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THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 105. HANIF KUREISHI (320kbs-m4a/99mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 17th October 2024
Novelist, playwright and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi's first screenplay, My Beautiful Launderette brought him Oscar and BAFTA nominations in 1985. Five years later his debut novel The Buddha Of Suburbia, set amidst the social divisions of mid 70’s Britain, became a bestseller and was adapted as a BBC television series. After eleven screenplays including My Son The Fanatic, Venus and The Mother, and nine novels, including Intimacy and the Black Album, his latest book is a memoir called Shattered. It records the year he spent in hospital after a fall on Boxing Day 2022 which has left him paralysed.
Hanif talks to John Wilson about the influence of his father, also a writer, who in part inspired his debut novel The Buddha Of Suburbia. He also talks about the influence of Freudian analysis on his writing and how he is coping with the effects of his life-changing accident.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 104. NILE RODGERS (320kbs-m4a/98mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 10th October 2024
Nile Rodgers is one of the most successful and influential figures in popular music. As a songwriter, producer and arranger he has enjoyed a 50 year career with his bands Chic and Sister Sledge, and collaborations with artists including Diana Ross, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Madonna, Daft Punk and Beyoncé.
Bringing his 1959 Fender Stratocaster guitar to the This Cultural Life studio, Nile tells John Wilson how the instrument has been the bedrock of almost every record that he worked on, and acquiring the nickname 'The Hitmaker'. He discusses his bohemian upbringing in 1950s New York with his mother and stepfather who were both drug users. He chooses as one of his most important influences his jazz guitar tutor Ted Dunbar who taught him not only about musical technique but also how to appreciate the artistry of a hit tune. "It speaks to the souls of a million strangers" he was told.
Nile Rodgers reminisces about his musical partner Bernard Edwards, with whom he set up the Chic Organisation after the pair first met on the club circuit playing with cover bands. He discusses their song writing techniques and the importance of what they called 'deep hidden meaning' in lyrics. He also reflects on the untimely death of Bernard Edwards in 1996 shortly after he played a gig with Nile in Tokyo, and why he continues to pay musical tribute to his friend in his globally-touring stage show which includes the songs of Chic and other artists they worked with.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
EATS EVERYTHING B2B GROOVE ARMADA - RADIO 1 DANCE PRESENTS... GLASTONBURY 2024 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 6th July 2024
Radio 1 Dance Presents a series of DJ Sets recorded live at Glastonbury 2024. In this episode, it's Eats Everything B2B Groove Armada recorded live at the Levels Stage.
Eats Everything - Lovelee Day
Julian Collazos - Londresway [Moon Harbour]
Groove Armada - Free Jam
Eats Everything - Unknown
Deetron - Runnin [Nu Groove]
Bicep & Groove Armada - Superstylin vs. Groove Armada
Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives (K&K Edit)
Eats Everything - Unknown
K + K - Luther
Nic Fanciulli - Over
Unknown - No No No (Eats Everything Edit)
Trace - Fake Friends [Hot Creations]
Fred again.. - Maria (spooky cash cash edit)
Eats Everything - Turn Me Out (Edit)
Tone Toy - Freek
Groove Armada - Superstylin Bootleg
