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SOUL MUSIC: SERIES 32 - 4. MAY YOU NEVER (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 19th April 2025
"May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold / May you never make your bed out in the cold."
A perfect folk song of brotherly affection, with simply voice and guitar, John Martyn's May You Never has captured listeners' hearts since 1971.
John Martyn was born in Surrey in 1948 and grew up in Glasgow. Part of the potent London folk scene in the late 60s early 70s, John's style evolved from these folk roots. Written in his early 20s, the enduring version of May You Never was recorded in one take in the early hours of recording his beloved 1973 album, Solid Air. The lyrics encapsulate something of the essence of John Martyn: sweet, joyful and affectionate, yet with a hint of danger ("And may you never lose your temper / If you get in a bar room fight"). John's life was beset by substance abuse and addiction and he died in 2009, age 60.
May You Never, perhaps his most famous song, is remembered by those whose lives became entwined with the song, and by others who knew John or have covered it.
Featuring:
Michael Volpe, Executive Director of If Opera;
Lauren Bensted, a writer based in London;
Graeme Thomson, author of Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn;
Spencer Cozens, keyboard player and Musical Director in John Martyn's band from 1990-2009;
Blythe Pepino, Kit Hawes, Pete Josef and Sam Brookes from The John Martyn Project.
With thanks to Kit Hawes and Spencer Cozens for the instrumental recordings.
JOURNEYS IN SOUND - VIV ALBERTINE: THE MUSICAL UPS AND DOWNS OF MY LIFE (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th October 2025
Viv Albertine of The Slits shares the pivotal moments that have made her the artist she is today.
Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, Viv dives deep to share her story and the songs that have moved her and sound-tracked the ups and downs of her life.
She practically shouted her entry into the world, cash poor and seeking culture as a child in Muswell Hill, North London, and subsequent life as guitarist in the Slits in her first fist waving book Clothes Clothes Clothes, Music Music Music, Boys Boys Boys. Alongside Ari up, Tessa Pollit and Palmolive, Viv Albertine navigated her was through the music industry in the 70s and 80s, divorce - her parents and the later her own, motherhood, creative doldrums and finding her mojo again. More of which is detailed in To Be Thrown Unopened - her second book.
Here she selects the music which accompanied those formative experiences, the inspirations for some of her own musical process and how she's learned to take care of herself through it all. With tracks from John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Pentangle, Pattie Smith and Razzy Bailey.
In this series Nemone also talks in depth to musicians Brett Anderson, Jehnny Beth and Sofia Kourtesis.
If you need support with some of the issues in this programme visit bbc.co.uk/actionline.
The Slits - Typical Girls [Island]
The Beatles - You Can't Do That [Parlophone]
Pentangle - Light Flight [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Cream - White Room [Polydor]
The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko [Apple]
The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine [Island]
Patti Smith - Gloria [Arista]
The Slits - Instant Hit [Island]
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Want Fi Goh Rave [Island]
The Slits - Ping Pong Affair [Island]
Leila - Underwaters (One For Keni) [Rephlex]
The 1975 - Love It If We Made It [Dirty Hit]
Razzy Bailey - I Hate Hate [Jukebox Entertainment]
JOURNEYS IN SOUND - SOFIA KOURTESIS: THE MUSICAL UPS AND DOWNS OF MY LIFE (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th October 2025
Sofia Kourtesis shares the music that has sound-tracked her life with Nemone. The Peruvian DJ and electronic extraordinaire delves into the influence her South American family and culture is part of her musical education.
Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, Sofia dives deep to share her story and the songs that have moved her over the ups and downs of life.
Now based in Berlin, she talks about the mentors and collaborators that have influenced her career more recently, and what led her to make her latest EP Volver, in part inspired by the Pedro Almodóvar film of the same name. In this deeply personal episode, Sofia also talks openly and honestly about grief, and the struggles of moving forward after loss.
In this series Nemone also talks in depth to musicians Jehnny Beth, Sofia Kourtesis and Viv Albertine.
If you need support with some of the issues in this programme visit bbc.co.uk/actionline.
Sofia Kourtesis - Home Is Where I Can Dance [Studio Barnhus]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [DGC]
Kraftwerk - The Robots [Cleopatra]
Joy Division - Shadowplay [London]
2Pac (feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman) - California Love [Death Row]
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic [Grand Royal]
Sofia Kourtesis - La Perla [Technicolour]
Björk - Stonemilker [One Little Indian]
Omar-S - Thank U 4 Letting Me Be Myself [FXHE]
Ellen Allien - Sehnsucht [BPitch Control]
Sofia Kourtesis - Madres [Ninja Tune]
Sofia Kourtesis - By Your Side [Technicolour]
Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni - Unidos [Ninja Tune]
Caribou - You Can Do It [City Slang]
SOPHIE - It's Okay To Cry [Transgressive]
FRONT ROW - HAS MARVEL CRACKED THE SUPERHERO REBOOT? (320kbs-m4a/26mb/11mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 22nd July 2025
The Fantastic Four changed comics forever in 1961 by making superheroes more human, but on screen the team has struggled. Now Marvel is rebooting their First Family for the third time with a big budget spectacular starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Author and journalist Hannah Strong and journalist and co-host of the Fade to Black film podcast Amon Warmann reveal if they've finally stuck the landing.
FRONT ROW - ALAN MOORE ON HIS LATEST NOVEL THE GREAT WHEN (320kbs-m4a/33mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th Sepotember 2025
Creator of V for Vendetta and Watchmen, Alan Moore is probably the world's most acclaimed writer of comic books, a medium he now eschews. Moving into novels, he has explored his hometown Northampton in widely praised work like Jerusalem, but his latest - The Great When - is an otherworldly exploration of literary London, inspired by the psychogeography of Iain SInclair and horror writing of Arthur Machen.
THE RECORDING ANGEL W⧸ RAMON PANG 17.12.25 (256kbs-m4a/110mb/60mins)
NTS Radio podcast 17th December 2025
RamonPang - Mystery Dungeon
RamonPang - Matrix Bloom
RamonPang - Crinoids
Zero One - Thanatoid
Blanke Banshee - My Machine
RamonPang - Forest Volt
Little Boots - Headphones (Todd Edwards Dub)
RAC - TunnelTalk
STUCKINWAVEFORMS - menu_save_exit
RamonPang - The Static
RamonPang - Brand Blvd (edoken Remix)
Kelbin - Unknown
Barker - Force Of Habit (RamonPang Remix)
RamonPang - Broadcastyl (Dehm Remix)
Miya Lowe - Cigarette Lighter Budots
RamonPang - The Answer (data.cluster Remix)
Aphex Twin - Fenix Funk
Thanx frazered
PAPERBACK WRITERS - STEPHEN KING (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th October 2025
In this very special show, Stephen King, one of the world's biggest selling authors, chooses his favourite songs and talks about what they mean to him; from his love of AC/DC to appearing on stage with John Cougar Mellencamp, his running buddy.
Stephen King has sold over 350 million copies of his books, many of which have been made into films and TV series. As well as his love of literature, Stephen also owns three radio stations in the U.S. and is a huge music fan. Over this hour, he plays a selection of tracks from his record collection and tells us the stories behind them.
His latest book is a thrilling new collection of short stories called the Bazaar Of Bad Dreams.
There's a curio for every reader – a man who keeps reliving the same life, repeating the same mistakes over and over, a firework competition between neighbours which reaches an explosive climax, a columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries or a poignant tale about the end of the human race.
AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip [Promosound]
Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop [EMI]
John Mellencamp - Pink Houses [Universal]
Jan & Dean - New Girl In School [X-tra Collection]
The Rolling Stones - Dance Little Sister [Rolling Stones]
KC And The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It) [Global Television]
The Standells - Dirty Water
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie [Old Gold]
Creedence Clearwater Revival - It Came Out Of The Sky [Fantasy]
Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man [EMI America]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
The Searchers - Needles And Pins [Pye]
Nathaniel Rateliff - S.O.B. [Stax]
Kenny Loggins - Footloose [CBS]
The Knack - My Sharona [Sony Tv/Columbia]
Ben E. King - Stand By Me [Global Television]
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine [Polydor]
SPINAL TAP II ON RADIO 2 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 7th September 2025
This Is Spinal Tap is regularly voted as one of the greatest comedy films of all time in critic and audience polls, and in Spinal Tap II – The End Continues, the ageing rock gods are required to return to the stage one more time because of an old contractual obligation.
Presented by Shaun Keaveny, in-character, the main cast of Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Rob Reiner take us though the perils of growing old in a modern music business and reveal some of their hair-brained schemes to find contentment away from the band.
We have a romp through famous scenes from the original movie and from the sequel as Nigel Tufnel, David St Hubbins, and Derek Smalls frankly express their opinions of guest musicians Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney featured in the new film. Jarvis Cocker, Sting, Johnny Marr and others express their admiration for the band and their influence.
British cast members Chris Addison, Nina Conti and Kerry Godliman give voice to their Tap experience making the sequel.
Exclusively for Radio 2, each Spinal Tap member reveals the music from across three centuries that has inspired or comforted them, both as children and in the topsy turvy world of Rock 'n' Roll.
A Foghorn Production for BBC Radio 2.
DR. FEELGOOD - LIVE PARIS THEATRE (1975) (320kbs-m4a/72mb/31mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 8th February 2025
Dr. Feelgood - I Can Tell
Dr. Feelgood - Going Back Home
Dr. Feelgood - Don't You Just Know It
Dr. Feelgood - Roxette
Dr. Feelgood - Another Man
Dr. Feelgood - I Don't Mind
Dr. Feelgood - Riot In Cell Block No. 9
Dr. Feelgood - Rollin' & Tumblin'
Dr. Feelgood - You Shouldn't Call The Doctor (If You Can't Afford The Bills)
STING - RADIO 2 IN THE PARK: LIVE SETS (2024) (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 30th August 2024
As we count down the days until this year's Radio 2 In The Park in Chelmsford, here's another chance to relive Sting's performance from an amazing weekend of live music at last year's event in Moor Park, Preston. Sting delivered a career-spanning headline set with virtuoso guitarist and longtime collaborator Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas. Featuring Message in a Bottle, If I Ever Lose My Faith in You, Never Coming Home, Driven to Tears, Can't Stand Losing You, Shape of My Heart and Every Breath You Take.
Sting - Message In A Bottle
Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Sting - Never Coming Home
Sting - Driven To Tears
Sting - Can't Stand Losing You
Sting - I Wrote Your Name Upon My Heart
Sting - Shape Of My Heart
Sting - Walking On The Moon
Sting - So Lonely
Sting - Desert Rose
Sting - Every Breath You Take
TOM RAVENSCROFT - TOM'S EXTENDED YULETIDE MIX! (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th December 2024
Tom switches things up this week. Not so much rave music from the Rave Dog, but instead, he indulges in his favourite yuletide finds from around the globe in an extended 1-hour mix.
Featuring music from 14th-century France, 1970s Polish carols, a track from American zitherist Ruth Welcome, Christmas music from the Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin boys choir from the Congo in the '60s, a number by the National Jazz Trio of Scotland, and a festive Jeff Mills rework, thrown in for good measure.
Ruth Welcome - I'll Be Home For Christmas [Capitol]
Ken Griffin - Kringle's Jingle [Columbia]
The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland - Carol Of The Birds [Karaoke Kalk]
English Medieval Wind Ensemble & Mark Brown & Pro Cantione Antiqua - Alle Psallite (French 14th/15th Century) [Musical Concepts]
Martin Best Ensemble - A Child Is Born: V. Edi Be Thu [Nimbus]
Khruangbin - Christmas Time Is Here [Night Time Stories]
Benjamin Shoos - Love A Noel [S/R]
Marika Hackman - Driving Under Stars [Transgressive]
Czerwone Gitary - Dzień jeden w roku YULETIDE BANGER! [TonPress]
Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Mankeya [Philips]
Kwadwo Donkoh - Bronya Aba, Eyea Di Bi Ma Wo Ho Nto Wo (Christmas has come, Celebrate and Be Happy) [Essiebons]
Alex Buval - Mon voisin [Pastel Prod.]
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Sherburne [Dust To Digital]
Paul White - We three Kings [One-Handed Music]
Jonwayne - Silent Night [Self-released]
Dan Deacon - Carol Of The Bells [Self-released]
Isolation Ward - Lamina Christus [Les Disques du Crepuscule]
DJ Finn - This Time Of Year [Self-released]
Coco Bryce - Carol Of The Drums (Radio Edit) [Myor Massiv]
Jeff Mills - The Jingle Bells (Iban Zero Remix) [Self-released]
Barbara Seeger & Penny Seeger - Cradle Hymn (Remastered) [Folkways]
NUMERO GROUP (MIXED BY ROB SEVIER) - OFF THE RECORD MIX SERIES #58 (257kbs-m4a/111mb/60mins)
Phonica Records podcast: 10th September 2025
For this edition of Off The Record, we're honored to host a mix from Rob Sevier, co-founder of the legendary archival label Numero Group. Known for its meticulous approach to uncovering and reissuing lost gems across soul, funk, punk, ambient, and beyond, Numero has earned its place as a gold standard for crate diggers and curious listeners alike. Sevier, a tireless researcher and selector, brings that same curatorial depth to his exclusive mix—a deep dive into self-released and small-label funk-adjacent singles from Ohio, Texas, Michigan, and Georgia. Alongside the mix, we caught up with him to talk DJing in hidden corners of Japan, the joys of non-allegiance to any one digging method, and what's next for one of the most important archival projects in music.
Swithold - Slowburner [Pork]
Total Experience - Contradiction [TTE]
Unknown - Unknown
Unknown - Unknown
Directory - World And Creation [Zodiac]
The Relatives - Don't Let Me Fall [Heavy Light]
Classie Ballou - Classie's Whip [Soulsville U.S.A.]
The Kitchen Brothers - Help Us Lord [Earth Libraries]
Carolyn Sullivan - Dead [Philips]
James Duhon - Grave Yard Creep [Jetstream]
USAries- Are You Ready To Come? (With Me) Part I [New Detroit]
James P. Taylor - Transcendental Soul [Jemkl]
Otis Jackson & The Compromisers - Turn Out The Lights [C & F]
The Triumphs - We Don't Love Enough [Black Artists Co.]
Energettics - You Make Me Nothing [Cobra]
The Curtis Liggins Indications - What It Is? [Kaycee-Soul]
Betty Wright - Mr. Lucky [Solid Soul]
The Summits - Sleepwalking [DC International]
Chris Jones - I'm The Man [Goodie Train]
The Knights - Tipping Strings [Tragar]
Trinikas - Remember Me [Pearce]
ANDREW WEATHERALL - PHONICA MIX SERIES #21 (257kbs-m4a/129mb/70mins)
Phonica Records podcast: 3rd February 2016
February has arrived and we've decided to go with something a little different for episode 21 of the Phonica Mix Series. Andrew Weatherall is a legend of the UK music scene and also one of our regulars here at the shop. We've always considered him to have a finely tuned ear and he loves to dig for music across all genres and styles. We always wanted him to contribute to the series and this month's episode is one of the most original submissions we've had as it doesn't contain a single track of House & Techno which is arguably the main sound our shop has become associated with. There isn't much that hasn't already been said about this legendary producer, DJ and master remixer so we've decided to let the music do the talking here. Down below you'll find an eclectic mix that includes everything from slow-mo Patrick Cowley cuts to afro rhythms from William Onyeabor and mid 80's cold wave from Nagamatzu. Full tracklist down below and since this is Andrew's 'Phonic-a-delic (A Trip Through the Back Wall)' mix, you'll find that all of these records were selected from the back wall of phonica and some are still in stock! Enjoy!
Patrick Cowley - Cat's Eye
Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto - Fuego De Cumbia Dub De Sangre Pura
Roland P. Young - Moon & Stars
Savant - Stationary Dance
William Onyeabor - Ride On Baby
Youth Stand Up - Ave Wo Nane
Youth Stand Up - Come With Me
Boots For Dancing - South Pacific
Patrick Cowley - 50oz Of Funk
Savant - Facility
General Strike - Parts Of My Body
Owiny Sigoma Band - Nyanza Night
Nagamatzu - Carmine
Dexter Story - Yene Konjo
HELENA HAUFF - RESIDENT ADVISOR RA.1000 MIX (320kbs/242mb/1hr46mins)
Resident Advisor podcast: 13th August 2025
When Helena Hauff made her first RA Podcast appearance back in 2013, she was on the eve of releasing her debut production, Actio Reactio, on Actress' Werkdiscs imprint. In the 12 years that have elapsed since, she's become not just a household name within electronic music, but the kind of rare talent that lives in impenetrable seclusion from industry tumult.
(Hauff, enviously, has never even owned a smartphone.)
Her calling card was and continues to be her penchant for rough and ready EBM, electro and new wave, recorded straight to tape. And while her selections are seemingly untethered to the trend cycles that dominate popular dance music culture, they have staying power. Her unique ability is creating a singular listening experience from otherwise disparate or out-of-favour tracks, with a raw immediacy that functions as a redress to overly-choreographed modern DJing.
The Hamburg icon showcases her outsider approach to selection once again in her mix for RA.1000. Threaded together by strobe-lit DIY electronica, old-school acid house and corrosive machine funk that chews up the ear, the nearly two-hour set pulls music from modern producers while explicitly nodding to electronic music's history.
In the sci-fi themed first half, Hauff drops not one but two Cybotron tracks, nodding to Juan Atkins' blueprint for the world of electro. You'll also hear "Riot" from Underground Resistance, the definitive mission statement for the Motor City techno collective for a world ablaze. Here, Hauff raises the bar once again, demonstrating how these songs and their sentiments continue to resonate through the ages. This is musical anarchism executed to the highest degree. - Chloe Lula
Cybotron - Earth
Little Computer People - Little Computer People (Karl Bartos Remix)
Mobile Space Unit - Penalty Dream
Klangwerk - Die Kybernauten
Scope - The Future (Cybotron Mix)
Calagad 13 - Super Jam (Xtndd)
Novamen - Bubblegum
Middle Men - Defeat The Object
Interfunk - Travel To Another Dimension
Excel - Don't Stop Now
Chaos - Afrogermanic
T.Linder - Wolfpack
T.Linder (feat. Blak Tony) - Leatherneck
The Martian - Skypainter
The Shadow - The Vision
6K - Exponential
Hazed - Bellchant
Joey Beltram - Orion
Sebastian S., Jessie Deep! - Escape
Lory D - Sickness
Underground Resistance - Riot
Oligo - Light Orbit
The AM - Sex Worker
uNN - Make Me Listen (Electro)
EDO8 - Voyager
Insync vs. Mysteron2 - Science Fact
Scan X - Higher
DJ HARVEY & ANDREW WEATHERALL - RESIDENT ADVISOR RA.1000 MIX (320kbs/882mb/6hrs25mins)
Resident Advisor podcast: 14th August 2025
Find out more about RA.1000 with DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall and listen to all RA mixes from RA.001 to RA.1000 in our archives: 1000.ra.co
When mulling which direction to go in for RA's 1000th mix celebrations, many options came to mind. Some shadowy character 2-stepping around the fringe of our collective consciousness? An impossible-level IDM icon? All tempting. But, ultimately, we are a DJ-forward publication and this is a DJ mix series. It felt truer to the history of the RA Podcast to release deep vault material from a time when the world of niche records felt different, tighter, more discrete.
The fourth-longest mix in the RA Podcast's history is an unrepeatable marathon set recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. (2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000; if we have to clock it, so do you.)
It's the coming together of one British icon who passed away in 2020, and another whose time on the road has scaled back considerably as of late. DJ Harvey agreed to exactly one b2b set in his life: this one, with Andrew Weatherall.
The night took place at Trouw, an Amsterdam club whose immaculate decor and imposing atmosphere was already considered legendary long before it shuttered its doors in the opening hours of 2015. As part of a series anchored around start-to-close combinations, RA finally put these two peers together in the booth. Harvey was at the peak of an irresistible career second act, which dovetailed with a disco revival that dominated clubs for years. Weatherall, with infinite brownie points stockpiled from the '90s, remained everyone's favourite debonair psychonaut.
Although a serial collaborator in the studio, he didn't actually play too many b2b sets either, preferring to sail the open seas by his own navigation. What follows is 385 minutes of arpeggiated chug and slow-cresting climaxes, chronicling a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than potentially any comparable point in the 21st century. It's a curiously under-acknowledged wrinkle in the timeline that makes some of the more headstrong RA.1000s (Sama', Theo Parrish, Jyoty) seem as if they've been beamed in from another artistic medium entirely.
If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who's playing what. Take the goosebumps-inducing slide into a disco-dub cover of Echo & the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon"? Smart money's on Weatherall. Exuberant EQ'ing of the comically overripe bass on The Isley Brothers' "Live It Up, Pts. 1 & 2"? Gotta be Harvey. As for the low 'n slow, lightly spangled house that was all the rage in the early 2010s (think Maxxi Soundsystem, Disco Bloodbath, Rub & Tug, C.O.M.B.I. and Full Pupp), it's anyone's guess. The pair putter around the 100 BPM range for so long that nudging up to 127 by the double encore feels practically like flooring it down the highway.
When we kicked off our RA.1000 campaign, we outlined a few goals: tick off a handful of long-awaited dream guests, honour architects who shaped the world around us and deliver recordings you truly can't hear anywhere else. We sought to render an accurate picture of DJ culture in 2025 for posterity, and get arms around some of the key storylines in the decade since we went 5 for RA.500. Who broke big? What could you pull off at peak time today than you'd struggle to make land then? And what memories do we hold more fondly as time has gone on?
DJing and the spectacle around it has undergone a quantum leap since 2012, let alone 2006, 1996 or 1989. It's a scarcely-recognisable scene. For those of us who were kicking around in the former, there's a creeping melancholy that our prime is fast becoming a matter of historical record. The killing moon really did come too soon.
Yet a sense of accomplishment is bundled within that melancholy. Appreciation, too. 1000 episodes is great innings, and we're thankful for every contributor and facilitator who built this series, week by week, mix by mix. Where will DJ sets—or any of this—be in 2044? Hard to say; best not to overthink that one. Instead, enjoy luxuriating in the company of two of the greatest to ever do it, together, for the first and last time. - Gabriel Szatan
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