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12:00am - 1:00am
Tunes From Turtle Island
New releases and old favourites from the indigenous musicians of North America. Selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew GJ. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu. [Repeats Saturday 5am.]
1:00am - 2:30am
Artrocker Radio
[Repeated from Tuesday 10pm.] Paul from the influential Artrocker magazine previews all the latest releases from London and the UK's thriving indie rock scene and beyond. To listen to past shows visit Paul's Mixcloud page.
2:30am - 3:00am
From the Archives
[Repeated from Tuesday 11.30pm.] Unusual broadcasts and gems from our archives.
3:00am - 4:00am
Make Your Own Damn Music
[Repeated from Sunday 10pm.] A weekly audio postcard from the artist Bob and Roberta Smith’s studio by the seaside in Ramsgate. This week's show features the artist Bob Selman's gift to Bob and Roberta Smith of 45 rpm records, and a preview of upcoming exhibition The Children are Now at Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh. Visit @bobandrobertasmith on Instagram for more information.
5:00am - 6:00am
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] 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.
6:00am - 7:00am
Farside Radio
[Repeated from Wednesday 12 noon.] Music from the catalogues of Far Side Music, the world's primary source for East Asian sounds, presented by Paul Fisher. Visit farsidemusic.com for more information.
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7:00am - 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.
Listen live9:00am - 10:00am
The Naked Short Club
[Repeated from Monday 9pm.] Dr. Stu and his expert guests dance around alternative investments, markets, the economy and wider world.
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Wednesday 8pm]. Dr Susan Croft from theatre archive organisation Unfinished Histories and queer artists/writers Alexander Gallimore and Rachel Mars discuss LGBTQ performances past, present and future, to coincide with Radical Rediscovery: Homosexual Acts and Beyond exhibition at London Performance Studios from 7 November-14 December 2025.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
[Repeated from Saturday 1.30pm.] Mundele Mafuta presents a new season of shows devoted to classic dance music of the two Congos.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The London Ear
Now in its 21st year: moonlighting ghostwriter Ben Thompson shakes up a snowdome of real and imaginary sessions with guests from the far-flung frontiers of musical and literary endeavour. This week: Academic and author Joe Kennedy talks about Authentocrats, his incisive cultural critique of the Labour right's embrace of a bogus doctrine of 'keeping it real' as a bulwark against Jeremy Corbyn's threat of actual policy content, with music from Autechre to Elastica. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on X and find playlists at Ben Thompson's Facebook page. [Repeats Wednesday 3pm.]
1:00pm - 2:00pm
The Traditional Music Hour
Kevin Sheils presents an informed and judicious selection of recordings of traditional musics from Britain, Ireland and occasionally further afield. [Repeats Monday 12pm.]
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Open City Audio
Weekly programmes by Open City. Making architecture and cities more open, accessible, and equitable. This week: Deconstructed. Al Manaar Mosque & Cultural Centre - Faith, Space, and Community. In this episode, host Matthew Lloyd Roberts is joined by Shukri Sultan, a lecturer at Westminster University, to explore the story of Al Manaar Mosque in West London. Together, they unpack how this unassuming building became a vital hub for faith, community, and resilience — especially in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. [Repeats Tuesday 2.30am.]
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Everyone Is Invited
Goldsmiths’ MFA Alessandro Paiano presents a weekly arts talk show with live guest interviews. [Repeats Wednesday 2.30am.]
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Fieldnotes
[Repeated from Tuesday 4pm.] Broadcasts by the artist-run publishing project based in Newham, London. This month: recordings from the second iteration of FIELDNOTES Live which took place in July at Spanners in Loughborough Junction. The evening included performances from four artists: Adrienne Herr, Dan Rhys Wakefield, Agnieszka Szczotka, and victor_a, who presented noise, spoken narrative, synths, soundscapes, atmospheric phenomena and a tidal chorus. Visit fieldnotes.site.
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Isolation Vacation
[Repeated from Monday 5pm.] Embark on a journey with the Spencer family as they go on a musical holiday to all four corners of the world.
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Her Transmissions
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. [Repeats Sunday 8am.]
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Pull The Plug
Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. This week: "He's far too pale and far too frail to be a normal boy. There's something shining in his eyes; the things he'd like to say..." Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook. [Repeats Saturday 11am.]
6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Outerglobe
Debbie Golt FRSA takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. For more details follow @outerglobe on Instagram. [Repeats Sunday 4pm.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Electric Dish
Sophie Darling plays a plethora of new music from all corners of the world. With discussion, food for thought, live guests and interviews. Visit Instagram @djsophiedarling. [Repeats Monday 3am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
To Farse All Things: William English and Sandra Cross. To mark the exhibition 'To Farse All Things' at Nottingham's Bonington Gallery (and its eclectic book of the same title) its creators William English and Sandra Cross discuss its genesis with the gallery's curator Tom Godfrey and book designer Daniel R. Wilson. The artists ran the Dining Room vegetarian restaurant, just off Borough Market, in the 1980s, and have since produced a substantial body of films and artwork. The accompanying book comprises of ruminations on discovery and loss, vignettes on diet and cookery, inventors and inventions, private journals, cultural juxtapositions, and imperilled ephemera. It features artists, theorists and experimental filmmakers such as Kenneth Anger, Lea Anderson, Rose Lowder, Marysia Lewandowska, Peter Gidal, Bill Burns, et al, along with fringe figures including inventor of heated clothing Captain Maurice Seddon, Dutch esotericist-restaurateur Nicolaas Kroese (of Amsterdam's Five Flies [i.e. d'Vijff Vlieghen]), optician-to-the-stars Tony Gross, fashion photographer David Parkinson, radical entrepreneur Richard Handyside, perpetual motion theorist Huge de la Cruz, and many others. The Bonington Gallery exhibition runs from 26th September 26th to 13th December 2025. [Repeats Friday 10am.]
9:00pm - 10:30pm
Adventures in Sound and Music
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. [Repeats Monday 7am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
Hosted and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, new releases and unreleased dubs. This week: new releases from Don Dillinger, BIG E-D x Grindhouse, Jamzigg; Grime classics by Joker, Starfox, Youngstar, DJ Garna, Fused Forces, Waifer, Bar 9, Silencer, Nolay x Kid D, Wiley; fresh dubs from Dubz, So Real Sounds. Kicking off the show with Splashed Up by Hindzy D. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Visit X @feraldubs. [Repeats Sunday 12am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Previously on Resonance FM
[Repeated from Wednesday 9.30pm.] Archival gems and curiosities.