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When airwaves swing, distant voices sing

To mark its 50th anniversary, Jarvis takes a deeper look at Kraftwerk's "Radio-Activity", their first all-electronic album.

To mark its 50th anniversary, Jarvis takes a deeper look at Kraftwerk's "Radio-Activity".

Following the global success of "Autobahn" across 1974 and 1975, this follow-up would be their first all-electronic album, and the first to feature both English and German lyrics.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Music Played

  • Lambchop

    Weakend

  • Roy Orbison

    In Dreams

    • Roy Orbison - Golden Days.
    • Monument.
    • 13.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne: No. 2

    Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw.

  • Erik Satie

    Trois Mélodies No. 3: Sylvie

    Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw. Singer: Barbara Hannigan.

  • Lee Remick

    Anyone Can Whistle

    • The Essential Stephen Sondheim.
    • Masterworks.
    • 7.

  • Ennio Morricone

    A Fistful of Dollars (Main Theme)

    • A Fistful of Dollars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
    • 1.

  • New Order

    Elegia

    • Low-Life (Definitive Edition).
    • WM UK.
    • 5.

  • Iggy Pop

    Nightclubbing

    • VIrgin.

  • Kraftwerk

    Geiger Counter

    • Radio-Activity (2009 Remaster).
    • Parlophone Records.

  • Kraftwerk

    Radioactivity

    • Radio-Activity (2009 Remaster).
    • Parlophone Records.

  • Kraftwerk

    Radioland

    • Radio-Activity (2009 Remaster).
    • Parlophone Records.

  • Kraftwerk

    Antenna

    • Radio-Activity (2009 Remaster).
    • Parlophone Records.

  • NNN (English)

    The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations

  • The Treorchy Male Voice Choir

    Radio Ga Ga

  • Gong Station Chimes

    The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations

  • The Human League

    The Path of Least Resistance (Early Version)

  • Depeche Mode

    Any Second Now (Voices)

    • Speak and Spell (Deluxe).
    • Venusnote Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Kraftwerk

    Ohm Sweet Ohm

    • Radio-Activity (2009 Remaster).
    • Parlophone Records.

  • Wendy Carlos

    Title Music (From "A Clockwork Orange")

    • Wendy Carlos's Clockwork Orange (Complete Original Score).
    • East Side Digital.
    • 3.

  • Wendy Carlos

    Country Lane (From "A Clockwork Orange")

    • Wendy Carlos's Clockwork Orange (Complete Original Score).
    • East Side Digital.
    • 10.

  • Bobbie Gentry

    Thunder in the Afternoon

  • Tinariwen

    Amalouna

    • Amadjar.
    • Wedge.
    • 3.

  • Little Simz

    Offence

    • Age 101.

  • Don Randi Trio

    Love You To

  • The Revolutionaries

    El Bamba (Version)

    • Sky Note.

  • Kraftwerk

    Airwaves (Dolby Atmos Mix)

    • Radio-Activity (2009 Remaster).

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 May 202616:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music