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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. 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: another installment of our informal "alphabet" shows, this time focusing on letter "D" for December. Album tracks by Arnold Dreyblatt, Dave Phillips (& Hiroshi Hasegawa), Die Todliche Doris, Freddy The Dyke, Deison Marhaug, Dislocation, Dadaistisk Danseensemble, David Fenech, Dead Girls Party, and Nick Jonah Davis. Plus hidden instances of The Letter D by Hey-O-Hansen, Vicious Circus, 11Paranoias, Anders Hana, and Miki Yui. Visit thesoundprojector.com/radio-show/ for more information.
2:30am - 8:00am
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.
8:00am - 9:00am
Synaptic Island
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] A collective of DJs and artists explores a selected theme each week through music and conversation. This month: Ali Mono takes the reins exploring the theme 'Shadow' with contributions from other members. Expect echo, reverberations, mystery and mood. Listen to archived shows on Mixcloud. For more information visit Synaptic Island on Twitter and Instagram.
9:00am - 10:00am
Lucky Cat
[Repeated from Monday 2pm.] 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
safe + sound
[Repeated from Tuesday 8pm.] A bi-monthly audio open mic night hosted by Jesse Lou Lawson and Kit Callin. Today: part one of a recording from our most recent live event at The Jago in Dalston. Our theme was MAGIC and we were raising money for Jesse Lou Lawson's Top Surgery Fundraiser: https://rb.gy/pjeqdl. Featuring: Excerpt from Trans Power - Juno Roche; Swoop - Arlie Adlington (Live); The Clown - Brid Addison-Child; The Water is the Shovel of the Shore - Shovel Dance Collective; The Magician - Axel Kacoutié; Yanggeum for snapped ankle - Park Jiha & Roy Claire Potter. Find out about our new themes and how to submit on Instagram or Twitter. Part two tonight at 8pm.
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. This week: music from the wired and wonderful world of The Argons, Golden Catalinas and The Rovin' Gamblers. 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. This week: Christmas songs from Japan, and by musicians we lost in 2023, and sometimes both. Tracks, performances and songs by musicians who passed away this year include Ryuichi Sakamoto, Benjamin Zephaniah, Futoshi Ikabe, Yukihiro Takahashi, Burt Bacharach, Junko Ohashi, Shinji Tanimura and Makoto Ayukawa. Additional Christmas tunes by Tatsuro Yamashita, BoA, and Taiiku Okazaki. Visit farsidemusic.com for more information. [Repeats Saturday 5.30pm.]
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Women Get Lit
[Repeated from Monday 11.30am.] Kasia Flisiuk challenges the way an all-girls school has taught her to analyze women in literature. In each episode she explores a new book and theme that challenges women’s representation across genres and times. Episode 6: Female Solidarity, Queer Reading of Nella Larsen's Passing. Kasia is joined by Professor Susan Rudy, whose expertise includes contemporary and experimental poetry, queer feminist theory, and women's experimental writing. They delve into Professor Rudy's most recent work, "Gender's Ontoformativity, or Refusing to be Spat Out of Reality." They explore how her work delves into the writings of lesbian poet Nicole Brossard and its implications for our understanding of gender and literature. Later they discuss Nella Larsen's Passing, delving into its themes of race, identity, and the complex intersections of gender and sexuality. Professor Rudy shares her perspectives and experiences, shedding light on the ongoing struggle for inclusivity and equality. Find Kasia on Instagram @womengetlit and @apolishgalsthoughts.
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.]
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Radia
[Repeated from Thursday 10.30pm.] Radia, the international group of independent cultural radio stations, presents a new show realised by one of its members, exploring "new and forgotten ways of making radio." Today: Show 0975: 'The Day After' with Aida Touma-Sliman (for radioart106). A talk by feminist MK Aida Touma-Sliman about the context, background and aftermath of the October 7th Hamas massacre and the Israeli war on Gaza. Recorded in Acre on 26.11.23. Author: Meira Asher for radioart106. Aida Touma-Sliman is a member of Knesset representing Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality). She was first elected in 2015 and served as the chair of the Knesset committee for the Status of women and gender equality. Visit radia.fm for more information.
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Balling the Jack
[Repeated from Friday 9pm.] Joe Cushley explores 13 Bar Blues and Twisted Roots music from around the globe. From the the 1920s to the present day, from the barrel-house to the arthouse via the bedsit, from Mali to Mississippi to the Mekong via New Malden - every culture has its blues. For more information visit Balling The Jack on Facebook. E-mail ballingthejack1@gmail.com.
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Spizz FM
An on-going audio autobiography from the punk and post-punk legend that is Spizz. This week: Deaf School 50th Anniversary Special plus tracks by Holly Penfield, Delta Unit, Spizzology, Regent, The Puncturists, Dylan White, Garry Scott James and poetry from Cathy Flower. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. Tweet to @spizzenergi. [Repeats Saturday 8am.]
5:30pm - 6:30pm
PassWord
A monthly exploration of current affairs and new technology with Peter Warren. Today: PassW0rd examines the world of cybercrime. This month saw official acknowledgement that for nine years hackers from foreign powers have sat inside Sellafield, the UK and Europe's largest nuclear waste reprocessing centre and the world's largest store of plutonium, and admission hackers have also been routinely targeting UK politicians, civil servants and journalists. A month after Rishi Sunak said Artificial Intelligence is an existential risk, we ask is cyber a greater threat? Tweet to @PassW0rd_Radio. [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: in the final globe-connecting show of 2023, DJ Ritu MBE mixes musical gifts by lyrical wise men Lowkey and Benjamin Zephaniah, pan-African delights by Magic System, Yemi Alade, Mohamed Ramadan, Nubiyan Twist, Reda Taliani and Aziz Konkrite, Polish folkstars Dagadana, Bollywood’s Arijit Singh, Turkish superwomen singers Ajda Pekkan and Aylin Demir, tabla-naut beats by Kuljit Bhamra, and Brazilian guitar by Fabiano Do Nascimento.[Repeats Saturday 3.30pm.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
Arty Facts
[Repeated from Sunday 1.30pm.] Master J presents the seventh of eight different Arts Based Game Shows that Won’t Work. For this week's show, the least accessible of the eight, the confused and befuddled guests are: music producer King Ahmed, model Sara Pereiro, screenwriter James Ruzicka, and musical theatre actor Karen Holmes. The game show is called "The Really Big Arts Based Aptronymic Antonym Rhetorical Quiz Show". The rules will be explained, heads will be examined, and confusion will reign. As always, you can play along at home! For more information visit Master J on Facebook.
8:00pm - 9:00pm
safe + sound
A bi-monthly audio open mic night hosted by Jesse Lou Lawson and Kit Callin. Today: part two of a recording from our most recent live event at The Jago in Dalston. Our theme was MAGIC and we were raising money for Jesse Lou Lawson's Top Surgery Fundraiser: https://rb.gy/pjeqdl. Featuring: I LUV U LOU, MAGIC - Izzy Yon; Some Magical Songs - Femi + Elzo; Mardi Gras is a State of Mind - Mara Lazer; excerpt from Witch Ep 5, The Magic(k) - Tatum Swithenbank; excerpt from Blasstal Ep 1, Moots - Kit Callin & Lucy Dearlove; Look Cool Be Gay - Jesse Lou Lawson. Find out about our new themes and how to submit on Instagram or Twitter @safesoundres. [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 Point Du Lac, Faune, Johana Beaussart, Collectif Coax and ISHA & Limsa D'Aulnay.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Fog Cast
A series of late night deep listening soundtracks presented by Robin The Fog. Tonight: we celebrate the launch of Claire M. Singer's new album 'Saor', a record partly inspired by both a trek across the Cairngorms and by the 1872 organ in Forge Kirk, Aberdeenshire. We'll hear two extended pieces including the glacial magnificence of the title track, followed by 'Rionnag a Tuath', Claire's 2020 contribution to the 'Touch: Isolation' album; and 2017's transept organ work 'Fairge' in its entirety. Come drift into the night... 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. This week's show features Tony Enos, B.Rose & King C, Earth Surface People & Sadie Norkin, Ashley Ghostkeeper, Dustin Thomas, Ashley Ghostkeeper, Donita Large, Isolated South, Uyarakq, Toni Hickman, City Natives, Vancougar, Funky Mix Productions & Jodie B, and Julia Keefe. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu. [Repeats Saturday 8.30pm.]