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Kae Tempest

Lauren catches up with 6 Music festival headliner Kae Tempest, who's written a non-fiction book about connection. Plus, you choose the tunes in the People's Playlist.

Lauren catches up with 6 Music festival headliner Kae Tempest, who's just published their first book of non-fiction.

On Connection is a meditation on the power of creative connection to act as the antidote to numbness. Tempest says: "Connection is the first step towards any act of acknowledgement, accountability or responsibility. It offers, whether fleeting or long-lasting, a closeness to all others. It is jubilant. Ecstatic. Without fear."

We also pick a theme, and you pick the songs for the People's Playlist. We hand-pick something incredible from around the 6 Music schedule in Fantastic Beats & Where To Find Them, and we'll play you something brand new in While You Were Sleeping.

2 hours, 58 minutes

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Thu 1 Oct 202007:30
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • S’Express

    Theme From S-Express

    • NUMBER ONES OF DANCE.
    • Telstar.

  • Machinedrum

    Kane Train (feat. Freddie Gibbs)

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Japan

    Quiet Life

    • The Very Best Of.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Nayana IZ

    GROWING PAINS

    • Smoke + Fly EP.
    • Different Recordings.

  • Air

    Kelly Watch The Stars

    • Source Records.

  • Marie Davidson & L'OEil Nu

    Renegade Breakdown

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Missy Elliott

    Work It

    • Work It.
    • Elektra.

  • Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

    They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)

    • Elektra.

  • Nadine Shah

    Club Cougar

    • Infectious Music.

  • Sirens of Lesbos

    Pala

  • Flying Lotus

    Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

    • You're Dead.
    • Warp.
    • 001.

  • Ezra Collective

    Dark Side Riddim

    • Enter The Jungle Records.

  • Hayden Thorpe

    Blue Crow

  • This Is the Kit

    Hotter Colder

    • Rough Trade.

  • fanclubwallet

    Car Crash in G Major

  • Little Dragon

    Klapp Klapp

    • Because Music.

  • Sylvan Esso

    Ferris Wheel

    • Loma Vista.

  • The Selecter

    On My Radio

    • EMI.

  • The Flamingos

    I Only Have Eyes For You

    • All Time Classic Rock 'n' Roll Tearje.
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Robert Glasper

    Better Than I Imagined (feat. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • Public Enemy, Ice T & PMD

    Smash The Crowd

  • Betty Harris

    There's A Break In The Road

    • SSS International.

  • Osees

    If I Had My Way

    • Castle Face.

  • Al Wilson

    The Snake

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • LaVern Baker

    Bumble Bee

    • The Rock 'N Roll Era: Lost Treasures.
    • 13.

  • Harry Belafonte

    The Fox

    • Harry Belafonte: The Ultimate Collection.
    • 13.

  • The Bonzo Dog Band

    Mr Slater's Parrot

    • The Bestiality Of The Bonzo Dog Band.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 20.

  • The Avalanches

    Frontier Psychiatrist

    • XL.

  • Stray Cats

    Stray Cat Strut

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    Talk To The Animals

    • Sammy Davis Greatest Hits.
    • Curb.
    • 1.

  • The Maccabees

    Toothpaste Kisses

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Fiction.

  • Laura Marling

    Alexandra

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.

  • KEN

    BadBadNotBadalamenti

  • Lou Hayter

    My Baby Just Cares For Me

    • Skint Records.

  • The Beat

    Hands Off...She's Mine

    • Go Feet.

  • The Flaming Lips

    Will You Return/When You Come Down

    • Bella Union.

  • Warren Ellis

    Because I Was A Girl

    • This Train I Ride Soundtrack.
    • Invada Records.

  • Moses Sumney

    Cut Me

    • Jagajaguwar.

  • Sampa the Great

    Final Form

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Herman Kelly & LIFE

    Dance To The Drummer's Beat

  • David Bowie

    Modern Love

    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Thu 1 Oct 202007:30
    BBC Radio 6 Music