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This week on Cocktail Nation, we’re slipping behind the velvet curtain and into the glamorous world of 1960s espionage — where secret agents, Cold War intrigue and suspicious cats meet some of the coolest music ever recorded.

Our main feature explores Spy Music — The Sound of Espionage, looking at how the Cold War and classic spy films created an instantly recognisable musical language of jazz, orchestration, lounge, exotica and danger.

We also uncover the extraordinary CIA experiment Acoustic Kitty, meet a listener whose love of spy movies may have gone slightly too far, and explore more international intrigue in Lounge Life Magazine.

Robert Short – The Cairo Connection
Tiki Delights – The Sneaky Tiki Spy
Dana Countryman – Spy Out From Outer Space
Alex Khaskin – Austin Powers
Combustible Edison – Spy Vs Spy
Kenny Sasaki – Jill The Spy
Robby Poitevin – Jazz Cave
Metrolites – Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Spy
Tabu Recordings – Enter The Spy Magician
Hugo Montenegro – The James Bond Theme
Spyfi – Black Tie Spy
Alex Khaskin – Bond The Spy
Keith Williams And His Orchestra – Sound And The Fury
Beat Generation – Spy Time
Ludovic Bource – Spicy Spy

Bruno Nicolai – Spy Chase