Now Playing @6Music tracklist June 3, 2011

The sad passing of Gil Scott-Heron had a lot of people talking this week. Written tributes, Tweets, videos and tracks have been posted from such luminaries as Snoop Dogg and Eminem to XL boss Richard Russell down to people who never met the legendary poet and rapper.



We decided it was a no-brainer to focus on Scott-Heron’s life, work and influence on music through the themed playlist this week, and with the breadth and volume of response we received from you – we clearly weren’t the only ones to be hit by the news.



Culture Deluxe and Fried My Little Brain also came onto the show and told us what is currently making them buzz, and we introduced new features Now Viewing and Now Streaming.





Tracklist:



Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not be Televised



#Digital Digest

* Queens of the Stone Age fans have the chance to pick which songs the band perform at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Head over to Zane Lowe’s page on the Radio One website to make your pick from a list of 50.

* Steve Jobs is set to give the keynote speech at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday where he’ll outline plans for iCloud - a new cloud data storage service.

* Mixcloud have launched their new iPhone app which is free for a limited time.

* Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band streamed a press conference and performed four songs via Muzu.TV.

* Coldplay unveiled their new single Every Drop is a Waterfall. It appeared on Coldplay.com and YouTube today (Friday 3), and will be available to download in the UK on Sunday.

#Now Streaming

Tom Vek – World of Doubt



#Blogged

White Denim – Drug (Recommended by Adam and Parri from Culture Deluxe)



#NowPlaying

Foals -Blue Blood

#Themed Playlist – Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – The Bottle (via Facebook)

Public Enemy – Fight the Power (via Spotify)

Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five – The Message (via the Blog & Spotify)

A Tribe Called Quest – Jazz (We’ve Got It) (via Spotify)

Gil Scott-Heron – B-Movie (via Facebook)



#Digital Digest

* The Beatles’ anthologies are going digital for the first time on iTunes later this month. Released in 1995 and 1996 they feature rare and unreleased songs, outtakes and alternate versions of their classics.

* Glastonbury and Orange have launched their mobile App for 2011, available for Apple, Android and Nokia handsets.

* Bjork’s new album Biophilia is going to be released with an individual App per track. People will be able to explore and interact with the song’s themes or even make a completely new version. More at CMU.

* The Kaiser Chiefs have made their return with a fascinating new album marketing strategy. The band have made 20 tracks available and are allowing fans to pick 10 to create a personalised version of The Future is Medieval.



#Now Viewing

UNKLE ft. Nick Cave – Money and Run



#Blogged

Brenmar – So High (Recommended by Damian from Fried My Little Brain)



#NowPlaying

Underworld - Born Slippy

#Themed Playlist – Gil Scott-Heron

Mos Def - Ms Fat Booty (via Twitter and Facebook)

Boogy Down Productions - My Philosophy (via Text)

Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Television, The Drug of the Nation (via E-Mail and Twitter)

Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day and John Coltrane (via Facebook, E-Mail, Text and Twitter)

Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - The Cloud (via Twitter and Text)