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12:00am - 1:00am
Is Black Music
The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. Tonight: we look at the London International Pan-African Film Festival (London PAFF) which takes place 3-8 October 2023. Featuring an exclusive interview with Congolese film producer, director and London PAFF founder, Ne Kunda Nlaba. For more information visit isblackmusic.com. [Repeats Saturday 11pm.]
1:00am - 2:30am
The Sound Projector Radio Show
[Repeated from Friday 5.30pm.] A showcase for records of contemporary experimental and underground music, hosted by Ed Pinsent. Tonight: more album tracks from Autumn 2022 - a selection of jazz, improvisation, electro-acoustic composition, open-air recordings, electronic music, sound art, and more. Names on the list: Sunswept Sunday, KEDA, Frank Paul Schubert/Kazuhisha Uchihashi/Klaus Kugel, Adam Gottlieb/Aviva Endean/Jim Denley, Martina Bertoni, Philip Perkins (sometime with The Residents), Un Caddie Renverse Dans L'Herbe, Marc Richter, Sebastien Borgo, Tomas Hallonsten, and Ake Parmerud. Plus, This Immortal Coil, a European project covering the songs and music of Coil. Visit thesoundprojector.com/radio-show/ for more information.
2:30am - 8:00am
Day For Night
A selection of recent highlights, archival surprises, programmes that deserve a repeat and those that slipped through the net, taking you through from the wee hours to breakfast. With occasional forays into the Resonance Extra programme of new music and sound art - and further afield.
8:00am - 9:00am
Robyn Rocket's Zoom Zoom
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] Interviews and music charting the musical life of artists. Robyn’s Rocket is a semi-regular night of live music and visual art at Café OTO. Robyn Rocket's Zoom Zoom is Robyn’s monthly radio show, offering a mix of chat with artists about their influences and experiences, with a selection of music under discussion. Transcript and track listing at www.robynrocket.com/zoomzoom.
9:00am - 10:00am
Code Lives!
[Repeated from Monday 2pm].Creative and live coding, handmade machine art and pattern-making with Jude Montague. For more information see codelives.blogspot.com.
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Tuesday 8pm.] One off, irregular and sometimes surprise broadcasts.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Intoxica Radio Hour
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 The Sinners, The Spike Drivers and The Triumphs of Zion. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk. [Repeats Sunday 10pm.]
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Farside Radio
Music from the catalogues of Far Side Music, the world's primary source for East Asian sounds, presented by Paul Fisher. This week: two tracks from the excellent new album by Omsenkyo, titled Ryukyu India, and other Okinawan/Japanese Indian collaborations and mixtures from chill-out traditional to upbeat dance tunes. Featuring among others, Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Daikichi Yoshida, U-Zhaan, Aki Ueda, Haruomo Hosono, Asa-Chang and Junray, Talvin Singh, Haco, Amana, Mina, SP 1200 Productions and Takashi Hirayasu and Bob Brozman. Visit farsidemusic.com for more information. [Repeats Saturday 5.30pm.]
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Accelerating Women's Enterprise
[Repeated from Monday 11.30am.] The path to being an entrepreneur can often be daunting. That's especially the case for female entrepreneurs. "Accelerating Women's Enterprise - stories from the front line" makes the journey easier with sound advice, life lessons and richly felt experience. It draws on a wide range of business owners, community leaders, charity directors, researchers, mentors, networkers - and entrepreneurs of every kind. Hosted by broadcaster Patricia Vincent. Accelerating Women's Enterprise is supported by the European Regional Development Fund.
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Gate Kicks
Introduced by DJ Ritchie Rich, multi-instrumentalist Duane aka Mr Amazing, and singer Labake Anisere, and produced by people with learning disabilities at the Gate Arts Centre, Gate Kicks covers art, music, dance, film, theatre and offers a hub where this truly underground art scene is exposed to a larger audience. [Repeats Monday 6pm.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. This week: Ben holds that the idea of improvisation is to be as flexible as possible in responding to specific situations, creating ad hoc music from whatever is to hand. Here, guest Emeka Okonkwo changes the music played at the show's Friday lunchtime residency at the Betsey Trotwood via his conversation. "Who Are You and Why?" became the theme, carried out in notes and words. Musicians and conversants were: Out To Lunch - acoustic guitar, Yamaha organ, mouthnoise; Graham Davis - steelpan and banjo synth, unplugged bass guitar; Dave Black - electric guitar; Esther Leslie - iPad; and Peter Baxter - percussion. [Repeats Sunday 6am.]
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Balling the Jack
[Repeated from Friday 9pm.] Joe Cushley explores 13 Bar Blues and Twisted Roots music from around the globe. From the the 1920s to the present day, from the barrel-house to the arthouse via the bedsit, from Mali to Mississippi to the Mekong via New Malden - every culture has its blues. For more information visit Balling The Jack on Facebook. E-mail ballingthejack1@gmail.com.
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Spizz FM
An on-going audio autobiography from the punk and post-punk legend that is Spizz. This week: a Cover Versions Special starting with Billy Brown, Friends Of Gavin, Glitter Kick, Mo-Dettes, Spizzenergi, album of the month band Cult Figures. New Band Spots from Duncan Reid and The Big Heads plus Rhoda Daker, Marylin Manson and Milky Edwards. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. Tweet to @spizzenergi. [Repeats Saturday 8am.]
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Radio Public
A monthly programme created by Workshop 24, a sound, visual and socially engaged art collective working in the Midlands. Each programme emanates from our experience of the local, creating a portal into sonic possible worlds. Episode 11: Radio Public Library, exploring the social significance of the public library in Brierley Hill, featuring Helen Garbett, Bill Laybourne, Juliet. Sakyi-Ansah, Gemma Moore, Elena Thomas, Janet Tryner, the people and libraries of Brierley Hill. Commissioned by Brierley Hill Cultural Consortium. [Repeats Sunday 11am.]
6:30pm - 7:30pm
A World In London
DJ Ritu MBE presents the UK’s definitive global music show from London. This week: music by Bilja Krstić, Syriana, Martin Alvarado, Daimh, Arijit Singh, Lu Edmonds, Marta Gomez and more! [Repeats Saturday 3.30pm.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
Arty Facts
[Repeated from Sunday 1.30pm.] Arty Facts with Master J is a show about working in the arts. This week: Master J is joined by Dec Cluskey. Dec (along with his brother Con) was a founding member of popular music group, The Bachelors. Throughout the 1960s they had more chart hits than the Rolling Stones, and in '64 - at the height of Beatlemania - outsold The Beatles. Dec first appeared on this show on 14 July 2019. We continued talking afterwards, and four years later present the fourth and final part of that interview. The show also features extracts of an interview Dec’s brother Con did with Carl Gresham. Sadly, Carl and Con have both recently died. Topics covered in the show include: starting out in Ireland, chart fixing, high jinks at the Royal Variety Performance, the celebrities who were wonderful people and ones who weren’t, Charlie Chaplin, publicity stunts and Tony Hancock. For more information visit Master J on Facebook.
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
One off, irregular and sometimes surprise broadcasts. [Repeats Thursday 10am.]
9:00pm - 9:30pm
K-Pop Journey
A weekly show dedicated to the phenomenon that is K-pop! Korean presenter Keissi takes you on a journey through Korean pop music from the 1990s to the present day. For more information visit K-Pop Journey on Facebook. For archive shows visit keissi.com/radioarchive. [Repeats Sunday 4.30am.]
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Club Integral Radio Show
The Earl of Killorglin and Andrew Scott-Bolton of Club Integral - London's long-running "home to the uncategorisable" - explore the music that informs its long running concert series in London. [Repeats Friday 12am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Rockfort
[Repeated from Tuesday 7.30pm.] David McKenna presents the best in underground and out of left-field French music. This week: including Colleen, La Litanie Des Cimes, Atavi, Bob Marlich & Brodinski and Fiesta En El Vacio.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Fog Cast
A series of late night deep listening soundtracks presented by Robin The Fog. Tonight: we open with The German Ocean's contribution to God's Fool, a compilation of contemporary artists recording a new soundtrack to Tarkkovsky's 'Stalker', out soon on Submarine Broadcasting Company. We then turn up the intensity with new and recent tracks from Degradation's 'Leadlined' on Brachliegen Tapes, Harrga's 'Héroïques Animaux de la Misère' (including a collaboration with Moor Mother), 'Passion Variations' by Black Sun High Desert and two tracks from Venera's forthcoming self titled debut on Ipecac. Come drift into the noisy night... Further details at: robinthefog.com. [Repeats Sunday 2.30am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Tunes From Turtle Island
New releases and old favourites from the indigenous musicians of North America. Selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew GJ. This week's show features Elisapie, Andy Dewache Band, Pretendians Band, PaulStar, Johannes Wallmann & Sharel Cassity, Siissisoq, Ehski & Shauna Seeteenak, Whisperhawk, G.R. Gritt & Smokii Sumac, Morgan Toney, Wolf Saga, Migize Nodin, Steve Neville, Joey Stylez & Rezcoast Grizz, Ya Tseen & Mar 66. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu. [Repeats Saturday 8.30pm.]