About the episode

“Picking up on the “global” tag of this global interweb thing, here’s a show in lots of different languages – 11, to be precise – performed by people from all over the planet. It’s a bit like a hi-fi version of when you were young and you used to mess around with the longwave radio to find foreign stations… Oh, and you can play everyone’s favourite Anglophone game – listen to the tracks and see if you can hear any English words in the foreign-ness. For example, on the final track: “where am I? Bushey!”, or on the Sigur Rós effort: “You sigh low”, et cetera.”

Tracklisting

La Bague (French) – Cerys Matthews (Wales)
Murmullo (Spanish) – Buena Vista Social Club (Cuba)
Hana (Japanese) – Asa-Chang and Junray (Japan)
untitled track 4 (”Hopelandish”) – Sigur Rós (Iceland)
Vökuró (Icelandic) – Björk (Iceland)
Aprés Moi (French, English and Russian) – Regina Spektor (USA)
Afro-Left (”Djum-Djum”) – Leftfield (England)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Urdu) – Cornershop (England)
Arglwydd Dyma Fi (Welsh) – Cerys Matthews (Wales)
Tres Equis (Spanish) – Cypress Hill (USA)
Ils Étaient Une Fois (French) – Saïan Supa Crew (France)
No Caminho Do Bem (Portuguese) – Tim Mala (Brazil)
Gwreiddiau Dwfn Mawrth Oer Ar Y Blaned Neifion (Welsh) – Super Furry Animals (Wales)
Urami Bushi (Japanese) – Meiko Kajo (Japan)