This week I nip down the Northern Line to visit esteemed sonic adventurer Nick Luscombe in his flat near Waterloo. Nick and I met when we worked together at Xfm a decade or so ago, where he presented his acclaimed electronic music programme Flomotion (which now lives on Resonance). Along with a huge variety of art, music and sound-related projects, Nick’s deep, optimistic passion for discovery led to him joining the regular roster of presenters on BBC Radio 3’s flagship experimental outpost Late Junction, alongside roles as a senior music editor at iTunes and, for a time, Director of Music at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts. He is also the founder of Musicity, an international sound project that fuses music, architecture, memory and experience.

For a man with a CV of such depth Nick would be fully entitled to parade about the place like some sort of unassailable music leviathan, but I’ve always found him to be nothing less than disarmingly polite, warmly encouraging and incredibly friendly, as he was when we spent time chatting and listening to records in his home.

We discuss the challenges of staying true to whatever passion you believe in, no matter how niche, along with talk of radio heroes, early musical passions, architecture, and the difficulties of existing and living London. Even Normski and Paul O’Grady get a nod.

A full tracklist of everything we play is below, though I think it might work better if you listen without actually knowing what’s coming next.

All songs on the downloadable version of this podcast are edited due to rights reasons. A full unedited version can be streamed at Mixcloud (search: “A Way From Home”)

A Way From Home is in association with CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably.

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AWFH#3: Tracklist

1. The Goon Sax - She Knows (Wichita/Chapter)

2. Nina Simone - Baltimore (CTI)

3. Diana Ross - Love Hangover (Motown)

4. The Remains - Don’t Look Back (Epic)

5. Creative Source - You Can’t Hide Love (Sussex)

6. New Order - Blue Monday (Factory)

7. Steely Dan - Rikki Don’t Lose That Number (ABC)

8. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (Capitol)

9. Nina Simone - Baltimore (CTI)

10. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (GTO)

11. Glenn Underground - Israelee Night Falls (Peacefrog)

12. Nummer - Second Sight (Going Good)

13. group A - Liar Lier (self-released)

14. Nabihah Iqbal [formerly Throwing Shade] - Hashtag irl (Ninja Tune)

15. Alice Coltrane - Galaxy in Satchadinanda (Impulse!)

16. Blossom Dearie - I Like London In The Rain (Fontana)

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