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Through the darkness …
Nautical life-saving stories to metaphorical naval-gazing declarations of love, this topic sheds light on different contexts, and across a range of genres, inspired by last week’s nominations, is a bright star in the hands of guest keeper Nicko and his playlists
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The Stooges: possibly under the influence …
Coke, speed, heroin, acid? It’s all in circulation, from trippy and frenzied highs to comedown chillouts and lows, here in colourful, mesmeric playlists picked by guest MussoliniHeadkick from last week’s many nominations, you’ll find it all extremely stimulating .…
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Blow by blow: Greek god of the wind Aeolus
It's time to catch a breather. Singers or instrumentalists, acoustic sounds or artificial effects, inhaling or exhaling, this week it's all about the sounds, involuntary or otherwise, of air passing before, after or or sometimes during notes
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Kate Tempest – Europe is Lost?
From personal turmoil of the human brain to total tumult of the planet, Temptations to Kate Tempest, this week’s playlist writer ParaMhor turns last week’s whole world of fabulous nominations into a cri de crisis par excellence
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What's cooking in the Song Bar foundry? Silvery and other sounds are in this week's melting pot
Things are hotting up at the Song Bar foundry, as guest alchemist TatankaYotanka, filled with treasures from last week’s nominations, smelts up a priceless recipe of musical riches ready to play to you
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Who, what, where shall we go this week?
This week it's time to set the musical controls - to suggest songs that about time travel in the sci-fi sense, but also those that might move to another period in past or future in metaphor, memory and the imagination
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The violin bridges many a genre …
Bridging huge swathes of musical genre from folk to classical, reggae to hip hop, India to China, it's time for our guest writer amylee to take a 'bow' for superb playlists inspired by last week's huge and fiddly topic
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Faust in their Wümme studio in 1971
Kraftwerk to Neu! Bowie to The Fall! Leaping into last week's surprise topic, guest writer Flatfrog takes a voyage of discovery to playlist prime originals and others hugely influenced by this German genre
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Mr Dynamic … Otis Redding
Otis Redding to Arvo Pärt, Beach Boys to Beau, Kate Bush Waking The Witch to Wedding Present's Bewitched, guest writer Rachel Courtney turns up diverse and distinguished playlists from last week's topic
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Is that the zombie apocalypse, or just Hawkwind?
Star date 9/11/2016, and in his final log, the admirable Admiral EnglishOutlaw records the last available data about humanity on the eve of election doomsday, with songs from last week's catastrophic topic
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