Playlists with tracks by Alex Somers
Thursday 21st January 2021
13:00
Unclassified
Light in the Pouring Rain
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Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification. Featuring Puce Mary and Alex Somers
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Philip Glass | Opening | |
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Peace Chord | Crescent of Sun | |
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Alex Somers | In The Cellar | |
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Puce Mary | Coagulate | |
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Bonobo | 6000 ft | |
| Clarice Jensen | Sleep | ||
| Emika | Dila 31 | ||
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Emika | Dilo 26 | |
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Kinn | Black Sinking Clouds | |
| Lucinda Chua | Semitones | ||
| Misha Law | Minisuite | ||
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Neil Cowley | Just Above It All |
Saturday 16th January 2021
11:00
Ambient Focus
Sublime songs hand-picked by acclaimed LA musician Mary Lattimore
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Two hours of beautiful music to give you some time away from the noise
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Meg Baird | Past Houses | |
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Slowdive | All Of Us |
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Alice Coltrane | Wisdom Eye | |
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Emily A. Sprague | Moon View | |
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Roy Montgomery | Unshore | |
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Growing | Wide Open | |
| Sacred Earth | Breathing Space (excerpt) | ||
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Alex Somers | In The Cellar | |
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Harold Budd | November Day | |
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Sarah Davachi | Stations V | |
| Henryk Mikolaj Górecki | Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: II. Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo | ||
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Ana Roxanne | Suite pour l'invisible | |
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Hiroshi Yoshimura | TEEVEE | |
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The Magnetic Fields | Railroad Boy | |
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Brandee Younger | This Woman's Work | |
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Julianna Barwick | Safe | |
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William Tyler | Big Sky Waltz | |
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Cassie Watso | A Sunken Moon Is a Crescent Still | |
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Leonard Cohen | Introduction (Live at Isle of Wight Festival, UK) | |
| Connie Converse | How Sad, How Lonely | ||
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Mary Lattimore | Don't Look | |
| Dominique Lawalrée | Listen to the Quiet Voice | ||
| Elizabeth Hainen | Suite bergamasque, L.75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. for Harp) | ||
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Michael Rother | Quiet Dancing | |
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Ellen Fullman | Memory of a Big Room (For Matthew) | |
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Nailah Hunter | Soil: Song From Silence |
Tuesday 12th January 2021
18:00
Radio 1's Movie Mixtapes
Indie Music Vibes
13 / 16 Tracks
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Radio 1's movie man Ali Plumb delves into the biggest films and selects legendary songs!
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Kings of Leon | Radioactive |
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Sufjan Stevens | Chicago |
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Youth Lagoon | 17 | |
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MGMT | The Youth |
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Arcade Fire | Suburban War |
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Loudon Wainwright III | The Swimming Song |
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Death in Vegas | Girls |
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Jarvis Cocker | Black Magic |
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Manchester Orchestra | The Maze | |
| Alex | Boy 1904 | ||
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Alex Somers | Fortress | |
| Parker Ainsworth, Paris Jackson, Jessie Payo, Butch Walker | Running For So Long (House a Home) | ||
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Chance McCoy | Whippoorwill | |
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The Shivers | Maybe Baby | |
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Guster | Architects and Engineers | |
| Kirk Ross, Philip Klein, Samantha Isler, Viggo Mortensen, Annalise Basso, Nichol | Sweet Child O Mine |
Saturday 2nd January 2021
11:00
Ambient Focus
Immerse yourself in a beautiful playlist curated by Julianna Barwick
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The acclaimed musician selects two hours of sublime music to get lost in.
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Kelly Lee Owens | Keep Walking | |
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Abul Mogard | Half Light Of Dawn | |
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Burial | Forgive |
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Tim Hecker | Sketch 1 | |
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Loscil | Stave Peak | |
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Grouper | Vessel | |
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Aphex Twin | #3 | |
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Jon Hopkins | Feel First Life | |
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William Basinski | Tear Vial | |
| Yves Tumor | Limerance | ||
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Alessandro Cortini | Iniziare | |
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Alex Somer | Where You Come From | |
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Machinefabriek | Zucht 2 | |
| Alex Somers | Stokkseyri | ||
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Malibu | Lost at Sea | |
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Ana Roxanne | Suite pour l'invisible | |
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Mary Lattimore | Pine Trees | |
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Rafael Anton Irisarri | Path | |
| Sacred Earth | Breathing Space (excerpt) | ||
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Daniel Avery | Illusion of Time | |
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Steve Hauschildt | Time We Have | |
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Dauwd | Theory of Colours | |
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Terrence Dixon | Salvaged Copper (feat. Terrence Dixon) |
Saturday 29th August 2020
15:00
Freak Zone Playlist
by Julianna Barwick
10 / 13 Tracks
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The vocalist and producer selects her current favourite underground and experimental music
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Mary Lattimore | Sometimes He's In My Dreams | |
| Moon Diagrams | Trappy Bats | ||
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Alex Somers | Into Place | |
| Pattern | Soft Power | ||
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Arca | Time | |
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Steve Hauschildt | Subtractive Skies | |
| Deradoorian | Angel In Heaven | ||
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Floating Points | Last Bloom | |
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Jónsi | Exhale | |
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Julianna Barwick | Flowers | |
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Julianna Barwick | Inspirit | |
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LEYA | Wave (Actress Remix) | |
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Malibu | Nana (Like A Star Made For Me) |
Tuesday 7th July 2020
12:00
Night Tracks
Night music
9 / 17 Tracks
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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John Luther Adams | Strange Birds Passing | |
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Georg Friedrich Haas | In Nomine | |
| Nick Cave | School Argument - from Kings OST | ||
| Arvo Pärt | Arbos | ||
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Philip Reeder | Farewell to Grogg | |
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Benedetto Ferrari | Queste Pungente Spine | |
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Sigur Rós | Ti Ki | |
| Conlon Nancarrow | Study no. 6 for player piano, arr. for ensemble | ||
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The Matthew Herbert Big Band | The Three W's | |
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Debashish Bhattacharya | Radha Enraptured (Soi Lo) | |
| Träd | Ramblin Boys of Pleasure | ||
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Erland Cooper | Rousay | |
| Johann Kaspar Kerll | Missa pro defunctus: Communio (Lux aeterna) | ||
| Johannes Brahms | Intermezzo in E flat major, Op.117 no.1 'Schlummerlied' | ||
| Alex Somers | Blood Family (from Honey Boy OST) | ||
| Laurence Crane | Bobby J | ||
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Antonio Forcione | Child's Song |
Friday 28th February 2020
12:00
Iggy Pop
The Big Moon sit in
22 / 24 Tracks
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The Big Moon sit in for Iggy Pop ahead of their performance at the 6 Music Festival.
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Deep Throat Choir | In My Bed | |
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LCD Soundsystem | All My Friends |
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Soft Shock - Acoustic |
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The Breeders | No Aloha |
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Big Star | The Ballad Of El Goodo | |
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Iggy Pop | Funtime |
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Foxwarren | Sunset Canyon | |
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Georgia | Started Out | |
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The National | Nobody Else Will Be There | |
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Aldous Harding | The Barrel | |
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Alex Somers | Between Us (Liminal Remix) | |
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J Dilla | U-Love | |
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Arlo Parks | Eugene | |
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Janelle Monáe | Crazy, Classic, Life | |
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Julia Jacklin | Body | |
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Big Thief | Interstate | |
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Brittany Howard | He Loves Me | |
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Lindsay Munroe | Mirror | |
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Caroline Rose | Freak Like Me | |
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Lizzo | Truth Hurts | |
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CLT DRP | Where The Boys Are | |
| Michael Kiwanuka | Cold Little Heart | ||
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ROSALÍA | A Palé |
Wednesday 4th December 2019
14:00
Night Tracks
Soundtrack for night
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An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Brian Eno | Becalmed | |
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Benny Golson | Whisper Not | |
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Maurice Ravel | Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes | |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Lady Caroline Lamb: 'Caroline' | ||
| Alex Somers | All the big trees | ||
| Robert Schumann | 2nd Movement from Piano Quintet | ||
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Benjamin Britten | A ceremony of carols: Interlude | |
| Soumik Datta | Improvisation over Tavener's The Veil of the Temple: Mother of God, here I stand | ||
| Tomás Luis de Victoria | O magnum mysterium | ||
| Trad. | Raga Vasantapriya (excerpt) | ||
| Claude Debussy | 'Et la lune descend sur la temple qui fut' from Images set 2 for piano, no.2 | ||
| Traditional Danish | Sonderho Bridal Trilogy, Part III | ||
| George Frideric Handel | O Lord, whose mercies numberless (Saul) | ||
| Traditional Irish | She moved through the fair | ||
| Gustav Mahler | Symphony No.1: Blumine | ||
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Helen Chadwick | Some Nights | |
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | Who I am and why I am where I am |
Saturday 30th November 2019
04:00
Radio 1's Wind Down Presents...
Anjunadeep: Cubicolor in the Mix
13 / 18 Tracks
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Music designed to unwind the mind.
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David Behrman | On the Other Ocean | |
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Mount Kimbie | Tunnelvision | |
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Four Tet | Lion (Jamie XX remix) | |
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Throwing Snow | Xema | |
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Flying Lotus | Coronus, The Terminator | |
| Clap! Clap! | Ode to the Pleiades (Photoay Remix) | ||
| Alex Somers | Atlas Song | ||
| Aphex Twin | minipops 67 [120.2] | ||
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Dexter | I Programm | |
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Oneohtrix Point Never | Love In The Time of Lexapro | |
| F*** Buttons | Sweet Love for Planet Earth | ||
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Cubicolor | No Dancers (Adam Port Remix) | |
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Cubicolor | Fictionalise (Anjunadeep 08 Mix) | |
| Cubicolor | Pale Blue Dot | ||
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Duologue | Escape Artist | |
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Kiasmos | Orgoned | |
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Ross From Friends | Pale Blue Dot | |
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Durante | Maia |
Sunday 22nd September 2019
08:00
The First Time With...
Jonsi
8 / 15 Tracks
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Sigur Ros vocalist Jonsi talks to Matt about the music that has shaped his life and work.
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Jónsi | Go Do | |
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Duran Duran | Ordinary World |
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Billie Holiday | All of Me |
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Jónsi | Sticks & Stones | |
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Led Zeppelin | Dazed And Confused |
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Iron Maiden | Murders in the Rue Morgue | |
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Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath |
| Sigur Rós | Flugufrelsarinn | ||
| Alex Somers | Between Us | ||
| Sigur Rós | Gobbledigook | ||
| Sigur Rós | Myrkur | ||
| Sigur Rós | Stormur | ||
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Carl Michael von Hausswolff | BEKA YALO | |
| Sigur Rós | Untitled 4 | ||
| Jónsi & Alex | All The Big Trees |
Monday 19th February 2018
11:00
Annie Mac
19/02/2018
11 / 30 Tracks
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Annie has Monday's Power Down Playlist and another Hottest Record in the World...
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Robyn | Dancing On My Own |
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Frank Ocean | Moon River | |
| Pale Waves | Heavenly | ||
| Gengahr | Before Sunrise | ||
| PARTYNEXTDOOR | Nuh Ready Nuh Ready (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR) | ||
| Alex Somers | End | ||
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Gus Dapperton | I'm Just Snacking | |
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Rae Morris | Someone Out There | |
| Big Miz | Our House | ||
| Jorja Smith | Follow The Leader (feat. Jorja Smith) | ||
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Black Foxxes | Manic In Me | |
| Kaleem Taylor | Broken Mirrors | ||
| S.P.Y | Love Unlimited (VIP) | ||
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Bloxx | Novocain | |
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Kara Marni | Curve | |
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Sam Fender | Friday Fighting | |
| CHVRCHΞS | Get Out | ||
| Kelly Rowland | Get It (feat. Missy Ellliott & Kelly Rowland) | ||
| Weslee | Tongue Tied | ||
| Daniel Caesar | We Find Love/Blessed (1Xtra Session, 5th Feb 2018) | ||
| Lil Silva | Roll Back | ||
| Wilkinson | Decompression | ||
| Drake | God's Plan | ||
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Mallory Knox | Black Holes | |
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Wolf Alice | Formidable Cool | |
| Etherwood | Lay Your Armour Down | ||
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Muse | Thought Contagion | |
| Young Fathers | In My View | ||
| Fekky | Unruly (feat. Fekky) | ||
| Pale Waves | There's A Honey |
Monday 15th January 2018
11:00
Annie Mac
Tom Grennan Hottest Record + Sigrid In The Studio
6 / 27 Tracks
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Tom Grennan provides Hottest Record and Sound of 2018 winner Sigrid chats to Annie.
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James Blake | A Case Of You |
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Dua Lipa | Be The One | |
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Sigrid | Don't Kill My Vibe | |
| James Blake | King's Dead (feat. Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake) | ||
| The Black Eyed Peas | Street Livin' | ||
| The Streets | Sometimes I Hate My Friends More Than My Enemies | ||
| Alex Somers | End | ||
| Juan Magán | Bum Bum Tam Tam (feat. Future, J Balvin, Stefflon Don & Juan Magán) | ||
| The Vaccines | I Can't Quit | ||
| Asking Alexandria | Alone In A Room | ||
| King Krule | Biscuit Town | ||
| Tom Grennan | Found What I've Been Looking For | ||
| Bootsy Collins | After The Storm (feat. Tyler, the Creator & Bootsy Collins) | ||
| Lady Leshurr | Cakin' (feat. D.R.A.M. & Lady Leshurr) | ||
| Tom Grennan | Sober | ||
| CASisDEAD | Pat Earrings | ||
| Moose Blood | Talk In Your Sleep | ||
| Virtual Self | Ghost Voices | ||
| Cautious Clay | Cold War | ||
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Not3s | Addison Lee (Peng Ting Called Maddison) | |
| Weslee | Tongue Tied | ||
| Culture Shock | Bunker | ||
| Octavian | Party Here | ||
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Sigrid | Strangers | |
| Editors | Magazine | ||
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Icarus | No Sleep | |
| Sylvan Esso | PARAD(w_m)E |
Wednesday 27th December 2017
11:00
6 Music Recommends
Sigur Rós Chrismas Mix
5 / 14 Tracks
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A very special 6 Music Recommends session.. hosted by Sigur Rós.
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Blanck Mass | Please | |
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My Bloody Valentine | To Here Knows When |
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Julianna Barwick | Cloudbank | |
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Dan Deacon | When I Was Done Dying | |
| KristÃn Anna Valtýsdóttir | Clay And Vapour | ||
| Mary Lattimore | The Quiet At Night | ||
| Alex Somers | Between | ||
| Alexis Taylor | Crying In The Chapel (Beatrice Dillon version) | ||
| Paul Corley | Sidings | ||
| Ólafur Björn Ólafsson | 1000% | ||
| Sigrún | Hringsjá | ||
| Örvar Smárason | The Sun Will Go Out | ||
| JFDR | White Ferrari (Frank Ocean Cover) | ||
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | An Intention |