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12:00am - 3:30am
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.
3:30am - 4:30am
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Ambient music selected by Miguel Santos to help night owls relax. For more information visit Sleeping Dogs Lie on Facebook, Mixcloud and WhitelabelRecs Bandcamp. [Repeats Monday 1am.]
4:30am - 5:00am
K-Pop Journey
[Repeated from Wednesday 9pm.] 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.
5:00am - 7:00am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] A seasonal edition of the always extraordinary broadcasts of polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson.
7:00am - 8:00am
Guantanamo Voices
To discuss the 21st anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay, and the lives of the people still incarcerated there, Alex Fitch talks to writer Sarah Mirk about her graphic novel anthology, Guantanamo Voices, which tells the tale of ten people associated with the prison, and to journalist Andy Worthington about his continuing campaign to Close Guantanamo. Also, Worthington talks with Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a former prisoner of the site about his experiences, in a Q and A recorded at the University of Brighton. Visit panelborders.wordpress.com for more information.
8:00am - 9:00am
Robyn Rocket's Zoom Zoom
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 radio show, offering a mix of chat with artists about their influences and experiences, with a selection of music under discussion. Visit www.robynrocket.com/zoomzoom.
9:00am - 10:00am
JazznewbloodTAPES
An exploration by Patricia Pascal of the revolution in UK jazz, each morning this week. For more info visit Jazznewblood.org/jazznewbloodtapes.
10:00am - 11:00am
Our Tales On Midnight Radio
[Repeated from Tuesday 3pm.] Percussionist, composer, producer and curator RENU (Renu Hossain) dives into filmic tales of Palestinian music and resistance, sharing music and information. This month: featuring Edward Said, Shadia Mansour, Rola Azar, Juliano Mer khamis, Zeinab Shaath, Saint Levant and Fairuz. For more information visit renumusic.me.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Radio Public Pick Of The Year
[Repeated from Wednesday 5.30pm.] 2023 the Best Bits. A special compilation from the monthly programme created by Workshop 24, a sound, visual and socially engaged art collective working in the Midlands. With Bill and Helen from Radio Public, featuring Riverside House, Das Tek, Paul Gittens, Elena Thomas, Pensmeadow School, Janet Tryner, Adrian Garbett and Reno & Me.
12:00pm - 1:50pm
The Polari Bible: Genesis (Chapters 1 To 23)
The first twenty-three chapters of Genesis from the King James Bible, spoken in the Polari language by Stanley Schtinter and recorded live in one sitting at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, New York City, in November 2023. Produced by The Colloquium for Unpopular Culture. For more information visit http://purge.xxx.
1:50pm - 2:00pm
The Open Arms
Take a trip to The Open Arms - the wonderful virtual pub created in sound by artist Sally O’Reilly. Realised as part of STUDIOAUDIO, a partnership project curated by AICA-UK and PEER. Supported by Art Fund.
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
A New Year's Eve edition of the always extraordinary broadcasts of polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. [Repeats Wednesday 2pm.]
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Gina Futura: A Christmas Special For Grub And Mole
This hour long Christmas special edition of Thomas Fraser's "Gina Futura" follows the characters known as Grub and Mole as they embark on a Yuletide boat tour of the coast of Britain, in search of the rarest flora and fauna. Guided by a ghoulish crew including the enigmatic Captain Dr Farrell, Grub and Mole are thrilled to get away from it all at Christmas. But things take a turn when their vessel runs aground on the mysterious Isle of Crock... [Repeats Tuesday 3pm.]
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Rex Eveything
An unexpected gap in the schedule allows us to rebroadcast Michael Pedersen & Ziggy Campbell's radio poem "Rex Everything", recorded live at Outlandia, Glen Nevis, Scotland, realised in collaboration with LondonFieldworks. Introduced by Tam Dean Burn. [Repeats Tuesday 3.30pm.]
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Into The Moss Presents Spinach
A self-explanatory extended drift through original music, soundscapes and liminal yarns from Into the Moss. Show archive at soundcloud.com/into-the-moss. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com. Get music at https://intothemoss.bandcamp.com. [Repeats Tuesday 4pm.]
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Unusual Music Exchange
Glasgow-based Canadian composer, artist, and writer, Josh Thorpe likes to listen to unusual music, and to talk with interesting people about it. This New Year's Day episode is mostly about listening and not too much about talking. Josh plays music from Pierre Bastien, Jon Hassell, Ailbhe nic Oireachtaigh, Powerdove, Rudolf Komorous, Gilius van Bergeijk, and Syzygys. For more listening visit www.unusualmusicexchange.com. [Repeats Saturday 1.30am.]
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Pulling The Plug On 2023
[Repeated from Monday 2pm.] So here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun. F.U.N. Or are they? Bit presumptuous. Still, if your Christmas is a bit of a damp squib you can always tune in to this thrilling compilation of groovy tunes plucked kicking and screaming from 2023's numerous chapters of Pull The Plug. Neo-psychedelia, post-post-punk, hauntronica, sitars, synthesisers, there's even a bit of bossa nova, if you like that sort of thing. It's better than a mouthful of tinsel. Look to the future now, it's only just begun... Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook.
9:00pm - 10:30pm
Artrocker Radio Best Of 2023
Paul and Lewis from the influential Artrocker magazine review a year in new releases from London and the UK's thriving indie rock scene and beyond. To listen to past shows visit Paul's Mixcloud page. [Repeats Tuesday 10.30pm.]
10:30pm - 12:30am
The Organ Presents The Other Rock Show Nye Special
Marina Organ presents the best of music from 2023 that uses unconventional structures and 'other' time signatures – gathered from the worldwide undergrounds of math rock, avant prog, weird electronica and strange pop. Follow the playlist on Twitter @OtherRockShow. Visit otherrockshow.wordpress.com for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 1pm.]