Selector News

11 September 2023

Selected Highlights

If you're looking for the best new music, head to the latest Selector shows page and if you're after a live act from the comfort of your own home, head to the Selector Sessions page.

But that's not all! Hunting for the best UK music every week of the year means Selector never rests – here's what Selector Radio's been up to. You'll also find more over on our Insta, Facebook and Twitter channels.

 

Audio Always

We now have a brand new team working behind the Selector scenes with Jamz. Their mission is the same mission Selector's always had – discover the best UK music and share in with four million listeners around the world, every week. Audio Always have bases in London, Birmingham and Manchester and we're chuffed to have them on board. Tune in on Mixcloudfrom 15 September 2023 to hear their first show with us.

 

Selector at The Great Escape

Our very own UK host Jamz Supernova presented a fantastic lineup of UK performers at a Selector showcase at The Great Escape festival in Brighton, England: Louis Culture, RarelyAlways, Grove and English Teacher. The Fabrica venue was packed but, if you didn't make it, you can watch highlights from these live performances on our YouTube channel and tune into Selector's post-Great Escape specials in our Selector Radio show archive.

 

Selector at SXSW

We were there at SXSW in 2023 and brought along five incredible acts from the UK to our own stage at the festival in Texas, USA. You can read more about the Selector SXSW gigs and watch the sessions for yourself over on our YouTube channel.

 

Jamz' 150 Shows with Selector!

The phenomenal Jamz Supernova has recorded 150 Selector shows ... so far! 150 is a long time when it comes to new music so in this edition of Selector, Jamz looks back and very much forward.

 

Selector's Picks of the Year

Here's our Selector playlist for 2022. 22 picks seemed the right amount to go for!

 

Selector Spreads Its Wings

In August 2022, Selector arrived in the Solomon Islands, broadcasting there for the first time on Paoa FM every Saturday at 12.00pm. Paoa FM is the largest FM radio station in the Solomon Islands, broadcasting to two-thirds of the country’s population. They play top hits, including Reggae and local stars. Paoa FM covers Guadalcanal, Malaita, Central Islands, Russell Islands and parts of Isabel and Makira Ulawa provinces.

Ahead of the launch, Paoa FM’s General Manager, an excited Joel Samuel Lamani said, ‘we are so excited to have this programme on Paoa FM, connecting us to the UK, keeping us up to date’ and the British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands and Nauru, His Excellency, Thomas Edward Coward said, ‘I can’t wait to hear new UK music in Solomon Islands. Music has the power to bring us together and this is a celebration of the friendship between the UK and Solomon Islands.’

 

Selector Radio Highlights

Mercury Music Prize

Our UK host, Jamz Supernova, brings you a roundup of this year’s prestigious Mercury Music Prize – the contenders, the nominees who have featured on Selector on their way to the top of their game and her industry insights. Winners receive £25,000 … but a play on Selector does put your music in front of four million listeners around the world …

 

Latest Selector Sessions

Our latest Selector Sessions come courtesy of Freya Roy and feeo. Both have been on the Selector radar for some time so it was great to have them down in the studio, in person, recording live for us and delivering intimate performances of their latest music. So stand by for heart-wrenching, soulful sounds from two phenomenal emerging female artists.

You can also catch up with all the Selector Sessions over the years – more than 40 live music sessions featuring Yard Act, Hak Baker, Nabihah Iqbal, The Orielles and Franc Moody among many others. Just head over to our YouTube channel.

 

Selector Radio is in its Twenties!

What’s being in your 20s all about? Grown up, now knowledgeable and travelling all around the world? That’s what Selector’s 20s is all about! In 2021, we turned 20 years old and celebrated with brand new music from some of our favourite UK artists live music in November, Selector Sessions from the likes of Mali Hayes and Louis VI, birthday messages from Selector artists and friends from across the world, and an exclusive livestream event on 24 November on YouTube Premiere.

Unlike birthday cards, we’re not taking these things down! Check out everything there is to enjoy about our 20th birthday plus, every weekly Selector Radio show from 2021 is still available to listen to – again for our avid listeners or for the very first time for any others! – over on our Selector Shows page.

Discover Selector at 20:

 

Selector Radio: The Story So Far

From Gorillaz to Connie Constance, the story of Selector Radio is the story of UK music and wider culture across two decades. With contributions from just about everyone who has helped steer the show for 20 years this is how Selector came to be and why it is still, after all this time, so important to so many people around the world. Read the Selector story.

 

Green Selector Sessions

Inspired by COP26 and the climate emergency, we have taken steps to 'green' the production of our Selector Sessions and make them as environmentally friendly as possible. Looking at all the elements of production and researching climate-conscious music sector approaches, these new sessions have been a process of understanding how to produce 'greener' digital content. Watch the sessions here.

 

Selector's Twentieth Birthday Show

Host Jamz Supernova brings you a birthday special show packed with UK music plus a mix from the archive and new sounds from Bicep. Connie Constance is in conversations talking about new music and the black punk movement. Yard Act give us an exclusive track recorded live in lockdown. There's new music from Snowy and an Isolation Creation from the amazing Sans Soucis.

 

2001-2021 Spotify playlist

We kicked off the Selector at 20 year with a playlist which goes back in time, starting with recent Selector favourites going all the way back to one of the first songs ever played on the show back in 2001. These are tracks from the UK music makers who have made the past 20 years so exciting for Selector – all artists we've had in session, in interviews and been around the world with. What did we miss?

Warning: some tracks on our playlist contain explicit lyrics.

 

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