Nick Luscombe with a Tariq Ali mixtape
Nick Luscombe presents a mixtape from author, journalist, historian and political activist Tariq Ali, who compiles some of his favourite tracks.
Nick Luscombe presents a mixtape from author, journalist, historian and political activist Tariq Ali, who compiles some of his favourite tracks.
British-Pakistani writer Tariq Ali has been writing about and engaging in politics for over half a century. He cut his teeth as an activist teenager in Lahore before moving to the UK as a student, where he became a prominent figure in the campaign against the Vietnam war and joined the leadership of the International Marxist Group. Since the 1980s he has channelled his ideas through work as an author and journalist.
Ali's mixtape draws on music that chimes with the causes he has supported over the years - from anti-war folk ballads to a symbol of the Pakistani resistance, via Brecht's 'Supply and Demand'. But his tastes reach beyond the political sphere too, into 18th-century opera, flamenco and the tabla playing of Zakir Hussain.
Plus, and newly re-issued 80s indie sounds from John Peel favourites The Monochrome Set, and Buddhist 'hip-hop priest' TA2Mi.
Produced by Chris Elcombe for Reduced Listening.
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Junior Byles
Lorna Banana
- Micron Compilation - 'Every Mouth Must Be Fed'.
- Pressure Sounds.
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Alexandra Atnif β
Ephemeral Moments Of Mental Clarity
- Rhythmic Brutalism Vol. 1.
- EM Records.
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Joanna Duda
Chopin feat. Fujka - Alina just died
- The Best Of.
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The Monochrome Set
The Great Barrier Riff
- Eligible Bachelors.
- Cherry Red.
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Hidden Orchestra & The Physics House Band
Long Orchard (The Physics House Band Remix)
- Dawn Chorus Remixes.
- Tru Thoughts.
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Tariq Ali's Late Junction Mixtape
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Paul Robeson
Joe Hill
- Top 100 Classics - The Very Best of Paul Robeson.
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Zakir Hussain
Tabla Solo (Live)
- Rhythms in the Landscape: A Kathak Performance (Live).
- Navras Records.
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Hanns Eisler
Supply and Demand
Performer: Robyn Archer. Performer: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Dominic Muldowney.- Time Traveller: Weimar Germany.
- Warner Classics.
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Manuel Vallejo & RamΓ³n Montoya
Soleares: Valientemente Serrana
- Obra Completa, Vol. 1/13.
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Arseny Avraamov
Symphony Of Sirens (Excerpt)
Performer: Leopoldo Amigo. Performer: Miguel de Molina.- Baku: Symphony Of Sirens. (Sound Experiments In The Russian Avant Garde).
- ReR Megacorp.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
OrphΓ©e et Eurydice, Act 4: "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" (Orfeo)
Conductor: Georges PrΓͺtre. Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: French National Radio Orchestra.- Maria Callas Sings Great Arias From French Operas.
- Warner Classics.
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Wolfe Tones
Come Out Ye Black And Tans
- Let The People Sing.
- Dolphin Records.
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Iqbal Bano
Hum Dekhen Ge
- Iqbal Bano: Meri Pasand Vol 1.
- EMI Pakistan.
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The Mallets
Caravelle New
- ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Introducing.
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Microlovr
- The Sound Of Music.
- R & S Records.
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Frederick Delius
To Be Sung Of A Summer Night on the Water
Performer: Midori Komachi. Performer: Simon Callaghan. Music Arranger: Midori Komachi.- Colours of the Heart.
- MusiKaleido.
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Kate Bush
Delius (Song of Summer)
- Never For Ever.
- Harvest.
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TA2MI
Nitt
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Donnacha Dennehy
Letter EE
Performer: Liam Byrne. Performer: Nadia Sirota.- Tessellatum.
- Bedroom Community.
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GoGo Penguin
Bardo (Radio Edit)
- A Humdrum Star.
- Blue Note.
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People Like Us
All on a Beautiful Day (Excerpt)
- Optimized!.
- Discrepant.
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- Thu 8 Feb 2018 23:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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