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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: the first live Is Black Music show in the new Resonance FM studio. Featuring Malawian artists that are fairly unknown in Europe and America, including Folk Trio, Chembe Eagles Band and Moyo Wonga. 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: a Black Metal show, dedicated to the Trondheim label Terratur Possessions. Album tracks by Issolei, Kaosritual, Manii, Darvaza, Manbryne, Umbra Conscientia, Issolei, Bythos, Theriomorph and Kringa. Visit thesoundprojector.com/radio-show/ for more information.
2:30am - 7:00am
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.
7:00am - 8:00am
From the Archives
[Repeated from Saturday 8.30pm.] Unusual broadcasts and gems from our archives.
8:00am - 9:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] One off, irregular and sometimes surprise broadcasts.
9:00am - 10:00am
Lucky Cat
[Repeated from Sunday 3pm.] If Wong Kar Wai had a radio show. Lucky Cat is a spicy chop suey of music and culture produced and presented by Zoë Baxter.
10:00am - 11:00am
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Tuesday 8pm.] Primary School Songwriters. Primary school music teacher Will Green introduces original songs created and recorded by the children at Rhyl Community Primary School, London NW5. Hear children speak for themselves in interviews. Enjoy their unique and wonderful songs. For more information visit www.willgreenmusic.co.uk.
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. 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. Visit farsidemusic.com for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 7am.]
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Micro Clear Spot
[Repeated from Tuesday 11.30pm.] Shorter specials and one-off programmes.
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. [Repeats Sunday 6am.]
4:00pm - 4:30pm
SHAPE
[Repeated from Thursday 10.30pm.] New music from the SHAPE+ Platform. This month: Antonina Nowacka is a vocalist, sound artist and composer with a background in visual arts. She creates subtle and minimalistic soundscapes taking a listener on imaginative journeys inspired by nature, space, dreams and otherworldly happenings. Dive into a chilled selection of music she has been listening to recently. SHAPE+ is funded by the European Union. For more info visit shapeplatform.eu.
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Spizz FM
An on-going audio autobiography from the punk and post-punk legend that is Spizz. This week: some rare gems from the archives to celebrate the Spizz Citrusism Art Show at the Endeavour Gallery, Deptford - closing this weekend. New Band Spots from The Fods, Cliff and Ivy, Birrell Or Biscuit, Baudelaire, Responsa, The Sonic Tones, Stanmore. Plus, The Human League, Bona Rays, Spizzology, Spizzoil and Delta Unit. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. Tweet to @spizzenergi. [Repeats Saturday 8am.]
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Panel Borders
The art of the contemporary graphic novel and strip cartoon, with Alex Fitch. This month: Tales from the Caribbean. Sakina Karimjee and Nic Watts chat to Alex about adapting C.L.R. James’ Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History into sequential art in a Q&A recorded at Cartoon County, and in a presentation at the Cartoon Museum, graphic novel writer Colleen Douglas talks with cultural researcher Michelle Yaa Asantewa about reinventing Caribbean folklore in her book Silk Cotton. Visit panelborders.wordpress.com for more information. [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: DJ Ritu mixes international sounds by Rise Kagona, Calypso Rose, Dar Disku ft. Asha Puthli, Nancy Ajram, Mulatu Astatke, Nubiyan Twist, Nozomi and Saagara. [Repeats Saturday 3.30pm.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
Arty Facts
[Repeated from Sunday 1.30pm.] Master J is joined by musical theatre actor Karen Holmes in a series of song challenges. Each week, Master J brings two famous songs he has recorded backing tracks for, but in a different genre or style to the originals, for Karen to sing without preparation, make up backing vocals, and teach Master J to sing them. Today, they review the first two episodes where we were treated to reggae, big band, country and gospel renditions of hits by Queen and Oasis. They discuss the process, respond to audience feedback, and generally whinge and blame each other. For more information visit Master J on Facebook.
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
In the first of two programmes, artist and broadcaster Fari Bradley hosts a Frieze Week 2024 special on the UK's leading art fair and the many satellite events it gives rise to across London. For this episode, Fari is joined by Jacqueline Harvey, Founder of Women in Art Fair, now in its second year "disrupting the established model"; Niamh Coghlan, Director at conceptual, feminist and performance artist focused gallery Richard Saltoun, participators at Frieze Masters; James Brett, director and founder of The Museum of Everything - the wandering museum for the undiscovered, unintentional, untrained and unclassifiable; and Cia Durante, Director of Partnerships & VIP, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. [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 Laetitia Sonami, Neue Grafik Ensemble, Aho Ssan with KMRU, PLF and La Démesure du pas.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Fog Cast
A series of late night deep listening soundtracks presented by Robin The Fog. Tonight, we open with another extract from Rubbish Music's new album 'Fatbergs' before plunging into two brand new releases: 'Singing Stones' is the latest album by Snowdrops featuring FogCast regular Christine Ott and is 'a series of compositions celebrating slow time and long time', released at the end of October on Gizeh Records. The second half of the programme is devoted to 'Os Sanctum' by Bartholemew, a forthcoming release on Wormhole World in which the composer plays with recordings of bells of and the internal acoustics of Holy Cross Church of Ryton in Tyne & Wear, to beguiling effect. Come drift into the night with us... 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. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu. [Repeats Saturday 5.30pm.]