“6 Mix celebrates Dance Pioneers throughout May, continuing with an Ed Banger Special. Throughout the month of May, 6 Mix is shining a light on a selection of Dance Pioneers. The series kicked off with Grandmaster Flash followed by Sasha and continues this week with Busy P presenting 10 Years of Ed Banger Records.” Check [...]
“6 Mix celebrates Dance Pioneers, continuing with Sasha. Throughout the month of May, 6 Mix will be shining a light on a selection of Dance Pioneers, which kicked off with Grandmaster Flash and continues this week with Sasha. Born and raised in a small town in Wales, Sasha grew up listening to Motown records. It [...]
“Iconic DJ and producer, Andrew Weatherall returns to his 6 Mix residency. One of Britain’s best loved DJs, Andrew has recently been been busy with the release of his 19th album, Ruled By Passion Destroyed By Lust. On this release Weatherall pairs up with Timothy J Fairplay, as As The Asphodells, who is another accomplice [...]
“The Godfather of Techno, Juan Atkins, takes to the 6 Mix decks for two hours. Atkins is widely regarded as one of the originators of Techno music, along with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. The trio, often referred to as the Belleville Three, attended high school together in Belleville, Michigan, near Detroit. Growing up, they [...]
“Erol Alkan returns to the 6 Mix, taking you on a sonic journey through bleeps, beats and bass from the cutting edge of club culture. One of the most in-demand DJs in the world, Erol is one of the UK electronic scene’s most eclectic figures, with a musical palette ranging from Arthur Russell to the [...]
“Canada’s electro ambassador, Tiga, returns to his 6 Mix residency where he explores his love of synthesized music past, present and future. Based in Montreal, Tiga’s introduction to dance music came with the early 90s rave scene which inspired him to become a club DJ and set up his own label. In the last decade [...]
“Underworld’s Karl Hyde takes to the 6 Mix decks for 2 hours, playing a selection of inspirations which influenced his upcoming solo album, Edgeland. Underworld – made up of Hyde and Rick Smith – rose to prominence in the early 1990s with their seminal album ‘Dubnobasswithmyheadman’ which fused acid house with contemporary techno. ‘Born Slippy’, [...]
“DJ and producer, Goldie looks back at the music that has sound tracked his 20 year career. Goldie was introduced to drum & bass and jungle by DJ Kemistry and production duo 4hero back in 1991 and went on to work for their Reinforced record label. Fast forward four years and his seminal 1995 debut [...]
“6 Mix residents Groove Armada return to the 6 Music decks with 2 hours of dancefloor favourites. The dance music dons continue their 6 Mix residency and bring you the best in future house, with music and stories from dancefloors gone by. Tom Findlay and Andy Cato formed Groove Armada in the mid-90s and are [...]
“Producer, songwriter, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Nitin Sawhney takes to the 6 Mix decks for a two hour audio journey. With a hugely varied career so far, Sawhney has made 9 studio albums, been nominated for a Mercury Music prize, scored over 40 films for cinema and television, received an Ivor Novello nomination for best score [...]
“This week, Joey Negro digs deep in to his vinyl cellar and takes over the 6 Mix for a two hour special. Joey Negro is the pseudonym of British DJ, producer and remixer Dave Lee who has also released music under other names, such as Jakatta, Akabu, Doug Willis, Raven Maize, The Sunburst Band, Sessomatto, [...]
“DJ and producer Ben Watt returns to the 6 Mix exploring leftfield dance and electronic music past, present and future. In his latest show for 6 Music, Ben goes on a journey through downtempo and deep house music, via upfront leftfield electronic pop and classics from his personal collection.” Check out other 6 Mixes in [...]
“Flume, a 20 year old Sydney-based beatmaker, takes to the 6 Mix decks for 2 hours of musical inspirations and current club favourites. Having began his journey in to production at the age of 13, when he found a music production program in a cereal box, he has now moved on to much bigger gigs [...]
Hurray! 6 Mix from Four Tet! “Following the unexpected release of a free album titled 0181 last month, Four Tet takes to the 6 Mix decks for two hours with a rare vinyl special. Born in London, Kieran Hebden formed the band Fridge, whilst at school, with friends Adem Ilhan and Sam Jeffers. The trio [...]
“The Scottish quartet take over the 6 Mix for two hours of musical inspirations and new tunes they’re in to at the moment. The 4-piece had a memorable year in 2012 with them being nominated for the Mercury Prize for their self-titled release and winning Best New Group at the Q Awards. 2013 has also [...]
