Selector at 20

Selector Radio is 20 years old this year! We're celebrating two decades of bringing you the best new UK music. Expect archive mixes, interviews and session tracks from some of our favourite Selector artists and we'll also be looking forward with new names and new stories. Thanks to everyone who has been in touch with us to tell us their amazing memories of working on and listening to the show. We'd love to hear from anyone who has got a story to tell us from the past 20 years, whether you've been listening since the beginning or only recently discovered the show. Get in touch with us using the hashtag #SelectorAt20 across social media.

Discover Selector at 20 so far:

 

Selector at 20 Playlists

Each month we're bringing you a brand new playlist celebrating the past 20 years of the best UK music. We're asking some of our favourite UK artists, Selector guests and and industry insiders to pick the music, inspired by the past 20 years in the UK. Find all our public playlists on the British Council's Spotify account and tell us what you want to hear on the socials with #SelectorAt20.

 

South Asian Heritage Month Playlist | August 2021

Our South Asian Heritage Month celebrations continue with a playlist curated by singer/songwriter Chloe Bodur. South Asian Heritage Month exists to promote South Asian History and culture and to better understand the diverse heritage that links to the UK and South Asia.

Warning: some tracks on our playlist contain explicit lyrics.

 

 

Glasgow Playlist | June 2021

BBC Introducing's Shereen Cutkelvin and Phoebe I-H have put together an all-Scottish playlist for us this month, mainly drawn from Glasgow (and nearby) all from the past 20 years.

Warning: some tracks on our playlist contain explicit lyrics.

 

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, all connected by a simple love of new music. Read the full Selector story.

 

Selector's Lockdown Birthday Shows

Selector at 20 Special Edition

Host Jamz Supernova brings you a birthday special show packed with UK music from the artists we would have brought to you live if it wasn't for Covid-19 restrictions 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.

After Dark with Bicep

Check out the full Bicep mix, exclusively for Selector, digging back to 2007.

 

Yard Act cover The Specials

When Yard Act were asked to cover one song from British music history, they came up with something very special exclusively for Selector Radio.

 

Ghostpoet returns

Ghostpoet has not only been a friend of the show over many years, but one of the few artists who has actually hosted the show after he stepped in to cover DJ Goldierocks back in 2017. In April 2021 he was back, as an artist, to talk to Jamz Supernova about his creative process and international opportunities with the British Council.

 

Marcus Intalex and the DnB special

When a listener from Australia got in touch with the show, little did he know it would lead to a special edition of the show! He was looking for a mix from Selector's distant past with Marcus Intalex which was no longer available online. This led to Jamz Supernova and the team digging out the mix from the vaults and using it as inspiration for a show dedicated to jungle and drum and bass. And, of course, the Marcus Intalex is in there too!

 

UK Music 2021-2001 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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