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12:30am - 1:30am
Listening With
[Repeated from Monday 10pm.] Cameron Randall invites you to 'listen with' as he navigates and constructs environments that border both the imaginary and the concrete. Episode 4 blurs between field recordings, experimental and sound art, featuring artists including Aphex Twin, Action Pyramid and Felicity Mangan. To see more of Cameron's work visit www.cameronrandall.com.
1:30am - 2:30am
Devil's Dancers
[Repeated from Monday 11pm.] An episodic history of synthesized sounds with Nina Kehagia, broadcast monthly. Today, Nina welcomes Berlin-based Mexican artist, sound designer and DJ Daniela Huerta to discuss her debut solo album, SOPLO, released via Elevator Bath. Known as Baby Vulture, Huerta explores mythology, consciousness and collective memory in her work, including soundtracks for Iván Argote’s acclaimed films Levitate and Le Fond de la Seine. Email hello@ninakeh.com. Instagram @ninakeh.
2:30am - 7:00am
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.
7:00am - 8:00am
The Sound of Photography
[Repeated from Thursday 4.30pm.] Frank Watson examines the relationship between photography and sound. Frank's guest this week is Liz Wells, an independent writer and curator who is also an Emeritus Professor in Photographic Culture at the University of Plymouth. Her publications include Photography, Curation and Criticism: An Anthology (2022) and Land Matters: Landscape, Photography, Culture and Identity (republished 2021). Her recent curatorial work has included 'Sea, Sand and Soil: Plastics in our Environment', Pingyao International Photography Festival, China 2021, and 'Seedscapes: Future-proofing Nature', a touring exhibition in Britain 2020/21. For more information visit thesoundofphotography.com.
8:00am - 9:00am
Spizz FM
[Repeated from Wednesday 4.30pm.] An on-going audio autobiography from the punk and post-punk legend that is Spizz. This week: End of the Spizzenergi tour news and thank yous special with Witchdoktors, Phobics, Healthy Junkies, Knox and Denise Delta Unit, Guitar Gangsters, Milky Edwards & The Chamberlings and SpizzLifestyle. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. Tweet to @spizzenergi.
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: Niall Williams on his latest novel, Time of the Child, Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Tweet to @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com.
9:30am - 10:00am
Nunhead American Radio
[Repeated from Monday 6.30pm.] A programme for the American community in Nunhead, south east London, presented by New York comic Lewis Schaffer and co-hosted by American economist Lisa Moyle. Tonight: Paul Hyu, British actor and Chinese Elvis, sits in for Lisa. We talk about the emotional divide which the American Election has caused, and Paul reveals where to buy lovely meat and milk in Borough Market. For more information visit @NunheadRadio on X and Nunhead American Radio on Facebook.
10:00am - 11:00am
One Life Left
[Repeated from Monday 7pm.] 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: You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody’s crazy. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook.
11:30am - 11:45am
Delphis
[Repeated from Thursday 6pm.] Fictional Soho agency, Delphis Studios, invite us behind the scenes as they work on their outlandish projects. For more information visit Instagram @delphis_studios. Contact delphis.london@gmail.com.
11:45am - 12:00pm
Into The Moss
[Repeated from 6.15pm.] 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: live music and chat with Aura Mae (formerly known as Ieva Dubova) a Latvian contemporary, neo-classical pianist and composer whose new LP, Undercurrents, is an exploration in minimalism, inspired in part by Arvo Pärt, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Erik Satie. Plus, the experimental instrumentalist duo Noise Peddler who have just released their eponymous debut LP via the Rose Hill Records imprint. 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 - 3:30pm
The News Agents
Experiments in international news and arts with Jude Montague. This week: Wormhole World looks back on what has been a prolific year for the experimental Lancashire label. Tracks from artists published in 2024 - Mai, Moray Newlands, Avi C. Engel, Obeah, Floormat Doormat, Wonderful Beasts and Audio Obscura. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.co.uk. [Repeats Monday 9am.]
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3:30pm - 4:30pm
A World In London
[Repeated from Wednesday 6.30pm.] DJ Ritu MBE presents the UK’s definitive global music show from London. Today: a global Christmas mix by DJ Ritu featuring the merry Mariachis, Yuletide Afrobeats by Yemi Alade, festive faves from John Lennon and Eartha Kitt, plus scintillating new sounds by Angelique Kidjo, Bollywood stars Yo Yo Honey Singh & Nora Fatehi, Park Jiha of Korea, soulful highlife band Santrofi, desert blues statesman Samba Toure, Balkantastic band shunTA and legendary Gypsy Kings.
Listen live4:30pm - 5:30pm
The London Ear
[Repeated from Thursday 12 Noon.] Ghostwriter and critic Ben Thompson presents a DFS Algonquin Table for the post-thought era. This week’s show wonders which of this year’s most vaunted rock albums might legitimately be termed "Elton John for Goths". With imaginary sessions from Caroline Kraabel & John Edwards and Simon Camaata. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on X and find playlists at Ben Thompson's Facebook page.
5:30pm - 6:30pm
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 info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu.
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. Concepts of Plans. This week's edition features tracks from new releases by Schall und Stille; Kate Carr and Matt Atkins; Reverse Image; and Norah Lorway, interwoven with recordings by Hiroshimabend and Zoe DeWitt; Steve Roach and Vidna Obmana; Building Castles out of Matchsticks; Jeff Duke; Sevenism; Julie Berry; Aron Porteleki; and the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philhamonic, Warsaw, conducted by Andrzej Markowski. [Repeats Tuesday 12am.]
8:00pm - 8:15pm
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.
8:15pm - 8:30pm
Astley's Junctures
[Repeated from Friday 5.15pm.] A ten part series of sound works based on sketches and texts from the recently unearthed book "Astley's Junctures" by the seminal land/sound/outsider artist Edward Frederick Astley (1863-1929). Produced by Nick Hamilton. First broadcast 2009.
8:30pm - 9:30pm
From the Archives
Unusual broadcasts and gems from our archives. [Repeats Wednesday 7am.]
9:30pm - 10:30pm
MSCTY Radio Tokyo
Travel to Japan with Nick Luscombe and James Greer as they explore the sound of Tokyo. This month: a sideways sonic journey into Christmas in Japan. For more information visit www.mscty.space. [Repeats Monday 8am.]
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 12am.] 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.] Presented and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, unreleased promos and new releases. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. X @feraldubs.