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Stephen Paul Lamacq (born 16 October 1964), sometimes known by his nickname Lammo (given to him by

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), is an English disc jockey, currently working with the

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radio station

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Early life

He attended

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from 1976, which had been formed the previous year from two

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s. He was brought up in the Essex village of

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Early career

He cites

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's "wonderful" 1979 single "

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" as his inspiration to become a disc jockey, noting that he wanted to afford air time to similar, "curious" music. Prior to launching this career, he studied Journalism at

Harlow College Harlow College is a further education college in Harlow, Essex, England. This medium-sized college has 5,900 students as of 2018 of which 2,585 are on 16-19 programmes and 2,000 are on adult educational programmes. Its main campus is in the tow ...

, Essex, and worked as a junior reporter at the ''West Essex Gazette''. In similar fashion to other music journalists who started fanzines during their teenage years, Lamacq started one called ''A Pack of Lies''. During his time at ''

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'' he began DJing on the

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station

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, which would become XFM. He formed a record label in 1992 with Alan James and Tony Smith, called

Deceptive Records Deceptive Records was a British independent record label formed in 1993 by Steve Lamacq, Tony Smith and Alan James, which concentrated on rock and alternative rock. The most famous group signed to the label were Elastica. Steve Lamacq left ...

. The majority of the label's releases shared a punk-pop sensibility, with

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being their most successful signing, before the label eventually folded in 2001. Between 1995 and 1997, Lamacq occasionally presented ''

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'' on BBC One with fellow Radio 1 DJ

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. In a 1996 Peel session by

Mogwai Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogw ...

, the fourth item on the track listing is ''Mogwai Salute the brilliance of Steve Lamacq''. Lamacq is a fan of

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. He visited their training ground for his 50th birthday where he trained as a goalkeeper, has written an autobiography, entitled ''Going Deaf for a Living'' and has also acted as a compere on the main stage at the Reading Festival on several occasions.

BBC Radio

In the early 1990s, Lamacq appeared regularly on the

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show, a three-hour Sunday afternoon indie music programme on the BBC station GLR. Lamacq contributed the Gig Guide and the ''

'' Indie Top 20. ;Radio 1 Between 1993 and 1997 Lamacq presented ''The Evening Session'' with

, and then on his own until December 2002, when the programme was cancelled.

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served as a temporary replacement for six months until

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's contract with the London station XFM ended in June 2003, where he took up a permanent position. On 28 September 2007, both he and Whiley reunited to recreate ''The Evening Session'' on the latter's show as part of Radio 1's 40th Anniversary celebrations. He also presented the indie radio show ''Lamacq Live'' every Monday evening, beginning in July 1998 and ending on 18 September 2006. The show ended as part of a makeover in Radio 1's schedule to present a "younger image" to Radio One listeners, with Colin Murray taking over his slot. Lamacq has also presented documentaries for the station, as well as hosting their ''

Night'' special. He presented the ''In New Music We Trust'' programme every Monday night from 9 to 10pm until August 2009, when it was announced he would be leaving Radio 1 as part of a shakeup in the scheduling. ;6 Music Lamacq's homepage on the 6 Music website described ''Lamacq Live'' as "the UK's most influential indie radio show". He also has a programme on the BBC's digital station,

, which was on Sunday afternoons, but from April 2005 he has presented the daily teatime show on BBC Radio 6 Music, taking over from Andrew Collins, where he still remains. In March 2010 it was announced that Lamacq and fellow Radio 1 presenter Jo Whiley would present a one-off Evening Session (the first in 13 years) on Good Friday (2 April) for BBC Radio 6 Music. In 2016, Lamacq broadcast from the studios at

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, as part of Radio 6 Music's Independent Venue Week tour. One night of the nationwide tour was hosted at

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in Hull,

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, on 26 January 2016, with

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as the headline act. ;Radio 2 In addition to his regular 6 Music slot, he also presented a weekly show on

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where he played his own choice of music and introduces his listeners to both new and emerging artists. Beginning in April 2007, the show was originally broadcast on Wednesdays between 11:30pm and 12:30am and, from April 2008, between 11pm and 12am. At Easter 2010, as part of wider changes to the Radio 2 evening schedule,

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took over the Wednesday 11pm slot (having previously been on in the hour before Lamacq), with Lamacq moving to 11pm on Saturday nights. In April 2012, the show was renamed ''Steve Lamacq's Rock College'' and moved to a Thursday 11pm slot. In 2007, he deputised for Bob Harris on Saturdays from 11pm to 2am, who had to receive treatment for cancer. As a result of Lamacq's move to Saturdays, Harris' show now airs from midnight to 3am. Lamacq left regular presenting duties on Radio 2 in September 2013 as part of a reshuffle of evening presenters, but will return in the future as a presenter of one-off shows and as a stand-in for other presenters. ;5Live Lamacq has appeared as a guest on 5live sport punditry show ''

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'' hosted by

. His appearances have been a highlight on the show.

''Weekenders'' mix album

''Weekenders'' is a

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album mixed by Steve Lamacq and released by

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in 1996. It has a dance and indie-

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feel rolled into one with Britpop tracks such as Pulp's "

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" and Blur's " Girls & Boys" alongside tracks by electronica artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and Orbital.

References

External links

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''Steve Lamacq''
(BBC Radio 6 Music)
''Steve Lamacq's Roundtable''
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