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12:30am - 1:30am
Polifony
[Repeated from Monday 10pm.] A monthly programme with Kryś Winter, dedicated to the exploration of Eastern European culture. For more information visit Polifony on Facebook. Listen to previous shows on Mixcloud.
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2:30am - 3:30am
XMTR Radio Hour
[Repeated from Wednesday 10pm.] Do you find yourself stuck in the same channels? XMTR is here to cut through the noise. Hosted by Lucia Scazzocchio from sonic storytelling portal xmtr.fm and Social Broadcasts. This month: a radio journey through 20th Century American Radio with radio pirate and sound art enthusiast Tom Roe. He co-founded 87X and free103point9 and the home for sound and radio art in Hudson Valley, New York State - Wave Farm. Tom is a radio artist, DJ and writer. He produces the weekly Donald Drumpf Theatre show and a regular all things radio and sound-art newsletter 'Turn on The News'. This is a personal history tour through the power of airwaves from comedy sketches to phone-ins and everything in between.
Listen live3:30am - 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.
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.
7:00am - 8:00am
The Sound of Photography
[Repeated from Friday 2.30pm.] Frank Watson examines the relationship between photography and sound. For more information visit thesoundofphotography.com.
8:00am - 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 IV. Microscopic Gods. We look for microscopic lifeforms in the geothermal hot spring with biomedical scientist Dr. Lee Hutt. He explains how on-site sampling is helping to guide research into the future of antibiotic resistance and modern day medicine. Conversations with Dr. Lee Hutt and students from the School of Biomedical Sciences at University of Plymouth. Poems by Adam Horovitz; Overflow, Offerings, Infinity on an Agar Plate, From Sacred Spring to Agar Plate. First broadcast 6 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 Trilling on his latest book, If We Tolerate This. 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. This week: Lewis is joined by good friend Paul Yoward of Banbury, a far neighbour of Nunhead. They talk about the local elections in Peckham Rye (the ward of Southwark that includes Nunhead), the birthday of Devo's singer Mark Mothersbaugh, Ronnie Barker and The Two Ronnies, retiring comedians and writer’s rooms. 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: The food question. Objections to paraffin oil as an atmosphere. Advantages of cheese as a travelling companion. A married woman deserts her home. Further provision for getting upset. Cussedness of toothbrushes. 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 Leaf Library perform a stripped down live session. Their new (4th) LP, After The Rain, Strange Seeds (Fika Recordings), is a compelling and propulsive collection of Motorik melodicism. 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
Six Volumes: Sounds Of The Folk Archive
[Repeated from Monday 11.30am.] 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 2: Finding Nancy/Parliament of the Heath. Finding Nancy is a song-collecting journey, from London 2026 to Rye 1987, in search of the queer in folksong. Production: Katya Hudson, Mai Harris & Nye Conant. Sound: Georg du Boulay & Katya Hudson. Research: Alex Haydn-Williams. Written in Rye by Alex, Georg, Katya, Mai & Nye. Voiced by Mai Harris, with songs from Nye Conant, garden birds and the EFDSS archive. The sonic essay, Parliament of the Heath, invites listeners on a walk through Hampstead Heath as lost knowledge of birdsong is recognised, mourned, recollected and reclaimed. Composition, narration and research: Viola Fort. Sound design and research: Daphne Smith. Production, direction and research: Amy Wilde. Editorial management and research: Ana Martínez de Buen and Xuan Shi. Additional voices: Isha, Leon and Rosita.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
The News Agents
Experiments in international news and arts with Jude Montague. This week: Stoo Odom, music man from New Orleans talks live in the Montague Armstrong workshop about life in music, beginning with his role in the renowned Thin White Rope. With world premiere plays from the Sleazeball Orchestra which reimagines Screaming Jay Hawkins tracks and a new acoustic bass and vocals duo with Tiffany Pollack. Stoo is touring Europe this year with his long-term collaborator Roger Kunkel. 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: special guest Patrick Wray joins Ed in the studio for music and chat. Music selection is mostly drawn from the 1980s and comprises synth-pop and pop music with avant undertones. Patrick is an artist from up North, now based in London. He is the author of graphic novels 'The Flood that Did Come' (Avery Hill) and 'Ghost Stories I Remember' (Colossive Press), and has recorded various albums such as 'Laughter and Footsteps' by Cogs (Art Music) and 'Learning to Swim' (20x20 Project). 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. Randomly Unlikely. This week's edition features a track from the new album by Mark Warren's Atom Earth Mother project, and from new releases by Werner Dafeldecker and Lawrence English, 400 Lonely Things, Beatriz Ferreyra, and Cyparissus, in chance meetings with recordings by Alice Thompson and Katpis Tapes, Half Unusual, Alison McKay, Dave Phillips, Ben Ponton, Eric Simms, Disconscious, Mystified, PS, and Si Begg. [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. This week: Global sounds, united world. DJ Ritu mixes magnificent new tracks by Bishi, IKE, Yemi Alade, Angelique Kidjo, Isa Suarez, Haji Mike, Lou McMahon, Azuka Moweta, and classics from Greek legend Marinella, Colombian star Willie Colon, Bhangra pioneer Jassi Premi.
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Precious Nothing
A monthly hour-long programme of videogame music, experimental tones, melodic vignettes, fast-dance, slow-trance, and otherworldly sounds. Sonically compiled and dispensed from Glasgow by AkaSiroDJ. [Repeats Monday 5am.]
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. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Visit X @feraldubs.