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Nemone Metaxas (born 3 November 1972 in
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,
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), often billed simply as Nemone, is an English DJ, radio presenter and television presenter/producer. She is also a trained psychotherapist practising in West and Central London. She is an active sportswoman, participating in triathlons and open water swimming and is a former
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athlete.


Early life and family

Nemone's Greek father's maternal ancestral village is in Sykia (Συκέα) and the family name is Anastasakis.


Broadcasting career

After finishing her degree in
psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
at the
Victoria University of Manchester The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University. A ...
in 1995, Nemone worked as a
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in a
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. She went on to become a receptionist at
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in Manchester where she learned production and broadcasting skills in her spare time. In 1997, she became the presenter and producer of ''The Word'' radio programme as
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went on the air. She subsequently presented Galaxy 102 FM's Morning Show, Network Chill Out Show and The
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Chart for
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
. Having started on reception, she left as anchor of the Morning Show for a job at BBC Radio 1. Nemone joined
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in October 2000 initially hosting the Saturday breakfast show. She filled in for
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's weekday morning show in 2001 while Whiley was on maternity leave. She then took the weekend afternoon slot which she hosted from Autumn 2001 through to the end of 2003. After a revamp of the Radio 1 daytime schedule from early 2004, Nemone replaced
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on the overnight show (4am7am) broadcasting to audiences in excess of 3 million. She left Radio 1 in September 2005;
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(Monday-Thursday) and
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and
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(Friday) took over her early morning slot. Nemone joined
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on 3 October 2005, she began presenting the '' Dream Ticket'' show as well as filling in on 6 Music's drive time show when
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was away. Nemone took over Vic McGlynn's weekday lunchtime show, weekdays in the 34pm slot on 4 September 2006. She could also be heard covering various shows on
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.
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filled in for her after she began six months maternity leave on 6 July 2009. After Matthews herself went on maternity leave on 24 November, the show was presented by either
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or Andrew Collins. In July 2009, Nemone gave birth to a baby girl and returned to the station on 1 February 2010. When pregnant with her second child in 2011, Nemone moved from weekdays taking over the weekend breakfast show. After a short maternity leave she returned, steering it to record RAJAR figures. The requirement to take the show to Media City in Salford meant Nemone passing on the opportunity of returning to Manchester; electing to stay in London where she had established her young family. In April 2013 Nemone fulfilled a lifelong ambition to curate a specialist dance and electronic music show on BBC Radio 6 Music – ''Nemone's Electric Ladyland'', later ''The 6 Mix with Nemone''. Designing her own show, she has been able to draw on her passion for electronic music, especially championing female DJs, producers and artists like
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, Blessed Madonna, Jayda G, Deena Abdelwahed,
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, Francesca Lombardo, B Traits,
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Park Hye Jin
Mary Epworth, Laura. "The 6 Mix with Nemone" ended in March 2021 and she presented her final show on 27 March 2021. Nemone's signature musical taste is for quirky vocal samples and wonky beats, alongside funky edged deeper house and techno. She DJs at more leftfield, boutique festivals, recently headlining Soul Circus Yoga Festival in the Cotswolds, alongside
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and
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. At Beatherder in Clitheroe she played alongside school friends and former band mates
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and her pals
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. She took
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an
Luke Solomon
to
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with her to play for her Electric Ladyland Love Show and
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joined her at
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. Nemone has also curated 6 Music Festival Lates gigs over the last decade sharing the decks with Daniel Avery,
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,
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,
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’s Andy Butler, Julio Bashmore, Nightwave, Rebecca Vasmant,
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,
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, Max Cooper, Breakwave,
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,
Kelly Lee Owens Kelly Lee Owens (born 24 August 1988) is a Welsh person, Welsh Electronic music, electronic musician and producer. She released her Kelly Lee Owens (album), self-titled debut album in March 2017 to critical praise. Her sophomore album, ''Inner ...
. The last ''6 Mix with Nemone'' was broadcast on 27 March 2021. Nemone has broadcast on
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, appearing o
A Good Read
and co-hostin
Saturday Live
with the Reverend
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. Nemone participated with her daughter in the Bumps & Babies Mile in
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for
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along with Denise Van Outen, Carly Cole,
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and
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.


Psychotherapy career

Always having the intention to build on the psychology degree she gained as an undergraduate in Manchester, Nemone went back to university, studying part-time while broadcasting weekly. Six years later she gained her MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling, earning a distinction in her research project on sibling relationships and sibling death. Alongside broadcasting and DJing, Nemone is a qualified integrative psychotherapist. She sees clients privately in both Central and West London and increasingly has international clients, whom she sees via videoconferencing. She has been an advocate for breathing and grounding exercises; during the COVID pandemic producing her own 15-minute mid-afternoon meditations to help people cope in isolation. She is also a proponent of the wellbeing effects of wild swimming, having swum herself outdoors in Capri, Menorca, Skopelos, the Oman fjords, West Wittering, and close to home in London.


Television career

Nemone co-hosted the
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television programme '' 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow'' alongside Steve Jones. She was seen describing the method of eviction from the game show and then interviewing the losing contestants. Nemone was one of the contestants on ''
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'' aired on 20 August 2017 on BBC One. Her specialist subject was the children's books of
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, and she came 2nd in the show. Also, on screen, Nemone has hosted the
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in Barcelona and Ski Sunday in
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for the television show ''
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''.


Athletic career

Aside from radio and TV broadcasting and psychotherapy work, Nemone is also a keen athlete. Nemone is a former champion
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runner. In 1999 she won the Greater Manchester Championships. In 2000 she qualified for the British Championships and competed in the 400m British Olympic trials. Nemone decided to bid to run for the Greek Olympic team for the
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. Her training was filmed for the
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television programme ''My Big Fat Greek Olympic Dream''. She has competed in triathlons, most notably finishing in the top 20 amateur women in the 2006 London Triathlon. She is a keen open water swimmer, having participated in swim treks in Capri, Menorca, the Greek Islands, the Oman fjords as well as the South East of the UK. She has a passion for additional outdoor-based sports, snowboarding and surfing.


Notes


Bibliography

*Honeyball, Le
"My team : Radio 1 DJ Nemone Metaxas on Sale Harriers Athletics Club"
The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...
Sport Monthly, Sunday 3 June 2001


External links


Nemone's website
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Nemone on Instagram
1972 births Living people English radio DJs People from Chester English people of Greek descent BBC Radio 1 presenters BBC Radio 2 presenters BBC Radio 6 Music presenters British psychotherapists