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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. Tonight: fresh dubs from Top Dolla, Tubz, Jamzigg. Classics from Faze Miyake, Spooky and Waifer and new releases from Niftz, LRD and Slimzos. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Twitter: @feraldubs.
1:00am - 2:30am
Adventures in Sound and Music
[Repeated from Thursday 9pm.] New music with The Wire magazine. Adventures In Sound And Music is hosted by members of the magazine staff: Emily Bick, Chris Bohn, Phil England, James Gormley, Joseph Stannard, Derek Walmsley, Meg Woof and Shane Woolman. This week: hosted by Chris Bohn with music by Anne Gillis, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Mayssa Jallad, PoiL Ueda, Felix Kubin, Katrina Niebergal & Bergur Anderson and more. Visit thewire.co.uk for more information.
2:30am - 3:30am
Fog Cast
[Repeated from Wednesday 11pm.] A series of late night deep listening soundtracks presented by Robin The Fog. Tonight's featured albums are Clare M Singer's Saor from the final months of 2023 and Laraaji's Sun Gong from 2017. We'll also hear Left Hand Cuts Off The Right's 'Dead Time' and another outing for the sublime tape loops of Maryanne Royle. Come drift into the night with us... Further details at: robinthefog.com.
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 - 6:00am
Modulisme
[Repeated from Friday 11.30pm.] Modulisme (which translates as Modularism) is a series devoted to out of leftfield modular synthesis. This week: Buchlaïsms 5, Part 2. Buchla "the Stradivarius of synthesisers" is one of the most innovative musical vessels ever designed. Electronics pioneer Don Buchla manufactured his first modular synthesiser in 1963, The Buchla Series 100. The Music Easel appeared in 1973 so we celebrated both a diamond and golden jubilee to close 2023. This second homage offers the music of Joker Nies, Jessica Kert, Encoder, Weinglass, Ben Carey, Kai Niggemann, Antonio Russek, Darrel Johansen and Sendepause. Bon appetite! For more information visit modulisme.info/sessions.
6:00am - 7:00am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. This week: Ben continues his investigations into the politics of music at the Betsey Trotwood with his house-band Ammas. The show contains a lecture on Ornette Coleman's harmolodics by guitarist Dave Black, synthist Graham Davis in an impromptu performance of "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins, and a rowdy Cockney knees-up version of Ornette Coleman's "Theme from a Symphony".
7:00am - 8:00am
Make Your Own Damn Music
[Repeated from Tuesday 9pm.] Artworld shenanigans with Bob and Roberta Smith OBE. This week's show features music by jazz guitarist Billy Marrows and Nonclassical musician Alex Paxton along with homemade music by Bob and tracks from the recent Tate Britain 'Women in Revolt!' LP.
8:00am - 9:00am
Wavelength
[Repeated from Friday 2.30pm.] A programme of multiple agendas presented by William English. This week: Disinformation. Since 1995, under the guise of Disinformation, Joe Banks, artist and researcher, has undertaken studies on marginal and overlooked areas of sound, such as electromagnetic interference and electrical noise. In Rorschach Audio, a project instigated in 1999 which encompasses research, audio-visual artworks and a 2012 book, he conducts a detailed inquiry into the history of aural illusions and misperceptions, and gathers possible explanations. Much of Banks’ attention – in the book and beyond – is given over to EVP (electronic voice phenomena), which consists of words allegedly heard via electrical devices tuned to particular frequencies. First broadcast 4 November 2016.
9:00am - 10:00am
The Curtain Up Show
[Repeated from Friday 4pm.] Tim McArthur, Nathan Matthews and guests discuss London's vibrant theatre scene. Follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more information.
10:00am - 11:00am
The Relatively Good Radio Show
[Repeated from Tuesday 3pm.] Cousins Anna Crockatt and Richard Guard present the monthly show where everything is live – including the jingles. Broadcast from The Village Butty, a floating music venue continuously touring the 2500 miles of the UK's inland waterways system, on their 'Increasing the Overall Jollity of the Nation' Tour. Featuring regular slots from Mickey Science, Wicked Uncle James, Boat Lady Blanche and Fanny Haddock. The Village Butty Band will also entertain listeners with a new original song. This month's show is all about Cats - now that's what we call meiowsic!
11:00am - 12:00pm
Ukrainian Field Notes
[Repeated from Wednesday 5.30pm.] A monthly series comprising interviews and music by musicians from all over Ukraine, sharing their experience of displacement and war. This month, ummsbiaus and Difference Machine talk about field recordings and their recent collaborative project. Music by ummsbiaus and Difference Machine. For more interviews with Ukrainian artists visit the Ukrainian Field Notes pages. To support Ukraine visit: supportukrainenow.org.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Ambrosia Rasputin Show
Freewheeling music series with Ivor Kallin. This week’s episode features Skinshape, Points of Friction, the Odd Unit, Frequency Disaster, Paul Taylor, Karen Constance, a bit more from Kevin Le Gendre and from Elliott Sharp, plus a wee bit of This Celestial Engine, and the inaugural recordings from an as-yet-unnamed improvising electric violin trio. [Repeats Friday 1am.]
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Arty Facts
Arty Facts with Master J is a show about working in the arts. Today: Master J is joined by musical theatre actor Karen Holmes. Karen is currently on national tour in Greatest Days – The Official Take That Musical. In a review show, they discuss the new musical, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch (book and lyrics by Robyn Grant and Daniel Foxx, music by Tim Gilvin, directed by Robyn Grant) and the films Ferrari (directed by Michael Mann) and One Life (directed by James Hawes). Topics include: biopics that change the story, not being able to hear what’s being said/sung, and the perils of falling asleep in the front row of a show. For more information visit Master J on Facebook. [Repeats Wednesday 7.30pm.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Calling All Pensioners
[Repeated from Monday 1pm.] Magazine programme with Tim Hamilton, addressing issues which affect pensioners across London. This week: the National Pensioners Convention on the Centre for Ageing Better’s annual State of Ageing 2023 report that there is a growing divide in experiences of ageing, with the poorest living shorter lives after many more years in bad health. Age UK shares that over 10 million people trusted them to help with some of the biggest issues in their lives, and explains their campaign-wins help protect the money of older people both now and in the future. England-based pensioners’ charity, Independent Age, invites you to get in touch with them over the issue of your energy company’s standing charges. Our musical tributes are to Glynis Johns, aged 100, a British actress, dancer and singer, whose career spanned 8 decades on stage and screen. Produced by Deptford Action Group for the Elderly.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Sampler Mixtape
[Repeated from Friday 12pm.] A weekly mixtape of eclectic new music from Sound and Music. This week: hosted by Gnoomes Urals. Featuring Tengger, Highland Spokesman, Parks, Squares And Alleys, Holy Wave, Vanessa Bedoret, Settima Tacca, Tara Clerkin Trio, Dan Osynliga Manteln, Cloudland Canyon, Marlene Ribeiro. For more information and complete tracklist visit www.thesampler.org or follow us @samplernews.
4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Outerglobe
[Repeated from Thursday 6.30pm.] Debbie Golt FRSA takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. This week: Debbie plays some feisty females, new steers on Afrobeat and Latinx sounds, uplifting Reggae and subtle message music including a beautiful rendition of Refaat Alareer's heartrending poem ''If I Must Die' by Pandorasdiary. This and another track in the mix, 'When Will It End? by Rosie Shy, are on the Red Tent Recordings Fundraiser for Palestine (Doctors Without Borders), which Debbie featured last week, as Ceasefire Now is still a priority. For more details follow @outerglobe on Instagram and Twitter.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Around The World With The Lallas
[Repeated from Tuesday 1.30pm.] Laura Pradelska and Lara Fraser share their international cultural interests, stemming from their respective careers as actor and producer as well as their joint DJ career as The Lallas. On today’s show, Lara and Laura are excited to share their selection of favourite music for the new year, from relaxing lounge music to some of their all-time favourites, there will be some for all of you to enjoy.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sitting With Gianluca
Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana. This week: in the light of the horrific anti-immigration rhetoric from Britain and America, Gianluca plays songs about tearing down walls and building bridges, along with a couple of birthday celebrations. [Repeats Tuesday 12pm.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Isotopica
Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko. This week: Isotopica considers Palestine as Simon and Estonian composer Elo Masing perform a simultaneous multilingual recitation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, recorded directly onto vinyl in early 2023 Berlin, part of a project by Polish sound artist and composer Arturas Bumšteinas. The programme then continues with a deep dive into the darkly beautiful works of Finnish artist Mika Vainio, topped off with an orchestral flourish by Léo Ferré. Visit theculture.net/ for more information. [Repeats Friday 8am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Dig That Treasure
Will Hall presents 60 minutes monthly of forgotten, underrated and under-appreciated pop and folk music from across the world. International scenes are at home alongside outsider musics, demos and covers, film and game soundtracks, and long-lost rarities in this decentred selection. Follow @digthattreasure on Instagram. [Repeated Wednesday 8am.]
9:00pm - 10:00pm
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
Marina Organ presents an hour of music that uses unconventional structures and 'other' time signatures – gathered from the worldwide undergrounds of math rock, avant prog, weird electronica and strange pop. This week: back for the spring 2024 season with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Pekka Pojhola, Feast of the Epiphany, Black Midi, Zenden Greenpurp, Last Hyena, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and introducing Yep. Follow the playlist on Twitter @OtherRockShow. Visit otherrockshow.wordpress.com for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 8am.]
10:00pm - 11:00pm
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 The Leopards, Duck Flowers and The Soul Vendors. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk.
11:00pm - 12:00am
framework
Field recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting, presented by Patrick Tubin McGinley. This week's edition is the second of two in memory of the great composer Phill Niblock, who sadly died on 8th January at the age of 90. This is a rebroadcast of a show recorded with Phill live in the Resonance FM studios in London on the 5 February 2007. Visit frameworkradio.net for more information. [Repeats Thursday 8am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Sleeping Dogs Lie
[Repeated from Sunday 3.30am.] Ambient music selected by Miguel Santos to help night owls relax. For more information visit Sleeping Dogs Lie on Facebook, Mixcloud and WhitelabelRecs Bandcamp.