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Early Influences, Space Adventures and a Film Festival.

Jarvis takes you on a sonic journey into deep space before landing back on the French Riviera.

He also spins a couple of early musical influences alongside some recent record purchases.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Sat 26 Sep 2026 10:00
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Music Played

  • VOCES8

    Teardrop

  • Nina Simone

    Blackbird (Mono Single Edit]

    • Folksy Nina.
    • Rhino.
    • 11.

  • The Slits

    Newtown (John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977)

    • Cut (Deluxe Edition).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 16.

  • Scott Walker

    The Old Man's Back Again

    • Philips.

  • Date of Birth

    Au Revoir

    • La Lu La Roo.
    • Bungalow.

  • The Durutti Column

    For Friends Everywhere

  • Commoners Choir and the West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra

    Blitzkrieg Bop

    • Aaagh Records.

  • Sharda Patasar

    Audacity of Black Water

    • Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot (Volume 2).
    • Artangel.

  • Tara

    Speranza

    • Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot (Volume 2).
    • Artangel.

  • Grubby Mitts

    Giving up the Ghost

    • Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot (Volume 2).
    • Artangel.

  • David J Boswell

    No Colours

  • Iko Chérie

    Ghosted Ghosters of the Holy G (Froid Dub Remix)

    • Pingipung.

  • Beguiling Junior

    Exorcism

  • Sade

    I Never Thought I'd See The Day (Dancetracks Version)

    • Portrait.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor, Opus 18 (Moderato)

    Performer: Eileen Joyce. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf.
    • Brief Encounter (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Trunk Records.

  • Renzo Rossellini

    Roma, Città Aperta (Suite)

    Orchestra: Radio Sofia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Ridolfi.
    • CAM Original Soundtrack.

  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy

    The Children are Sick

    • We Are Together Again.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 9.

  • JIM

    Chalet Café (feat. Jason Williamson)

  • Jim Ghedi

    Old Stones

    • Wasteland.
    • William Lawrence.
    • 01.

  • David Thomas Broughton

    Electricity (Electrix Mix)

    • Boating Disasters EP.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Read It in Books

    • Crocodiles.
    • Sire/Warner Records.
    • 9.

  • Magazine

    The Book

    • Touch And Go: Anthology 02.78 - 06.81.
    • Virgin Catalogue.
    • 8.

  • Tove Jansson, Mika Pohjola & Mirja Mäkelä

    Muumilaakso

  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses (Binaural Mix)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Sep 2026 16:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Sat 26 Sep 2026 10:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever