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Monday 16th March
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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. Tonight: Robert Rich - Somnium Part 3. Excerpt taken from the seven-hour album, Somnium (2001). 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
Electric Dish
[Repeated from Thursday 7pm.] 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.
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
MSCTY Radio Tokyo
[Repeated from Saturday 9.30pm.] Travel to Japan with Nick Luscombe and James Greer as they explore the sound of Tokyo. This month sees us waking up early in the morning to experience a sunrise that is teeming with life in the early stages of the balmy hot summertime, by a lake in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. For more information visit www.mscty.space.
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
Ukrainian Field Notes
[Repeated from Thursday 4.30pm.] A monthly series comprising interviews and music by musicians from all over Ukraine, sharing their experience of displacement and war. This month: Viktoriia Koshyl (aka TĒMNA RÁDIST) and Emma Hamza Grünwald (aka äsc3ea) discuss winter in Kyiv, gender balance within the electronic music scene and future plans. Music by Rozpusta, NFNR, Darialism, Parking Spot, Iris Forest and TĒMNA RÁDIST. The Ukrainian Field Notes book based on over 300 interviews is out now from Velocity Press. To support Ukraine visit: supportukrainenow.org.
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. This week: further adventures in Flamenco pop rock and fusion with a vintage emphasis. Plus, new tracks from the Wormhole World label from Steven Ball - a preview of his 'Creative Writing' EP, and a sample from the Gidouille Collective album, 'Now, Here'. Visit http://thenewsagents.blogspot.com.
10:00am - 10:46am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Friday 8pm]. AIR CAKE and other summery occupations. Artist Catharine Cary narrates nine bodacious stories about three intrepid children on the summer beaches of South West France, accompanied by percussionist Ivan Bamford and Eric Lewis on clarinet and cornet. 'AIR CAKE and other summery occupations' was released by Montreal label Orchard of Pomegranates in June 2024. It continues to be performed in the US and Canada, and a French version will be released in 2027. Visit www.catharine-cary.com and orchardofpoms.bandcamp.com. Instagram @latageuseelegante.
10:46am - 11:00am
Micro Clear Spot
[Repeated from Friday 8.45pm.] Two new short works by Milo Thesiger-Meacham. First, The Storm God Sleeps, a story featuring recordings of Storm Eunice and music by The Dave Howard Singularity. Then, The Courtyard, with original music played on a pump organ and recordings of an underground waterway. Sounds and text years apart, brought together.
ON NOW
11:00am - 11:30am
Little Atoms
A talk show about ideas and culture, produced and presented by Neil Denny. This week: Robert Plunket on his novel, Love Junkie. Each show features guests from the worlds of science or the arts in conversation. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Visit X @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com. [Repeats Saturday 9am.]
Listen live11:30am - 12:00pm
The Sound Of Criticism
A series of radio programmes developed as part of a London College of Communication, UAL, MA Sound Arts writing workshop in which the participants engaged in the role of writing in the production of sound arts and sonic discourse. [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: Independent Age calls on the UK Government to improve energy efficiency measures in privately rented homes for the benefit of older tenants. The charity is also campaigning for a national social tariff for water because older people should not have to struggle to afford such an essential service. Age UK reveals the results of its recent cost-of-living survey, in which 80% of older people said their standard of living is worse than it was 5 years ago, with 85% saying they have had to change how they live because of price rises. Our musical tribute is to Neil Sedaka, aged 86, who was an iconic American singer, songwriter and classically trained pianist whose career spanned more than six decades. 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. Visit ecoshock.org/ for more information. Contact radio@ecoshock.org.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
An Irish Sea Crossing
Thomas Burke journeys back and forth between Britain and Ireland, using sound, music and speech to explore entanglements of empire and logistics, water and violence, movement and beauty. Eight one-hour episodes between Belfast and Liverpool to form one extended audio essay, matching the length of the trip. [Repeats Friday 6am.]
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Isolation Vacation
Embark on a journey with the Spencer family as they go on a musical holiday to all four corners of the world. [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
Medallion Man: Black Beacon Sound with Priminho. The second episode in a four-part series. [Repeats Tuesday 10am.]
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.]
12:00am - 1:00am
A Duck in a Tree
[Repeated from Saturday 7pm.] The :zoviet * france: radio show. Spools of Shattered Clay. This week's edition features a track from Stephen O'Malley's new album on the XKatedral/La Becque Editions labels and recordings by {AN} Eel + Muwn + Philippe Neau, Edø Pistø Sømi, Hideyuki Kuromiya, Kirsten Gottschalk, Philip Sulidae, Julie Berry, Name Constant, Felix Blume, :zoviet*france:, and Felss.