Tuesday 23rd May
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12:00am - 1:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
Presented and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, unreleased promos and new releases. This week: a unique showcase of mostly exclusive tracks by Grime legend JT the Goon, a founding member of Slew Dem - whose earliest Grime track was made on a Playstation in 2000! "I have my own unique relationship with music," JT has said, "to me it's alive, and responds to emotions better than humans, it's my friend when no one cares, music talks to me and always listens, wakes me up and sends me to sleep." For a full set list and links to all the artists, including many legal free downloads visit Grime for the Unconverted on Facebook. [Repeated Sunday 2.30am.]
1:00am - 2:00am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. This week: Ben presents another episode of Late Lunch With Out To Lunch featuring the AMM All-Stars, a warm up for their gig with Mint Douche and Apocalypse Jazz Unit at New River Studios the next day (Thursday 18th). Special guest is saxophonist Taneli Viitahuhta from Helsinki, plus: Paul Shearsmith (trumpet, Baliphone, squeakers and bells); Dave Black (electric guitar); Out To Lunch (mouthnoise, piano, soundfiles); Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (bass) and Peter Baxter (sound drums). Interval music by Salvador Sabrol (of course).
2:00am - 3:00am
Black 2 Comm
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] A music radio show about connections, produced and presented by Paul Jackson. Visit black2comm.com for more information.
3:00am - 4:00am
Drones Of Hell
[Repeated from Sunday 10pm.] Ray Kirby presents an hour of Extreme Metal, featuring tracks old and new from the last three decades. For more information visit dronesofhell.blogspot.com.
4:00am - 5:00am
From the Archives
[Repeated from Thursday midnight.] Audio from the vaults to mark our fifteenth year on 104.4 FM. Today: City by City - Belfast (from 14 September 2010). Zoë Street-Howe takes us on a psychogeographic wander through regional contemporary music scenes, considering how environmental, social and esoteric factors affect creative output. This episode, Zoë looks at Belfast and Northern Ireland, speaking to the Belfast music journalist Gavin Martin and broadcaster Stuart Baillie, founder of the Oh Yeah music centre. Featuring music from Van Morrison, The Undertones, Stalag 17, Stiff Little Fingers, Rory Gallagher and others.
5:00am - 6:00am
A Duck in a Tree
[Repeated from Saturday 7pm.] The :zoviet*france: radio show. This week’s edition starts with a bicycle ride and ends in a netherworld along the journey are recordings by Peter Cusack, Janek Schaefer, Michael Brückner, August Stars, Emanuele Costantini, Bernhard Popp, Data Snow, Preslav Literary School, Pierre Schaeffer, and Lost Trail.
6:00am - 7:00am
The Relatively Good Radio Show
[Repeated from Sunday 3pm.] Cousins Richard Guard and Anna Crockatt celebrate the capital's past, present and future in the show where everything is live. With regular guests Buffalo Bill, Alex The Greek and Mickey Science. This week: The Relatives re-play their live show from 8th January 2017, when they had London-based punk ska band The Pisdicables play a live session. A few weeks ago Mike Crampton, The Pisdicables' keyboard player, tragically lost his life in a car crash and so this recording is being played in Mike's memory.
7:00am - 8:00am
Talking Africa
[Repeated from Thursday 1pm.] A magazine show covering African development issues hosted by Sonny Decker. This week: Namibian labour and development expert Herbert Jauch shares his views on recent IMF evaluation of economic growth in Namibia.
8:00am - 9:00am
Killjoy FM
[Repeated from Sunday noon.] Final episode of Ray Filar's left feminist radio series.
9:00am - 10:00am
Sonic Imperfections
[Repeated from Monday 8pm.] Nigel Bryant of the South East London based monthly live experimental music night, Sonic Imperfections, plays a selection of unusual and experimental music. This show features We Claudius, Pearly Gates, Ilk, Spaceship and much more. Visit .facebook.com/SonicImperfections for more information.
10:00am - 10:30am
The Atomic Drop
[Repeated from Friday 5pm.] A series about the world of professional wrestling with news, features and music, hosted by Tariq Haque. This week we take you on a trip through some of the greatest wrestling promos of all time mixed to phat beats. Featuring promos from Triple H, Bray Wyatt, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Cornette, The Iron Shiek, William Regal, Harley Race, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Terry Funk. Accompanied by beats from Madlib, Jake One, DJ Abilities, Aceyalone, Celph Titled and Arsonists. Email theatomicdrop@hotmail.com or tweet to @theatomicdrop.
10:30am - 11:00am
Kitchen Magic Time
[Repeated from Wednesday 4pm.] Recipes in sound from Mama Dolores, Mistress of the Deep Soul Kitchen.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Little Atoms
A talk show about ideas and culture, produced and presented by Neil Denny. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com. [Repeated Saturday 9am.]
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Nest Collective Hour
An hour of contemporary, international folk and acoustic music from London’s go to folk club The Nest Collective, covering the spectrum of 'new folk, old folk and no folk’ sounds. On today's show Jamie Doe plays new music from Swedish a capellla group Akervinda, Sons of Kemet, Ellie Wilson and much more. Listen to all previous shows on Mixcloud. Contact info@thenestcollective.co.uk. [Repeated Friday 8am.]
1:00pm - 1:30pm
The Workplace
[Repeated from Thursday 11am.] N.N.D. and guests discuss all aspects of work and workplaces.
1:30pm - 2:00pm
The Restart Project
Janet Gunter, Ugo Vallauri and Dave Pickering host a different kind of gadget show, discussing the work and philosophy of the Restart Project, a London-based social enterprise that encourages people to use their electronics longer, to prevent waste, save money, and make people happier. This week: an interview with Tim Hunkin, illustrator, mad engineer, and host of the television show 'The Secret Life of Machines'. Tim talks about his unusual career path, the changing nature of our physical relationship with electronics, and the inspiration behind his wacky homemade arcade games. [Repeated Thursday 11.30am.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Isotopica
Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko. Visit theculture.net/ for more information. [Repeated Thursday 2.30am.]
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Sound Out
Carole Finer presents a range of live music guests, ranging from the English modernist avant-garde (she was a member of The Scratch Orchestra) to bluegrass (she is also a keen banjo player), as well as field recordings from her extensive travels round the world. This week: composer, musician, and political activist Michael Chant, talks about forthcoming events organised by the Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust in partnership with Morley College. In particular, a Day School at Morley College on Sunday 18th June, under the topic of The Music of Cornelius Cardew and the field of music-making in the 21st century. [Repeated Sunday 7.15am.]
3:45pm - 4:00pm
Drift Shift
Found sound and found text collected to form drifts that shift, produced and presented by Franziska Lantz. Visit driftshift.blogspot.com from more information. [Repeated Sunday 7am.]
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Heritage At A World In London
Discover the diverse connections in museums and historic homes, with Culture& and DJ Ritu. This week’s guest Stacey, Programming & Learning Trainee at Forty Hall Estate, speaks about the range of events at Forty Hall this Spring/Summer and what it takes to make them happen. Visit
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Micro Clear Spot
New, short, one-off, occasional and special broadcasts. Today: The Nightmare - Sleep Paralysis, an episode of New Exchange from Goldsmiths, London. Produced by Will Cenci, based on research by psychologist Professor Chris French. (Followed by a short extract from a Resonance session by the late Jack Rose.) [Repeated Thursday 10am.]
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Records Comic, Curious And Cracked
An eco-neutral trawl through the unusual records acquired by various means, including even purchase, during an otherwise mostly virtuous lifetime by Jack Thorington. [Repeated Thursday 3pm.]
6:00pm - 6:30pm
Talking Independent Dance
Zoe Baxter discusses the practice and lives of a wide range of choreographers in a six part series featuring dance practitioners across the generations. In the sixth and final episode Manchester based dance-maker Amy Voris meets Mary Prestidge, a Liverpool based dancer and choreographer whose career has spanned five decades. Commissioned by The Choreographer's Gallery. [Repeated Thursday 10:30am.]
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Radio Diva
New LGBT series presented by Rosie Wilby and Heather Peace with Diva magazine. This week: Rosie co-hosts with comedian Jen Brister while Heather is away on maternity leave. They are joined by Wendy Meakin, host of the new online Diva literary salon. Also guesting in the studio is Emma Frankland, a performer exploring themes of gender and transition. [Repeated Sunday 10am.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
Gate Kicks
Introduced by MC 2 Decks 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. [Repeated Friday 4am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
'Nothing New Under the Sun'. A programme that reveals some of the most inventive and provocative musicians and composers from Brazil, presented by Francisco Mazza. The selected artists have in common a great sense of originality, experimentation and freedom, but for many years they were undeservedly labeled as damns, marginals or even completely ignored by the established commercial music industry. Today's programme features the work of Itamar Assumpção. For further information on Itamar's work and career visit daqueleinstanteemdiante.tumblr.com. First broadcast 6 April 2017. [Repeated Wednesday 9am.]
9:00pm - 10:00pm
The Splice Festival Radio Show
London's leading audio-visual arts festival returns on 26 to 28 May at East London’s multi-arts centres Rich Mix, Red Gallery and Kamio. Part of the EU funded AV Node network, Splice brings together over 40 international artists to celebrate the diverse field of audiovisual performance, including live cinema, AV remixing, VJing, video art and projection mapping. This week: featured artist Janine A'bear hosts a Splice Festival preview. Visit splicefestival.com for more information. [Repeated Saturday 8am.]
10:00pm - 10:30pm
Pus Galore
New series. Luis Drayton presents cut-ups, mash-ups, sketches and other post-modernist transvestite electropunk hi-jinks, plus music from various new electronic/punk/drag artists. [Repeated Monday 4.30am.]
10:30pm - 12:00am
Artrocker
Paul Cox from the influential Artrocker magazine previews all the latest releases from London and the UK's thriving indie rock scene and beyond. Visit artrocker.tv for more information. To listen to past shows visit Paul's Mixcloud page. [Repeated Thursday 1am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Is Black Music
Is Black Music is the world's first and longest running Alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. [Repeated Sunday 3.30am.]