Where does the time go? Feels like no time since I was writing about the last Radio 1 Residency shuffle. Anyway, they smashed it, those heads at 1FM (as the idents in the repeat of Andrew Weatherall's (RIP) 1993 Essential Mix had it).
I literally punched the air when I saw this:
Can you believe this? I’m one of the new residents of @BBCR1 ! 1st show Sunday right after @Grimezsz . Blends, exclusives, funny stories, all the usual stuff you love from Uncle Teki now on the BBC. May the powers of Dr Who, Benny Hill & Sherlock Holmes be with me. #R1Residency pic.twitter.com/E0DX2idDbs— Teki Latex (@TekiLatex) February 28, 2020
The King of Blends on regular rotation? Caribou too? Saoirse and Special Request hanging round as well? Yes, mate.
The first two new shows went out last weekend. Teki Latex threw it down (and timed it with his new mixtape, more of which in another post). Meanwhile, Grimes went full Grimes and did a show of sc-fi music suitable for babies. Obvs. She did play this rumbler though:
(That's Time by Pachanga Boys in case it gets copyright struck down the line.)
Ins and Outs of Radio 1 Residency Spring/Summer 2020
Ins- Grimes
- Caribou
- Eris Drew + Octo Octa
- Teki Latex
- Charlotte de Witte
- HAAi
- Jayda G
- Nastia
- Denis Sulta
- Sherelle
- Saoirse
- Paul Woolford AKA Special Request
Related post: Radio 1 Residency Goes On and On
Image Credit: The original uploader was W.C. at German Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA
Image Credit: The original uploader was W.C. at German Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA
