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THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 35 - 2. HANNAH PEEL (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and soundtrack composer Hannah Peel shares her First Times with Matt Everitt, soundtracked by Tori Amos, Boards of Canada, Joni Mitchell, and more!
They talk about how important it is to win an Ivor Novello award, her love of working with Paul Weller, and how AI won't replace Hannah just yet!
Produced in Salford by BBC Audio North for BBC Radio 6 Music.
Hannah Peel - Midwinter Break [Back Lot Music]
Ronnie Hilton - A Windmill In Old Amsterdam [Parlophone UK]
Gustav Holst & London Symphony Orchestra - The Planets, Op. 32: 2. Venus, The Bringer Of Peace [Editions Audiovisuel Beulah]
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Walking In The Air [Silva Screen]
Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree [Old Gold]
Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You [A&M]
Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl [East West]
The Cinematic Orchestra - Work It! (Man With The Movie Camera) [Ninja Tune]
Hannah Peel - Tainted Love [My Own Pleasure]
Hannah Peel - The Almond Tree [Static Caravan Recordings]
John Foxx - Burning Car [Now! Music]
Boards Of Canada - Olson [Warp]
Alberto Iglesias (feat. Vicente Amigo & El Pele) - Hable Con Ella [Milan]
The Magnetic North - Bay Of Skaill [Full Time Hobby]
Hannah Peel - Game Of Thrones: Main Title [HBO]
Paul Weller - On Sunset [Polydor]
Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark [Rhino]
Hannah Peel - Hive Mind [Invada UK]
Hannah Peel - Cuckoo [Invada UK]
Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra - The Unfolding [Universal Music Operations Ltd]
Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - Sea, Swallow Me [4AD]
ARCHIVE ON 4 - JODRELL BANK AT 80 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 8th November 2025
The sound of people partying in a field, of exploding stars and birdsong, of a clanking chunk of metal, mechanically maneuvering it's gaze across the heavens. They're all part of the rich sonic landscape of a British icon, of Jodrell Bank Observatory which turns 80 in December and some of the sounds which could inspire composer Hannah Peel to create a piece of music that marks that big birthday.
An Ivor Novello winning artist and Radio 3 presenter Hannah Peel is fascinated by space. It's inspired her work in the past, particularly her album Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia which she performed at the Blue Dot festival at Jodrell Bank in 2017. This Archive on 4 sees her come back to the site in Cheshire to learn about its founder Professor Sir Bernard Lovell and his iconic invention the Lovell telescope, which gave the UK a front row seat for the space race as Russia and the US vied to get the moon. She hears about the secret history of Jodrell Bank, where shadowy figures from GCHQ would use the telescope to assess Russian military capabilities during the Cold War in a relationship that lasted until the 1990s. And she learns about Sir Bernard and his love of music, how as a church organist, it tied to him a belief in something beyond science.
The stories and sounds she gathers on her journey form the elements of a new composition called Pulsar recorded by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Salford .Hannah Peel brings her unique creative experimental vision that draws on her background as a classical and electronic artist to the celebration of this British scientific and cultural icon.
'Pulsar' by Hannah Peel & BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gemma New
Mixed and Co-Orchestrated by Michael Keeney
Mastering by James Trevascus
Management by Steve Malins and Random Music Mgmt
Additional music:
Archid Orange Dwarf from the album Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia by Hannah Peel
CP1919 by Stephen Morris
Sonifications by Prof Tim O'Brien
Dr Who clip is from Logopolis part 4, Season 18.
Presenter: Hannah Peel
Producer: Catherine Murray
Programme Co-ordinator: Nancy Bennie
Studio Manager for 'Pulsar': John Cole
Studio Manager for documentary: Michael Smith
Exec Producer: Richard McIlroy
Editor: Gill Farrington
HANNAH PEEL & RICHARD NORRIS - 6 MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL -
4. BEATS & BYTES (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th December 2024
Hannah Peel & Richard Norris chart a musical history through iconic instruments, with the 808 and Ableton in the spotlight in this final episode.
The 808 drum machine is one of the most iconic instruments of all time. Richie Hawtin explains how the 808, alongside the 909, was instrumental to techno, his music as Plastikman, and throughout his career. And Jlin shows how the sounds of the 808 are found throughout her production, despite never having owned a machine.
Ableton is one of the leading music making software programmes on the planet. One of its creators, Gerhard Behles, explains how the freedom of 90s Berlin influenced the birth of the software. Diving deeper into music and computers, Holly Herndon and Marta Salogni remember using AI to make Holly’s album PROTO, and artist Patten discusses the inspiration and challenges of using text to audio AI to create his boundary pushing sounds.
From the Theremin to the MPC, the 808 to Ableton, Instrumental takes drum machines, samplers, synths, and software as a springboard to celebrate creativity in all its facets. Across the series hear from fellow musicians, creatives and instrument builders including Brian Eno, Carl Cox, Marta Salogni, Roger Linn, Jlin, Jacob Collier, Richie Hawtin, Andre Huang, Patten, The Mad Professor, Shiva Feshareki and more, on how people have been using, and misusing these tools to create new and wonderful music.
Andy Cooper - Chase On The Ave
LL Cool J - I Need A Beat
John Foxx - Plaza [Virgin]
Inner City - Good Life [10]
Plastikman - Plasticity [Nova Mute]
Jon Hopkins - Neon Pattern Drum [Domino]
FKA Twigs - Figure 8
Jlin - Erotic Heart
Jlin (feat. Phillip Glass) - The Precision Of Infinity [Planet Mu]
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Diagram Girl [Phantasy]
Basic Channel - Q1.1
Flying Lotus - Getting There [Warp]
Max Cooper - Perpetual Motion [Mesh]
Loraine James - I DM U [Hyperdub]
Andrew Huang - Heartbeat
Holly Herndon - Canaan (Live Training) [4AD]
Holly Herndon - Evening Shades (Live Training) [4AD]
patten - Inhale [555-5555]
patten - Forever
patten - Nimzo
HANNAH PEEL & RICHARD NORRIS - 6 MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL - 3. DIGITAL & DECKS (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th December 2024
Hannah Peel & Richard Norris chart a musical history through iconic instruments, with the DX7 Synth and SL1200 Turntable in the spotlight.
The Yamaha DX7 was one of the biggest digital synths of the 80s. Peaking in 1986, its sound appeared on thousands of tracks across all genres that decade. Brian Eno reveals how he was one of the few people who managed to programme it. And Youtuber Cuckoo celebrates the sounds of the DX7 that were used in video game soundtracks of the 80s and 90s.
The Technics SL1200 turntables are legendary amongst DJ across dance, hip hop and beyond. Carl Cox explains why, and how he managed to mix on three of them at once. And turntablist Shiva Feshareki reveals how finding a scrap of paper while researching Delia Derbyshire, led to her 2018 Prom for two turntables and orchestra.
From the Theremin to the MPC, the 808 to Ableton, Instrumental takes drum machines, samplers, synths, and software as a springboard to celebrate creativity in all its facets. Across the series hear from fellow musicians, creatives and instrument builders including Brian Eno, Carl Cox, Marta Salogni, Roger Linn, Jlin, Jacob Collier, Richie Hawtin, Andre Huang, Patten, The Mad Professor, Shiva Feshareki and more, on how people have been using, and misusing these tools to create new and wonderful music.
Andy Cooper - Chase On The Ave
A-ha - Take On Me
Brian Eno & John Cale - Lay My Love [All Saints]
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name [Island]
Brian Eno & John Cale - Grandfather's House
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It [Global & Tapes]
Howard Jones - What Is Love?
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme [Warner Bros]
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World [Now]
SEGA - Splash Wave / Out Run
True Cuckoo - Mem Corrupt
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme [Warner Bros]
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
Jurassic 5 - Lesson 6: The Lecture [PIAS]
Carl Cox - Electronic Generations
Chic - Good Times [Columbia]
Wilton Felder & Bobby Womack - Inherit The Wind [UMOD]
DJ Carl Cox - I Want You (Forever) [Perfecto]
Shiva Feshareki - Still Point - Movement III [NMC]
Richard Norris - One [Group Mind]
HANNAH PEEL & RICHARD NORRIS - 6 MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL - 2. SPACE & SAMPLERS (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd December 2024
Hannah Peel & Richard Norris chart a musical history through iconic instruments, with the Space Echo and MPC in the spotlight for this second episode.
The Roland Space Echo is a legendary effect that uses tape to create spacey delays and reverbs. The Mad Professor remembers first using tape delays, the importance of the Space Echo in Dub, and working with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. Whilst Hannah and Richard share their love of tape as a tactile medium with Brian Eno and Hainbach.
The AKAI MPC was a sampler that came out in the 80s, and revolutionised a technique that was previously only available to the upper echelons of the music making community. Author Joe Schloss gives a concise history of Hip Hop and sampling and explains why the MPC was at the epicentre. And Jacob Collier reveals how sampling his audiences singing led to him creating his own musical instrument.
From the Theremin to the MPC, the 808 to Ableton, Instrumental takes drum machines, samplers, synths, and software as a springboard to celebrate creativity in all its facets. Across the series hear from fellow musicians, creatives and instrument builders including Brian Eno, Carl Cox, Marta Salogni, Roger Linn, Jlin, Jacob Collier, Richie Hawtin, Andre Huang, Patten, The Mad Professor, Shiva Feshareki and more, on how people have been using, and misusing these tools to create new and wonderful music.
Andy Cooper - Chase On The Ave
King Tubby & Rupie Edwards - Buckshot Dub
Portishead - Cowboys [Go! Beat]
Mad Professor - Ankoko
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Enter The Dragon
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mad Professor - Jazzy Dub [Ariwa]
Massive Attack - Bumper Ball Dub (Karmacoma)
Terry Riley - Concert For Two Pianos And Tape Recorders
Steve Reich - It's Gonna Rain [Elektra Nonesuch]
Brian Eno & David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit [Sire]
Delia Derbyshire - Blue Veils And Golden Sands [BBC]
William Basinski - dlp 1.1 a [Temporary Residence Limited]
Hainbach - Embrace Before We Forget [Seil]
Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen - March [Hands In The Dark]
Madvillain - Supervillain Theme (Instrumental)
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up [Now]
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd [Virgin]
Prince - 1999 [Warner Bros]
De La Soul - Eye Know [Big Life]
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World [Mo'Wax]
Love Bug Starski & The Harlem World Crew - Positive Life
Treacherous Three - Feel The Heartbeat
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) [Elektra]
Slum Village - Fall In Love [Ne'Astra Music Group]
J Dilla - Last Donut Of The Night [Stones Throw]
Jacob Collier (feat. Brandi Carlile) - Little Blue [Decca]
Jacob Collier - 100,000 Voices [Decca]
HANNAH PEEL & RICHARD NORRIS - 6 MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL - 1. MAGIC & MICROPHONES (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd December 2024
Hannah Peel & Richard Norris chart a musical history through iconic instruments, with the Theremin and SM58 Microphone in the spotlight for this first episode.
Invented in 1928, the Theremin is one of the first electronic instruments. Biographer Albert Glinsky shares details of the incredible life its Russian inventor Leon Theremin led. Plus, director Lisa Rovner, whose documentary Sisters With Transistors celebrates the female pioneers of electronic music, explains why Theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore was so important in the story of electronic music.
The SM58 is the classic ice cream shaped microphone you've seen on hundreds of stages. Brian Eno reveals why this budget microphone was perfect when he was recording Bono's vocals. And Richard and Hannah share their love of using microphones to record the natural world, and how they use these field recordings in their own music.
From the Theremin to the MPC, the 808 to Ableton, Instrumental takes drum machines, samplers, synths and software as a springboard to celebrate creativity in all its facets. Across the series hear from fellow musicians, creatives and instrument builders including Brian Eno, Carl Cox, Marta Salogni, Roger Linn, Jlin, Jacob Collier, Richie Hawtin, Andre Huang, Patten, The Mad Professor, Shiva Feshareki and more, on how people have been using, and misusing these tools to create new and wonderful music.
Andy Cooper - Chase On The Ave
Clara Rockmore - Summertime [Mississippi]
Bernard Herrmann - Prelude [20th Century Fox]
Mica Levi - Andrew Void [Milan]
The Listening Room Ensemble & Clara Rockmore - Bachianas Brasileiras: No. 5, Aria
Erick Friedman, Clara Rockmore & Nadia Reisenberg - Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor
Clara Rockmore - Theremin Concerto: Pastorale
Lisa Bella Donna - Onward To A Dream [Behind The Sky Music]
Isao Tomita - Arabesque No. 1
Beck - Where It's At [Geffen]
U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) [Island]
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire [Island]
Bing Crosby & Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band - Whispering [RCA Victor]
Hannah Peel - The Deceived TV Series
Kayla Painter - Precipitation
Kayla Painter - Your Echoes
Chris Watson & Nainita Desai - Deep Blue Voices, Caribbean Sea
Chris Watson & Nainita Desai - Endless Dawn Chorus, Finland
Clint Mansell - Spirit Of The Woods [Invada]
Clint Mansell - Mycorrhiza (60-250 HZ) [Invada]
HANNAH PEEL - MARY ANNE HOBBS MIX 22.04.22 (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd April 2022
Hannah Peel takes charge of the Friday guest mix after the releases of Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra with Charles Hazlewood have announced details of a major new work, The Unfolding, set for release on 1 April 2022 via Real World Records.
Barbatuques - Baianá [Optimo Music]
Wilma Archer (Feat. Amber Mark) - Like A Hunger [Weird World]
Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra - Wild Animal [Real World]
Bendik Giske - Through [Smalltown Supersound]
Şatellites - Deli Deli [Batov]
Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee - Kurunba [Real World]
Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra - We Are Part Mineral [Real World]
Anna Wang - Excursion [i u we]
Hannah Peel - Emergence In Nature [My Own Pleasure]
HANNAH PEEL - SLOW SUNDAY MIX 27.10.19 (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th October 2019
Singer-songwriter Hannah Peel is Mark's special guest. Hannah, who is known for her own atmospheric songs and compositions, puts together a unique mix - created especially for Slow Sunday - of some of her favourite relaxing music by a range of different artists. She also chats to Mark about the tracks she's chosen and why, as well as discussing her own current projects.
Most recently Hannah has been collaborating with poet Will Burns. Their album 'Chalk Hill Blue' blends electronica with spoken word to evoke the chalk landscapes of Southern England. Also recently, Hannah's soundtrack to 2019’s 'Game Of Thrones: The Last Watch' was nominated for an Emmy in the category: Outstanding Music Composition For a Documentary Series Or Special (A Dramatic Score).
Anne Müller - Nummer 2
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Olivia Newton‐John - Love Song
Will Burns & Hannah Peel - Change
Serafina Steer - Time To Recover
Will Burns & Hannah Peel - Afterwards
Julianna Barwick - Labyrinthine
Isao Tomita - Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun
Erland Cooper - First Of The Tide
Will Burns & Hannah Peel - Spring Dawn On Mad Mile
Jenny Hval & Susanna - Droplet
Will Burns - Autumn Again
Radio Weirdo - VHS #3
HANNAH PEEL SITS IN FOR GUY GARVEY'S FINEST HOUR - 6 MUSIC 27.08.18 (320kbs-m4a/258mb/1hr52mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th August 2018
Space Ace Hannah Peel takes us on an musical journey into the far reaches of the universe... and back again. Expect interstellar tunes from the likes of Kate Bush, Lemon Jelly and Air.
Suicide - Rocket USA
Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars
Mouse On Mars - Daylight
Earth Girl Helen Brown - Starlight
Cocteau Twins - Little Spacey
The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Creation
Donovan - Cosmic Wheels
Visible Cloaks - Circle
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Kate Bush - Hello Earth
Hans Zimmer - Cornfield Chase
Scott Walker - The World's Strongest Man
Professor Tim O'Brien & James Spencer & Dave Tolan - Hello Moon, Can You Hear Me?
The Moonlandingz - Sweet Saturn Mine (Sean Lennon De-Mix)
Lemon Jelly - Space Walk
Die Hexen - Garden Of Unearthly Delights
Philip Glass - Étoile Polaire (North Star)
Air - Kelly Watch The Stars (Radio 1 Session, 20 May 1998)
Barry Lynn - RV Tauri
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Police - Walking On The Moon
Kaleidoscope - Beacon From Mars
Elysia Crampton - Orion Song
Max Richter - Space 11 (Invisible Pages Over)
Stereolab - International Colouring Contest
Elton John - Rocket Man (Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park)