Tuesday 27th December
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1:30am - 3:00am
3:00am - 5:00am
The Dangerous Supplement
Ed Baxter presents a fascinating selection of recordings from the archives of London Musicians’ Collective - mostly live performances from the 1990s and early 2000s - the "golden era" of experimental music.
5:00am - 6:00am
A Duck in a Tree
[Repeated from Saturday 7pm.] The :zoviet * france: radio show. Green Green Feedback Balloon. This week's edition features tracks from new releases by Philippe Neau, Raghunath Khe and Eeem [eim], a new erosion of a Thomas Tallis classic from Michael Begg's annual temporary seasonal album, and recordings by Ryoji Ikeda, Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard, Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck, Mutant Beatniks, Rabbitsquirrel, and Deathprod.
6:00am - 7:00am
The News Agents Christmas Special
[Repeated from Sunday 1pm.] Ziemassvētki: experiments in news and arts with Jude Montague. Raimonds Dale from Dūdalnieki talks and shares songs of the pagan festive season in the Baltics and how ancient pastoral and agricultural traditions survive through the dark and cold of Latvian wintertide. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com.
7:00am - 8:00am
JazznewbloodTAPES
An exploration of the revolution in UK jazz by Patricia Pascal. For more info visit Jazznewblood.org/jazznewbloodtapes.
8:00am - 9:00am
Transmitter
Do you find yourself stuck in the same channels? Transmitter is here to cut through the noise. Hosted by Lucia Scazzocchio, Transmitter showcases the kind of works found on xmtr.fm, a sonic storytelling platform dedicated to independent and archive audio.
9:00am - 10:00am
Nam June's Spirit Was Speaking To Me
Aki Onda channels the spirit of the late Korean artist Nam June Paik via radio transmission in "Nam June’s Spirit Was Speaking to Me" (2017/2021). Paik is known for his association with shamanism, a practice that consistently surfaces in his works. With a portable radio in hand, Onda communicates with his spirit from a distance - collecting field recordings of cryptic broadcasts and messages on anonymous radio stations. Aki Onda presented "Nam June’s Spirit Was Speaking to Me" through microbroadcasting and printed matter at the Toronto Biennial of Art 2022; and via a series of international public programmes - this one included - as a response to how Nam June Paik spread his ideas through TV cable networks and connected to a large number of people at a global scale. Audio recordings: Aki Onda. Mastering: Rashad Becker. Background music for the introduction: Aki Onda and Nao Nishihara "Tamashii" (2020). First broadcast 20 April 2022.
10:00am - 11:00am
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
Mundele Mafuta presents classic dance music of the two Congos, in a selection of show presented each day as part of our holiday schedule.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Future Classical
Benjamin Tassie speaks with contemporary composers about their music and the music that inspires them in selected holiday repeats from this year's series. Benjamin speaks with American composer Catherine Lamb about tuning systems, the importance of Indian music in developing her practice, and a recent work for brass septet, premiered earlier this year at the Borealis festival in Bergen.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Traditional Music Hour
As part of our holiday schedule, Kevin Sheils presents an informed and judicious selection of recordings of traditional musics from Britain, Ireland and occasionally further afield.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
A World In London
DJ Ritu presents the UK’s definitive global music show from London in selected holiday repeats from this year's series.
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Lesbian Affairs
Lesbian Affairs: Sophia Blackwell speaks to comedian Clare Summerskill about her new one-woman show touring the UK in May and June 2022. Sophia is joined by playwright Iman Qureshi and director Hannah Hauer-King, talking about their new play The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, opening in May at the Soho Theatre. With new music by Annie Keating, Grace Savage and Katy Rose Bennett. First broadcast 18 April 2022.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
The London Ear Christmas Special
[Repeated from Saturday 12pm.] Ghostwriter and critic Ben Thompson presents a DFS Algonquin Table for the post-thought era. Get your pause buttons at the ready, Peel session style, as the Borough Council Christmas Party features four tracks played live in the studio by one of Britain’s best new bands - Hastings’ most municipally-minded free-form power-trio, Borough Council. David Frost, Miriam Makeba and Himangshu Biswas also contribute. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on Twitter and find playlists at Ben Thompson's Facebook page.
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Archaeology Of The Ear
Season 1. A five-part series exploring historic places and examining artefacts and narratives that have sonorous or musical stories to tell, created by composer Chris Cundy. Today: The Tree. In this episode Chris Cundy looks at an illustration of a speaking tree that changes sex from male to female during the night in the pages of the Shahnameh, the ancient Persian Book of Kings. We also talk to musician, songwriter and former tree surgeon Baby Dee about her relationship to trees and their recurring theme in her own songwriting. Plus, singer and songwriter Ladan Hussein (aka Cold Specks) reads a short text describing the magnetic sound of trees. 2/5. Supported by Help Musicians Fusion Fund and Arts Council England. First broadcast 26 October 2021.
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Windrush Stories
Gravity Rising: Stories of Windrush #2: performances from story tellers and artists who share personal, powerful and moving stories of Windrush and all that followed, facilitated by community artist Tony Cealy. Recorded and engineered by Clare Douglas. This episode features Joanna, Zenrina, Maud, Barrington, Audrey, Faye and Sonia. First broadcast 5 July 2022. [Repeats Wednesday 6.30am.]
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Omnispace
A six-part sitcom following the adventures of three hapless astronauts and their plucky robot side-kick as they try to explore worlds outside our solar system. Episode 2: the crew are launched into space. Written and directed by Giles Bunch and Richard Grange. Produced with the support of an Arts Council England Project Grant. Visit instagram.com/the_printernet/. 2/6. Next episode same time tomorrow.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Outerglobe
Debbie Golt FRSA takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point in selected holiday repeats from this year's series. Visit outerglobe.co.uk for more information. Tweet to @outerglobe.
7:00pm - 7:45pm
Kukutis In The Dark
[Repeated from Sunday 2pm.] A new audio drama by Amanda Dalton, adapted from The Ballads of Kukutis, by Marcelijus Martinaitis translated by Laima Vince, and starring Paterson Joseph, Guy Rhys and Kristina Buikaite. The Ballads of Kukutis is an iconic poem sequence by Lithuania’s leading poet, Marcelijus Martinaitis, written in the last days of Soviet rule in Lithuania. Its hero is the joker Kukutis, acting and commenting on the world around him in the manner of a Shakespearian fool. Kukutis is a folk hero in Lithuania, symbolising the little people rising up against the elite. When Lithuania broke away from Soviet rule in 1988, in what became known as the 'Singing' Revolution, thousands of people gathered on the streets singing and shouting the name of Kukutis as a symbol of a free, independent Lithuania. Produced by Polly Thomas, for ARC Publications. Funded by the Lithuanian Culture Institute.
7:45pm - 8:15pm
The Death Of Kodak
An opera by the Resonance Radio Orchestra. Recorded live at The Cockpit, London, on 3 November 2015 as part of rough for opera. Starring singers Rodney Earl Clark and Richard Scott.
8:15pm - 9:00pm
The Art Of Talking
Solo performance for voice by the late Chris Mann.
9:00pm - 10:00pm
MSCTY Radio Tokyo
Travel to Japan with Nick Luscombe and James Greer as they explore the sound of Tokyo. For more information visit www.mscty.space.
10:00pm - 10:30pm
The Scarlet Cross
Drama written by James O'Neill, performed by Anton Lesser, with sound design and music by Paul Freeman. 1665. The Great Plague has reached Cambridge. Man of learning Francis Mortymer describes the blight and its tightening grip. Sitting alone in a stifling chamber with the plague closing around him, amid regular visits of his haunting, spectral doctor, his thoughts circle smaller and smaller and darker and darker. An atmospheric account of dread and fear. And death! [Repeats Thursday 6.30am.]
10:30pm - 12:00am
50/50 Soundsystem
Classic '60s, '70s and '80s old skool reggae, instrumental dub classics, and original soul breaks from the masters, presented as part of our holiday schedule.