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Nile Rodgers on his digital portrait, composer Hannah Peel

Guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers on his new interactive digital portrait; composer Hannah Peel discusses her new album Fir Wave.

Nile Rodgers 鈥� guitarist, producer, songwriter, arranger, and co-founder of Chic in the 1970s 鈥� is the subject of what claims to be the world鈥檚 first voice-interactive digital portrait, In the Room with Nile Rodgers, in association with the National Portrait Gallery. Nile Rodgers and the project's director, Sarah Coward, discuss and explain the ambitious artwork.

Hannah Peel鈥檚 latest album Fir Wave is inspired by nature, and finds links between patterns in nature and in early electronic music. She explains the inspiration behind her new album, how she鈥檚 reinterpreted iconic music by the Radiophonic Workshop, and why Delia Derbyshire is such an important figure for her.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Jerome Weatherald

Main image: Nile Rodgers
Image credit: Dimitri Hakke/Getty Images

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The Forever Project: In the Room with Nile Rodgers

The Forever Project: In the Room with Nile Rodgers
In the Room With Nile Rodgerss first voice interactive digital portrait is available online from 24 March 2021 at 聽and on聽the 聽website.聽聽聽 聽Images:聽 聽Main image above: Nile Rodgers聽 聽 Image credit: Dimitri Hakke/Getty Images聽 聽 聽 聽聽Image to the left:聽 聽Nile Rodgers works with the creators of his digital interactive portrait.聽 聽 聽Image credit: Forever Holdings

Hannah Peel

Hannah Peel
Hannah Peel's album is released on 24 March 2021.聽 聽 聽聽Image: Hannah Peel聽 聽 聽 聽Image credit: Peter Marley
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