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A Mercury Prize Special!

It's a Mercury Prize Special! Rob runs down all 12 nominees with interviews and live session tracks from alt-J, Jessie Ware, Lianne La Havas, Django Django, Sam Lee and Plan B.

Rob has a Mercury Prize Special this week!

Each and every year a group of musical experts pick their musical brains and select 12 albums of the last 12 months that they feel have been truly exceptional - before picking one winning album...

Rob plays tracks from all the 2012 nominees and has interviews and live session tracks from Alt-J, Jessie Ware, Lianne La Havas, Django Django, Sam Lee and Plan B.

Two hours of beautiful and strange leftfield music from Radio 1's resident ponytail: Rob da Bank!

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Sat 20 Oct 201205:00
BBC Radio 1

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Music Played

  • Infinity Ink

    Infinity (Claude Von Stroke Remix)

    • Crosstown Rebels.

  • Lindstrøm

    Eg-ged-osis (Lemonade Remix)

    • Smalltown Supersound.

  • Photek

    This Love (feat. Ray La Montagne)

    • Photek Productions.

  • Mercury Special

    • Part 1

  • Django Django

    Storm (Maida Vale Session for Rob da Bank)

    • Because Music.

  • The Maccabees

    Pelican

    • Fiction Records/Universal Music.

  • Lianne La Havas

    Gone (Maida Vale Session for Rob da Bank)

    • Warner.

  • Pseudo Nippon

    Universal Brotherhood (Cops Say Ow)

    • Tiger Trap.

  • Friendly Fires

    Why Don't You Answer

    • Late Night Tales.

  • Roses Gabor

    Night Sky

    • Girls Music.

  • Mercury Special

    • Part 2

  • Sam Lee

    Goodbye My Darling (Maida Vale Session for Rob da Bank)

  • Field Music

    (I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Richard Hawley

    The Wood Collier's Grave

    • Mute Records.

  • Dizzee Rascal

    Jus' A Rascal

    • XL.

  • Nero - Won't You Be There (Baauer Remix)

  • Laura J Martin

    Applecart

    • Static Caravan.

  • Mercury Special

    • Part 3

  • Plan B

    Lost My Way (Maida Vale Session for Zane Lowe)

    • 679 Recordings.

  • Roller Trio

    Howdy Saudi

    • Roller Trio.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Bones

    • Polydor.

  • dRamatic & dbAudio

    Days Running Out

    • Mars.

  • Dawn Day Night

    Big Booty Girls

    • Astrophonica.

  • Stay+

    Crashed

    • Black Butter.

  • Mercy Music

    • Part 4

  • alt‐J

    Breezeblocks (Maida Vale Live Session for Huw Stephens)

    • Infectious.

  • Ben Howard

    Old Pine

    • Communion.

  • Jessie Ware

    110% (Maida Vale Session for Rob da Bank)

    • PMR.

  • Hot Chip

    Don't Deny Your Heart

    • Domino.

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Oct 201205:00
    BBC Radio 1