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12:00am - 7:00am
From the Archives
20 years ago in June and July 1998, the first manifestation of Resonance FM took place on 107.3FM, broadcasting from the Royal Festival Hall. Instigated and curated by Phil England and Ed Baxter for London Musicians' Collective, this Resonance was a month long “art gallery of the airwaves”. Here we present a selection of those original broadcasts. 12.02: Andy's Birds. 12.25: Bear by John Wynne. 1.23: Aural Maze. 3.25: Life Model by Claudia Lee. 3.49: Anne Infield - Book Reading. 4.27: Dubwise with Steve Barrow. 6.28: Needle Drop - The Thing about Bugs.
7:00am - 8:00am
Clear Spot
Selected one-of programmes from 2018, offering diverse and unpredictable content in the way only Resonance delivers. Today: Are We On Track? A radio broadcast as part of A Sonorous Exhibition (Part II), by Ana Carolina Rodrigues. This broadcast centres on a rainforest, located in the coastal region between Panama and Colombia, home to critically endangered species. The work unveils through a walk where two friends try to find higher ground above the trees, to look out over the green canopy. For this work, Ana Carolina talks about the hiatus between humans and flora and fauna. With Maija Fox. First broadcast 18 October 2018.
8:00am - 9:30am
Music By My Friends
Tom Johnson explores the work of 20th century composers. Today: Antoine Beuger. How this Dutch composer, after giving up music for 10 years, came back to organize the Wandelweiser school and to compose what Johnson considers the most radical music today.
9:30am - 10:00am
Sculpt
Description:Personally-felt sensory collages and sonic obscurities with Milo Thesiger-Meacham.
10:00am - 12:00pm
The Dangerous Supplement
First broadcast on Resonance Extra. Ed Baxter presents a fascinating selection of recordings from the archives of London Musicians’ Collective - mostly live performances from the 1990s and early 2000s - what now seems a 'golden age' of experimental music. Today: Episode 9: Hyperion Ensemble, 1997; Nuits des Bruits, The Spitz, 1998; Greg Lucas and Lepke B., mid-1990s at the ICA.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The London Ear New Year Special
Further inimitable seasonal offerings from writer, critic, DJ and promoter Ben Thompson.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Artists In Their Own Words
A holiday selection of artists discussing their own work. Today: a rare interview by Phil England of the late Gustav Metzger at his Facing Extinction conference at UCA Farnham in 2014, which posed the profound question, “What role can artists play in radically limiting the ongoing decimation of nature?” First broadcast 3 June 2014.
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Clear Spot
Selected one-of programmes from 2018, offering diverse and unpredictable content in the way only Resonance delivers. Today: Gregor Riddell and Colin Alexander (two thirds of Tre Voci Cello Ensemble) play live in the studio and discuss their Union Chapel performance in collaboration with Southbank Gamelan Ensemble, Bryn Harrison and Kit Downes. Plus excerpts from their release on nonclassical records, being launched at this gig. First broadcast 1 February 2018.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Night Porters
Radio drama written by Michael Moreland. 'The Night Porters' is set in a hotel in an unspecified part of the UK on a night when young Terry is being inducted into the role of night porter by the older outgoing porter, Don. Don’s belief in the supernatural and Terry’s cynically rational view of the world collide in a darkly comic drama. Contains strong language. Don John Yule plays Don; Anthony Strachan is Terry. Producer: Michael McLaren.
4:00pm - 4:30pm
The John Dredge Nothing To Do With Anything Show
An insane yet somehow mad comedy series featuring strange skits, surreal spoofs, mind scrambling music, and sublime sound effects, from the peculiar minds of radiophonic personage John Dredge and his producer sidekick Richard Cray. First broadcast 2015.
4:30pm - 5:30pm
In Place
In Place 2: Grafted Landscapes. Colin Riley explores the layers of history in our urban and edgeland environments, plundering tracks from city and suburbia alongside his own new songs from ‘In Place’. Colin takes a walk with deep topographer Nick Papadimitriou across the mysterious edgelands of West London and traces the first landscape seen at speed, Liverpool-to-Manchester, with poet Paul Farley. Visit http://inplaceproject.co.uk for more information. First broadcast 30 April 2018.
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Words And Music Of Hans Eisler
We found this in our archives and thought it would be nice to hear again. The late Bob Briggs presents a brief overview of the great German composer.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Clear Spot
Selected one-of programmes from 2018, offering diverse and unpredictable content in the way only Resonance delivers. Today: Radio Therapy: Unqualified, Unlicensed, Unleashed. Comedy double act Shelf have heard that therapy is all the rage and that they in particular should try it. However, they’ve also heard that it costs money. This is a loosely themed comedy show with sketches, games, and other nice surprises. First broadcast 2 October 2018.
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Clear Spot
Selected one-of programmes from 2018, offering diverse and unpredictable content in the way only Resonance delivers. Today: Richard Evans presents A Moment of Eternal Noise Special on Witches with guests Una Hamilton Helle, curator of the touring exhibition Waking the Witch, and artist Verity Birt, discussing various Witchy issues including how Witches in art and popular culture can reflect social concerns such as gender, labour division, exploitation and resistance. With sound collages featuring spoken word, soundtracks, new music and field recordings. First broadcast 16 November 2018.
9:00pm - 10:30pm
London Improvisers' Orchestra Live
Highlights from the 20th Anniversary oncerts of The London Improvisers Orchestra at Cafe Oto earlier this month.
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Raft
Chiara Ambrosio conducts conversations about how marginalised and underrepresented artists and the city interact and shape each other and how the socio-political shifts in London affect art. This episode: Chiara is joined on the Raft by Sukhdev Sandhu, writer and cultural advocate; and Bird Radio, singer, songwriter and composer. For more information visit raftalondonstory.wordpress.com.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Blood Culture
Another chance to hear Resonance's iTunes chart topping high-octane, award-winning drama serial, produced by Lance Dann. A'isha (Chetna Pandya) is just about holding down her job at tech giant Meta, until her old friend Livi (Bryony Afferson) appears in a rage and denounces their boss Richard Dreyer (Jack Klaff) as a murderer. Then she has to face up to what she has become, the lies that are woven in her past and the terrifying truth of what Meta are doing... Supported by The Wellcome Trust. (2/5.)
12:00am - 7:00am
From the Archives
20 years ago in June and July 1998, the first manifestation of Resonance FM took place on 107.3FM, broadcasting from the Royal Festival Hall. Instigated and curated by Phil England and Ed Baxter for London Musicians' Collective, this Resonance was a month long “art gallery of the airwaves”. Here we present a selection of those original broadcasts. 12.03: Peter Cusack's London Soundscape. 1am: Miscellany. 1.38: If all the sky... by Peter Reder. 2.06: Falling Through Time by Grant Showbiz. 4.04: Burning decks with DJ Probe Munster. 6am: John Zorn's Tzadik Radio Hour.