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Janelle Monae in conversation

Gilles is joined by US RnB singer Janelle Monae, who talks about collaborating with Erykah Badu on the single Queen and the release of her sophomore album.

Gilles is joined by US R&B singer, Janelle Monae, who recently collaborated with Erykah Badu on the single QUEEN ahead of her hotly anticipated sophomore album, The Electric Lady.
Having grown up in Kansas and studied in New York, it was a chance encounter with Outkast's Big Boi in Atlanta, which proved key in her being discovered. Big Boi discussed her talents with Bad Boy Records boss, Sean Combs who swiftly checked her out and signed her to his label, and her debut album, The ArchAndroid earned her a Grammy nomination.

There's the Secret Waltz Club, with one of John Coltrane's finest works, the Do Over featuring a 1970s Turkish protest song and underground hip hop from Percee P, plus new music from Disclosure, Blludd Relations, Todd Terje, Thundercat and Pusha T alongside classics from Donna Summer, Photek and Dennis Brown.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 8 Jun 2013 15:00

Music Played

  • Georges Arcanitas Trio

    Summertime

    • AFA.
  • Francis and the Lights

    Etc

    • Polydor.
  • Thundercat

    Heartbreaks & Setbacks

    • Brainfeeder.
  • Eric Lau

    Guide You (feat. Rahel)

    • Killawatt Records.
  • James Zoo

    Poek

  • Leroy Hutson

    Get To This You'll Get To Me

    • Curtom.
  • Harvey Mason

    Take My Love

    • Arista.
  • ESKA

    Gatekeeper

    • White Label.
  • Blludd Relations

    Up

    • Deek.
  • William Arcane

    Departed

    • Pictures.
  • Joe Cruz & The Cruzettes

    Love Song

    • Crate Snatcher Records.
  • Myron & E

    If I Gave You My Love

    • Stonesthrow.
  • Papudinho

    Ye Mele

    • Unknown.
  • The Do Over

    • Selda BaÄŸcan

      Yaz Gazeteci Yaz

      • Turkuola.
    • Percee P

      Reverse Pt 2

      • Stones Throw Records.
  • Pusha T

    Numbers On The Boards

    • Mercury.
  • Kool & Kass

    Peaceful Solution

    • Unknown.
  • Anita O’Day

    Senor Blues

    • Verve Records.
  • Mecánica Popular

    Guajiro

    • Names You Can Trust.
  • m.takara 3

    Rei De Cocada

    • Mais Um Discos.
  • Les Amazones de Guinée

    Samba

    • SLP.
  • Secret Waltz Club

    • John Coltrane

      My Favourite Things

      • Impulse!.
    • Lone

      Airglow Fires

      • R&S.
    • Todd Terje

      Strandbar

      • Olsen Records.
    • Navid Izadi

      Feeling Purple

      • Wolf & Lamb.
  • Janelle Monae In Conversation

    • Prince

      The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

      • Paisley Park.
    • Roman Gianarthur

      I69

      • Wondaland.
    • Saul Williams

      Black Stacey

      • Wichita.
    • Janelle Monáe

      Suite iii Overture

      • Wondaland/Bad Boy Entertainment.
    • Janelle Monae Ft Erykah Badu

      Queen

      • Wondaland/Bad Boy Entertainment.
    • Janelle Monáe

      Suite ii Overture

      • Wondaland/Bad Boy Entertainment.
    • Janelle Monáe

      Metropolis

      • Wondaland.
    • Janelle Monáe

      Say You'll Go

      • Wondaland.
    • Janelle Monáe

      Faster

      • Wondaland.
  • Dennis Brown

    Rest Yourself (It's Too Late Dub Version)

    • Aquarius.
  • Photek

    Into The 90s

    • Metalheadz.
  • New Bobby

    More Than Just Friends

    • Unknown.
  • Eberhard Schoener

    Why Don't You Answer (feat Sting)

    • Harvest.
  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love (Sterac Instrumental Dub)

    • Raw Meat Records.
  • Harry Thumann

    Underwater

    • Decca.
  • Disclosure

    January (feat Jamie Woon)

    • PMR.
  • Sunbear

    I Heard The Voice Of Music Say

    • Soultrain.

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Jun 2013 15:00