Manchester Birthplace of the Computer - Computer Special
As Manchester is the birthplace of the computer, Stuart presents a show of music about (and occasionally by) computers.
As the 6 Music Festival returns to Greater Manchester and Manchester is the birthplace of the computer, Stuart presents a show of music about (and occasionally by) computers.
In 1948 the University of Manchester built the Manchester Baby, also known as the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM). You couldn't play games on it or use it to answer your e-mails but it was the world's first first electronic stored-program computer and the perfect excuse to bring you tunes by the likes of France Gall. Anna Meredith and Rush.
And, because sometimes it doesn't hurt to be obvious, the featured album is of course the classic Computer Word by Kraftwerk.
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France Gall
Der Computer Nr. 3
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Anna Meredith
BPM 130: Weeping Amstrad
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ZX Spectrum Orchestra
D.I.S.C.O.
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Kraftwerk
Computer World
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Kraftwerk
Pocket Calculator
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William R. Strickland
Computer Lover
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Roy Wood
Miss Clarke and the Computer
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The Urban Renewal Project
Computer Girl
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Kraftwerk
Numbers
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Kraftwerk
Computer Love
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression
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Squarepusher x Z-MACHINES
Sad Robot Goes Funny
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Alexandre Desplat & London Symphony Orchestra
Crosswords (From "The Imitation Game" Soundtrack)
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Rush
Digital Man
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Neil Young
Computer Age
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补濒迟鈥怞
Hard Drive Gold
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Raymond Scott
IBM MT/ST: The Paperwork Explosion
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Komputer
Bill Gates
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Kraftwerk
蜜芽传媒 Computer
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Kraftwerk
It's More Fun to Compute
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George Clinton
Computer Games
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Daniel Avery
Digital Rain
Broadcast
- Sun 30 Mar 2025 20:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 6 Music