisseur Collection]
LTJ Bukem - Watercolours [Goodlooking]
09. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS - LAGOON FEMSHAYMA MIX
Lagoon Femshayma takes you to his own personal Desert Island Disco with a special mix featuring Happy Clappers, DJ Smoke and Gafacci.
Happy Clappers - I Believe (95 Radio Edit) [Shindig]
La Veneno - El Rap De La Veneno [Lemuria Music]
Gafacci - Satisfaction (Edit) [Bandcamp]
Gafacci - Ravernomics [Bandcamp]
Tribalstars & ROSALÍA - Bizcochito [Bandcamp]
Bianca Oblivion - Bumbum Pra Cá [Bandcamp]
Rich Tanner & Hedo & Soulely - Put Cha Back In It
Hoodini - Fairo Work (Hoodini Club Edit) [Hoodini]
OSSX - Crazy Love (OSSX Edit) [Bandcamp]
DJ Smoke - 1312 (No Justice No Peace)
T2 & DJ Master-D - Heartbroken Drumz (Casement Blend)
DJ SWISHA - Dancefloor Jam [Loveless]
DJ Assault - Gay Guy [Jefferson Ave]
Romy - Lifetime (Anz Togetherness Remix) [Young]
OSSX & TAH - Off The Books [Bandcamp]
Underworld - Born Slippy Edit [Bandcamp]
10. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS
Lizzo - Juice [Atlantic]
Romy & Fred again.. & HAAi - Lights Out [Atlantic]
Denzel Curry (feat. slowthai) - Zatoichi [Loma Vista Recordings]
Common (feat. Black Thought & Seun Kuti) - When We Move [Loma Vista Recordings]
The Four Seasons - The Night [Spectrum]
Moloko - Forever More [Echo]
Afronaut (feat. Melissa Browne) - Transcend M.E. [Z]
11. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - MARY ANNE HOBBS - JAMZ SUPERNOVA PLAYLIST
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto - Fuego De Cumbia (Coumbia Fire) [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
Semblanzas de Rio Guapi - Jesús Nazareno [Discos Pacífico]
Bomba Estéreo - Tamborero [Sony]
Joe Arroyo (feat. La Verdad) - En Barranquilla Me Quedo [Discos Fuentes]
Dona Onete - Banzeiro [Mais Um Discos]
Wganda Kenya (feat. Luis Carlos) - El Caterete [Discos Fuentes]
Luigy Boy & La Florezta - Alo Michael (Rico Rico Rico Rico) [Planto]
12. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES
Escape with 6 Music for the Desert Island Disco All-Dayer, with banging mixes from Isaac Ferry, Amy Lamé and the independent record label, Original Gravity. Wash away all the noise and find sanctuary in sound.
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse [Olsen]
Diana Ross - No One Gets The Prize [UNI/Motown]
Beatchild & The Slakadeliqs (feat. Justin Nozuka) - The Only Difference [BBE]
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Don't Worry 'Bout What I Do
Mattiel - Lighthouse [Heavenly]
Michele Chiavarini - Let Me See You (Clap Your Hands) [Quantize Recordings]
Maceo Parker - Homeboy
13. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES - ISAAC FERRY MIX
Record collector and DJ Isaac Ferry brings the sunshine with a soul, funk and disco mix, to blast away those January Blues. Pack some sunglasses!
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko [Charly]
Joutro Mundo - Não Force [Chit Chat]
Okyerema Asante - Sabi (Get Down) [Strut]
Sandra Hamilton - Parang Jam [Soundway]
Cantoma - Alive [Highwood Recordings]
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby [Premier]
14. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES
The Go‐Go's - We Got The Beat [Stiff]
Barry Can't Swim - Like The Old Days [Technicolour]
The Winston Brothers - Boiling Pot
Badge & Talkalot (feat. Ian Whitelaw) - Help Me [Soul Bank Music]
Mario Biondi & The High Five Quintet - This Is What You Are [Soul Bank Music]
Blackstreet (feat. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen) - No Diggity [MCA]
Los Bitchos - Las Panteras [City Slang]
Pulp - Disco 2000 [Island]
15. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES - AMY LAMÉ MIX
Amy Lamé keeps the party vibes going with feelgood tunes from America, the UK and France. Expect tunes from The Dead Milkmen, Christine & The Queens, The Smiths and more...
The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl [Ryko/Rhino]
Cristina - Is That All There Is? [ZE]
The B‐52's - 52 Girls [Island]
France Gall - Poupée de cire, poupée de son [UME - Global Clearing House]
Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger [Virgin]
Christine And The Queens (feat. Dâm-Funk) - Girlfriend [Because Music]
The Smiths - Jeane (2008 Remaster) [WM UK]
Billy Nomates - Hippy Elite [Invada]
16. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES
Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher [Brunswick]
Soul Messin' Allstars (feat. Josh Teskey) - Soul A Go Go [Soul Messin']
Gichy Dan - Cowboys & Gangsters (Social Disco Club Edit)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid [Telstar]
The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko [Apple]
Sam Redmore (feat. SANiTY) - One More Time [Jalapeno]
M.I.A. - Paper Planes [XL Recordings]
Joy - I Feel The Spirit [Yaweh]
The Bamboos - Amen Brother
17. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - CRAIG CHARLES - ORIGINAL GRAVITY MIX
Neil Anderson, drummer and founder of the brilliant independent record label Original Gravity, spins us his favourite Soul, Funk, Blues, R&B, 60s, Latin, Ska and Reggae tunes.
Otis Redding - Mr. Pitiful [Atlantic]
Wilson Pickett - Land Of 1000 Dances [Telstar]
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman [Motown]
Prince Buster - Enjoy Yourself [Voice Of The People]
Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel [Quality Television]
Brentford All Stars - Race Track [Soul Jazz]
Val Bennett - Baby Baby [Trojan]
John Lee Hooker - Money (That's What I Want) [Ace]
Raye Cole - You Gotta Set Me Free [Original Gravity]
The Regulators - Don't Look Back In Anger [Original Gravity]
18. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ
Today is the infamous Blue Monday - supposedly the most miserable day of the year. So 6 Music is countering this with a day of fun, uplifting, escape-themed mixes and playlists from 6 Music presenters and special guests. Think uplifting dancefloor bangers across all genres all day!
The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats [Virgin]
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba [XL Recordings]
Altered Images - Happy Birthday [Sony]
The Kit Kats - That's The Way [Jamie]
Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) [Now]
Gretel Hänlyn - Today (Can't Help But Cry) [VLF]
Basement Jaxx & The Clash - Magnificent Romeo (Soulwax Remix) [White Label]
Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage! [XL Recordings]
19. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ - NADINE SHAH 'HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET' MIX
Nadine Shah celebrates her own birthday with her How To Get To Sesame Street mix - thirty minutes of music in the spirit of parties and fun to bring out your inner child. From music from The Muppets via the likes of Feist, The Beach Boys, Beyonce and De La Soul, all the way to Sesame Street itself....
Mahna Mahna & The Two Snowths - Mah Na Mah Na [EMI Catalogue]
De La Soul - Me, Myself And I [Warner]
The Pointer Sisters - Pinball Number Count [Sesame Workshop Catalog]
Manu Chao - Bongo Bong [Palm Pictures]
The Cramps - Human Fly [Beaky]
The Beach Boys - Vegetables [Capitol]
Beyoncé - Work It Out [Columbia]
Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song [Connoisseur]
Melanie - Brand New Key [Premier]
Feist - 1234 [Polydor]
Kermit The Frog - Rainbow Connection [Rhino]
20. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ
Wah! - The Story Of The Blues (Part 1) [Warner ESP]
Bicep (feat. Clara La San) - Water [Ninja Tune]
Gigolo Aunts - Where I Find My Heaven [Fire]
Phoenix City All-Stars - One Step Beyond
The Beat - Too Nice To Talk To [Go Feet]
The Tams - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy [Stateside]
Hot Chip - Over And Over [EMI]
Half Man Half Biscuit - Petty Sessions [R M Qualtrough]
Disclosure - ENERGY [Island]
21. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ - SAM MENDES MIX
Award-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes presents a mix of music from his teenage years of 1980-1981, which is also when his new movie Empire of Light is set. Including a music from the likes of Talking Heads, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello and Simple Minds.
A prolific writer and director, Sam Mendes won an Academy Award for Best Director with his directorial debut American Beauty in 1999. Since then he's worked across film and the stage, with his filmography including the multi-award-winning 1917, an adaptation of the novel Revolutionary Road and two James Bond films - Skyfall and Spectre. His latest film, Empire of Light, is set in a cinema in a seaside town in the early 1980s. It stars Olivia Coleman and Michael Ward and features music from contemporary artists of the time such as The Beat and The Specials.
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime [EMI]
The Undertones - It's Going To Happen! [Castle Communications]
Simple Minds - In Trance As Mission [Virgin]
The Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of [Virgin]
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Clubland [Universal Music Tv]
Grace Jones - Feel Up [Island]
The Jam - That's Entertainment [Polydor]
22. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ
The La's - There She Goes [Go! Discs]
Jamie T - Sticks 'N' Stones [Virgin]
Freestyle Fellowship - Hot Potato
Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You [Philips]
Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice [Astralwerks]
Blondie - Heart Of Glass [Castle]
Lord Tanamo - Come Down (Pomps And Pride) [Silverphonic]
Silvery - You Give A Little Love [Blow Up]
23. DESERT ISLAND DISCO ALL-DAYER - STEVE LAMACQ - CERYS MATTHEWS MIX
Cerys brings the sunshine to Blue Monday from her usual Sunday morning show on 6 Music with a mix of her favourite music from Mexico. Including music from Carla Morrison, Mexrrissey, Louis Armstrong, Flaco Jimenez and many more.
Hear Cerys Matthews's musical adventures around the world on 6 Music and BBC Sounds every Sunday morning from 10am.
Louis Armstrong - La Cucaracha [GRP]
Mariachi Las Adelitas UK - Viva México [Sonidos]
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán - El Son de la Negra [MCM Mexico/WMI]
Mexrrissey - El Primero Del Gang (First Of The Gang To Die) [Cooking Vinyl]
Just a little taste of Mexican Music Vol. 1 - La Pajarera (interp. Guitarte) [WEA Latina]
Carla Morrison - Eres Tú [Cosmica Artists]
Luis Miguel - México En La Piel [WEA Latina]
Lila Downs (feat. Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca) - La Cumbia Del Mole [Narada]
Mariachi México de Pepe Villa - Las Bicicletas [Sono-mex]
Flaco Jiménez - Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio [Arhoolie]
THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 45. SAM MENDES (320kbs-m4a/99mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 31st December 2022
Director Sam Mendes reveals the formative influences on his career in theatre and film.
Theatre and film director Sam Mendes first made his mark when he launched London's Donmar Warehouse theatre in the early 90s. He has won Olivier and Tony Awards for numerous productions including Cabaret, The Ferryman and most recently, The Lehman Trilogy. He made his cinematic debut directing American Beauty in 1999, and won the first of two Oscars - the second was for the war film 1917. He also directed the two James Bond movies Skyfall and Spectre, and was knighted in 2020.
Sam tells John Wilson about his earliest memories of feeling the thrill of live performance, at the London production of Godspell in 1971. Later, how the work of Shakespeare came alive for him while watching productions at the RSC, and in particular, a memorable performance of Antony and Cleopatra starring Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren. He reveals how his directorship of the Donmar Warehouse, which established his reputation as a ground-breaking theatre director, all began with a chance late night stroll around Covent Garden.
Seeing Wim Wenders' 1984 film Paris, Texas was to be a formative influence on Sam when he eventually came to direct his debut feature American Beauty and later films including Jarhead and Revolutionary Road. Casting the actor Daniel Craig in his second film Road to Perdition, despite a poor audition was to have a significant impact on both their careers. Sam also talks about moving into writing and making more personal films including 1917 based on the war stories of his grandfather, and Empire of Light, partly inspired by his childhood experiences of witnessing his own mother's struggles with her mental health.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
ORBITAL - RESIDENCY: OLD AND NEW DISCOVERIES (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 24th February 2023
For their last show Orbital play a selection of dancefloor favourites, a mix old faithfuls and new discoveries with music from Yush, Manami, Logic1000 and Aphex Twin.
Orbital - Moon Princess
Plaid - Object Orient
Aphex Twin - Analogue Bubble Bath
Charlotte Adigéry - Cliche (Soulwax Remix)
Logic 1000 - Rush
Yushh - Same Same
God Within - Daylight
Orbital - Day One
Manami - Rain Dance
Makesome Breaksome - Let's Dance
Backdraft - Labrat
Roni Size - Dirty Beats (Bushwacka! Remix)
Krafty Kuts - Blowout
Three Lines - Soothsayer Dub v2
Acid Party Yobs - Crying and Smoking
Dreamland - MSTR
ORBITAL - RESIDENCY: ACID AND JUNGLE (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 17th February 2023
Orbital play some of their favourite acid and jungle records from the early 90s, with music from 808 State, E Z-Rollers and Hardfloor plus an exclusive track from their album.
Maurice Joshua & Hot Hands - This Is Acid
Hardfloor - Acperiennce
Curcuit Breaker - Overkill
Bam Bam - Where's Your Child
808 State - Flow Coma
Orbital - Home
Hyper On Experience - Half Steeper
Hyper On Experience - Disturbance
Spring Heel Jack - Take 1
Hyper On Experience - Lords Of The Null Lines (Foul Play Remix)
Orbital - Requiem Of The Pre Apocalypse
E-Z Rollers - Rolled Into One
ORBITAL - RESIDENCY: BREAKBEAT (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 10th February 2023
Rave pioneers Orbital play sounds from the noughties breakbeat era featuring faves such as Plump DJs, Evil 9 and Meat Katie. Plus there's an exclusive play of their new single.
Mondo Paradiso - Fallen Angel (Angel Remix)
Orbital - Impact (30 Years Later And The Earth Is Still Burning Mix)
Santos - Electro
Aquasky vs. Masterblaster - Thru the Fire (Backdraft Remix)
Plump DJs - Rocket Soul
Evil Nine - Crooked
Zero - Emit/Collect (Rennie Pilgrim's Agatha Stomp Mix)
Elektronaughts - Bumper (Obscene Frequenzy Wasted Mix)
Lee Coombs & Meat Katie - The Hum
Orbital - Are You Alive?
ORBITAL - RESIDENCY: INFLUENCES (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 3rd February 2023
Electronic music pioneers Orbital run through some records that influenced their sound from the early 90s. Including plenty of Bleep techno and early rave innovations on Warp Records and artists including the futuristic LFO, Coco Steel and Fuse.
Coco Steel & Lovebomb - Feel It
Datrua - Devotion
Eon - Spice (J Saul Kane Mix)
L.F.O. - L.F.O.
Elite Force - Bombing The Subway
PMT - Gyromancer (False Prophet Mix)
Sweet Exorcist - Testone
Nightmares On Wax - Dextrous
The Step - Yeah You (Robert Gordon Mix)
Midi Rain - Crack Train
Orbital - Omen
Nightmares On Wax - Aftermath
Orbital - Are We Here (Dusky Remix)
L.F.O. Vs. Fuse - Loop
ORBITAL - DESERT ISLAND DISCO 17.02.23 (320kbs-m4a/44mb/19mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th February 2023
Orbital take you to the Desert Island Disco with a very special mix, as they release their brand new album Optical Delusion.
Midi Rain - The Crack Train [Vinyl Solution]
Lowdown & MKJAY - Afterhours [This Isn't Bristol]
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Sorry I Am Late (Richy Ahmed Remix) [FFRR]
Fusi & Johnson - Jackpot (Spektre Remix) [Tribal Vision]
Victor Lou - Ghouse [Blackartel]
Orbital - The Box (Joris Voorn Remix) [Orbital Recordings Ltd]
Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon [Play It Again Sam USA]
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray [Rham!]
Ubik - Ram Raid [Zoom]
Intro (320kbs-m4a/12mb/5mins)
THE LOOK OF LOVE: THE BURT BACHARACH STORY (320kbs-m4a/262mb/1hr54mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 10th & 17th February 2023
In a two-part documentary, Michael Ball tells the story of Burt Bacharach, one of the greatest songwriters of the latter half of the 20th century.
Burt Bacharach's success in the 60s, particularly with Dionne Warwick, was phenomenal, with tracks penned by him including Walk On By, Do You Know The Way to San José, Anyone Who Had a Heart, Always Something There to Remind Me and The Look of Love. In the UK, Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Frankie Vaughan and Cilla Black also had success with Burt and lyricist Hal David.
This documentary tells Burt Bacharach's life story focusing especially on the complexities of his music, the content and context of his songs and the changing perceptions of them over the years.
THE LOOK OF LOVE: THE BURT BACHARACH STORY - EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 10th February 2023
Susanna Hoffs - The Look Of Love
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Cilla Black - Alfie
Michael Ball - A House Is Not A Home
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - San Jose
Deacon Blue - Message To Michael
Elvis Costello - Please Stay
The Cranberries - (They Long To Be) Close To You
Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - (It's) Wonderful To Be Young
Tom Jones - I Wake Up Crying
Shirley Bassey - A House Is Not A Home
Frankie Vaughan - Tower Of Strength
Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
Perry Como - Magic Moments
Vanessa Williams - Open Your Heart
Dionne Warwick - What The World Needs Now Is Love
Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is Over
Burt Bacharach - This Guy's In Love With You (Live)
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra - Algo Bueno (Woody 'N' You)
Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montreal & Nadine Pelle - 6 Chants Populaires Hebraiques, Op. 86: III. Berceuse
The Burt Bacharach Orchestra & Chorus - Nikki
The Ames Brothers - The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
Patti Page - Keep Me In Mind
Johnny Mathis - Warm And Tender
Marty Robbins - The Story Of My Life
The Remo Four - Magic Potion
Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
The Drifters - Mexican Divorce
Marlene Dietrich - Sag Mir Die Blumen Sind
Marlene Dietrich - Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt
Jerry Butler - Make It Easy On Yourself
Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
Doris Day - Send Me No Flowers
Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat?
THE LOOK OF LOVE: THE BURT BACHARACH STORY - EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 17th February 2023
Susanna Hoffs - The Look Of Love
Dionne Warwick - Make It Easy On Yourself
Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart
Lou Johnson - Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha)
Dionne Warwick - Message To Michael (Message To Martha)
Dionne Warwick - You'll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart
Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat?
Dionne Warwick - Here I Am
Peter Sellers & The Hollies - After The Fox
Cher - Alfie
B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love
Sandra Bernhart - The Look Of Love
Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass - This Guy's In Love With You
David Merrick - Promises, Promises
David Merrick - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Ross Hunter - Lost Horizon
Burt Bacharach - The World Is A Circle
Burt Bacharach - Bond Street (Live)
Dionne Warwick (feat. Elton John & Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) - That's What Friends Are For
Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Tony Orlando - To Wait For Love
Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - God Give Me Strength
Dionne Warwick - On My Way
Will Young - What's In Goodbye
Ronald Isley - Love's (Still) The Answer
Ronald Isley - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Jack Jones - Wives And Lovers
Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass - Casino Royale
BURT BACHARACH AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 9th February 2023
In celebration of the life the great composer, arranger, producer and performer, here is a compilation of the many insightful interviews he gave to the BBC, talking in depth to Paul Gambaccini, Steve Wright, Nicky Campbell, Pete Murray, Paul Sexton and Graham Norton over many decades.
These inspiring conversations feature alongside many of the landmark recordings with artists such as Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Cilla Black, Tom Jones, Carpenters, Christopher Cross, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Gene Pitney, Gladys Knight and Luther Vandross.
We also hear Burt's own inside observations about his writing partnerships and friendships with Hal David, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss.
Burt Bacharach - Trains And Boats And Planes
Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass - This Guy's In Love With You
Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart
Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass - Casino Royale
Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat?
Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love
Cilla Black - Alfie
B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer
Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
Luther Vandross - A House Is Not A Home
Dionne Warwick (feat. Elton John & Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) - That's What Friends Are For
SATURDAY SEQUENCE: DAVID CROSBY & GRAHAM NASH (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th January 2023
As a tribute to David Crosby, who died on 18th January, a chance to hear him and bandmate Graham Nash discussing the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young reunion album American Dream. First broadcast on Radio 1 in 1988.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - American Dream
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Compass
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Nighttime For The Generals
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - This Old House
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Soldiers Of Peace
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Clear Blue Skies
The Byrds - Wait And See
David Crosby - Slice Of Time [Iconic Artists Group]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 28 - 4. WILLIAM ORBIT (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th February 2023
Artist,
producer, songwriter, Grammy award winner, maverick. William Orbit
shares some of his seminal First Times from his life and career.
Considering
that his career spans six decades, and accounts for over 200m record
sales, nothing should surprise you when it comes to William Orbit. But
this might: not so long ago the Grammy Award-winning producer behind
multi-platinum records for U2, Blur, Madonna, All Saints and countless
others, signed up for an online tutorial in how to produce music. 'Pro
Tools For Beginners', he laughs. "Now, I'm an ace on Pro Tools, but a
few things puzzled me about the new version, so I signed up for a
course. Episode one was basically: what is Pro Tools? What is sound?
What is a computer? I was finding out for the first time what some of
these 'mystery buttons' did. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry."
After
a period of inactivity we'll come to later, William Orbit was ready to
make new music: "I felt as on fire as I last did in about 1996." The
result is 'The Painter', an album that's unmistakably the work of one of
pop's most distinctive musicians, but one that turns exciting new
corners too. Accordingly, it features old collaborators like Beth Orton
and Katie Melua, as well as new friends like Georgia, Polly Scattergood
and Lido Pimienta. "I'm so incredibly happy with it," he beams. "The
last year has been the most creative time I can think of. New toys, new
collaborators, new relationships; there are tracks on this album that
are up there with my best."
The bigger picture begins in 1971
when, aged 14, William discovered his uncle's tape recorder. "It seemed
like the most incredible thing in the whole world," he remembers, "that
you could take a sound... and retain it." This was the start of a
lifelong obsession with sound. Leaving school at 16 he took on numerous
and varied jobs – from night shift at the Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam
to the civil service. But one thought never left him. "What I knew is
that I wanted to be creative," he remembers. "I just didn't know how. It
burned me up."
By the late 70s Orbit was the rent-free resident
of a caretaker's cottage in an abandoned Victorian school whose gas and
electric had been left on. ("I was quite a seasoned squatter when it
came to changing locks and putting in toilets.") The second hand shop
next door, run by two chaps called Giuseppe and Raymondo, was piled high
with musical equipment. The rest writes itself: Orbit formed a band
(Torch Song), made music, and got rejected by labels until, one day, he
didn't: There was a call from Miles Copeland of IRS Records. "It felt
like a turning point. I thought: 'If I'm smart about it, I'm never going
to have to leave this wonderful place of being paid to make music.'"
One pivotal moment was witnessing Rusty Egan play a Torch Song single in
a DJ set. "'We've arrived', I thought. We hadn't actually arrived, but
it was a start."
Specifically, it was the start of a career in
which Orbit became one of the world's most successful producers, for the
likes of Blur, Madonna, All Saints, P!nk, Beth Orton, U2 and Robbie
Williams. A career that also includes the launch of legendary dance
label Guerilla, numerous solo releases such as the 'Strange Cargo'
series and the landmark new-classical album 'Pieces In A Modern Style',
and the journey from underground electronica to primetime Top Of The
Pops, through projects like 90s band Bass-o-Matic and before that as the
producer of comedian, Harry Enfield's single 'Loadsamoney (Doin' Up The
House)' which rather improbably became Orbit's first hit record. (Both
TOTP appearances are on YouTube, each quite extraordinary for rather
different reasons.)
William's latest album 'The Painter' is out now.
Blur - Tender [Food]
Ferdinand Lang & Berlin Symphonic Orchestra - Spring from The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto In E Major [Classical Masters]
Cream - Badge [Polydor]
Simon & Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade Of Winter [Columbia]
Focus - Hocus Pocus [Polydor]
Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Cybernaut [Late Night Tales]
Jean Martinon & The London Symphony Orchestra - Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 [Decca]
Torch Song - Prepare To Energize [I.R.S.]
Marcia Henderson - Peter Pan: Build My House [The Magic Of Music]
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze [MCA]
Bass-O-Matic - Fascinating Rhythm [Now]
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings [WEA]
Madonna - Frozen [Maverick]
Blur - No Distance Left To Run [Food]
William Orbit & Polly Scattergood - Colours Colliding [Rhino]
Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia [Rykodisc]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 28 - 3. EROL ALKAN (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th February 2023
DJ, remixer, producer, artist, and starter of hugely influential club nights... Erol Alkan shares his seminal music moments on this The First Time.
Erol Alkan has never played by dance music's rules, which might explain how he's lasted so long through changing trends and fickle tastes. Since the halcyon days of 'Trash', his decade long nightclub in London and later, as a resident at Bugged Out, Alkan has long been blending orthodox dance music with unorthodox tastes. Bringing alternative flair to Dj sets, informed by a adolescent diet of psychedelic and indie rock bands, Alkan mixes techno, house and rock music in a way that most other Djs cannot. All of that means these sets are as exciting for techno heads as those on the peripheries of dance music—in other words, Alkan bridges the gap between two musical worlds and shows there doesn't need to be a divide in the first place.
Through his label Phantasy, Alkan champions other artists who are at the forefront of this crossover, including Daniel Avery, and he's been a mentor to many as both a DJ and producer. Radio residencies have included shows for Boiler Room and BBC6 Music, as well as a touring duty taking in some of the worlds most celebrated clubs including fabric, Fuse, Sub Club and Berghain.
Alkan's unique approach to dance music comes from what he calls a "skewed perspective," having always been an outsider to the scenes he swims in, with an instinct for occasionally going against the grain: After winning the accolade as 'Dj Of The Year' from Mixmag, he retreated back into the indie world, producing alternative bands rather than predictably touring the nightclub circuit. Alkan is an artist who has always done what feels right to him, stating that that "the spirit" of his music has been the same since he was a teenager. With feet in both worlds, working on upcoming albums by Daniel Avery and legendary shoegaze band Ride, proving that Alkan is at home with throbbing techno as he is at glacial guitars.
And while Erol Alkan is a renowned producer, he might best be known as a remixer—another way that he effortlessly brings worlds together. His new compilation 'Reworks Volume 1' looks back on over a decade of realigning other artists, including his classic versions of Justice's "Waters Of Nazareth," Connan Mockasin's "Forever Dolphin Love" and Death From Above 1979's "Romantic Rights," remixes that have added new perspective and dimensions to the originals, at times perform alchemy, turning rock into dance music on reworks for Franz Ferdinand, Interpol and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and he's just as comfortable taking on fellow dance music producers like Lindstrøm, Daft Punk and Hot Chip, which lead to the classic rework of 'Boy From School'.
Midlake - Roscoe [Late Night Tales]
The Ronettes - Be My Baby [Phil Spector Int]
New Order - Blue Monday [Now]
Duran Duran - The Reflex (Dance Mix) (2010 Remaster) [Parlophone UK]
Duran Duran - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) [Parlophone UK]
Manic Street Preachers - Motown Junk [Epic]
Adam Ant - Friend Or Foe [Columbia]
David Bowie - Queen Bitch [EMI]
Hot Chip & Erol Alkan - Boy From School [Domino Recording Co]
Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan's Extended Rework) [Phantasy Sound / [PIAS]]
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve & Holly Miranda - Black Crow [Phantasy Sound / [PIAS]]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 28 - 2. BAABA MAAL (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 12th February 2023
Legendary Senegalese musician Baaba Maal joins Matt Everitt to share his stories, music, and First Times in his life.
Baaba Maal has followed his music as it travelled the world, spreading word of an energetic, idealistic Africa - from his young travels around West Africa performing songs with mentor Mansour Seck, to the Paris conservatoire where he studied musical theory, and ultimately across the globe.
He has collaborated with John Leckie, Brian Eno, Damon Albarn’s Africa Express and Mumford & Sons. He has worked on movie soundtracks for The Last Temptation of Christ and Black Hawk Down and more recently become the voice of Wakanda for the Black Panther films, helping soundtrack composer Ludwig Goransson create the films exhilarating musical soundscape.
Baaba's latest album Being is released at the end of March 2023.
Ludwig Göransson (feat. Baaba Maal) - Wakanda [Hollywood]
James Brown - Soul Power [Ace]
Johnny Hallyday - Noir C'est Noir [Universal Music Division/Mercury]
Orchestra Baobab - Natalia
Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry [Island]
Baaba Maal - Souka Nayo (I Will Follow You) [Palm Pictures]
Miles Davis - Générique [El]
Fela Kuti & Afrika '70 - No Agreement (Edit) [Knitting Factory]
Hans Zimmer (feat. Baaba Maal) - Still [Decca/UMG]
Baaba Maal - Agreement [Marathon Artists]
Bébé Manga - Ami O [Akwaba]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 28 - 1. COSEY FANNI TUTTI (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th February 2023
Musician, author, and performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti joins Matt to talk about her First Times, and performing with Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey.
Born in Hull, Cosey began her art and music career during 1969, appearing in art performances and musical improvisations in and around Hull until 1972.
In 1973, Cosey moved to London and continued working as a performance artist, representing Britain at the 9th Paris Biennale, 1975 and Arte Inglese Oggi, 1976. She also performed in Belgium, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Austria, USA and Canada until 1980.
Throughout the period 1973 - 1980 Cosey was exhibiting, contributing to mail art exhibitions and performing in other group exhibitions around the world. Often working naked in her performances, Cosey went on to investigate self-image within the context of sex magazines and sex films, glamour modelling and striptease acts. Her experiences within these industries during the period 1973 - 1984 were brought into her art work as she explored the many aspects of sex as it is perceived and transacted as commercial product. She placed conventional beauty in a situation where it was subjected to simulated mutilation before a live audience. This provided a visual contrast highlighting and questioning the notion of what is presentable as 'beauty'.
In her infamous exhibition 'Prostitution' at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1976, Cosey Fanni Tutti occupied multiple roles; artist, model, musician, and herself. Music was used in some of Cosey's performances in preference to spoken language, which she considered an obstacle to her visual presentations. She continued to explore the use of sound, scientifically, politically, commercially and as a means of physical pleasure or pain. In 1976, she co-founded the group Throbbing Gristle with Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson and Genesis P-Orridge. They broke the rules of established music and its contextual business practice, ultimately becoming successful with their own record label, Industrial Records. In 1981, Cosey immersed herself in creating music and video with partner Chris Carter under the name Chris & Cosey, most recently performing and recording as Carter Tutti. Their joint musical and video collaborations, some 32 albums, have met with continuing international success.
1994 marked Cosey's re-entry into the art world, since which time her works have been widely exhibited in Museums and Galleries in the UK, USA, Italy, Austria, Germany, Lisbon, Japan, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Sweden. Cosey's continuing multidisciplinary approach to her work has generated many audio and visual works contributing to a prolific output in the past 15 years alongside her guest lectures, discussion panel appearances and numerous presentations.
In 2000, after studying for five years, Cosey received a Bachelor of Arts, First-Class Honours Degree that was conferred at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England.
Her approach to her work also inspired the one-day event in March 2010 'COSEY COMPLEX' at the ICA, London in which a range of artists, writers and other practitioners were invited to present works inspired by the notion of 'Cosey as Methodology', culminating in a music event 'COSEY CLUB-ICA'.
In 2009 - 2010, Cosey's work was part of the travelling exhibition 'Pop Life: Art in a Material World' at Tate Modern, London. Also in 2010, Cosey performed a solo audio visual piece in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern as part of the Tate Modern 10th birthday celebrations.
Her art practice takes its place alongside her continuing music work with Chris Carter (as CARTER TUTTI) and the re-grouping of Throbbing Gristle and their continuing world-wide performances and recordings. Her work continues to be exhibited internationally, most recently in 'Pop Life' at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada and 'Picture Industry' at Regen Projects summer show in Los Angeles in 2010.
Throbbing Gristle - United [Mute]
Doris Day - How Much Is That Doggie In The Window [Barajazz]
Cream - Strange Brew [Polydor]
Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger & The Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire [Premier]
Throbbing Gristle - Hot On The Heels Of Love [Mute]
Donna Summer - I Feel Love [Casablanca]
Chris & Cosey - Secret [Conspiracy International]
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Blue Veils And Golden Sands [Rephlex]
Cosey Fanni Tutti - Tutti [Conspiracy International]
BLUR - LIVE PEEL ACRES 1997 (320kbs-m4a/136mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th January 2023
As part of an Artist Collection celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of Blur's self-titled album, a chance to hear the band performing live in the garden of Peel Acres (John Peel's home) in 1997, the year the album came out.
Blur - Bank Holiday
Orbital - The Saint
Billy Bragg - The Boy Done Good
The Charlatans - With No Shoes
Supergrass - Richard III
Shed Seven - Getting Better
Propellerheads - Spybreak!
Gene - Where Are They Now
The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More
The Fall - Behind The Counter
Kenickie - Nightlife
Blur - Country Sad Ballad Man
Blur - Popscene [Food]
Blur - Song 2
Wire - I Am The Fly [Harvest]
Melanie - Christopher Robin
Blur - Beetlebum [Food]
THE CURE PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st November 2022
Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches shares her Ultimate Cure Playlist, with a decent helping of hits and some deeper cuts thrown in too. A long-time fan, Lauren retells her relationship with the band, which began at an open mic night in Stirlingshire, Scotland, and ended duetting with Robert Smith at the NME Awards.
The Cure - Love Cats [Fiction]
The Cure - Pictures of You [Polydor]
The Cure - Lovesong [Fiction]
The Cure - Just Like Heaven [Fiction]
The Cure - A Forest [Fiction]
The Cure - Lullaby [Fiction]
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love [Fiction]
THE CURE - LIVE 1985 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st November 2022
The Cure recorded live in concert at Birmingham's NEC on 20th September 1985.
The Cure - The Baby Screams
The Cure - Play For Today
The Cure - A Night Like This
The Cure - Primary
The Cure - Kyoto Song
The Cure - The Blood
The Cure - The Hanging Garden
The Cure - Cold
The Cure - In Between Days
The Cure - Let's Go To Bed
The Cure - The Walk
The Cure - Push
The Cure - Screw
The Cure - Sinking
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
THE CURE - IN THEIR OWN WORDS (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st November 2022
Robert Smith from the BBC Archive, including a 2004 John Peel show where he revealed the inspiration behind The Cure's name. An exclusive interview with Matt Everitt ahead of his 2018 Meltdown Festival. Highlights from a 6 Music programme he presented around the same event. And an interview with Steve Lamacq ahead of the band's headline performance at Glastonbury in 2019.
THE PRODIGY PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th October 2022
Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods shares his own ultimate Prodigy playlist. With tracks spanning the band's career, including his own collaboration with them in 2015.
The Prodigy - Intro [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Break and Enter [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Their Law [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Omen [Take Me To The Hospital]
The Prodigy - Omen (Reprise) [Virgin (India) Pvt Ltd.]
The Prodigy - Your Love [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Diesel Power [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Nasty [Take Me To The Hospital]
The Prodigy - Out Of Space [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Poison [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Ibiza [Cooking Vinyl]
The Prodigy (feat. Sleaford Mods) - Ibiza (Instrumental) [Warner]
The Prodigy - Firestarter [XL Recordings]
THE PRODIGY - MAIDA VALE AND TAKEOVER (320kbs-m4a/273mb/1hr53mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th October 2022
The Prodigy performing live at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in London in 2005, and sitting in for Zane Lowe on Radio 1 show in 2009.
The Prodigy - Charly [XL Recordings]
Prodigy - Voodoo People (Radio 1 Session, 14th Sept 2005)
Prodigy - Spitfire (Radio 1 Session, 14th Sept 2005)
Prodigy - Poison (Radio 1 Session, 14th Sept 2005)
Prodigy - Firestarter (Radio 1 Session, 14th Sept 2005)
Bloc Party - One Month Off [Wichita]
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die [Take Me To The Hospital]
DJ Zinc - 138 Trek [Phase:One]
White Lies - To Lose My Life [Fiction]
The Specials - Gangsters [Chrysalis]
The Prodigy - Omen [Take Me To The Hospital]
Human Resource - Dominator [R&S]
The House Crew - Keep The Fire Burning [Production House]
Justice - Phantom Pt. II (Soulwax Remix) [Ed Banger]
Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm
Metronomy - A Thing For Me
Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon [Play It Again Sam]
Urban Shakedown & Micky Finn - Some Justice (7" Dash Mix) [EMI]
THE PRODIGY - IN THEIR OWN WORDS (320kbs-m4a/136mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th October 2022
Liam and Lammo from the archives. Prodigy band leader Liam Howlett gives Steve Lamacq a studio tour in 2015 around the release of The Day Is My Enemy, and in 2018 they reunite to spin records on the London Eye.
In 2015 Lammo visited Liam's studio to hear about the making of the band's latest LP but also delved back into the band's history and heard first hand how Liam pieced together a handful of tracks. Three years later the two reconvened, this time on the London Eye. As the BBC launched its new App, BBC Sounds, in 2018, Liam joined Lammo on the big wheel to share some of the records that had influenced him, as the pair did two full rotations over the course of an hour. In Lammo's own words 'it was a bit weird'.
The Prodigy - Nasty [Take Me To The Hospital/Cooking Vinyl]
The Prodigy - Invisible Sun [Take Me To The Hospital]
The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy [Take Me To The Hospital]
The Specials - Gangsters [Chrysalis]
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Poison [Prism]
The Scientist - The Bee [Kinkin]
Sleaford Mods - Tied Up In Nottz [Harbinger Sound]
Danger Mouse & Run The Jewels & Big Boi - Chase Me [30th Century]
HG WELLS - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (320kbs-m4a/371mb/2hrs40mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd to 9th January 2023
Sci-fi novel by HG Wells first published in 1898.
Starring Paul Daneman and Martin Jarvis.
Dramatised in six parts by Jon Manchip White.
Sound score by David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Producer: John Powell
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June/July 1967.
HG WELLS - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - 1. THE RED PLANET (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd January 2023
"I was in it from the start, but up till now I've never cared to discuss the horrible affair..."
Scientist John Nicholson recalls the horrifying events in the night sky signalling an invasion of Earth.
John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Dora Nicholson .... Isabel Rennie
Ogilvy .... Martin Jarvis
Sir James Stent .... Harold Kasket
Sergeant Holroyd .... Alan Dudley
First Boy - LeRoy Lingwood
Second Boy .... Brian Hewlett
HG WELLS - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - 2. THE HEAT RAY (320kbs-m4a/61mb/26mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 3rd January 2023
'The first "falling star" arrived - a huge comet which left a vivid green trail blazoned across the sky, a trail which heralded, had we only known it, the disasters ahead.'
Early signs of impending calamity...
John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Dora Nicholson .... Isabel Rennie
Ogilvy .... Martin Jarvis
Sir James Stent .... Harold Kasket
First Officer .... Christopher Bidmead
Second Officer .... Ronald Herdman
Third Officer .... Ian Thompson
Lieutenant .... Anthony Jackson
HG WELLS - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - 3. THE FIGHTING MACHINES (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th January 2023
"We thought it was a meteorite at first, but it wasn't... it was a huge metal cylinder-and inside..."
As the aliens take hold on Earth, John Nicholson recalls the devastation he witnessed.
John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Dora Nicholson .... Isabel Rennie
The Lieutenant .... Anthony Jackson
The Colonel .... Ronald Herdman
The Corporal .... Frank Henderson
The Old Gentleman .... Walter Fitzgerald
Crowd .... Alan Dudley/Carole Boyd/Rolf Lefebvre
HG WELLS - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - 4. THE BLACK SMOKE (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th January 2023
'I tripped and fell right in the path of the Fighting-Machines, expecting to be crushed out of existence in a hideous instant...'
John Nicholson witnesses the Martians invasion as they creep from their vast space cylinders.
John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
The Parson .... Peter Sallis
HG WELLS - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - 5. THE RED WEED (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 6th January 2023
'I stared down at the crumpled body of the parson. I had killed him - and then I heard a sound that terrified me.'
John Nicholson recalls more of the unfolding Martian horror...
John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Lieutenant .... Anthony Jackson
First Spokesman .... Denys Hawthorne
Second Spokesman .... Anthony Hall
HG WELLS - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - 6. THE BACILLUS (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th January 2023
'We're going to earth. We're going underground - literally - into the sewers!'
All seems lost with the invaders victorious.
But could the smallest of creatures come to humanity's aid?
John Nicholson concludes the tale of Martian horror.
John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Dora, his wife .... Isabel Rennie
The Lieutenant .... Anthony Jackson
With:
Beth Boyd
Alan Dudley
