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12:30am - 1:30am
Turtle Island
[Repeated from Thursday 12am.] New releases and old favourites from the indigenous musicians of North America. Selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew GJ. He plays a wide range of genres, expect to hear many styles and categories, from jazz to rock to techno and everything in between. This week: Elisapie, Esther Pennell, Jacob Okatsiak & Chrisjr Mikeeuneak, Shift From Tha 902 & A.M.P.M & Kloud 9, Logan Staats, Chaman, Will E. Skandalz, andybemackin & Rezcoast Grizz, Mike Bern, Kunu, Memory Milk, Brock Stonefish, Spur Pourier, Divide and Disolve, Dj Thunderkat, and DeLab & Wolf Collar. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu.
1:30am - 2:30am
Unusual Music Exchange
[Repeated from Monday 11pm.] Glasgow-based Canadian composer, artist, and writer, Josh Thorpe likes to listen to unusual music, and to talk with interesting people about it. The focus is on listening and what can be said about listening. This month: Josh listens to music discovered at Glasgow's Counterflows festival. Artists include an English-Ugandan collaboration w/ Rian Treanor and Ocen James; an American spoken word and free jazz group w/ Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez, and Gerald Cleaver; a strange cello and tape piece from Judith Hamann; and Beirut's aficionados of deeply extended technique, A Trio. For more listening visit www.unusualmusicexchange.com.
2:30am - 3:30am
Chacombo
[Repeated from Sunday 3pm.] Crucial Peruvian music selections from Mamá Calor's vinyl collection spanning Festejo, Marinera, Música Criolla and Icaros.
3:30am - 4:30am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. This week, Ben plays tracks recorded by AMMAS at the Betsey Trotwood the previous Friday: "Song for My Fader", "Consequished Verbum" (words by M. R. I. Clough), "Summoning the Electric Cobra", "Derrida Provides the Perfect Ideology for Duplicitous Bosses", "Clip Clop with Glee" and "Barbarism Blog Breath". The players are: Graham Davis - synths; Peter Baxter - intelligent jelly percussion; Nick Lubran - wooden flutes, acoustic guitar; Out To Lunch - mouthnoise, acoustic guitar, melodica, keyboards; Robert "Sugarlips" Goldsmith - baritone saxophone.
4:30am - 5:00am
The Wrong Show
[Repeated from Wednesday 10.30pm.] Extraordinary radiophonic probes with Orlando Harrison. For more information visit soundcloud.com/orlando-harrison.
5:00am - 7:00am
50 50 Sound System
[Repeated from Monday 3am.] Classic '60s, '70s and '80s old skool reggae, instrumental dub classics, and original soul breaks from the masters.
7:00am - 8:00am
Intoxica Radio Hour
[Repeated from Wednesday 11am.] Presented by Nick Brown and the Intoxica Records Radio Hour Choir, direct descendants of the Intoxica Records Shop. The show is dedicated to the dignity of vinyl, spotlighting Content Themes, specific artists' careers and generally playing the gloriously unheralded beat, soul and honkers of the 20th Century, all rendered on little slabs of black plastic. This week: music from the wired and wonderful world of Ronny Kae, Ichabod & the Cranes, Don & Dewey and The Consumates. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk.
8:00am - 9:00am
Spizz FM
[Repeated from Wednesday 4.30pm.] An on-going audio autobiography from the punk and post-punk legend that is Spizz. Today: What a weekend that was! The Film Collectors Convention on Saturday and in the evening a Mick Ronson Celebration. Gig news and plenty of New Band Spots with Peter "Joyless" Jones, Brian Chevette, Mercy Kelly, Kelley and Little Terry. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. Tweet to @spizzenergi.
9:00am - 9:30am
Little Atoms
[Repeated from Monday 11am.] A talk show about ideas and culture, produced and presented by Neil Denny. Each show features guests from the worlds of science or the arts in conversation. This week: Jaime Green on her new book, The Possibility of Life. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Tweet to @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com.
9:30am - 10:00am
Nunhead American Radio
[Repeated from Monday 6.30pm.] A programme for the American community in Nunhead, south east London, presented by New York comic Lewis Schaffer and co-hosted by American economist Lisa Moyle. Today: Week 24 of Lewis Schaffer's "March toward Death" where Lewis goes over his calendar with Lisa. Visit lewisschaffer.co.uk/radio for more information.
10:00am - 11:00am
One Life Left
[Repeated from Monday 7pm.] An hour-long celebration of everything that's great about videogames. Hosted by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and Ann Scantlebury, the show features the latest news, reviews and gossip from the world of gaming, usually with a studio guest. You don't need to be a gaming expert to appreciate the show - One Life Left offers something for everyone, whether you are a hardcore League of Legends player or someone who's occasionally loaded up Candy Crush. Visit onelifeleft.com for more information.
11:00am - 11:30am
Pull the Plug
[Repeated from Thursday 5.30pm.] Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. This week: youth clubs always have an air of menace. Imagine the youth club in the village of Midwich; once those freaky white-haired cuckoos turn up you could find yourself impaled on a pool cue, or compelled to throw darts in lover's eyes. Or you could hear an exclusive live set performed by the Midwich Youth Club entitled Kosmiche MessTronics Zwei. It's 50/50. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook.
11:30am - 11:45am
Drift Shift
[Repeated from Thursday 6pm.] Found sound and found text collected to form drifts that shift, produced and presented by Franziska Lantz. Visit driftshift.blogspot.com for more information.
11:45am - 12:00pm
Into The Moss
[Repeated from Thursday 6.15pm.] A 14 minute drift through original music, soundscapes and liminal yarns. Show archive at soundcloud.com/into-the-moss. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com. Get music at https://intothemoss.bandcamp.com.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Hello Goodbye Show
Upbeat, eclectic new music show hosted by deXter Bentley. Today: a special feature with James Howard. Peek-a-Boo is the ravishing solo debut from James Howard, twinkling like a glitter ball in an abandoned dancehall with lilting lunar lullabies, seductive atmospheres, pretty harmonies and starlit reveries all masking an unflinching look at people doing what only people can do, being what only people can be. Plus, lots of new music and a dive into our extensive Hello GoodBye live session archive. Visit hellogoodbyeshow.com for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 2.30am.]
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
Mundele Mafuta presents classic dance music of the two Congos. [Repeats Tuesday 4am.]
2:30pm - 3:30pm
The News Agents
Experiments in news and arts with Jude Montague. This week: Conversation Hastings continues with musician, author and film-maker Keith Rodway about the ongoing mixed-media project Necessary Animals with Amanda Louise Thompson and his life in music and other arts, focussing on post-punk and art-rock. Tracks featuring Lucy Brennan, Paul Huebner, Liane Carroll, Mick Hutchinson and Derek Lee Ragin plus some live coded Morris beats from the ongoing creative technology experiments at the Montague Armstrong workshop. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.co.uk. [Repeats Tuesday 6am.]
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Future Renaissance
Composer Benjamin Tassie dives into the worlds of contemporary Baroque and Renaissance musicians and their obscure instruments. For more information visit benjamintassie.com.[Repeats Sunday 7am.]
4:30pm - 6:30pm
The OST Show
After 20 years of continuous broadcasting, the oft-imitated, never bettered Jonny Trunk is taking a break. We're running select classic episodes of The OST Show from the archives in its usual slot. That means, don't respond to any quizzes you may hear as this is a repeat... [Repeats 3pm Monday.]
6:30pm - 7:00pm
Literary London
Nick Hennegan explores the literary life of London and celebrates the popular cultural life and literary history of the city. Tweet to @NickHennegan. For more information visit LondonLiteraryPubCrawl.com. [Repeats Tuesday 2.30pm.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
A Duck in a Tree
The :zoviet * france: radio show. Save and Close. This week's edition features a track from a forthcoming album by Kevin Daniel Cahill and new releases by Ozmotic and Fennesz, Kemper Norton, and Martyna Basta, in and amongst recordings by Artificial Memory Trace, Andy Partridge and Harold Budd, Otra Carpeta, William Basinski, Nigel Good, Savaran, and Balam Ronan. [Repeats Tuesday 5am.]
8:00pm - 8:30pm
Southern Whirled Service
[Repeated from Tuesday 10pm.] Walter Lockwood presents an exploration of the sounds and influences of south London music scenes with an emphasis on younger, newer artists.
8:30pm - 9:30pm
FrenchRockSampler
French underground, synth and progressive music of the 1970s, presented by Warren Hatter.
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Such Music
Hosted by Rihards Endriksons, journalist and artistic director of Latvia's Skaņu Mežs festival, Such Music is devoted to new works of free improvised music, either previously unheard or created specifically for the show. As of March 2023, the show is produced in collaboration with Burning Ambulance, an online journal of arts and culture. This month: interview with renowned free improvising saxophonist John Butcher and exclusive previews of his three upcoming albums. Also, a glimpse into Marek Pospiezalski's upcoming Clean Feed release. [Repeats Tuesday 12am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Kitchen Magic Time
[Repeated from Tuesday 1pm.] Recipes in sound from Mama Dolores, Mistress of the Deep Soul Kitchen.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Is Black Music
[Repeated from Wednesday 12am.] The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. Tonight's programme celebrates the life of Harry Belafonte. The show focuses on his activism and his folk music. For more information visit isblackmusic.com.
12:00am - 1:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
[Repeated from Thursday 11pm.] Presented and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, unreleased promos and new releases. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Twitter: @feraldubs.