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Composer and performer Anna Meredith shares pivotal First Times, including how her First Gig was not as cool as it sounds, why she subjected her parents to a trance banger over dinner, and the joy and pain of soundtracking film & TV.

Produced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Wed 27 Aug 202523:00
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Music Played

  • Anna Meredith

    Sawbones

    • Fibs.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No. 1

  • The Wombles

    The Wombling Song (Full Version)

    • The Wombles 4 Album Box Set.
    • Dramatico.
    • 12.

  • Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

    The Skye Boat Song

    • Highland Gathering.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 6.

  • Elton John

    The One

    • Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002.
    • Mercury.

  • Inspiral Carpets

    Dragging Me Down

    • Cow Records.

  • Enigma

    Sadeness (Part I)

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • The Velvet Underground

    Sunday Morning

    • Verve.

  • Björk

    Hyperballad

    • One Little Indian.

  • Anna Meredith

    moonmoons

    • FIBS.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.
    • 6.

  • Leos Janáček

    Sinfonietta

  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Anna Meredith

    Nautilus

    • Varmints.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.

  • Anna Meredith

    A Really Good Day

    • Eighth Grade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Columbia.
    • 17.

  • Anna Meredith

    High School

    • Eighth Grade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Columbia.
    • 7.

  • Wink

    Higher State Of Consciousness

    • Higher State of Conciousness.
    • Manifesto.

  • Guns N’ Roses

    November Rain

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.

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  • Wed 27 Aug 202523:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

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