Wednesday 26th June
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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: further new releases from September 2023. Album tracks from Sebastian Strinning and Tim Daisy, Burial Hex, Directives (of Aubjects.org), Drew Daniel & John Wiese, Les Certitudes (with Léo Dupleix), Jürg Frey, JP Inc., Steve Peters, and Whalesong. Expect noise, free jazz, ambient drone and modern composition. 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
Robyn Rocket's Zoom Zoom
[Repeated from Sunday 8pm.] Interviews and music charting the musical life of artists. Robyn’s Rocket is a semi-regular night of live music and visual art at Café OTO. Robyn Rocket's Zoom Zoom is Robyn’s monthly radio show, offering a mix of chat with artists about their influences and experiences, with a selection of music under discussion. Transcript and track listing at www.robynrocket.com/zoomzoom.
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
Clear Spot
[Repeated from Tuesday 8pm.] One off, irregular and sometimes surprise broadcasts.
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 Count Lasher, The Vejtables and The Chiffons. 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: in recent years, some Japanese pop from the 1980s has been reclassified as 'City Pop' as artists and albums by artists such as Tatsuro Yamashita, Mariya Takeuchi, Junko Ohashi, Anri, Tomoko Aran have gained popularity around the world mainly through You Tube algorithms and vinyl reissues finding a new audience. Back in the '80s, City Pop was a little used term, instead these were albums classified as J-Pop, Idol pop, Kayokyoku, New Music and other styles. In chronological order, this is a show of some of the biggest hits of the 1980s, including some City Pop, but others that show the development of pop music through the decade with Japan’s most loved singers and musicians. Thanks to Miki in Saga, Japan, for the selection! Visit farsidemusic.com for more information. [Repeats Saturday 5.30pm.]
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Micro Clear Spot
[Repeated from Tuesday 10pm.] Shorter specials and one-off programmes.
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. This week: Ben performs Viaticum Sludge, written in 2015, but newly printed by Ken Fox, the Sasketchewan writer who crosses the boundary between theory and entertainment, between religion and literature, between poetry and counter culture, between self and other, subject and object, chicken and ovum. Also, various pieces of musical xenochrony devised by OTL in his Somers Town bunker. [Repeats Sunday 6am.]
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. Email 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: latest news from Spizz World. Gig guide and art events on the horizon with tracks from Anne Pigalle, Spizzenergi, Michele Young, Delta Unit and New Order. New Band Spots from Eville, Mayflower Madame and Bones Owens. For more information visit the Spizzenergi Facebook page. Tweet to @spizzenergi. [Repeats Saturday 8am.]
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Radio Public
A monthly programme created by Workshop 24, a sound, visual and socially engaged art collective working in the Midlands. Each programme emanates from our experience of the local, creating a portal into sonic possible worlds. Episode 20: Billy "Guitar" Laybourne introduces us to the Tele series of minimalist guitar works mined from the rich seams of the Radio Public vaults. [Repeats Sunday 11am.]
6:30pm - 7:30pm
A World In London
DJ Ritu MBE presents the UK’s definitive global music show from London. [Repeats Saturday 3.30pm.]
7:30pm - 8:00pm
Arty Facts
[Repeated from Sunday 1.30pm.] Arty Facts with Master J is a show about working in the arts. Today: Master J is joined by musical theatre actor Karen Holmes. The pair will randomly select songs and Karen will sing these songs whilst Master J attempts to play something resembling them on the piano. Expect out of time playing, missed notes and a lot of blaming each other. Warning: this is not a show for music lovers, it’s not even a show for lovers, in fact it’s barely a show. For more information visit Master J on Facebook.
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Clear Spot
Out in South London. LGBTQ+ lifestyle show. Sophia Blackwell speaks to authors PJ Ellis and Karen McLeod, plus the creative team behind Shakespeare in the Squares. With new music from contemporary artists. [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 Le Juiice, Porta's, Pacôme Genty, Alain Regardin, Basil3 and Camoufleur.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Fog Cast
A series of late night deep listening soundtracks presented by Robin The Fog. Tonight: featuring far-out sounds from Rapoon's 'Ghosts From A Machine' and Léa Boudreau's 'Limaçon', interspersed with a series of shorter pieces from Burning Harpsichord's archival collection 'Elsewhere'. Come drift into the noisy 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. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu. [Repeats Saturday 8.30pm.]