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Saturday 15th May
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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. Tonight: the fourth instalment of our monthly series titled Cosmic Tuesdays. Each second Tuesday of the month we dive into the interstellar world of the Sun Ra Arkestra. Our featured artist is the composer saxophonist Charles Davis who was integral to not only developing the Arkestra sound, but also the sound of modern jazz. The programme includes an exclusive interview. For more information visit isblackmusic.com.
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3:30am - 4:30am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. This week: relying on a socially-distanced encounter between two members of AMM All-Stars in Mortimer (Graham Davis on bass ukulele, Eleanor Crook on electric guitar), Ben Watson mixes xenochronic and non-xenochronic recordings, featuring the guitar and song improvisations of Ben Moran-Healy, the hybrid drumset of Guy Evans, the domestic field recordings of Out To Lunch and the electric bass stylings of Mike Watt and Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, plus killer tracks by Charles Mingus and Bad Sam.
4:30am - 5:00am
The Wrong Show
[Repeated from Wednesday 10.30pm.] Extraordinary radiophonic probes with Orlando Harrison. This week: Ham Radio Explained - Part 2. For more information visit soundcloud.com/orlando-harrison.
5:00am - 6:00am
Hackney Social Radio
[Repeated from Wednesday 11am.] Immediate Theatre’s weekly show for the young at heart. This week: we chat to local centenarian Dabirul Islam Choudhury, who is walking laps of his garden throughout the month of Ramadan to raise money for the victims of Covid-19. Plus, we learn about Hackney’s industrial past as we hear from local residents about their memories of working in the borough, and we hear the first in a new series of monologues, 'Through My Window', created by Jazanne Arts/The Aurora Writers & Performers. Host Sue Elliott-Nichols is joined by Janet, Sharon and Judy, 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
From the Archives
Gems from our extensive audio archives. Today, to mark his 90th birthday this week, Alvin Lucier recorded live in concert at the LMC Annual Festival of Experimental Music in May 1995, produced by Ed Baxter and Phil England. Followed by "Music For Gamelan Instruments, Microphones, Amplifiers And Loudspeakers" from the CD that came with Resonance magazine, volume 9 number 2, edited by Knut Aufermann. Happy birthday, Alvin!
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: Anniversary stories and more on the Citrusist art movement sweeping the internet with broadcaster Mik Scarlet and web developer Diane Scarlet Wallace. Plus three new band spots with Neil Frost, Joyless Jones and Mattatolio5. 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: Tom Higham on his book, The World Before Us. 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 Amanda Johansson, chair of the nearby Lindley Estate Tenants and Residents Association and borough-wide community housing organiser. 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. This week: Johnny puts his hand in the Lucky Bag and pulls out a sherbet dab, some plastic tat and a gobstopper. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug's Facebook page for more information.
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: Intermission. Whether Marco, Yarrow or Charlton Athletic graft him a future, there’s a largish crowd waiting to cheer at the resulting haché. 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: abstract folk noise manipulator Me Lost Me (aka artist Jayne Dent) combines medieval instrumentation and field recordings with far flung narrative arcs that transport the listener into an otherworldly dimension that is both soothing and unsettling in equal measure. The new LP, The Good Noise playfully explores our interpretation of what we consider to be acceptable and unacceptable forms of 'music'. 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: Women Composers Collective. Featuring work by three composers, Kati Em, Amanda Johnson and Laura Budzelek. Budzelek talks about her work as a multilingual songwriter and her Anglophile tastes which have always shown through her New York roots. Plus music from Romanian singer Gabi Luncă who died of Covid-19 in Bucharest in April. 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: we explore the deep theme 'Portal', featuring new releases from ex.sses and Terror Peaks. 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: we revisit Great Day, Mean And Dirty, enjoy the "sister" recording of Feelings, and even have a quick visit from that legendary organist, Jimmy Smith. Visit www.trunkrecords.com for more information. Email jonny@trunkrecords.com. [Repeated Monday 3pm.]
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.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
A Duck in a Tree
The :zoviet * france: radio show. This week's edition - High Shades in the Big Picture - features new releases from Modwump, Stuart Chalmers, Jeremy Young, Petrograd Drone Gathering, and France Jobin, interleaved with recordings by François Bayle, How Hot Is Your Cloud, :zoviet*france:, and Tmrx. [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 twice-monthly 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: new releases from Dubstance, Mr Peoples, Ground Hummm, Crow Beats, Hitpoint, Blvck Covvboys, exclusive dubs from JT The Goon and Major Grave, Grime classics from Jammer, Scratchy, Black Jack, Alias, J Sweet. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Twitter: @djbpm.
