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Mark presents solo and is joined by singer-songwriter Rostam. A founding member of indie rock band Vampire Weekend, he has now embarked on a solo career.

Mark presents solo and is joined by singer-songwriter Rostam. A founding member of indie rock band Vampire Weekend, he has now embarked on a solo career. Born in Washington, DC in 1983 Rostam Batmanglij studied classical music at Columbia University. It was there he met Ezra Koenig, Chris Tomson and Chris Baio and formed Vampire Weekend, playing guitar and keyboards as well as singing, songwriting and producing the band's three albums. With hits singles including 'Oxford Comma', 'Mansard Roof', and 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa', the band went on to win a Grammy in 2014 for their third album. Rostam left Vampire Weekend at the beginning of 2016 and by the end of the year he had contributed song-writing and production to Frank Ocean's Blonde, Solange's A Seat At The Table and made a collaborative album with The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser. Currently on tour in Europe, he joins Mark to discuss his debut solo album 'Half-Light'.

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Mon 13 Nov 2017 13:00

Music Played

  • Altered Images

    Don't Talk to Me About Love

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • First Aid Kit

    It's A Shame

    • Columbia Records.
  • The Bar-Kays

    Shake Your Rump To The Funk

    • Mercury.
  • Out of My Hair

    In the Groove Again

  • The Horrors

    Press Enter To Exit

    • Wolftone Records.
  • Slowdive

    Don't Know Why

    • Slowdive.
    • Dead Oceans.
    • 001.
  • Iron Butterfly

    In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

    • ATCO Records.
  • MGMT

    Little Dark Age

    • Columbia Records.
  • Downtown Boys

    Promissory Note

    • Sub Pop Records.
  • Beck

    The New Pollution

    • DGC.
  • Rapsody

    Power (feat. Kendrick Lamar & Lance Skiiiwalker)

    • Def Jam Recordings.
  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    Trance Dance

  • The Wonder Stuff

    A Wish Away

    • The Eight Legged Groove Machine.
    • Polydor.
  • Songhoy Blues

    Sahara (feat. Iggy Pop)

    • Transgressive Records.
  • REWS

    Your Tears

    • PYRO.
    • Marshall.
    • 007.
  • John Foxx

    Underpass

    • Virgin Universal.
  • Rostam

    Bike Dream

    • Nonesuch.
  • Rostam

    Half-Light

    • Half-Light.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 003.
  • The Breeders

    Wait In The Car

    • 4AD.
  • The Supremes

    Stoned Love

    • Hitsville USA (CD 4).
    • Hitsville.
  • That Petrol Emotion

    Big Decision

    • OUT ON THE LEFT.
    • Polydor.
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg

    Deadly Valentine

    • Because Music.
  • Amp Fiddler

    I Get Moody

    • Amp Dog Knights.
    • Mahogani Music.
  • Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts

    Hands High

    • Instant Vibes.
  • Vera Lindt

    Attention Stockholm

  • Django Django

    Tic Tac Toe

    • Because Music.
  • Grimes

    Kill V Maim

  • Hot Chip

    Over and Over

  • Bobbie Gentry

    Mississippi Delta

  • Nick Hakim

    Roller Skates

    • ATO Records.
  • Pretenders

    Kid

    • Real Records.

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Nov 2017 13:00