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Radio 4,22 Mar 2021,28 mins

Nile Rodgers on his digital portrait, composer Hannah Peel

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Nile Rodgers – guitarist, producer, songwriter, arranger, and co-founder of Chic in the 1970s – is the subject of what claims to be the world’s first voice-interactive digital portrait, In the Room with Nile Rodgers, in association with the National Portrait Gallery. Nile Rodgers and the project's director, Sarah Coward, discuss and explain the ambitious artwork. Hannah Peel’s latest album Fir Wave is inspired by nature, and finds links between patterns in nature and in early electronic music. She explains the inspiration behind her new album, how she’s reinterpreted iconic music by the Radiophonic Workshop, and why Delia Derbyshire is such an important figure for her. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Jerome Weatherald Main image: Nile Rodgers Image credit: Dimitri Hakke/Getty Images

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