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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. 12.03: 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.
7:00am - 8:00am
Clear Spot
Selected one-of programmes from 2018, offering diverse and unpredictable content in the way only Resonance delivers. Today: Irruptive Chora. A discussion led by Irruptive Chora, a collective run by curator Agata Kik and artist Ania Mokrzycka (aka Pel Bonheur), who presented sonic and linguistic reminiscences from and around Unsound Festival, Krakow 2018. With invited Wroclaw-based radio host and DJ Marta Malinowska aka Young Majli they discuss ideas around collectivity, multidisciplinarity, the Krakow music scene, radio shows, exhibitions and share personal thoughts about Unsound Festival. Ending with a live DJ set from Young Majli. First broadcast 30 November 2018.
8:00am - 9:30am
Music By My Friends
Tom Johnson explores the work of 20th century composers. Today: Morton Feldman, part 2. How to listen to Piano and String Quartet (1985), with memories of remarks Feldman made to Johnson as a student, particularly those having to do with orchestration.
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 10: Alquimia, Peter Cusack, Max Eastley and Thomas Koner at the ICA, 1997; selections from Japanorama in London, 2001; and Carlos Zingaro at the Bridewell Theatre, 1995.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Radio Ecoshock
Global environmental news with Alex Smith. Global environmental news with Alex Smith. This week Dr. Orrin Pilkey warns we must begin withdrawing from the coast-line now, or wait for the coming panic. Then we dial the climate clock back a couple of hundred million years. That is when a massive warming on Earth drove most species to extinction. From the University of Toronto, Dr. Ulrich Wortmann explains the terrible similarity to our current voyage to hot world, with no one in the wheelhouse. Visit ecoshock.org/ for more information. Contact radio@ecoshock.org.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Artists In Their Own Words
A holiday selection of artists discussing their own work. Today: performance artist Andrea Fraser in conversation with Morgan Quaintance in an episode of "Studio Visit" from July 2018.
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Clear Spot
Selected one-of programmes from 2018, offering diverse and unpredictable content in the way only Resonance delivers. Today: Erik Lintunen's Bedtime Monologues episode 1. First broadcast 19 January 2018.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
With One Voice
Two 30 minute monodramas for radio, first broadcast June 2017. First ‘Greetings From Here,’ made and performed by Pauline Gloss. American sound artist Gloss’s journey through trans-identity, mental illness, heartbreak and a city, constructed as nine audio postcards sent to friends. Behind each postcard looms the silent presence of Gloss’ correspondents who are named but never given voice, and offer brief glimpses into Gloss’ shifting emotional space. Then at 3.30pm, ‘Swimming in Air’ is a one-sided telephone conversation between the writer/performer Jim Read and two of his (silent) friends. Jim has Parkinson’s disease and the story tells of the travails of living with a disability. Written and performed by Jim Read. Directed by Willi Richards. Produced by Roger James Elsgood at Art and Adventure Ltd.
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 3: Solid Breakfasts and Gloomy Sundays, Smoky Towns and Winding Roads, Green Fields and Red Pillar-Boxes. In Place explores how places make us feel, and how in turn we are able to speak back to them through our words and music. Colin Riley explores the idea of a homeland; how we view our culture, our traditions, and our sense of being British. Dipping between a kaleidoscope of musical sounds, including tracks from the album ‘In Place’ he discusses this theme in conversation with former Young Poet Laureate for London Selina Nwulu and the BBC’s poet in residence Daljit Nagra. Visit http://inplaceproject.co.uk for more information. First broadcast 29 May 2018.
5:30pm - 6:00pm
The Gleaning
First broadcast 18 July 2018. The Bad Vibes Club (artists Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau with Sophie Mallett) explore the act of gleaning as a historical right to subsist on common land, as a creative practice of selection, as mimicry and stealing - including examples of gleaning from the animal world. Commissioned by g39, The Gleaning is part of a series of events and artistic responses to James Richard’s exhibition ‘Migratory Motor Complex’ at Chapter Gallery, Cardiff.
6:00pm - 8:00pm
East Cast Away
Highlights from EastCast’s 20 June 2018 live Listening Lounge where radio, podcast and sound art makers, movers and shakers showcased their work to a captive audience. Featuring works by Dan Wilson, Samuel Shelton Robinson and the Kitchen Sisters, Jessie Lawson, Lucy Dearlove, Michael Umney, Lucia Scazzocchio, Eloise Stevens, Hebah Fisher, Ed Baxter, and Chris Janes. Plus live sound art performances by Hannah White and Stephen Shiell’s Blanc Scoel Project and an audio essay by Mike Brooks. For more information about EastCast and EastCast Away visit eastcasshow.com.
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: The Gardener, written and narrated by Chiara Ambrosio with soundscapes by Bird Radio; The Bank Job, a conversation with Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell of Optimistic Productions about their ongoing project and feature film; The Lighthouse, written and performed by The Orchestra of Cardboard. 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. (3/5.)
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. 12.03am: Black Door . 1.19am: Project Dark's Clear Spot. 2.46am: The Dust of Suns by Raymond Roussel. 4.58am: Flux Radio (Batteries Not Included) by Lance Dann.