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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. This week: Art and Michael Maiga investigate the concept of the black dandy, looking at some of the early black European communities such as the Blackbirds Of St Giles and moving through the decades to reach the more recent La Sape movement in the Congo. You will hear music made by, and influenced by those whom dedicated their lives to the pursuit of beauty. Artists featured include The Delphonics, Black Ivory and Baudelaire. [Repeated Sunday 2.30am.]
1:00am - 2:30am
The Sound Projector Radio Show
[Repeated from Friday 5.30pm.] A showcase for records of contemporary experimental and underground music, hosted by Ed Pinsent. Tonight: new records from December 2017. Alexander Sigman, While We Still Have Bodies, Escupemetralla, Denis Frajerman, Homgenized Terrestrials, CE Francois Couture, Raphael Vanoli, Joao Camoes/ Jean-Luc Cappozzo/ Jean-Marc Foussat, and Enrico Fiocco. Visit thesoundprojector.com/radio-show/ for more information.
4:00am - 5:00am
Through The Ages
[Repeated from Sunday 5pm.] 17 year old Alex Charles explores the history and development of recent popular music via the changes within music itself, recalling how music has developed over time - and sharing some lesser known facts along the way! This week: some well known tracks and some relatively newer ones too from people like Bob Marley, Destiny's Child, Soulja Boy, NSYNC and Zion B .
5:00am - 6:00am
framework
[Repeated from Sunday 11pm.] A programme consecrated to field recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting. Presented by Patrick Tubin McGinley. This week: works by Fosil Sangiran (AKA Matt Shoemaker), Patrick Franke, Manja Ristić, Philip Sulidae, sounds from the Aporee Maps, and an intro by D. L. Lutz. Visit frameworkradio.net for more information.
6:00am - 7:00am
There Then, Hear Now
[Repeated from Monday 5.30pm.] Mark Aitken examines the relationship between photography and sound. This week Museum of London curator Anna Sparham discusses the upcoming ‘London Nights’ show - the light, the dark and the nocturnal pursuits of millions switching on and off. With sounds from Gregory Isaacs, Gavin Bryars and The Streets. Past editions of the show are here.
7:00am - 8:00am
The New Orleans Strut
[Repeated from Monday 4.30pm.] A rollicking journey through the sweaty bayous of New Orleans, Louisiana and beyond with DJ Lil’ Koko. This month’s studio guest is New Orleans royalty in the form of Ben Jaffe, driving force behind and tuba player for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Plus an exploration of Southern Gothic with Professor Susan Castillo who takes us on a literary journey through decaying plantations, social issues and the cultural character of the Deep South while DJ Lil’ Koko selects dark and swampy tracks to colour the sonic landscape!
8:00am - 9:00am
Balling the Jack
[Repeated from Friday 9pm.] Joe Cushley explores 13 Bar Blues and Twisted Roots music from around the globe. From the the 1920s to the present day, from the barrel-house to the arthouse via the bedsit, from Mali to Mississippi to the Mekong via New Malden - every culture has its blues. For more information visit ballingthejack on Facebook. E-mail ballingthejack1@gmail.com.
9:00am - 10:00am
The Naked Short Club
[Repeated from Monday 9pm.] Dr. Stu and his expert guests dance around hedge funds, markets, the economy and wider world. With heady music and the delicious products of sponsors Madoff Ponzi Bier. Master Engineer: Chris Dixon.
10:00am - 11:00am
A Colder Consciousness
[Repeated from Tuesday 8pm.] Flora Pitrolo plays music from the dark synth underground on the last Tuesday of each month. Visit ACC on Facebook or @colderlondon for more information. Archive (2011 - present) to be found on Mixcloud here. ACC also broadcasts on Skopje’s Kanal 103 every last Sunday of the month, 21.00 - 23.00.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Intoxica Radio Hour
Presented by Nick Brown of Intoxica Record Shop and dedicated to the dignity of vinyl, giving centre stage to new vinyl reissue releases, spotlighting Content Themes and specific artists' careers - and generally playing the gloriously unheralded low-brow rock and soul of the 20th Century, all rendered on little slabs of black plastic. This week's featured artist : Screaming Lord Sutch. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk. [Repeated Saturday 7am.]
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Farside Radio
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. [Repeated Saturday 8.30pm.]
1:00pm - 1:30pm
The Atomic Drop
[Repeated from Friday 5pm.] A weekly broadcast dedicated to professional wrestling hosted by Tariq Haque. Today Tariq talks us through his trip to World Wrestling Entertainment's 34th annual Wrestlemania which took place on 8 April 2018 in New Orleans. Email theatomicdrop@hotmail.com or tweet to @theatomicdrop.
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Constructive Forces
Interviews with artists and specialists who explore social, political and environmental issues, conducted by K. Yoland. This week: Los Angeles photographer Anthony Hernandez discusses his early years developing his own street portraiture since 1966. Recipient of a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, Hernandez's projects include ‘Landscapes for the homeless’ (1988 - 1991), which documents the encampments of people living on the street; and ‘Discarded’ (2012 - 2015), portraits of abandoned sites in desert communities across Southern California, impacted by the subprime mortgage crisis. [Repeated Saturday 6.30pm.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. This week: ‘Bathtime, or Mammals in Water.’ OTL has been listening to Deep Voices: the Second Whale Record (Capitol, 1977) since 13 November 1978 (when he bought the LP for 85p from Our Price in Leeds), and pondering the implications of scale on sound and biological existence for quite some time. For this episode of Late Lunch with Out To Lunch, the All-Stars are asked to respond to tracks from the record, as well as OTL's own bath recordings, manipulated vocals and his son Mordecai (10) playing a computer game with his friend Louis. Hermann Samuel Reimarus's The Art Instincts of Animals, favourite reading of the young Marx, with its devastating critique of Descartes, is the text behind this anti-structuralist music. [Repeated Friday 12am.]
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
[Repeated from Saturday 1.30pm.] Classic Congolese dance music of the two Congos.
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Spizz FM
An on-going audio autobiography from the punk and post-punk legend. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. [Repeated tbc.]
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Harmonica Stories With Adam Glasser
[Repeated from Sunday 1.30pm.] New series! South African harmonica virtuoso Adam Glasser presents a personal take on the lesser know aspects of the chromatic harmonica - the mouth organ with a button on the side! - from jazz to classical and beyond plus anecdotes, interviews and tips on how to play it. This week: the music of Larry Adler - world famous harmonica playing legend - (’The Glory of Gershwin’) is featured with special contributions from West End star Issy Van Randwyk and musical director Kelvin Thomson who accompanied him on an Australian tour.
5:30pm - 6:30pm
The Self Road
A French anglophile living in Bristol, singer, musician (the Veees), teacher and yoga student Anne Gallien explores life, mental health and self-development in a lighthearted manner through a series of encounters with extraordinary seekers. "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett. This is one of Philippe’s motto. Today, Anne is en route to Paris to meet ‘Fifi’. We won’t reveal his identity, it is for you to guess who that is. Listen to the second track on the show, it is him. He is French man, a warrior of light, a father who realised his dream of becoming a worldwide famous talented musician and producer thanks to his hunger for life. His biggest love of his life is kindness. He is sharing with us his path which lead him to feel, think and live this way. [Repeated Tuesday 7am.]
6:30pm - 7:30pm
A World In London
DJ Ritu presents the UK’s definitive global music show from London. This week the Happy Beigel Klezmer Orkestar debut on A World in London. [Repeated Monday 8am.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
L'alternative
Eleonore Desnos explores French audio oddities and delights "a la carte". [Repeated Friday 2pm.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Literary South
A show about the Latin American and Spanish literary world, presented by Silvia Rothlisberger. This month she talks to two Peruvian poets based in London: Sofia Buchuck and Daniella Valz-Gen. Visit literarysouth.org for more information. [Repeated Thursday 10am.]
9:00pm - 9:30pm
Six Pillars
Fari Bradley focuses on choice contemporary Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian sound, art and culture. This week: select electronica and classical music from Arabian, South Asian and Iranian cultures. Featuring Kurdish-Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and a new release from Jordanian band Albaitil Ashwai. Visit sixpillars.org for more information. [Repeated Monday 5pm.]
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Club Integral Radio Show
The Earl of Killorglin and Andrew Scott-Bolton of Club Integral preview its upcoming concerts in London. [Repeated Friday 7am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Very Loose Women
Private conversations made public, often with special guests including artists, musicians, academics, comedians, film-makers, journalists and friends. Presented by Katherine Johnston, Leonore Schick and Soila Apparicio. Tonight they explore each others' internet personas. Having grown up at different times and in different places, they talk about how they chose and still choose to portray themselves online, through pseudonyms and alter egos, and the freedom and restrictions anonymity brings. For more information visit acast.com/veryloosewomen or follow them on Twitter at @VLWRadio. [Repeated Friday 1am.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
Spool's Out Radio
Tristan Bath (of The Quietus) delves into music from the cassette tape underground. This weeK: Graintable is the nom de plume of Portlandian producer James Cooke. His latest tape, 'Herons', was inspired by the acquisition of a Roland Juno-106, leading Cooke to focus on late-night one-take ambient hardware jams. He's put together a beautiful mix in celebration, opening up with that Brian Eno and Kevin Shields thing they did. What more could you want? Visit spools-out.com for more information. [Repeated Saturday 12.30am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Nana Nicol's Cosmic Balearic Slop
[Repeated from Saturday 9.30pm.] Sarah "Nana" Nicol delves into her trolley bag and pulls out a selection of leftfield disco, edits, and cosmic delights.