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12:00am - 4:00am
Radia Redux
A nine part retrospective of the first five seasons of the Radia network’s epochal (and on-going) radio art series. Assembled by Lee Stapleford. Today: season 1 (part 2), featuring: Thinner Sound Scape Mix by Toni Dimitrov (Kanal 103); Holy Babble – Glossolalia from the New Berlin by Heinrich Dubel (DJ Officer, Officer), Paul “Paulator” Paulun (Reboot.fm); Wet Interviews (Orange 94.0), a cut of a 2-hours live streaming performance at the lavatory of a Turkish/Kurdish restaurant in Vienna; and Devolve into II – a special mix by ORF Kunstradio by Peter Courtemanche and Lori Weidenhammer (Vancouver), Roberto Paci Dalo’ (Rimini), Kim Dawn and Scott Russell (Vancouver), Maex Decker and Ushi Reiter (Linz), Andrew Garton (Melbourne), Ken Gregory (Winnipeg), Emilia Telese and Tim Mark Didymus (Brighton), Wolfgang Temmel (Wies, Steiermark), and Fujui Wang (Taipei).
4:00am - 5:00am
Drones Of Hell
Special Christmas edition! 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.
5:00am - 6:10am
Adam Bohman Talking Tape
An archival gem: Adam Bohman's Talking Tape, first broadcast September 2012.
6:10am - 10:30am
Intimacy And Distance
Subtitled "Suspension of Belief," Intimacy and Distance is a classic of its kind, first broadast 7 June 2009: a unique broadcast, its mix of high and low fidelity is highly suggestive, evoking the uncanny mental space of both rock climber and radio listener. While boulder-champion Gaz Parry takes his friend Kate Mills up the forbidding cliff face of the Col d'Ifac in Alicante, veteran soloist Jim Perrin meditates on the meaning of rock climbing from a studio in France. Gaz can't hear Jim. Jim can't hear Gaz. The two meet only in radio, on an equal footing with the production team and the listener. Conceived and produced by Ed Baxter and Chris Weaver. Engineers: Nick Hamilton (London), Bob Drake (Caudeval). Music: Max O'Brien. Announcer: Richard Thomas. Mixdown: Michael Sinden. Preceded by Resonance Radio Orchesta's "Sketch for Suspension of Belief," featuring Christoph Alex, Chris Weaver, Rhodri Davies and Ed Baxter, made for AV08.
10:30am - 11:30am
Cop26 Indigenous Voices
Indigenous Voices, Protest & Performance at COP26. A collection of sounds, songs, speeches and performances taken during COP26 Climate Conference, Glasgow, 31 October to 12 November 2021. The majority of the show features audio of Minga Indiga, a collective of groups, organizations and communities from indigenous nations throughout Abya Yala (the American continent) who were especially inspiring and present in and around Glasgow yet markedly absent from press coverage and official events. These include recordings of an 'Intimate Concert by La Minga Indigena - Indigneous Women' that took place at The Briggait on 7th November as well as their contributions to the Letters to the Earth campaign. Plus a speech by activist Ta'Kaiya Blaney, choral performance by Sam Lee for Voices Of The Land / Listening to the Land Pilgrimage and field recordings from Fridays4Future marches and spaces of the official conference. The show was collated by Bobby Jewell, who was present at COP26 in Glasgow with Architects Climate Action Network. Special thanks to Aph Ponce Hardy, Kay Michael, Jolie C Booth, Joe Giddings, Lucy Mertens, Scott McAuley and Andrew Auld.
11:30am - 12:15pm
Down The Rabbit Hole Christmas Special
A festive edition of the show celebrating the richness of children's books. In this episode, presenters Caroline Carpenter and Charlie Morris present a recommendation packed episode Visit https://dtrhradio.com for more information. Tweet @dtrhradio.
12:15pm - 12:30pm
Poetical
A short suite of brief poetic dreamscapes from the mind of writer and producer Stuart Russell, comprising 'Bear' (performed by Stuart Russell); 'Eyelash' (performed by Cheryll Thomas); 'Life of a Tree' (performed by Juli Watson); 'Ocean' (featuring Hester Dowling); 'The Lemon Moon' (performed by Porle Miller); and 'A Rock Named Colour' (performed by Jay Sykes).
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Polar Patterns
Antarctica is an abstract and liminal space simultaneously absent and present. The way we inhabit Antarctica increasingly reflects the way we live on the rest of our planet. Rather than consider it a place on the edge of elsewhere, Antarctica’s remote settlements provide a model of a future capable of withstanding the uncertainty and disruptions that inevitably awaits. By Philip Samartzis.
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Arty Facts Christmas Special
The Arty Facts Christmas Special Part 1. We sit in on the devising and rehearsals for a new show, “It’s a Boy” (The Birth of Jesus, the Musical). The cast includes West End musical performer Karen Holmes, actor comedian Jason Kavan, comedy mentalist Master J and musical comedian Mike Martin. The cast attempt to perform six of the show's songs for the first time. For more information visit Master J on Facebook. Part 1 of 3. [Repeats Monday 3 January at 12am.] Part 2 is broadcast on Saturday 1 January at 1.30pm and Part 3 on Sunday 2 January at 1.30pm.
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Sorelle
What is it like to have a sister? As part of our special broadcasts for International Women's Day 2021, Silvia Mal (Nice Strangers) presented a personal collection of archive sounds and music exploring the relationship between two sisters. Visit https://silviamal.cargo.site/ and https://www.mixcloud.com/nice_strangers/stream/ for more Nice Strangers.
4:00pm - 5:00pm
A World In London
DJ Ritu presents the UK’s definitive global music show from London. Our festive edition is infused with globe-connecting Christmas spirit and sparkling guests! DJ Ritu talks to three gifted singer-songwriters from the AWIL family about lockdown creativity, resilience, courage, and passion for their art. From Berlin comes Congolese-Angolan rising star Batila who's just released his critically acclaimed debut album 'Tatamana' on Galileo Music. London’s Brit-Greek Cypriot music legends Martha & Eve (formerly Donna & Kebab) return with soul-nourishing new compositions plus an exclusive preview of Martha's forthcoming album, 'All That You See'. 'Walking in The Air' throughout the show is Howard Blake, composer of that perennial favourite, 'The Snowman'. Howard spent two pre-pandemic Christmases at AWIL and hoped to Zoom with us this time but sent us his wonderful music instead. Thanks to artist Alban Low, Karen Pitchford PR, Angie Lemon PR, and the AWIL team for additional production and unwavering support.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Tunes From Turtle Island
Christmas Special edition of our show devoted to Contemporary Native American and First Nations music from a wide range of indigenous musicians in North America, selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew Graves-Johnston (aka DJ Droid). Visit facebook.com/turtleislandradio and https://tunesfromturtleisland.eu/ for more information.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Self Isolation Songbook
From 26 March 2020, onwards, during lockdown, Art Terry recorded a song a day - including when he was ill and hit by coronavirus, singing through sweats and chills. The Self Isolation Songbook isn’t a polished work – some days the endeavour came close to collapse – but it stays true to its intention, to harness philosophy, anxiety, playfulness, nostalgia and hope to reflect the times we are in.
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Inanna
"Inanna" is a new and unique take on the oldest known story in the world by Mikael Öberg and Lee Berwick. This hour long collaboration explores the origins of duality – life and death, day and night, summer and winter – and tells the story of an all powerful goddess, whose desire for power, love and adventure knows no bounds. The stories of Inanna are some of the most ancient in recorded history and were written down on clay tablets about 4000 years ago. The source material consists of single unordered episodes, many of them fragmented, leaving room for interpretation. This recording, also released via Digidub, is a version of a stage piece that Lee and Mikael have performed live at venues and festivals around Scandinavia and the UK, in collaboration with visual artist Daniel Rudholm. For more information visit http://www.leeberwick.com/inanna/. [Repeats Wednesday 12 noon.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Swimming To Albania
Sue Hubbard presents a programme focused on her fourth poetry collection, Swimming to Albania, published by Salmon Poetry, Ireland. [Repeated Wednesday 4pm.]
9:00pm - 10:00pm
Demo Records With Ana Alves
Ana Alves (aka anrimeal), founder of demo records, has a rummage around her collection of demos to bring you a selection of rare/DIY/beautiful tracks from her friends and from the confines of the web and world. Music by: Lloyd Taylor-Clark, Freda D'Souza, Sam Mehran, Otis G. Johnson, Corvax, Andre Gibson and many more. For more information visit demorecords.org.
10:00pm - 10:30pm
The Bewitching
A documentary that explores witchcraft and satanic culture. It focuses on people who practice Wicca and paganism, exploring their own personal accounts, and features interviews with theoreticians who place paganism in a historic and cultural context. Produced by Connor Clark, a graduate of the University of Sussex with BA in Media Practice.
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Palimpsest
A personal collage of thoughts and details from experiencing a particular place. Presented by Georgina Bowden.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Intoxica Radio Hour
[Repeated from Wednesday 11am.] 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. Today: Songs For Santa's Seduction - The Intoxica Radio Hour Christmas Special 2021. Music from the wired and wonderful world of Oscar McLollie & The Honeyjumpers, Mark Anthony and The Elfs and Clyde Lasley And The Cadillac Baby Specials. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk.
12:00am - 5:00am
Radia Redux
A nine part retrospective of the first five seasons of the Radia network’s epochal (and on-going) radio art series. Assembled by Lee Stapleford. Today: Season 2, part 1, comprising Show 011: 24 hours as a slice of the East End by Dan Beban and Martin Williams; Show 012: Radio Cult; Show 013: Exotic Jam – are you Hungary?; Show 014: Martiensgohome pour Radia; Show 015: and The Sink of the World by the BzapCatrap team at Riist.