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12:00am - 3:00am
Psychosonic Cinema
A double helping of renowned Australian soundtrack theorist Philip Brophy's exploration of loud and luscious soundtrack dynamite. He covers five strains of film music: Electronic Soundscapes; Big Beat Jive; Hard Rock Freak-Out; Funked-Up Grooves; and Atomic Atonality. In all cases, great tracks that speak for themselves!
3:00am - 4:00am
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.
4:00am - 5:00am
Fog Cast
Robin The Fog presents a series of late-night, deep listening soundtracks for our current era of isolation. Further details at: robinthefog.com.
5:00am - 6:00am
A Colder Consciousness
Flora Pitrolo plays music from the dark synth underground on the second Monday of each month. Visit ACC on Facebook or Tweet to @colderlondon for more information. Archive (2011 - present) to be found on Mixcloud. ACC also broadcasts on Skopje’s Kanal 103 every last Sunday of the month, 21.00 - 23.00.
6:00am - 7:00am
Getting Better Acquainted
Join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows, in a holiday selection of repeats of this series from 2014. There are lots of shows about famous people. This is a show about the rest of us.
7:00am - 8:00am
Sonic Imperfections
Nigel Bryant of the South East London based live music night, Sonic Imperfections, plays a selection of experimental and unusual sounds. Visit facebook.com/SonicImperfections for more information.
8:00am - 9:00am
Nostalgie Ya Mboka
Mundele Mafuta presents classic dance music of the two Congos.
9:00am - 10:00am
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
Most every day as part of our holiday schedule we present selected repeats of Marina Organ's 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. Follow the playlist on Twitter @OtherRockShow. Visit otherrockshow.wordpress.com for more information.
10:00am - 11:00am
Listen. Let's Talk
In depth discussions with assorted creatives, hosted by urbanist Donald Hyslop. Today: Donald is in conversation with Patricia Brown, Director of Central. Patricia has been described as a "place whisperer". She is a thinker and strategist who has spent over thirty years helping shape and develop London into a contemporary world city. From leading the introduction of Business Improvement Districts through to an active role in the cultural life of the city, we discuss her experiences from early days growing up in Merseyside. A life-long connector and advocate for social and responsible urban development continues with her current initiative, London 3.0.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Future Renaissance
Composer Benjamin Tassie dives into the worlds of contemporary Baroque and Renaissance musicians and their obscure instruments. Today: the first of three special episodes, each exploring a longer work for Renaissance instruments. Today: highlights from the 2015 opera, You Us We All, by Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Andrew Ondrejcak. For more information visit benjamintassie.com.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
JazznewbloodTAPES
An exploration by Patricia Pascal of the revolution in UK jazz. Today: a selection of talented and fearless female leaders who are inspiring the next generations of female talent in jazz. Enjoy music from Sarah Tandy, Zara McFarlane, Andrea Motis, Helena Kay, Rosie Turton, Melissa Aldana, Coletiva, Emma Jean-Thackray and the great Alice Coltraine. For more info visit jazznewblood.org/jazznewbloodtapes.
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Raft
Chiara Ambrosio conducts conversations about how marginalised and under represented artists and the city interact and shape each other and how the socio-political shifts in London affect art. For more information visit raftalondonstory.com.
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Palimpsest
A personal collage of thoughts and details from experiencing a particular place. Presented by Georgina Bowden. Today: community and gatherings. Listen out for a distant protest gathering in a busy city, an orchestra, a walk with friends, a meeting place in a hospital, a faraway choir, a radio station, and a church.
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Little Atoms
Selected repeats for our holiday schedule of the long-running 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. Today: Jarett Kobek on his novel, Only Americans Burn in Hell. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Tweet to @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com.
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Down the Rabbit Hole
[Repeated from Tuesday 5pm] A show celebrating the richness of children's books. In this episode, presenters Caroline Carpenter and Sam Sedgman are joined by the winners of the 2021 Branford Boase Award, author Struan Murray and editor Ben Horslen, for a behind the scenes look at the process of writing a first book and a discussion of what makes debut children’s books so special. Visit https://linktr.ee/dtrhradio for more, and follow the show @dtrhradio.
3:00pm - 5:00pm
The OST Show
A selection of shows for our holiday schedule. Presented by Jonny Trunk, The OST Show is the only show anywhere dedicated to film music, TV music, library music and related recordings. Today: it's all ten-inches from a new small collection of records, originally found at the Inner London Education Authority TV library. Visit www.trunkrecords.com for more information. Email jonny@trunkrecords.com.
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Work Of Art
A move the dial five-part mini-series discussion exploring thought-provoking art and the real work of art – to elevate consciousness. In this series, art historian Alice Procter examines U.S. artist Kara Walker’s Tate Modern Hyundai Commission 2019, Fons Americanus. Produced and presented by NND.
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Our Journey
A six part series which celebrates and explores the significance of the first Black led civil rights campaign in the UK, the Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963. Produced and presented by Miranda Rae. A Sound Women South West Network production supported by the Audio Content Fund.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Intoxica Radio Hour
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.
7:00pm - 8:00pm
A World In London
In a selection of broadcasts for our holiday schedule, DJ Ritu presents the UK’s definitive global music show from London. This evening's global grooves include Flora Purim, the Attacca Quartet, and Haji Mike
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Global Globules With Baconface
Join the barely present cult Canadian stand-up comedian Baconface as he plays lengthy and mainly uninterrupted selections from his late brother's extensive record collection of '60s and '70s psychedelia, progressive rock, free jazz, folk, acid folk, folk rock, acid rock, electronic music, and ethnoforgeries. In association with the Chilliwack Office of Leisure. Produced by Michael Umney. Today: episode 25 - Boston.
10:00pm - 11:00pm
Gwaith Sŵn's Sonic Darts
Sound-art and transmission-art delivered by London sound art collective Gwaith Sŵn. Tonight: we consider different approaches to field recording, in particular looking at those interested in located sound (place) and those making use of field recordings as sonic material (plasticity). Featuring field recordings in various degrees of transformation from Indian cremation rituals, Scottish nature walks, London's relentless construction noise, Zimbabwean mbira jams and Brazilian cacti turned percussion instruments, and we talk to composer and researcher Andrew Knight-Hill about field recording and spatial identity.
11:00pm - 12:00am
framework
Holiday repeats of the pioneering, long-running and frankly definitive programme consecrated to field recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting, presented by Patrick Tubin McGinley. This edition (#748) features Xiang, Sylvain Souklaye, Annette Vande Gorne, Philip Sulidae, Pablo Sanz, Georgia Rodgers, and an intro by Keith de Mendonca. Visit frameworkradio.net for more information.
12:00am - 3:00am
Psychosonic Cinema
A double helping of renowned Australian soundtrack theorist Philip Brophy's exploration of loud and luscious soundtrack dynamite. He covers five strains of film music: Electronic Soundscapes; Big Beat Jive; Hard Rock Freak-Out; Funked-Up Grooves; and Atomic Atonality. In all cases, great tracks that speak for themselves!