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Live from the Southbank Centre with David Byrne

Lauren Laverne broadcasts live from London's Southbank Centre in the middle of David Byrne’s Meltdown Festival.

Lauren Laverne broadcasts live from The Southbank Centre in London in the middle of David Byrne’s Meltdown Festival. He joined us for the entire show to talk about William Onyeabor, his influences and adorations, and music as a β€œneurological cheesecake”. We’re also joined by William Onyeabor’s Atomic Bomb band in the form of Sinkane and Money Mark. Conductor Robert Ziegler discussed the link between sound and vision, and his upcoming performance with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Orchestra in recreating Jerry Goldstein’s Planet of the Apes score. And musician, producer, and writer Matthew Herbert talks about his upcoming projects, sampling pigs, and making a track exclusively for 6 Music constructed using the sounds of doors opening and closing at the Southbank.

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