Radiohead
on 91热爆 6 Music
UK
rock band Radiohead have finalised their plans for a very
special week of programming on 91热爆 6 Music for Christmas
week.
Radiohead
are curating the 91热爆's digital music station under the heading The
6 Music Selector from Monday 22 to Sunday 28 December 2003.
The
band have raided the 91热爆 archive for rare recordings, hidden gems
and scrutinised nearly 1,200 pages of data with more than 7,000
artists to make their selections.
Each
member of the band has chosen tracks and supported them with their
comments and endorsements which will filter through the seven days'
output.
Highlights
include drummer Phil Selway and bassist Colin Greenwood joining
Gideon Coe on Monday 22 December (10.00am-1.00pm).
The
show includes two specially recorded acoustic numbers performed
by lead singer Thom Yorke and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
Jonny Greenwood: Karma Police and On The Beach (originally recorded
by Neil Young).
Ed
O'Brien selects his favourite tracks and chats to Craig Charles
about being the tallest man in rock and the guitarist in one of
the biggest bands in the world on Tuesday 23 December (7.00-10.00am).
Thom
Yorke co-presents the Tom Robinson Evening Sequence on Wednesday
24 December (7.00-10.00pm) selecting his favourite tracks and talking
to Tom Robinson.
Liz
Kershaw welcomes Jonny Greenwood into the studio in her lunchtime
show on Friday 26 December (1.00pm-4.00pm).
Jonny
shares a boxful of vinyl he has collected on his travels with Liz
and the listeners.
In
addition Thom Yorke selects his favourite concerts and sessions
from the 91热爆 archive from the past 30 or 40 years for the Dream
Ticket (Monday-Thursday, 10.00pm-midnight).
The
band have also selected the five Albums of the Day for the week.
They
include American underground rock band Sonic Youth's album Goo chosen
by Jonny Greenwood; If You're Into It I'm Out Of It by the experimental
electronica and hardcore techno artist Christoph De Babylon chosen
by Thom Yorke and legendary soul singer Al Green's Livin' For You
chosen by Colin Greenwood.
At
the special request of Radiohead, "beat-maverick, scratch DJ
and doodler" Kid Koala performs a live session from the 91热爆's
Maida Vale studios which can be heard on Sunday 28 December (7.00-9.00pm).
6 Music
is a 91热爆 digital radio station that champions the very best in rock
and popular music, and can be accessed via DAB digital radio, digital
satellite television, Freeview, digital cable television and the
internet at .
Notes
to Editors
Radiohead
become Radio Heads - Radiohead to run 91热爆 6 Music for a week
(11.11.03)
All the
91热爆's digital services are now available on ,
the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable.
Freeview
offers the 91热爆's eight television channels, interactive services
from 91热爆i, as well as 11 national 91热爆 radio networks.
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