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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.
1:00am - 2:30am
Bad Punk
[Repeated from Friday 10pm.] Hosted by Johny Brown and Band Of Holy Joy. For more information visit johny.co.uk, contact badpunkradio@gmail.com.
3:00am - 4:00am
Rogue Planets
[Repeated from Thursday 7pm.] The quiet force of unbound rebellion. A telescope platform for cultural slowness, deep listening, anti-profiling and reflective transmissions. Frank Malachi celebrates the work of artists, collectives, producers and academics who forge their orbits through uncharted territories, creating a space that honours song-making, poetry, performance and mixed-media through conversations and live performance. Visit Instagram @rogueplanets_fm104.4.
4:00am - 5:00am
Waste Land Receiver
[Repeated from Saturday 5.30pm.] 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.
5:00am - 6:00am
Such Music
[Repeated from Saturday 9.30pm.] Hosted by Rihards Endriksons, journalist and artistic director of Latvia's Skaņu Mežs festival, Such Music is devoted to new works of free improvised music, either previously unheard or created specifically for the show. The show is produced in collaboration with Burning Ambulance, an online journal of arts and culture.
6:00am - 7:00am
Come Digest With Me
[Repeated from Friday 7pm.] A live investigation of digestive systems presented by artist Joanna Penso, who invites an eclectic mixture of guests to talk about their relationship to the body and food. Stethoscope microphones reveal the internal acoustics from mastication to enzymatic hydrolysis as they make their way through Friday night dinner. Visit joannapenso.com for more information, contact pensostudio@gmail.com.
7:00am - 8:00am
Invisible Signals
[Repeated from Thursday 4.30pm] New series! Invisible Signals is a monthly open-form radio series that traverses archival fragments, field recordings and sonic atmospheres to examine the material and affective dimensions of imperceptible infrastructures. This first episode focuses on the recent occupation at Goldsmiths, University of London, situating conversations with student organisers within broader conditions of austerity, institutional rupture and the marketisation of higher education. The radio montage approaches occupation as both a spatial and acoustic intervention: a collective refusal against the erosion of critical pedagogy, artistic practice and public education. We ask how acts of resistance generate provisional spaces for repair, solidarity and the reimagining of social and educational futures. Show your support at freegoldsmiths. Presented by artist and researcher Florence To.
8:00am - 9:00am
Day For Night
A selection of recent highlights, archival surprises, programmes that deserve a repeat and those that slipped through the net, taking you through from the wee hours to breakfast. With occasional forays into the Resonance Extra programme of new music and sound art - and further afield.
9:00am - 10:00am
The News Agents
[Repeated from Saturday 3pm.] 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. Visit http://thenewsagents.blogspot.com.
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Friday 8pm.] The Scarecrows of Saskan. Leo Elia's "The Scarecrows of Saskan" is a musical following Strachila and Hunk, two scarecrows uprooted from their separate worlds by the same fierce storm and deposited in a cornfield. There they encounter Buddy Bale, an elusive stranger who seems to know exactly who they are. When rainfall forces the unlikely trio to collaborate on building a shelter, their differing instincts and agendas begin to pull against each other, and what starts as uneasy cooperation steadily unravels into suspicion, betrayal and threat. Conceived as a sequel to The Wizard of Oz, the musical unites the scarecrows from two tellings of the same story: L. Frank Baum's original 1900 novel and Alexander Volkov's The Wizard of the Emerald City, the 1939 Soviet adaptation that became a GDR bestseller. All characters are performed entirely by Elia himself, accompanied by AI-generated orchestral backing tracks. Visit Instagram @leo__elia.
11:00am - 11:30am
Little Atoms
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: Douglas Stuart on his latest novel, John of John. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Visit X @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com. [Repeats Saturday 9am.]
11:30am - 12:00pm
Six Volumes: Sounds Of The Folk Archive
Live sound pieces by Royal College of Art MA Writing students, made in response to the English Folk Dance and Song Society’s archival collection. Episode 3: 'Hoppers' and 'Common Place'. Hoppers follows Cockney families leaving London to do tiring, badly paid, yet warmly remembered work in the Kent hop fields between the wars. Direction and production: Kristina Akhrarova, Devon Sims. Sound Design: Shiloh Choo, Charlie Hills. Research: Charlie Hills. Narrator: Mark Cairns. Guitar: Emile Kimberly. Other voices: David Young, Alison Young, Pearly Kings and Queens of Bethnal Green, BBC archive. ‘Common Place’ transforms a 19th-century commonplace book into a menagerie of curious melodies and ethereal vocals, as if its author had been accosted by faeries. Direction and production: Floss Crossley, Jim Bown. Sound Design: Jak Merriman. Research: Georgia Bloom, Imaan Hyder. Voices: Isabel Bloom, Stanley Bloom, Jak Merriman. Instrumentation: Anouska Manion, Abigail Sinclair, Aga Ujma, Sophie Jenkin, Lauren Auder. [Repeats Saturday 2.30pm.]
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Traditional Music Hour
[Repeated from Thursday 1pm.] Kevin Sheils presents an informed and judicious selection of recordings of traditional musics from Britain, Ireland and occasionally further afield.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Calling All Pensioners
Magazine programme with Tim Hamilton, addressing issues which affect pensioners across London. This week: in our holiday repeat, the National Pensioners Convention announces it welcomes energy firms’ multi-million pay-out for force fitting prepayment energy meters. This follows Ofgem, the energy industry regulator, uncovering that energy companies did not adhere to rules when installing prepayment meters without household permission. Age UK marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Victory in Europe day in sharing the story of 102-year-old Terry who played a pivotal role in the war, aiding the water-proofing of vehicles used in the Normandy D-Day landings. Our musical tributes are to Terry who also shares her experiences of VE Day. Produced by Deptford Action Group for the Elderly. [Repeats Sunday 2pm.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Radio Ecoshock
[Repeated from Friday 9am.] Global environmental news with Alex Smith. This week: El Nino, Data Farms, Compound Crisis. Super El Nino global impacts around the world; panic on compound disasters; data farm madness kills the renewable revolution. All three on this edition of Radio Ecoshock. Visit ecoshock.org/ for more information. Contact radio@ecoshock.org.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Science Show
Mike and Richard from Science in the Pub present a monthly science show for everyone in a magazine-style miscellany packed with news, interviews, chat and discussions, plus great music, cultural crossovers, and our favourite events and exhibitions happening around London. For more episodes visit The Science Show on Mixcloud. [Repeats Friday 6am.]
4:00pm - 5:00pm
What Iiif? Nowhere & Everywhere
What Iiif? Nowhere & Everywhere, generously entangled and resolutely contemporary, emits the sounds concocted during an ongoing 6 year running 40 minute Zoom based improvisation every Wednesday at 2pm Amsterdam time. What Iiif? Nowhere & Everywhere thrives in latency of space, time and subjectivity that negotiates and celebrates forms of distance between an act and its reception. Hosted and made by Catharine Cary and Chris Parfitt. Visit Instagram @whatiiif and Youtube. [Repeats Friday 4am.]
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Nunhead American Radio
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. [Repeats Saturday 9.30am.]
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Gate Kicks
[Repeated from Wednesday 1.30pm.] Introduced by DJ Ritchie Rich, multi-instrumentalist Duane aka Mr Amazing, and singer Labake Anisere, and produced by people with learning disabilities at The Gate arts centre, Gate Kicks covers art, music, dance, film, theatre and offers a hub where this truly underground art scene is exposed to a larger audience.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
One Life Left
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. [Repeats Saturday 10am.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
For The Lost
A weekly exploration of the curious, dark and surreal. Through a curated blend of radio plays, poetry, experimental soundscapes, live performances and discussions, Dee Sada journeys into the intriguing corners of culture and the imagination. Visit Instagram @forthelostradio. [Repeats Wednesday 7am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
Our open access slot for one-off, special and sometimes surprise broadcasts. [Repeats Tuesday 10am.]
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9:00pm - 10:00pm
The Naked Short Club
Dr. Stu and his expert guests dance around alternative investments, markets, the economy and wider world. [Repeats Thursday 9am.]
Listen live10:00pm - 11:00pm
Gwaith Sŵn's Sonic Darts
Sound-art and transmission-art delivered by London sound art collective Gwaith Sŵn. This month, we re-broadcast our 2020 interview with Sam Battle, aka Look Mum No Computer, celebrating the first and probably last time that Gwaith Sŵn interviews an artist representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest. We spoke to the Kent based electronic musician, inventor, YouTuber and now Eurovision legend about their 1000 oscillator KiloDrone synth, fixing up a 1970s Transcendent 2000 and their plans to open the Museum Of Everything Else. First broadcast 2 November 2020. Further information can be found at sonicdartsshow.medium.com. [Repeats Saturday 12.30am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
Unusual Music Exchange
Glasgow-based Canadian composer, artist, and writer, Josh Thorpe likes to listen to unusual music, and to talk with interesting people about it. This month: Listen to trumpeter, composer and improviser Nicole Rampersaud discuss the 100 muscles it takes to play the trumpet, how not having shows can lead to beautiful recordings, song-length pieces as a thing, hermit thrush, responding to glitches, granular pedals and more. For more listening visit www.unusualmusicexchange.com. [Repeats Saturday 1.30am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
A Duck in a Tree
[Repeated from Saturday 7pm.] 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.