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Saturday 12th September
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12:30am - 1:30am
Gwaith Sŵn's Sonic Darts
[Repeated from Monday 10pm.] Sound-art and transmission-art delivered monthly by London sound art collective Gwaith Sŵn. This month: Breakbeats in the Machine. What happens when the energy of the rave enters the console? This programme traces a two-way exchange between jungle, drum & bass and computer game music from the early 1990s to 2011. Beginning with Remarc’s radically reorganised Amen breaks, it moves through Photek, Dillinja, Ray Keith, Shimon and Andy C, alongside original game compositions by Jun Chikuma, Andrew Sega, Soichi Terada, Hiroshi Okubo and Tetsukazu Nakanishi. These records and soundtracks reveal more than a shared taste for rapid breakbeats, they connect pirate radio, dubplate culture and communal dance floors with cartridge memory, tracker software, domestic consoles and navigable virtual worlds. The programme travels from jungle’s independent London infrastructure to Japanese game composers reconstructing its rhythmic language inside new technological limits. Further information can be found at sonicdartsshow.medium.com.
1:30am - 2:30am
Unusual Music Exchange
[Repeated from Monday 11pm.] Glasgow-based Canadian composer, artist, and writer, Josh Thorpe likes to listen to unusual music, and to talk with interesting people about it. This month, Josh’s guest is Howie Reeve, a Glasgow-based bassist, singer, songwriter and improviser. His music is often thought of as post-punk, but whatever it is, it comes, as Howie says, from the heart. We listen to Wakiichi Tsumezawa, Kumio Kurachi, Yukiko Matsukura and Naoto Kawate. For more listening visit www.unusualmusicexchange.com.
2:30am - 3:30am
The Circled A
[Repeated from Wednesday 10pm.] Broadcasting culture, politics and activism with Yodet Gherez. This month, Yodet interviews researcher Michelle Gibson. We explore non conventional ancient history, sacred sights, ley lines and sacred geometry. Gibson shares her take on the Moors' civilisation and centres her work on the Americas.
3:30am - 5:00am
Loud Women
[Repeated from Tuesday 6pm.] Presented by Cassie Fox, Loud Women brings brand new music by women and non-binary musicians from around the world, with interviews and live sessions. This week: The Hague post-punk band Lilith Left The Garden joins Cassie for a stripped-back live session and discusses their debut album Kindred Spirits, making 'Girl's Pretty (Loud Women version)' in ten days for Loud Women Volume 7, and their first UK trip. For more info visit loudwomen.org.
5:00am - 6:00am
Tunes From Turtle Island
[Repeated from Friday 12am.] New releases and old favourites from the indigenous musicians of North America. Selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew GJ. This week's show has traditional, R&B, hip-hop, indie, soul, dub step, country, rock, pop, dance, rap and blues from artists of the Wet'suwet'en, Piipaash, Quechan, Métis, Oglala, Tlingit, Six Nations, Wendat, Anishinaabe, Cree, Mohawk, Apache and Ojibwe Nations. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu.
6:00am - 7:00am
Hit It and Split
[Repeated from Tuesday 3pm.] DJ Deb Smith shares a lexicon of global sounds from the past to the future - new releases, forgotten greats and little heard gems. Visit Hit It and Split on Facebook for the playlist and Mixcloud link to the show.
7:00am - 8:00am
The Sound of Photography
[Repeated from Friday 2.30pm.] Frank Watson examines the relationship between photography and sound. For more information visit thesoundofphotography.com.
8:00am - 8:15am
There's No Place Like Home
[Repeated from Wednesday 4pm.] A weekly comedy drama serial set in the fictional Australian town of Coochie Creek. Enjoy a glimpse into the daily lives, struggles and malicious gossip of a typical community in the Aussie bush. Episode 10: Lindy confronts Tom about his plot to drive her and Duncan out of the town. During their confrontation, they encounter a group of hippies from Chutney Farm.
8:15am - 9:00am
And Then
[Repeated from Wednesday 4.15pm.] New series! “And Then” finds Ed Baxter and Michael Umney in conversation about Resonance FM. Episode 1/8: "A second life around your life." This series was commissioned by the Independent Community Radio Network and was supported by the Nordic Culture Point "Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture." Produced by Michael Umney and Ed Baxter.
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: Marlon James on his new novel, The Disappearers. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Visit X @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com.
9:30am - 10:00am
Nunhead American Radio
[Repeated from Monday 5pm.] A programme for the American community in Nunhead, south-east London, presented by New York comic Lewis Schaffer. For more information visit @NunheadRadio on X and Nunhead American Radio on Facebook.
10:00am - 11:00am
One Life Left
[Repeated from Monday 6pm.] An hour-long celebration of everything that's great about videogames. Hosted by Ste Curran and Simon Byron, 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: The hot summer passes. A partial eclipse. The predictable outbreak of lunar/solar ignorance. Conspiracy theories proliferate. Flying ants continue to absent themselves. A fly is less fortunate; the carnivorous plant receives sustenance. The trap closes. Fortnight later, the resultant husk is revealed. The swimming pool changing rooms remain a shambles. Summer has apparently accomplished very little. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook.
11:30am - 11:45am
Drift Shift
[Repeated from Friday 5pm.] 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 Friday 5.15pm.] A 14 minute drift through original music, soundscapes and liminal yarns. Show archive at intothemoss.com. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Hello Goodbye Show
Upbeat, eclectic live music show hosted by deXter Bentley. Today: the first show of the autumn season, featuring live music and chat with special guest Railcard – an indie-pop super group currently touring the UK with the release of their debut LP, Two Steps At A Time (Skep Wax). Also, writer, comedian, psychotherapist, performance poet and musician Liz Bentley joins us to read from her memoir, The Suicidal Therapist: Confessions of a Wounded Healer (Survivors Voices Press). Plus, the final submissions for One Minute Wonders 2026, including contributions of music, poetry, found sound and sound art, each lasting no more than one minute in total duration. Featuring Greg Gobel, The Phone Call, Alan Ritchie, James Bailey, Free Hibari, Quantum Flirts, Dee Fry Servals, The Yoyodyne Corporation, James Alec Hardy, Emma Roper Evans, John Callaghan, Thom Driver, My Liberal Pony, Pete Branscombe, Andrew Kerr, Gashnois, D’Animal, The Winter Residence and Helen McCookerybook. Visit hellogoodbyeshow.com for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 1am.]
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
Mundele Mafuta presents classic dance music of the two Congos. [Repeats Thursday 11am.]
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Micro Clear Spot
[Repeated from Monday 11.30am.] Shorter specials and one-off programmes.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
The News Agents
Experiments in international news and arts with Jude Montague. This week, a tribute to the late Andrew Neate, guitarist and leaders of the bands Los Twangueros (Balearic chill) and Just Landed (the Los Twangueros blues department). Plus, a musical feature on John Pengu/Bendhu guitarist and innovator with Philip Tabane and Malombo. Revisiting these pioneers of twentieth century African guitar song has been occasioned by a forthcoming talk on the writer H. Rider Haggard for the Burton St Leonards Society. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com. [Repeats Monday 9am.]
4:00pm - 5:30pm
The Sound Projector Radio Show
A showcase for records of contemporary experimental and underground music, hosted by Ed Pinsent. First show of the new season! As usual, we welcome the start of autumn with a selection of UK progressive rock music 1969-1974, drawn from Ed's personal LP collection. Names in the frame are Arzachel, Dark, Fairfield Parlour, Fantasy, Genesis, Third Ear Band, Gryphon, Quatermass, Spring, Steel Mill, Titus Groan, Trapeze, and Tudor Lodge. Visit www.thesoundprojector.com/radio-show for more information. [Repeats Wednesday 1am.]
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Waste Land Receiver
An hour of alternative, folk and indie music plus discussion hosted by Robert Quinn. Borrowing its title from T. S. Eliot’s 1922 poem, Waste Land Receiver sends a message to and from the void through music, considering the poem’s themes of despair, lack of humanity and fragmentation with a will for its alternative. [Repeats Monday 4am.]
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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. [Repeats Tuesday 11.30am.]
Listen live7:00pm - 8:00pm
A Duck in a Tree
The :zoviet * france: radio show. Time's Approximate. This week's edition features tracks from new releases by Mia Zabelka, Joshua Trinidad and Icostech; Vincent Grimaldi; Klara Lewis; and Shanyio; a new single by Billy Gomberg; and temporal imprecisions from Anne Sulikowski, My Problem Child, Elnath Project, The Alaska None, Anthony Magen, Fovea Hex, Sevenism, d E, and Djet. [Repeats Tuesday 12am.]
8:30pm - 9:30pm
A World in London
[Repeated from Wednesday 6pm.] DJ Ritu MBE presents the UK’s definitive global music show.
9:30pm - 10:30pm
MSCTY Radio Tokyo
Travel to Japan with Nick Luscombe and James Greer as they explore the sound of Tokyo. This month's show features postcards from Nick and James's summers. We encounter the bustle of central Osaka, the serene silence of Hokkaido's countryside under moonlight, and listen back to some tracks from a live performance they gave at the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room in July with the pianist and composer Yumiko Morioka. For more information visit www.mscty.space. [Repeats Monday 5am.]
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Kitchen Magic Time
[Repeated from Tuesday 1pm.] Recipes in sound from Mama Dolores, Mistress of the Deep Soul Kitchen.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Is Black Music
[Repeated from Wednesday 12am.] The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. Tonight’s programme features the work of Dr. Jason Arday. For more information visit www.artterry.co.uk.
12:00am - 1:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
[Repeated from Thursday 11pm.] Hosted and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, new releases and unreleased dubs. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Visit X @feraldubs.