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Kick-start the week with the music you love

Chris kick-starts your week with the music you love. Plus, there’s a brand new 5 Before 6 DJ.

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Music Played

  • Ezra Collective

    Life Goes On (feat. Sampa the Great)

    • Partisan.

  • Denzel Curry & Kenneth Blume

    DIFFERENCE (feat. Yebba)

    • Loma Vista.

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Oh My God (feat. Busta Rhymes)

    • Midnight Marauders.
    • Jive.

  • Matilda Finn Frances

    This Could Be Anywhere

    • Chrysalis.

  • Wolf Alice

    Giant Peach

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Mystery Jets

    Flea Joint

    • Fiction.

  • Mên An Tol

    Not Ideal (6 Music Session, 28th July 2025)

  • SOAK

    death valley fridge magnet

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Robyn

    Blow My Mind

    • Young.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Marianne

    • XL Recordings.

  • Peaches

    Lose You

    • I Feel Cream.
    • XL Recordings.

  • The Cure

    Lovesong

    • The Cure - Disintegration.
    • Fiction Records.

  • Mykki Blanco

    NYC DOGS

    • Transgressive Records.

  • World Party

    Ship Of Fools

    • Ensign.

  • Marcia Griffiths

    Feel Like Jumping

    • Naturally.
    • Sky Note.

  • Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

    Witch Doctor

    • Control Freaq Records.

  • Jayda G

    Both Of Us

    • Ninja Tune.

  • LOSERS

    Daring To Begin

  • Jamie T

    3310

    • Polydor.

  • beabadoobee

    Take A Bite (6 Music Session, 9 Jul 2024)

  • Daft Punk

    Da Funk

    • (CD Single).
    • VIRGIN.
    • 3.

  • Mount Kimbie

    You Look Certain (I'm Not So Sure)

    • Warp/Hotflush.

  • Charli xcx

    Camera

    • Atlantic.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Teddy Picker

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Domino.

  • Barbarossa Beat

    Phattie's Lunchbox Part Two (feat. Mekon)

  • Jefferson Airplane

    White Rabbit

    • Virgin.

  • Kiefer

    NewLevels NewDevils (feat. Tony Stone, Erick the Architect & CARRTOONS)

    • Blue Note.

  • Super Furry Animals

    Hometown Unicorn

    • Fuzzy Logic.
    • Creation.

Broadcast

  • Last Monday 05:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music