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Saturday 16th January
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12:30am - 1:30am
Turtle Island
[Repeated from Thursday 12am.] Contemporary Native American and First Nations music from a wide range of indigenous musicians in North America, selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew Graves-Johnston (aka DJ Droid), who first came across it when researching the Standing Rock protests of 2016/17. Visit facebook.com/turtleislandradio for more information.
1:30am - 2:30am
Intoxica Radio Hour
[Repeated from Friday 12pm.] Presented by Nick Brown of Intoxica Record Shop and dedicated to the dignity of vinyl, giving centre stage to new vinyl reissue releases, spotlighting Content Themes and specific artists' careers - and generally playing the gloriously unheralded low-brow rock and soul of the 20th Century, all rendered on little slabs of black plastic. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk.
2:30am - 3:30am
Is Black Music
[Repeated from Wednesday 12am.] The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry and Jean Genie. For more information visit isblackmusic.com.
3:30am - 4:30am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson.
4:30am - 5:00am
The Wrong Show
[Repeated from Wednesday 10.30pm.] Extraordinary radiophonic probes with Orlando Harrison. This week: Wrong Show Phone-in: 'What’s Wrong?' For more information visit soundcloud.com/orlando-harrison.
5:00am - 6:00am
Hackney Social Radio
[Repeated from Saturday 11am.] Immediate Theatre’s weekly show for the young at heart. This week: we speak to Hackney’s long-serving Member of Parliament, Diane Abbott, and we find out about a short documentary by local filmmaker Liam Saint Pierre which explores loneliness and intergenerational friendship. Plus, we chat to Peter Merrifield, a quit smoking advisor from Support When It Matters. Host Sue Elliott-Nichols is joined by Janet, Sharon and Steve, with music from our resident DJ Frank Kaos. For more info visit immediate-theatre.com/work/hackney-social-radio
6:00am - 7:00am
Sitting With Gianluca
[Repeated from Sunday 6pm.] Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana.
7:00am - 8:00am
The Sound Of Photography
[Repeated from Wednesday 3.30pm.] Frank Watson examines the relationship between photography and sound. For info visit http://thesoundofphotography.com/.
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. This week: new year, new lockdown, new birthdays, anniversaries and four new band spots. 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: George Saunders on his latest book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Tweet to @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com.
9:30am - 10:00am
Nunhead American Radio with Lewis Schaffer
[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's guest is lawyer and Nunhead tree and cemetery campaigner Louise Ffoulkes. She's fighting to save the Cox's Walk Footbridge oak trees of Sydenham Hill Wood, in Southwark. 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. Twenty Twenty-One: the Earth may lie in ruins but Pull The Plug endures, picking the hits that will go to the toppermost of the poppermost. In an alternate universe, perhaps. Today's show features a Spacemen 3 cover by the bizarrely named Soloist Anti-Pop Totalization, and a new single from Gary Numan. It's electrifying! Better shape up... Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com.
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 sunken raft of weeds woven into a verdant morass of sound, song and story by the whinnying horses of the Ear Pocket hotel. This week: two angels by dust bitten; one cat, neither sat nor sitten. Show archive at soundcloud.com/into-the-moss. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Hello Goodbye Show
Upbeat, eclectic new music show hosted by deXter Bentley. Today: Passive Clouds is the solo project of Alex Lawton, ex Japanese Television, The Projects. "After realising that about 80% of music I listened to was electronic or synthesiser heavy I decided during Lockdown 0.1 to bite the bullet and buy some synths. Passive Clouds is a result of a musical journey of learning and investigation." Plus, the regular deep dive into our extensive live session archive and plenty of new releases. Visit hellogoodbyeshow.com for more information. [Repeated Tuesday 2.30am.]
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
Mundele Mafuta presents classic dance music of the two Congos. [Repeated Monday 7am.]
2:30pm - 3:30pm
The News Agents
Experiments in news and arts with Jude Cowan Montague. This week: Putri Prihatini in discussion about folklore, Twitter and Tolkien. How Folklore Thursday on Twitter and Lord of the Rings inspired her to dig deeper into Indonesian folktale and mythology. Putri's family are from East Java but she lives in Borneo. This is the first in an occasional series working with international thinkers, artists and activists met during lockdown and Covid restrictions on social media. Plus Minangkabau songs and Indonesian music. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.co.uk. [Repeated Tuesday 6am.]
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Synaptic Island
A collective of DJs and artists explores a selected theme each week through music and conversation. This week’s theme is: Weird. Listen to archived shows on Mixcloud. For more information visit Twitter @synaptic_island, Instagram @synapticisland and synapticisland.com. [Repeats Friday 5am.]
4:30pm - 6:30pm
The OST Show
Presented by Jonny Trunk, The OST Show is the only show anywhere dedicated to film music, TV music, library music and related recordings. Today: Back for 2021! It's the OST Show, with Jonny Trunk digging about on the Brull ten inch shelf, as well as a quick visit form Bette Midler. Visit www.trunkrecords.com for more information. Email jonny@trunkrecords.com. [Repeated Monday 3pm.]
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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. [Repeated Tuesday 2.30pm.]
Listen live7:00pm - 8:00pm
A Duck in a Tree
The :zoviet * france: radio show. This week's edition - A Shifting Field of Metaphors - presents a smörgåsbord of inexactitudes featuring recordings by Cuncordu de Orosei; Jorge Reyes, Antonio Zepeda; Spycker; George Vlad; Barry Edgar Pilcher; Mike Cooper; Luis Delgado; Sevenism; Juanjo Palacios; Chris Spheeris ~ Paul Voudouris; and Jon Collin. [Repeated Tuesday 5am.]
8:00pm - 8:30pm
Southern Whirled Service
[Repeated from Tuesday 6pm.] 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
Hoenn Sound
A fortnightly conceptual radio show by SJ Wilson – all vinyl, all 33rpm. But all the vinyl is 45rpm techno (or otherwise) played at the slower speed setting. From pounding, pulsating techno jams to slow, chuggy, mesmerising soundscapes. [Repeated Monday 2am.]
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Bears At A Picnic
Andrea Spisto and Michelle Madsen explore themes of playfulness and vulnerability through music, poetry, performance and clowning. Tweet to Bears_at. [Repeated Tuesday 4am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
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.
11:00pm - 12:00am
The Sounds Of DMWSound
[Repeated from Tuesday 12am.] Panix and Ranking Dan from DMWSOUND demonstrate the music that inspires their sound. Genres spanning from Reggae to Modern Bass music. Keep tuned for the classics and fresh new dubs. For more info visit Facebook and soundcloud.com/dmwsound.
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. This week: DJ BPM presents a guest mix collaboration by Grime Disciple and DJ Stony Hawk. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Twitter: @djbpm.
