[Swprograms] [Times: A minute of silence for BBCWS's John Peel

[Daniel Say <say@xxxxxx>]

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   The Times and The Sunday Times electronic paper
   Britain
   November 13, 2004

   The final broadcast will serve world of listeners
   By Adam Sherwin, Media Reporter

   IT is a typically eclectic mixture of 1970s German rock, hardcore
   "grime" and Liverpool indie. The final programme recorded by John Peel
   will be broadcast by the BBC World Service next week.
   
   Peel's weekly show allowed millions of listeners to share his musical
   passions and fans in China and India were among the thousands sending
   tributes to the Service. He recorded a series of programmes before his
   trip to Peru where he suffered a fatal heart attack. The last will be
   transmitted this Friday.
   
   "Unwrapping the final John Peel programmes was a bittersweet
   experience," said Bobby Seiler, his producer. He added: "What this
   programme does do is represent the breadth of music that John always
   promoted. Among the records on this show, there are examples of music
   from Sweden, Germany, the United States, Czech Republic and his own
   beloved Liverpool."
   
   There is a track by Neu, a 1970s German band whose driving "motorik"
   sound influenced electronic pop music. A classical cellist-turned
   hip-hop producer from Brooklyn calling himself Mad provides a track
   called I am 6 on the Ad Noiseam label.
   
   Ella Guru, a new Liverpool band, are given a spin along with a Czech
   techno act called Matoa. The final record is Dr Venom an artist from
   the underground "grime" hip-hop scene with a track called Mumra.
   
   Mr Seiler said: "You're always looking out for that monumental moment
   where John hints at some unforeseen event or some double meaning in
   the records he chose. As it happens, there is none of this, as
   unsurprisingly John never expected this to be his last programme.
   
   "He was truly one of the planet's favourite voices. His weekly e-mails
   ranged from Malaysia to Manchester, Israel to Ipswich, and his
   patronage of new artists extended well beyond the English Channel."
   
   The prerecorded programmes also included The Fall, Peel's all-time
   favourite, and one track from an album of Lebanese/Egyptian Arabic
   hip-hop.
   
   The final programme will be introduced by World Service presenter Mark
   Coles and broadcast on Friday at 10:30am, then repeated at 1:30pm,
   7:30pm and Saturday at 01:45am. HMV's 200 stores across Britain and
   Ireland observed a minute's silence at noon yesterday in honour of the
   DJ. Music fans said Peel would have preferred one minute of noise.
   Each store then played Peel's favourite song, The Undertones' Teenage
   Kicks as a tribute.
   
     An acclaimed band championed by Peel who influenced U2, Franz
   Ferdinand and the Red Hot Chili Peppers yesterday announced they are
   to reform after 20 years.
   
   Gang of Four, from Leeds, were described as the first band to mix
   punk, funk and revolutionary Marxism. Promoters had offered the band
   large amounts of money and they have "finally acquiesced to public
   demand".
   
   PEEL'S FINAL PLAYLIST
   
     The Doll House, Swedish band
   
     Neu, 1970s German band
   
     Ella Guru, new Liverpudlian band
   
     Matoa, from Prague
   
     The Woggles, a band from Athens, Georgia
   
     Mad EP, I am 6
   
     Dr Venom, Mumra "inspired by the baddie in Thundercats"
  
   ALSO IN THIS SECTION
 
   [59]The final broadcast will serve world of listeners 
   [60]A farewell: A song from the heart as John Peel departs 
References
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  59. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1356043,00.html
  60. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1356042,00.html
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