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Kae Tempest chats to 6 Music DJ and psychotherapist Nemone

Kae Tempest shares the pivotal moments that have made them the artist they are today and the songs that have sound-tracked the ups and downs of their life.

Kae Tempest shares the pivotal moments that have made them the multi-talented artist they are today and the songs that have moved them and sound-tracked the ups and downs of their life.

Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, Kae dives deep to share their transitional journey and reveals how personal experiences and emotions are woven through their own work. It’s a chance to understand their relationship with music more intimately, to learn more about how they’ve used sound to communicate, and how they’ve reached the place we meet them in today.

Kae is a prolific poet, lyricist, recording artist, author, playwright, and performer, with two Mercury Music Prize-nominated albums to their name, 'Everybody Down' and 'Let Them Eat Chaos'. Kae has received two Ivor Novello nominations for song-writing, named Next Generation Poet in 2014 (a once-in-a-decade honour) and received the Ted Hughes Award for their longform poem 'Brand New Ancients'. Kae's latest work is a new book of poetry, 'Divisible by Itself and One', and music in the form of the 'Nice Idea EP' in support of Record Store Day 2023.

In this programme, Kae talks to Nemone about how, as a child, they used pulsating basslines to sooth themselves, to live beyond the physical form of their body, and the friendships formed around a love of dub, hip-hop, and drum and bass tracks. Kae talks about the experience of writing with "musical soulmate" Dan Carey, touring their album 'The Line Is A Curve' and the joy of sharing music on the tour bus. Kae also reveals the song they finally "got" when they fell in love with their partner. Featuring music from Roni Size, Jah Shaka, Wu-Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, Bob Dylan, The Roches, and a 'self-care' track from Caetano and Zeca Veloso.

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Mon 2 Oct 2023 02:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Kae Tempest

    Circles

    • Big Dada.

  • Roni Size / Reprazent

    Brown Paper Bag

  • Mikey Dread

    Technical Selection

    • African Anthem Deluxe: The Mikey Dread Show Dubwise.
    • Dread at the Controls.
    • 6.

  • Dillinja

    Cybotron

    • My Sound (1993 - 2004).
    • London Music Stream/Because Music.
    • 14.

  • Take That

    Never Forget

    • Now That's What I Call Music 1995 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ugly Kid Joe

    Everything About You

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Wu-Tang Clan

    Triumph (feat. O.D.B., Cappadonna, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, ±«β€G΄Η»ε, RZA, GZA/Genius, Masta Killa, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon)

    • The Essential Wu-Tang Clan.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 5.

  • Lauryn Hill

    Final Hour

  • Kae Tempest

    Love Harder

    • Nice Idea EP.
    • Universal.

  • Kae Tempest

    Grace

  • Kae Tempest

    More Pressure (feat. Kevin Abstract)

    • Fiction Records.

  • Kae Tempest

    Water in the Rain (feat. Assia)

    • The Line Is A Curve.
    • American Recordings / Republic Records.
    • 9.

  • Kae Tempest

    Whoops

    • Fiction Records.

  • Kae Tempest

    Nice Idea

  • Letta Mbulu

    There's Music In The Air

    • There's Music In The Air.
    • A&M.
    • 9.

  • The Roches

    Hammond Song

    • The Roches.
    • Warner Records.
    • 2.

  • Jay Electronica

    Exhibit C

  • Bob Dylan

    You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

  • Zeca Veloso, Caetano Veloso & Moreno Veloso

    Todo ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔm (feat. Tom Veloso)

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 May 2023 13:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Mon 2 Oct 2023 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music