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12:30am - 1:30am
Sonic Imperfections
[Repeated from Monday 10pm.] Nigel Bryant introduces Sonic Imperfections, playing a selection of new experimental and unusual sounds. This month's show includes music from KINACT, Chik White and Alden Hellmuth. For more information visit facebook.com/SonicImperfections.
1:30am - 2:30am
Psyché Tropes
[Repeated from Monday 11pm.] Psyché Tropes presents a programme of sound and musical works from experimental film and video, installation, expanded cinema and other rare forms of multimedia. Presented by Steven McInerney, Episode 38 continues our investigation of drone as a cinematic device, this time sailing toward British filmmaker Mark Jenkin, a director whose entire body of work is built upon a method that inverts the orthodoxy of synchronised sound. First broadcast 27 April 2026.
2:30am - 3:30am
The Circled A
[Repeated from Wednesday 8pm.] The Circled A show with Yodet Gherez. In this episode, we are honoured to welcome Ashanti Alston. Ashanti is an anarchist activist, speaker, writer and former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army.
3:30am - 5:00am
Loud Women
[Repeated from Tuesday 6pm.] Loud Women turns up the volume on fast rising women and non-binary musicians in the grassroots scene with live performances, fresh new music and chat, hosted by Cassie Fox and the Loud Women team. For more info visit loudwomen.org.
5:00am - 6:00am
Tunes From Turtle Island
[Repeated from Thursday 12am.] New releases and old favourites from the indigenous musicians of North America. Selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew GJ. For more information visit facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu.
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6:00am - 7:00am
Hit It and Split
[Repeated from Tuesday 3pm.] DJ Deb Smith shares a lexicon of global sounds from the past to the future - new releases, forgotten greats and little heard gems. Visit Hit It and Split on Facebook for the playlist and Mixcloud link to the show.
Listen live8:00am - 9:00am
A Sound Map Of The Roman Baths
[Repeated from Wednesday 4pm.] Created by musician and composer Chris Cundy, this five part series follows a year-long collaboration with poet Adam Horovitz and researcher artist Dominyka Vinčaitė as they delve into the subterranean sound world of The Roman Baths. Today: Episode V. A Personal Choice. Exploring the wealth of votive offerings, personal objects, depositions, and individual curse tablets thrown into the water at Bath. Conversations with Amanda Hart, site manager and Zosia Matyjaszkiewicz, collections manager. Poems by Adam Horovitz; Words for the Goddess, Ivory Breasts, Inspecting the Curses, Votive Anchoring. First broadcast 13 May 2024.
9:00am - 9:30am
Little Atoms
[Repeated from Monday 11am.] A talk show about ideas and culture, produced and presented by Neil Denny. Each show features guests from the worlds of science or the arts in conversation. This week: Daniel Lavelle on his new book, Chasing Aliens. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Visit X @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com.
9:30am - 10:00am
Nunhead American Radio
[Repeated from Monday 5pm.] A programme for the American community in Nunhead, south east London, presented by New York comic Lewis Schaffer. For more information visit @NunheadRadio on X and Nunhead American Radio on Facebook.
10:00am - 11:00am
One Life Left
[Repeated from Monday 6pm.] An hour-long celebration of everything that's great about videogames. Hosted by Ste Curran and Simon Byron, the show features the latest news, reviews and gossip from the world of gaming, usually with a studio guest. You don't need to be a gaming expert to appreciate the show - One Life Left offers something for everyone, whether you are a hardcore League of Legends player or someone who's occasionally loaded up Candy Crush. Visit onelifeleft.com for more information.
11:00am - 11:30am
Pull The Plug
[Repeated from Thursday 5.30pm.] Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. This week: Musings on antiquity. I forget that I am steering - interesting result. He performs tricks. Some useless information. Exciting sensation. Contrariness of tea-kettles, how to overcome. Strange disappearance of a pie. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook.
11:30am - 11:45am
Drift Shift
[Repeated from Friday 5pm.] Found sound and found text collected to form drifts that shift, produced and presented by Franziska Lantz. Visit driftshift.blogspot.com for more information.
11:45am - 12:00pm
Into The Moss
[Repeated from Friday 5.15pm.] A 14 minute drift through original music, soundscapes and liminal yarns. Show archive at intothemoss.com. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Hello Goodbye Show
Upbeat, eclectic new music show hosted by deXter Bentley. Today: the summer season bursts into full bloom with the Brighton based, left field indie-pop propagators Garden Centre performing a stripped down debut Hello GoodBye Show live session. Visit hellogoodbyeshow.com for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 1am.]
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
Mundele Mafuta presents a new season of shows devoted to classic dance music of the two Congos. [Repeats Thursday 11am.]
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Micro Clear Spot
[Repeated from Monday 11.30am.] GLAM Racket. A pilot radio series of sonic glimpses exploring libraries, archives, music, art and community histories through conversations, field recordings and creative public events across London. Today: Camden and Brent explores community storytelling, reggae heritage and creative expression. From the streets of Harlesden we hear from Janet Kay, honoured by Harlesden Bassline for her contribution to British reggae culture. We visit writing groups and libraries across Camden, hearing recordings from live reading events led by Kit Slatford alongside the voices of Cynthia Cao, Sheryl Sze and Adam Khan in a multilingual exploration of translation, memory, poetry and co-creative writing. For further info visit www.glamracket.org.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
The News Agents
Experiments in international news and arts with Jude Montague. Today: a mixtape initially inspired by Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges's album Clube da Esquina (1972). Brazilian and British tracks then and now from Lau Ro, Montague Armstrong, Nick Drake, Erasmo Carolos, Hermeto Pascoal, Martinho Da Vila, Elis Regina, Simone, Jorge Ben and Milton Nascimento. Also body percussion and song circle songs from Bobby McFerrin - and a new release from Camille. For more information see http://thenewsagents.blogspot.com. [Repeats Monday 9am.]
4:00pm - 5:30pm
The Sound Projector Radio Show
A showcase for records of contemporary experimental and underground music, hosted by Ed Pinsent. This afternoon: noise and very long tracks. A Handful of Dust, Tomoyuki Aoki & Harutaka Mochizuki, The Gate, Romain Perrot, and Veuglaire. Visit www.thesoundprojector.com/radio-show for more information. [Repeats Wednesday 1am.]
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Waste Land Receiver
An hour of alternative, folk and indie music plus discussion hosted by Robert Quinn. Borrowing its title from T.S. Eliot’s 1922 poem, Waste Land Receiver sends a message to and from the void through music with consideration of the poem’s themes of despair, lack of humanity, and fragmentation with a will for its alternative. [Repeats Monday 4am.]
6:30pm - 7:00pm
Literary London
Nick Hennegan explores the literary life of London and celebrates the popular cultural life and literary history of the city. Tweet to @NickHennegan. For more information visit LondonLiteraryPubCrawl.com. [Repeats Tuesday 11.30am.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
A Duck in a Tree
The :zoviet * france: radio show. This week's edition - entitled 'Wing-shivering' - features tracks from new releases by CM von Hausswolff and Chandra Shukla; Bipolar Explorer; and Murmer, interleaved with recordings by Dr Gerhard Thielcke and Robin Holmes; Illusion of Safety; The House in the Woods; M.Nomized; Huw McGregor; Adamned.age; John Green; Massimo; and Modelbau. [Repeats Tuesday 12am.]
8:30pm - 9:30pm
A World in London
[Repeated from Wednesday 6pm.] DJ Ritu MBE presents the UK’s definitive global music show from London.
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Kitchen Magic Time
[Repeated from Tuesday 1pm.] Recipes in sound from Mama Dolores, Mistress of the Deep Soul Kitchen.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Is Black Music
[Repeated from Wednesday 1am.] The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. For more information visit www.artterry.co.uk.
12:00am - 1:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
[Repeated from Thursday 11pm.] Hosted and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, new releases and unreleased dubs. This week: new releases from Solsa, Awize, Youngsta, IMP Batch, Dream Eater Records; Grime classics by S.K.I.T.Z Beatz, Wiley, JT the Goon, Greef, Swiftee, Dot Rotten, Spooky Bizzle; fresh dubs from Skeevious, Blizzard, So Real Sounds. Kicking off the show with "Back and Forth" a new release from Zedz. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Visit X @feraldubs.