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Speakers Corner Quartet: exclusive studio session
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Speakers Corner Quartet: exclusive studio session

Enjoy this exclusive studio performance from Speakers Corner Quartet recorded at The Room Studios in Lewisham, South East London.

Playlist: Chaka Khan’s Meltdown
The musician Chaka Khan, a Black woman with long curly hair, wears a long black dress and stands with her arms stretched outwards among the seats of the Royal Festival Hall auditorium. The word 'playlist' in yellow type overlays the image
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Playlist: Chaka Khan’s Meltdown

Listen to all the artists of Chaka Khan’s’ Meltdown on this special playlist featuring music from the acts who appeared at the June 2024 festival.

Playlist: Chaka Khan
Singer Chaka Khan, a black woman with long curly hair stands side on, she is looking upwards with her mouth open; she wears an over the shoulder dress and her right hand is holding her bare left shoulder. Over the top of this image is the word 'Playlist' in yellow type
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Playlist: Chaka Khan

Listen to a playlist of tracks featuring Chaka Khan, curator of the our 2024 Meltdown festival.

Playlist: Meltdown, The Curators
David Byrne listens to music through headphones behind the word 'Playlist'
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Playlist: Meltdown, The Curators

Listen to tracks from 28 of Meltdown festival’s past curators with this specially compiled playlist.

In the studio with Sigur Rós and London Contemporary Orchestra
Orchestra surrounding a conductor on a stage bathed in red lighting, creating a dramatic and intense atmosphere.
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In the studio with Sigur Rós and London Contemporary Orchestra

Georg Hólm takes us behind the scenes as Sigur Rós and the London Contemporary Orchestra rehearse for their appearance at 2023’s Meltdown festival.

Christine and the Queens on queerness and enlightened death
Male performer in a dimly lit space leans on stage with a mic in hand, holding a chair behind him.
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Christine and the Queens on queerness and enlightened death

Christine and the Queens discusses the experience of curating Meltdown and conversations around queerness in this exclusive video

Bat for Lashes on motherhood, embodiment and creation
Bat for Lashes Natasha Khan, a woman with short dark hair, being interviewed seated on a sofa in her recording studio
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Bat for Lashes on motherhood, embodiment and creation

Bat for Lashes talks about her upcoming sixth studio album The Dream of Delphi ahead of her appearance at Christine and the Queens Meltdown festival.

Django Django perform 'Come Down' (Acoustic)
Vincent Neff of Django Django plays guitar inside an empty Royal Festival Hall. He is standing at a microphone stand among the auditorium seats, the stage and organ and boxes can be seen behind hime
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Django Django perform 'Come Down' (Acoustic)

Watch an exclusive acoustic performance of ‘Come Down’ by Django Django’s Vincent Neff inside the Royal Festival Hall auditorium.

My Mixtape: Django Django's 10 tracks which inspired Off Planet
Members of the band Django Django sit cross-legged on the floor. The words 'My Mixtape' appear over the top in white text
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My Mixtape: Django Django's 10 tracks which inspired Off Planet

Listen to a specially curated playlist by Django Django’s David Maclean of tracks which gave inspiration and influence for the band’s fifth album.

Playlist: Christine and the Queens Meltdown
Musician, Christine and the Queens pictured in black and white from the back, wearing a suit. The word ‘Playlist’ sits over the top of the image in yellow text.
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Playlist: Christine and the Queens Meltdown

Listen to the artists on Christine and the Queens’ Meltdown line-up with this special playlist featuring music from all the festival’s acts.

Hot Chip x Kasai Allstars: the surprising collaboration behind Hot Congotronics
A composite image from Hot Congotronics performance at Grace Jones Meltdown that feature four members of the band, including Hot Chip's keyboardist a white man who wears a white baseball hat, a vocalist from Kasai Allstars, a black man who wears a long sleeve Dashiki, and in the background two male guitarists, each white men wearing wide brimmed hats are just visible but out of focus
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Hot Chip x Kasai Allstars: the surprising collaboration behind Hot Congotronics

London’s Hot Chip and Kinshasa’s Kasai Allstars come together as Hot Congotronics, a unique supergroup especially for Grace Jones’ Meltdown.

Challenging the orchestral norm: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra
Shingai Shoniwa, a black woman in a bright yellow dress, sings on the Royal Festival Hall stage, behind her, out of focus, are members of the Paraorchestra and the orchestra leader Charles Hazlewood, a white man with white hair, in a bright silver suit
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Challenging the orchestral norm: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra

Charles Hazlewood introduces the Paraorchestra as they took on the guise of the Love Unlimited Synth Orchestra for a memorable Meltdown 2022 gig.