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SOULWAX - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS DAVID BOWIE FOREVER 09.01.26 (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th January 2026
As part of Bowie Forever we revisit a standout 2017 6 Mix from Soulwax. The duo recently shared that Bowie was not only a fan of their music, but a regular presence on their early-2000s online forums. Soulwax also were one of the artists to remix Bowie's music.
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix) [Deewee]
La Decadanse - Alcazar [Astro Lab Recordings]
Sleazy - Rave Mélancolie [Tag Out]
James Massiah - You Ain't Got to Go Home [Dekmantel]
Center Of The Universe - Feta Version [ici]
Mantronix - Get Stupid Fresh Acapella [Sleeping Bag]
Identified Patient - Het Geweten Van Afdeling Twee [Pinkman]
Confidence Man - Bubblegum (Andrew Weatherall Remix) [PIAS]
Esa Williams (feat. Pendo Hukwe Zawose) - Blast [Dekmantel]
Soulwax - Is It Always Binary (Deeweedub) [Deewee]
Not Waving - Love Trance [Diagonal]
Doxa Sinistra - Living In A Modern Age (Waffles Edit)
Talamanca System - Conga Cage [International Feel]
Marie Davidson - Excès de vitesse [Holodeck]
Asa Moto - Syriacid [DEEWEE]
In Flagranti & DJ Rocca - The Camelwalk (Bonus Beat) [Codek]
Soulwax - Essential Nine [Deewee]
Dreems & DJ Oil - Kamp Krusty [Multi Culti]
Steve Monite - Only You [Soundway]
Kah-Lo - Fasta [Riton Time]
Francis Bebey - The Coffee-Cola Song [Ozileka]
Arcade Fire - Everything Now [Columbia]
Akiko Yano - To Ki Me Ki (Waffles Remix)
Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending [Domino Recording Co Ltd.]
Philipp Gorbachev - Silver Symphony (Barnt's Addit) [Cómeme]
Willie Burns & DJ Overdose - Sonny & Ricardo Give Good Advice (Soulwax Edit) [Unknown To The Unknown]
Henry Andersen - Untitled
Tzusing - Torque Pulsations [L.I.E.S.]
LCD Soundsystem - Tonite [DFA/Columbia]
Lorenzo Senni - Elegant, And Never Tiring [Boomkat Editions]
DJ Haus - Flange Attack [Unknown To The Unknown / Hot Haus Recs]
Robert Crash - Untitled B2
Medlar & Ishmael - Bell, Everywhere [West Friends]
Savage Hymn - La Vida Sigue Igual [Dark Entries]
Tranceonic - The Bostitch [Dark Entries]
BETON - Directions [Turbo Recordings]
Soulwax - Essential Eleven [Deewee]
Todd Terje - Jungelknugen (Four Tet Remix) [Olsen]
Sworn Virgins - Fifty Dollar Bill [Deewee]
Tiga - Woke (Paradela Edit) [Turbo]
Special Request - Trippethylophosphazene [Houndstooth]
Cowboy Rhythmbox - Tanz Exotique [Phantasy Sound]
GANAVYA - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 02.01.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd January 2026
New York-born, Tamil Nadu-raised singer and transdisciplinarian ganavya eases us into 2026 with a transcendental 6 Mix to ease us into the New Year. She has been described by the Wall Street Journal as among modern music's most compelling vocalists. She draws on South Asian devotional music as well as the legacy of Alice Coltrane on her latest album Daughter of a Temple and has recently collaborated with Sam Amidon for a new double standalone single.
Ali Sethi & Nicolas Jaar - Muddat [Other People]
Ustad Noor Bakhsh - Bundar Nari [Hive Mind]
Tinariwen - Tenere Den [Wedge]
Shye Ben-Tzur - Daras Bin (Intro) [EarthSync]
Shye Ben-Tzur - Daras Bin [EarthSync]
Zakir Hussain - Water Girl [ECM]
Rokia Traoré - Sé [Bleu]
Sam Amidon - How Come That Blood [Bedroom Community]
Sam Amidon - Way Go, Lily [Bedroom Community]
Ganavya & Sam Amidon - Would Be Better [LEITER]
Ganavya & Sam Amidon - Willow Street [LEITER]
Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes - BOA [Leaving]
Lau Noah - Room 6336 [Lau Noah]
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook - My Heart, My Life [Real World]
IKONIKA - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 19.12.25 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th December 2025
Hyperdub innovator Ikonika joins the 6 Mix to celebrate SAD, their bold new album and first as producer, songwriter, and vocalist. Inspired by seasonal shifts, global rhythms, and personal transformation, SAD blends sultry pop with club energy, weaving in influences from amapiano, gqom, and Egyptian percussion.
Ikonika & Bok Bok - Warning (Ikonika's Mix)
TYGAPAW - Applause Ha [FACT Magazine]
Ikonika - Take Control [Hyperdub]
Omagoqa - Stop & Go [DRMTRK]
SHE Spells Doom - Soaked [Egregore Collective]
Dlala Thukzin & Goldmax - Welcome 2 Durban [Dlala]
Omagoqa & Dee Traits (feat. NyNy, Princess Trium & Scratchclart) - Hot Pepper [DRMTRK]
Caiiro - Batumi [OwnIt Music]
JD. REID - HEY HEY 2 DA J [Bandcamp]
Bok Bok - Ouais Ouais Ouais (Deetron Presents Soulmate Remix) [Bandcamp]
Philou Louzolo - Senegal (AMÉMÉ Remix) [Wokoundou]
Tony Quattro - Afefe Iku x Ameriem - Mirror Dance (Tony Quattro Blend) [Bandcamp]
Ossie - Once Again [SuperCali]
Tyla - Water (Vanco Bootleg) [H2O]
Surreal Sessions & Karen Nyame KG - What You Do To Me [Bandcamp]
DJ Lag & Ape Drums - GQTECH
Moyoswrld - Alagidi
Nic As Well - Mosquitoes [Creaked]
JAE5 - Drift x Terminal
JD. REID - DON'T WAIT ROCK THE ALTIMA (DUB) [Bandcamp]
Ikonika (feat. SHE Spells Doom) - Drums1 (Take It) [Hyperdub]
General C'mamane - Congratulations
DICK CLEMENT & IAN LA FRENAIS - THE LIKELY LADS: SERIES 2 (320kbs-m4a/523mb/3hrs47mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th October to 12th December 2025
Starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes.
Created and written for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Adapted for BBC Radio by James Bolam.
Producer: John Browell
THE LIKELY LADS: SERIES 2 - 1. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th October 2025
Terry's grandad causes problems for Bob when he moves into the neighbourhood.
The parents of Bob's new girlfriend are not impressed...
Bob Ferris .... Rodney Bewes
Terry Collier .... James Bolam
Grandad .... Bert Palmer
Mrs Perrin .... Noel Dyson
Mr Perrin .... Glenn Melvyn
Lorna .... Angela Lovell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1968.
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Our warm thanks go to the Radio Circle for returning the audio to the BBC.
THE LIKELY LADS: SERIES 2 - 2. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE (320kbs-m4a/66mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 14th November 2025
Bob is always conscious of the fact that he was A-stream at school, whereas Terry would have been X-stream if they'd had one.
So, it's no surprise that Bob takes a chance on a transfer to the drawing department whilst Terry remains put...
Bob Ferris .... Rodney Bewes
Terry Collier .... James Bolam
Judith .... Anneke Wills
Sally Ann .... Didi Sullivan
Cloughie .... Bartlett Mullins
Jack .... Donald McKillop
Blakey / Roger .... Richard Moore
Nesbit .... Michael Sheard
Holgate .... Eric Dodson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1968.
THE LIKELY LADS: SERIES 2 - 3. ENTENTE CORDIALE (320kbs-m4a/66mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st October 2025
Ooh la la! Bob and Terry return home from their first trip abroad.
They may have been to Spain, but it's a certain mademoiselle who causes a stir between them…
Bob .... Rodney Bewes
Terry .... James Bolam
Audrey .... Sheila Fearn
Jack .... Donald McKillop
Cloughy .... Bartlett Mullins
Mrs Collier .... Olive Milbourne
Louise .... Christine Collins
Colette .... Bettine Le Beau
Waitress .... Joan Pickering
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1968.
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THE LIKELY LADS: SERIES 2 - 4. DOUBLE DATE (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 21st November 2025
Bob is heartbroken over Felicity, but Terry persuades him to go on a double-date with Deirdre and Pat, who they meet in a coffee shop.
As the lads plan their night out, the women are also discussing the evening ahead.
Terry .... James Bolam
Bob .... Rodney Bewes
Audrey .... Sheila Fearn
Deirdre .... Dilys Watling
Pat .... Susan Jameson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1968.
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THE LIKELY LADS: SERIES 2 - 5. LOVE AND MARRIAGE (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th November 2025
Some thoughtful gestures end up backfiring for Bob and for Terry.
Terry .... James Bolam
Bob .... Rodney Bewes
Jack .... Donald McKillop
Cloughy .... Bartlett Mullins
Helen .... Helen Fraser
Duggie .... Derek Newark
Mrs Foster .... Doris Rogers
Archie .... Roger Avon
Podge .... Geoffrey Hughes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1968.
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Our warm thanks go to the Radio Circle for returning the audio to the BBC.
THE LIKELY LADS: SERIES 2 - 6. BRIEF ENCOUNTER (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th December 2025
Bob and Terry discover that they have very similar tastes in women.
Bob .... Rodney Bewes
Terry .... James Bolam
Ursula ... Isobel Black
Cloughie..... Bartlett Mullins
Jack ..... Donald McKillop
Other female parts .... Jennifer Croxton
Other male parts .... Peter Hawkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1968.
THE LIKELY LADS: SERIES 2 - 7. THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th November 2025
On yet another wet and miserable North East night, Bob and Terry are offered the chance of making a fresh start Down Under.
Terry .... James Bolam
Bob .... Rodney Bewes
Wally Ralph .... Barry Linehan
Cecily .... Veronica Lang
Audrey .... Sheila Fearn
Cloughie .... Bartlett Mullins
Jack .... Donald McKillop
Blakey .... George Layton
Sergeant Jeffcock .... Garfield Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1968.
THE LIKELY LADS: SERIES 2 - 8. GOODBYE TO ALL THAT (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th December 2025
When a friend returns to the North East with exciting tales of travel with the Army, Bob mulls over his future.
Bob Ferris .... Rodney Bewes
Terry Collier .... James Bolam
Mrs Collier .... Olive Milbourne
Mrs Ferris .... Irene Richmond
Audrey .... Sheila Fearn
Jack .... Donald McKillop
Cloughy .... Bartlett Mullins
George .... Melvyn Hayes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1968.
THE RISE AND FALL OF SEX PISTOLS (320kbs-m4a/373mb/2hrs40mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2025
Presented by Gina Birch and Steve Lamacq
Written by Philip Smith, with additional writing by Steve Lamacq
Produced by Angela Davies and Philip Smith
Editor for BBC Audio Helen Hobday
Assistant Producer for BBC Nariece Sanderson
Commissioner for BBC Music Will Wilkin
A BBC Audio Production.
The producers wish to thank all the contributors and archive interviewers and interviewees.
THE RISE AND FALL OF SEX PISTOLS - 1. NO FUTURE (320kbs-m4a/41mb/17mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2025
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" spat a deflated Johnny Rotten before walking off stage in San Francisco. The Sex Pistols were finished. One album, a handful of singles, and a trail of chaos that changed British music.
But where did it all begin? How did a green-haired kid from Finsbury Park, nearly killed by meningitis and raised in poverty, end up fronting the most incendiary band in British history?
In Episode 1 of The Rise and Fall of Sex Pistols, Gina Birch, a founding member of The Raincoats, and Steve Lamacq drag you back to the murky mid-70s and dive into the turbulent origins of punk's most iconic band.
From stolen Bowie gear to backroom pub auditions, this is a story of disillusioned youth, of a fetish shop on the King's Road, of a snarling, short-sighted teenager, and of a chaotic Britain. The perfect breeding ground for a cultural revolution that the Sex Pistols were being primed to lead.
Featuring archive interviews with: John Lydon, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook, Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne Westwood and Bob Geldof.
Sex Pistols - No Fun (Live At Winterland Ballroom) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Sex Pistols - Submission (Remastered 2012) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
The Stranglers - Something Better Change [Parlophone UK]
Chelsea - Right to Work [Strike Force Entertainment]
David Bowie - Suffragette City [EMI]
Typically Tropical - Barbados [Old Gold]
Dr. Feelgood - Roxette [EMI]
Richard Hell & Voidoids - Blank Generation [Polygram TV]
The Strangeloves - I Want Candy [Legacy/Epic Associated]
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction [UME - Global Clearing House]
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen [Rhino/Warner]
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen (Instrumental / Dave Goodman Eden Studio Mixes / 1977) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
The Vibrators - We Vibrate [Epic]
Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart [Virgin EMI]
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Mr. Soft [Chrysalis]
Sex Pistols - Johnny B. Goode (Dave Goodman Wessex Studio Session / 1976) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
THE RISE AND FALL OF SEX PISTOLS - 2. YEAR ZERO (320kbs-m4a/53mb/23mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2025
Britain in the summer of 1976 was hot, angry, on strike and broke; a country on the brink. In the shadows, four raw, unpolished young punks were limbering up on the sidelines, unaware of the impact they would make.
From half-empty art school shows to now-legendary gigs at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall and London's 100 Club Punk Festival, Episode 2 takes you inside the band's earliest and most shambolic shows.
At the heart of it all: a band more interested in provocation than perfection. As guitarist Steve Jones told the NME during this period: “We're not into music, we're into chaos.”
Fights broke out, glasses were thrown, and punk ripped itself from the underground onto the front pages. The Pistols were forming a following, and they were soundtracking a country crying out for change.
The Sex Pistols were ready to deliver it, whether Britain wanted it or not.
Episode 2 features archive interviews from: Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock, London club promoter Jack Barrie, Paul Cook, Peter Hook from Joy Division and New Order, Sid Vicious, Siouxsie Sioux, Malcolm McLaren and 100 Club promoter Ron Watts.
Alongside this, there is a new interview from TV Smith from The Adverts.
Bay City Rollers - Money Honey [Arista/Legacy]
Eddie & The Hot Rods - Get Out Of Denver (Live At The Marquee) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Midnight Moses (Remastered 2002) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Faces - Borstal Boys [Rhino]
Fairport Convention - Matty Groves [UME - Global Clearing House]
Sex Pistols - Satellite (Live From The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester / June 4th 1976) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Sex Pistols - Satellite (Live From Screen On The Green, Islington, United Kingdom / 1976) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine [Polydor]
The Slits - FM [Island]
Tubby Hayes Quartet - Mexican Green [Decca (UMO)]
The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes [Telstar]
Pink Floyd - Money [EMI]
THE RISE AND FALL OF SEX PISTOLS - 3. THE FILTH AND THE FURY (320kbs-m4a/44mb/19mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2025
In just three months, the Sex Pistols went from unknowns to the most feared band in Britain. After headlining the infamous 100 Club Punk Festival, they landed a major-label deal with EMI and released their debut single, Anarchy in the UK.
Radio wouldn't touch it, and record shops banned it. No matter, as within weeks the Pistols were on everyone's lips... for an entirely different reason.
Episode 3 of The Rise and Fall of Sex Pistols focuses on one of the most notorious moments in British television history. A half-cut band. A smirking presenter. A live broadcast that shattered the illusion of polite British youth.
Within 24 hours, the headlines screamed "The Filth and the Fury!" and the nation erupted. Gigs were cancelled. Politicians raged. Record label shareholders revolted. EMI, who had only just signed the band, were already trying to distance themselves.
This was the moment Britain met punk at teatime... and it never recovered.
Episode 3 features archive interviews from: Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Cook and Malcolm McLaren
The Damned - New Rose [Big Beat]
P.V.C. 2 - Deranged Demented And Free [7Ts]
Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing [Demon Music Group Ltd]
Sex Pistols - New York [Rhino/Warner]
Satan's Rats - In My Love For You [Cherry Red]
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (Instrumental / Mike Thorne Manchester Square Studio Session / 1977 [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Television - Marquee Moon [Rhino]
The Seekers - Georgy Girl [EMI]
Lambchop - Up With People [City Slang]
CMAT - When A Good Man Cries [AWAL]
Sex Pistols - Bodies (Outtake / Instrumental / 1977) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love [Tiger]
Sex Pistols - Did You No Wrong [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
THE RISE AND FALL OF SEX PISTOLS - 4. CANCELLED (320kbs-m4a/51mb/22mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2025
In the aftermath of the Bill Grundy interview, the Sex Pistols became Britain's most notorious band, not for their music, but for the chaos that followed. To some, they were a threat to society itself, and instead of ignoring them, middle England lost its collective mind.
Episode 4 of the Rise and Fall of Sex Pistols plunges into the wreckage of that moment: a UK tour collapsing date by date, sackings from two major labels in just six months, and how manager Malcolm McLaren spun outrage into art.
From smashed toilets to moral panic, from Caerphilly to Buckingham Palace, this is the story of how doing nothing made the Pistols more famous than ever.
Episode 4 features archive interviews from: Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Malcolm McLaren and Sid Vicious alongside a brand-new interview with punk author and historian Chris Sullivan.
Culture - Two Sevens Clash [Music Club]
Sex Pistols - EMI [Virgin]
The Wasps - She Made Magic [Cherry Red]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen [Virgin]
The Now - Development Corporations [Cherry Red]
Deaf School - Capaldi's Café [Cherry Red]
THE RISE AND FALL OF SEX PISTOLS - 5. ANARCHY ON THE THAMES (320kbs-m4a/43mb/18mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2025
1977, and as Britain prepared to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee, the Sex Pistols were plotting something else entirely. Fresh from being dropped by two major labels, they signed with Virgin Records and unleashed God Save the Queen... a blistering punk anthem that tore into the monarchy and shattered British tradition.
It was banned by the BBC, blacklisted from shops, and allegedly kept from reaching Number 1. And then, on Jubilee Day, the Pistols took to the Thames in a now-legendary riverboat stunt that ended with police raids and arrests.
Episode 5 is the story of how the Pistols hijacked Britain's biggest party, declared war on the establishment, and created the most controversial single in UK history.
Featuring archive interviews from: Richard Branson, Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Malcolm McLaren and Sid Vicious alongside new interviews with the legendary Sex Pistols official photographer Dennis Morris and groundbreaking bass player Jah Wobble.
The Clash - 1977 [Sony Music UK]
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells, Part One [Virgin]
Rod Stewart - The First Cut Is The Deepest [Warner Bros]
Anti-Nowhere League - Streets Of London [Anagram]
The Clash - White Riot [Columbia]
THE RISE AND FALL OF SEX PISTOLS - 6. THE ALBUM, THE OUTRAGE AND THE COURT CASE (320kbs-m4a/48mb/20mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2025
After the chaos of their Jubilee riverboat stunt and the media storm around God Save the Queen, the Pistols were marked men. Attacked in the streets, vilified in the press, and hated by half the country, Britain's most notorious band were now public enemy number one.
But manager Malcolm McLaren had no intention of retreating. Amid rising paranoia, infighting, and Sid Vicious's self-destruction, the Pistols did what no one expected: they released one of the most incendiary debut albums of all time - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.
It wasn't just the music that caused outrage. One word on its cover dragged the band into a landmark obscenity trial that would test the limits of free
Episode 6 of The Rise and Fall of Sex Pistols is the story of the album that changed British music forever, and how the Sex Pistols took on the law, the tabloids, and the establishment… and won.
Featuring archive interviews from: Richard Branson, Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Malcolm McLaren and Sid Vicious alongside a new interview with the legendary photographer Dennis Morris and a cameo appearance from BBC 1 continuity announcer Duncan Newmarch.
NEO - Tell Me The Truth [Anagram]
Sex Pistols - Liar [Rhino/Warner]
Sex Pistols - Submission [Rhino/Warner]
The Clash - I Fought The Law [Columbia]
Wire - Pink Flag [The State51 Conspiracy]
THE RISE AND FALL OF SEX PISTOLS - 7. NO FUN. IMPLOSION IN THE USA (320kbs-m4a/46mb/20mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2025
By the end of 1977, the Sex Pistols sat at the top of the UK charts... while simultaneously hitting rock bottom. Sid Vicious was imploding, his partner Nancy Spungen was fuelling the chaos and Johnny Rotten was growing disillusioned with Malcolm McLaren's toxic games.
Still, the band pushed ahead with a final run of gigs, including an unexpectedly wholesome Christmas Day show for children of striking firefighters. No one knew it then, but it would be their final UK performance for two decades.
Then came their first American tour. The Pistols were dropped into the heart of the conservative South. Sid carved into his own chest on stage and Rotten was nearly broken by paranoia. The tour descended into violence, vomit, and blood.
And to the end, in San Francisco, with the band on its knees, Johnny Rotten stared down the crowd and asked: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" With a literal mic drop, he walked off stage, signalling the end of the Sex Pistols.
Featuring archive interviews from: Nancy Spungen, Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, Sex Pistols' roadie Stephen 'Roadent' Conolly.
Sex Pistols - Don't Give Me No Lip, Child [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun [Rhino/Warner]
Sex Pistols - Bodies (Outtake / Instrumental / 1977) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker [Columbia]
AJA - Pearls Bleed Too [Infinite Machine]
Dave Clarke - IVT? (Edit) [Skint]
The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 [Hut Music]
Korn - Here To Stay [Epic/Immortal]
THE RISE AND FALL OF SEX PISTOLS - 8. MY WAY (320kbs-m4a/48mb/21mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd November 2025
In the wake of their final show, the Sex Pistols split, torn apart by addiction, betrayal, and manipulation. John Lydon returned to London, disgusted. Steve Jones and Paul Cook escaped to Rio to record with fugitive Ronnie Biggs. And Sid Vicious, already spiraling, began his final descent in New York.
This is the tragic coda to punk's most dangerous band. From the Chelsea Hotel to Rikers Island, from a heroin-induced coma to an infamous murder charge.
The Rise and Fall of Sex Pistols ends here, in blood and handcuffs, and headlines. In this final episode, Gina Birch and Steve Lamacq reflect on the cultural earthquake the Pistols triggered, the lives they changed, and the price they paid.
Featuring archive interviews from: Nancy Spungen, Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Malcolm McLaren and Sid Vicious alongside a new interview with Jah Wobble, childhood friend of Vicious and Lydon.
Sex Pistols - My Way [Best Buy Music]
Sex Pistols & Ronnie Biggs - No One Is Innocent (Remastered 2012) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Public Image Ltd - Public Image [One Up]
Public Image Ltd - Albatross [Virgin]
The Raincoats - No One's Little Girl [We Three]
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen [Virgin]
The Raincoats - Fairytale In The Supermarket [Rough Trade]
The Slits - Typical Girls [Island]
The Clash - I'm Not Down [Columbia]
DISMALAND: BANKSY'S DYSTOPIAN THEME PARK (320kbs-m4a/23mb/10mins)
BBC World Service broadcast: 9th December 2025
In 2015, Banksy turned a derelict swimming pool in Weston-super-Mare, England, into a dystopian theme park which drew huge crowds and Hollywood stars.
Working under cover of darkness, the street artist created Dismaland - a 'bemusement park' offering a satirical twist on mainstream resorts.
The temporary exhibition featured a fire-ravaged castle, a riot police van sinking into a lake, and Cinderella’s upturned pumpkin carriage.
Open for just five weeks, Dismaland sold thousands of tickets daily and injected an estimated £20 million into the local economy.
Kurtis Young speaks to Reena Stanton-Sharma about his summer job as a steward at Dismaland.
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there.
For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more.
Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue.
We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher.
You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
(Photo: A mermaid sculpture in front of the fairy castle. Credit: Jim Dyson/Getty Images)
LANDO NORRIS: THE MAKING OF A WORLD CHAMPION (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio Somerset broadcast: 8th December 2025
We chart the career of Lando Norris from karting in the West Country to lifting the F1 Championship. Featuring archive audio of Lando as a young boy to those who taught him in the classroom and on the karting track. Plus insight from the world of F1, including former drivers Jenson Button and Paul di Resta, alongside the BBC's Jennie Gow and former McLaren crew.
Presenter and Producer: Jack Killah.
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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HOT CHIP - SALUTES MIX 05.09.25 (320kbs-m4a/69mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th September 2025
Around the release of their new Best Of album, Hot Chip join Jamz live in the studio and provide a special Salutes Mix looking back at their career to date at midday.
The band released their debut album in 2004 and have had hits over the years such as Over And Over, Ready For The Floor, One Life Stand and many more. They're releasing their best of on the same day as a big London show at The Troxy.
Bill Withers - Harlem [Columbia/Legacy]
Hot Chip - Just Like We (Breakdown) (DFA Remix) [Astralwerks]
Hot Chip - One Life Stand (Carl Craigs PCP Remix) [Astralwerks]
Rhythm & Sound - See Mi Version (Basic Reshape) [Burial Mix]
Joe Goddard - Rapid Fire [Smugglers Way]
Leonard Cohen - Here It Is [Columbia]
Hot Chip & Erol Alkan - Boy From School [Domino Recording Co]
Hot Chip - Hand Me Down Your Love (Todd Edwards Micro Chip Remix) [Parlophone]
Hot Chip - Not Alone [Domino Recording Co]
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