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With Thomas Dolby in session

Tom is joined by electronic music pioneer and producer Thomas Dolby, who plays live and shares his musical selections.

Tom is joined by electronic music pioneer and producer Thomas Dolby who plays live and shares musical selections. He is best known for his music from the early 1980's, in particular the singles She Blinded Me With Science and Hyperactive, a track originally written for Michael Jackson.
He released his debut album The Golden Age of Wireless in 1982, which included his debut UK hit Windpower and the afformentioned ...Science, a big hit in the US. The follow up, 1984's The Flat Earth enjoyed greater success and included Hyperactive, his biggest UK hit. Two further albums followed in 1988 and 1992, before he took a break from music to focus on his company's Headspace and Beatnik.
He's made key contributions in the fields of musical download file formats and mobile phone ringtones.
He returned to music in 2006 and released his album A Map Of The Floating City in 2011.
He's embarking on a nationwide tour this month of his live multi-media cinematic/musical performance piece The Invisible Lighthouse.

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Sat 24 Aug 2013 21:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Jamie T

    Sheila

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Virgin.

  • The Fall

    Mountain Energei

  • Laura Veirs

    Sun Song

    • BELLA UNION.

  • Kitten Pyramid

    Uh Oh

    • white.

  • Villagers

    Earthly Pleasure

    • Domino Publishing Co. Ltd.

  • Airport 85

    Gliders

    • white.

  • Thomas Dolby

    The Key To Her Ferrari

  • Malcolm McLaren

    Soweto

  • Eddi Reader

    What You Do With What You've Got

  • Joni Mitchell

    Shiny Toys

  • Iggy Pop

    Nightclubbing

    • VIrgin.

  • Frank Turner

    Photosynthesis

  • Prefab Sprout

    Knock On Wood

  • Radiohead - Nude (Bathing In The Icefloe Mix)

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene (Slow Ass Edit)

  • Django Bates

    Interval Song

  • John Foxx & Jori Hulkkonen

    Evangeline

    • European Splendour EP.
    • Sugarcane Recordings.
    • 001.

  • Tuung

    Tale From Black

  • Rab Noakes

    The Downtown Lights

  • Procol Harum

    A Salty Dog

    • Procol Harum - The Collection.
    • Pickwick.

  • Fink

    Warm Shadow

  • Zemmy

    Brittle Pieces

    • white.

  • East India Youth

    Looking For Someone

    • white.

  • Adam Stafford

    Imaginary Walls Collapse

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Aug 2013 21:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music