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Space Oddity

Mary Anne Hobbs hears about a new piece of music made using sounds from space, plus she has highlights from the Great Escape festival in Brighton.

Mary Anne finds out about a new piece of music made using sounds from space.

Hear from one of a team of astrophysicists who have converted space into music using 'orbital dynamics' of a newly-discovered star system!

We also bring you highlights from the Great Escape Festival in Brighton, including session tracks from Marika Hackman and more...

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Sun 21 May 201707:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Isley Brothers

    It's Your Thing

    • Global Television.

  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    The Chant (Iquo Isang)

    • Merge Records.

  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    Atomos VI (Live at the BBC 6 Music Prom 2015)

  • Tom Waits

    Alice

    • Epitaph Europe B.V.

  • Mac DeMarco

    On The Level

  • Boards of Canada

    Roygbiv

    • Music Has The Right To Children.
    • Warp.
    • 10.

  • John Grant

    Down Here (6 Music Session, 1 Oct 2015)

  • Kraftwerk

    Computer World

    • COMPUTER WORLD.
    • Capitol.

  • Phoenix

    J-Boy

    • Loyaute/Glassnote Records.

  • The Meters

    Handclapping Song

    • Josie Records.

  • Cigarettes After Sex

    Apocalypse

    • Partisan Records.

  • SUNRISER

    • Mogwai

      Coolverine

      • Rock Action.

  • Frank Ocean

    Super Rich Kids (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)

    • MERCURY.

  • Frank Wilson

    Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

    • Motown.

  • Feist

    Century (feat. Jarvis Cocker)

    • Polydor.

  • SPACE SOUNDS

    • David Bowie

      Life On Mars?

      • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
      • EMI.

  • Father John Misty

    Total Entertainment Forever

    • Bella Union.

  • Marika Hackman

    Boyfriend (Live from The Great Escape 2017)

    • AMF Records.

  • Elliott Smith

    Pretty (Ugly Before) (Live At Largo, 24 Jan 1998)

  • Joni Mitchell

    Free Man In Paris

    • Reprise.

  • DJ Shadow & Nas

    Systematic

    • Mass Appeal.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    All Along The Watchtower

    • POLYDOR.

  • Andrea Belfi

    Lead

    • Float.

  • Chaka Khan

    Ain't Nobody

    • Reprise.

  • Paul Weller

    Nova

  • The Cure

    Just Like Heaven

    • Fiction.

  • Bonobo

    Bambro Koyo Ganda (feat. Innov Gnawa)

    • ninja tune.

  • Culture

    Two Sevens Clash

    • Music Club.

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    Progress (feat. Tracyanne Campbell)

    • Play It Again Sam.

  • The Selecter

    Too Much Pressure

    • Two-Tone Records.

  • H. Hawkline

    Engineers

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Pearl Jam

    Alive

    • Epic.

  • The Smiths

    This Charming Man

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 2.

  • alt‐J

    In Cold Blood

    • Infectious Music.

  • Talvin Singh

    River

    • United Sound.

  • Julie Byrne

    Natural Blue (Live from The Great Escape)

    • Not Even Happiness.
    • Basin Rock.
    • 4.

  • Jane Weaver

    Slow Motion

    • Fire Records.

  • Eddie Floyd

    Things Get Better

    • Rhino.

  • PINS

    All Hail

    • bad thing ep.
    • Haus Of Pins.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 May 201707:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music