David Attenbro is IN DA HOUSE

At least, I can only assume his stage name is going to be David Attenbro. I can't imagine what else it would be. On the other hand, truth is clearly a lot stranger than fiction...

The broadcaster, who has brought the natural world into millions of homes, is seeking a DJ to remix a field recording he made in Bali 70 years ago. He's asking them to turn the three-minute recording of sacred gamelan music into a club-worthy Ibiza anthem.

Sir David first recorded the melodies while searching for a Komodo dragon in his 1954 BBC TV series, Zoo Quest. "The villagers play this concerted music with extraordinary precision and real zest," he recalled.
"So it is haunting music that you hear every night - or you did in those days, in the villages of Bali." He now hopes that, by fusing the original recording with modern production, the indigenous music of Indonesia can be introduced to a new generation.

The naturalist often took a portable tape recorder on his travels to capture local sounds and music, but the majority of his recordings went unused, and lay dormant in the BBC Archive until he mentioned them in passing to Radio 4 producer Julian May. May tracked the recordings down and helped compile an album of Sir David's discoveries - titled Sir David Attenborough: My Field Recordings From Across The Planet.

There's also an Attenborough-themed rave night - David Attenborough Jungle Boogie - in which DJs throw down excerpts of Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II over club beats, while fans wear cut-out masks of the wildlife expert's head.

Ooo... kay.... anyway, the embedded music clip doesn't work for me. I'm guessing it's supposed to be this clip ? But if only Christopher Lee was still with us, they could have teamed up...

David Attenborough WLTM trance producer

At the age of 93, Sir David Attenborough is taking a belated detour into dance music. The broadcaster, who has brought the natural world into millions of homes, is seeking a DJ to remix a field recording he made in Bali 70 years ago.