This week we celebrate the life and work of one of Britain’s greatest big band leaders, soundtrack composers, library music composers and time/mind-bending musicians, Basil Kirchin.
Hull City of Culture 2017 recently put on a weekend of the great man’s music, which DJ Bongoboy was lucky enough to attend.
Inspired by that, we’ve put our own tribute together. There’s music from every part of Basil’s life in music, as well as tracks by bands who have been inspired by him.
Listen now:
The Music
| 1. | Ivor & Basil Kirchin Band: Jungle Fire Dance from TV Sound And Image (British Television, Film And Library Composers 1956-80) v a |  |
| 2. | The Basil Kirchin Band: Bee’s Knees from Rock a Conga EP | |
| 3. | Johnny Keating and 27 Men: Listen… from The Keating Sound | |
| 4. | The London Studio Group (Basil Kirchin, Jack Nathan and John Coleman): Prelude And Dawn from Abstractions Of The Industrial North | |
| 5. | Broadcast: The World Backwards from Work And Non Work | |
| 6. | The High Llamas: The Click And The Fizz from Beet, Maize & Corn | |
| 7. | Alan Barnes on Basil | |
| 8. | Basil Kirchin: Sketch Three from Charcoal Sketches | |
| 9. | Stereolab: The Spiracles from Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night | |
| 10. | Basil Kirchin & Jack Nathan: The Good Guys from Kpm 1000 Series: It’s About Time | |
| 11. | Basil Kirchin: Primitive London 1 from Primitive London (Original Soundtrack) | |
| 12. | Basil Kirchin: Silicon Chip from Silicon Chip | |
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