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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, featuring tracks by COCODUBS, NOT_ MDK, Wiley,Mesotron, DJ Garna, Slimzos Recordings, Spooky Bizzle x Tiny Godfather, Ghetts x Wiley. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. X @feraldubs.
1:00am - 2:30am
Adventures in Sound and Music
[Repeated from Thursday 9pm.] New music with The Wire magazine. Adventures In Sound And Music is hosted by members of the magazine staff: Emily Bick, Chris Bohn, Phil England, James Gormley, Joseph Stannard, Derek Walmsley and Shane Woolman. Visit thewire.co.uk for more information.
2:30am - 3:30am
Fog Cast
[Repeated from Wednesday 11pm.] A series of late-night, deep listening soundtracks hosted by Robin The Fog. Further details at: robinthefog.com.
3:30am - 4:30am
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Ambient music selected by Miguel Santos to help night owls relax. For more information visit Sleeping Dogs Lie on Facebook and Mixcloud. [Repeats Monday 12am.]
4:30am - 5:00am
K-Pop Journey
[Repeated from Wednesday 11pm.] A weekly show dedicated to the phenomenon that is K-pop! Korean presenter Keissi takes you on a journey through Korean pop music from the 1990s to the present day. For more information visit K-Pop Journey on Facebook and @k_popjourney on X. For archive shows visit keissi.com.
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5:00am - 6:00am
Modulisme
[Repeated from Friday 11.30pm.] Modulisme (which translates as Modularism) is a series devoted to out of leftfield modular synthesis. This week: Early ElectroMIX #51. Featuring tracks by Micheline Coulombe-Saint-Marcoux, Arne Nordheim, Liviu Dandara, Joel Chadabe, Emerson Meyers, Lorq Damon. For more information visit modular-station.com.
Listen live6:00am - 7:00am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. This week: Ben presents an hour of absolute music constructed from tracks recorded by Dogstar on synth last November in Aldershot, with guitar and piano recorded by Out To Lunch in order to accompany soundtracks so weirdly obscene and personal they may never see the light of day. "To Be Invisible" is the case of inevitable insertionism which marks half time and the end of the show, a track from Curtis Mayfield's Sweet Exorcist (Curtom, 1974) covered by Gladys Knight for Buddah Records in 1974, two of the greatest voices in the history of your lifetime, comrades.
7:00am - 8:00am
Langham Research Centre
[Repeated from Tuesday 9pm.] Langham Research Centre present musique musique concrète and electronic music from previous times along with recent releases. Presented by Robert Worby and Philip Tagney. This month's playlist includes: Aki Onda, Annette Vande Gorne, Brunhild Ferrari, John Wall, James Tenney, Gilles Gobeil, Manuella Blackburn.
8:00am - 9:00am
Her Transmissions
[Repeated from Thursday 3.30pm.] A compilation of songs across genres that have defined the times and forged connections for 27 year old host Isobel Violet. Music that has grown as Isi has, including dream pop, punk, indie, rap, folk and hip hop.
9:00am - 10:00am
The Curtain Up Show
[Repeated from Friday 4pm.] Tim McArthur, Nathan Matthews and guests discuss London's vibrant theatre scene. Today’s guests: Rachel Pickup and Alan Turkington from 'Dear Liar' at Jermyn Street Theatre. Follow on Facebook, X and Instagram for more information.
10:00am - 11:00am
Global Instruments
[Repeated from Tuesday 5pm.] Global instruments with Sofia Gaetani Morris is a show that looks at instruments from around the world - each month we choose one instrument to unpack with guest-musicians, academics and enthusiasts, to understand its historical, geographical and cultural importance and its role in different musical traditions around the world. This month's instrument is the two-headed South Asian drum the dhol and its smaller sized sister, the dholki. Joining us live to discuss the instruments is Attia Shiraz, an independent arts curator based in London, whose work is informed by the intersections between visual arts, music and histories of South Asia. Follow us on Instagram @globalinstrumentsfm_.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Radio Public
[Repeated from Wednesday 5pm.] A monthly programme created by Workshop 24, a sound, visual and socially engaged art collective working in the Midlands. Each programme emanates from our experience of the local, creating a portal into sonic possible worlds. Episode 35: This month, Das Tek takes us to Andromeda in search of the beat, experimental Techno featuring Dr Schultz and hosted by DJ Savlon.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Ambrosia Rasputin Show
Freewheeling music series with Ivor Kallin. This week's show features a slew of new releases from the likes of Lipscomb, Kuchen & Osgood; The Piss Superstition; Glass_ Matter; Gerard & DeChambre; Perelman & Butcher; Rochard & Safin plus Elliott Sharp's elegy for Ralph Towner. Some older, but no less beautiful, records fill the gaps. For more episodes visit The Ambrosia Rasputin Show on Mixcloud. [Repeats Friday 1am.]
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Arty Facts
Arty Facts with Master J is a show about working in the arts. For more information visit Master J on Facebook. [Repeats Friday 3.30pm.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Calling All Pensioners
[Repeated from Monday 1pm.] Magazine programme with Tim Hamilton, addressing issues which affect pensioners across London. This week: England-based charity, Independent Age, reminds you of ways to increase your income in making sure you are getting your rightful entitlements by using their benefits calculator. The charity also reacts to the Scottish Government's recent Budget calling it disappointing to see nothing new to address the growing number of older people in poverty. Age UK highlights 1.9 million older people are living in poverty with 300,000 extra pensioners living in poverty compared to 2012, and yet older people are missing out on £3 billion in welfare benefits. Our musical tribute is to Tucker Zimmerman, aged 84, who was a prolific American cult folk musician, singer-songwriter and author. Produced by Deptford Action Group for the Elderly.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Sitting With Gianluca
Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana (in temporary and voluntary exile in Marseille). This week: Gianluca pays tribute to Sly Dunbar who died this week. Sly, along with late bass player Robbie Shakespeare, backed everyone from reggae artists like Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Gregory Isaacs to Grace Jones, Bob Dylan and Serge Gainsbourg. Expect music from the top studio rhythm sections whose names you might not know, but whose records you definitely do. [Repeats Tuesday 12pm.]
4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Outerglobe
[Repeated from Thursday 6pm.] Debbie Golt FRSA takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. This week: in an all music show, Debbie airs new music from Wunmi, BCUC, Nu Chilly, Drama on the Corner, Pigeon, Youthie, Laura Fell and No Wahala Sounds in a winter warmer fireside mix. For more details follow @outerglobe on Instagram.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Around The World With The Lallas
[Repeated from Tuesday 1.30pm.] Laura Pradelska and Lara Fraser share their international cultural interests, stemming from their respective careers as actor and producer as well as their joint DJ career as The Lallas.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
GRAIN
GRAIN is a concert series, a label, and an archive of experimental and improvised music, operating primarily out of London's Avalon Cafe, South Bermondsey. GRAIN is curated and produced by Caius Williams and Theodora Laird. Visit grainresidency.bandcamp.com. Instagram @grain_residency. [Repeats Tuesday 4am.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Isotopica
Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko. Visit theculture.net/ for more information. [Repeats Wednesday 5am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
Marina Organ presents an hour of music that uses unconventional structures and ‘other' time signatures – gathered from the worldwide undergrounds of math rock, avant prog, weird electronica and strange pop. Find the playlist, archives and links to all the bands at otherrockshow.wordpress.com. [Repeats Thursday 5am.]
9:00pm - 10:00pm
Daydreaming Machine
Ukrainian composer Andrey Kiritchenko explores ambient, experimental, independent music. For more information and tracklist visit fb.com/akiritchenko. [Repeats Wednesday 6am.]
10:00pm - 11:00pm
Make Your Own Damn Music
A weekly audio postcard from the artist Bob and Roberta Smith’s studio by the seaside in Ramsgate. This week's show features the artists Moondog and JMW Turner and asks you to draw five things that inspire you. Welcome to the art school of the air. Visit @bobandrobertasmith on Instagram for more information. [Repeats Thursday 3am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
framework
Field recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting, presented by Patrick Tubin McGinley. This week's regular edition features Eric La Casa & Seijiro Murayama, Giselle, Maggi Payne, Franki Wals & Chang Deng-Yao; sounds from The Aporee Maps by Sono Mayrit (Spain), Albert Mail (Russia), Charles Platel (France) and Regan Welsh (Canada); and a framework introduction recorded in the United States by Steve Barsotti. Visit frameworkradio.net for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 6am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Sleeping Dogs Lie
[Repeated from Sunday 3.30am.] Ambient music selected by Miguel Santos to help night owls relax. For more information visit Sleeping Dogs Lie on Facebook and Mixcloud.