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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, dubs from Expeao, Mezza Slimzos Recordings, Mesotron, Ash Bash, LKD, Silencer; new releases from Lollingo, LRD, Bang GK; Grime classics by Rival, Kozzie, Lethal B, Big Narstie, P Money & Blacks, Danny Weed & Syer B. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. X: @feraldubs.
1:00am - 2:30am
Adventures in Sound and Music
[Repeated from Thursday 9pm.] New music with The Wire magazine. Adventures In Sound And Music is hosted by members of the magazine staff: Emily Bick, Chris Bohn, Phil England, James Gormley, Joseph Stannard, Derek Walmsley, Meg Woof and Shane Woolman. Visit thewire.co.uk for more information.
2:30am - 3:30am
Fog Cast
[Repeated from Wednesday 11pm.] A series of late night deep listening soundtracks presented by Robin The Fog. Tonight we premier two highly anticipated releases from Ash International, Bill Thompson's 'And The Sky Breaks Open' and Chandra Shukla’s 'Äkäsh'. We'll also hear the title track from Hilde Marie Holsen's superb 2023 release, 'Ediacara'. Come drift into the night with us... Further details at: robinthefog.com.
3:30am - 4:30am
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. [Repeats Monday 12am.]
4:30am - 5:00am
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.
5:00am - 6:00am
Modulisme
[Repeated from Friday 11.30pm.] Modulisme (which translates as Modularism) is a series devoted to out of leftfield modular synthesis. This week: Petit's A Divine Comedy. Inspired by Dante Alighieri's poem and influenced by Gustave Doré's illustrations, Philippe Petit builds a symphonic palette of musical pigments, pictorial tones and textures that reconcile epic narrative and expressionist musical form. For more information visit modulisme.info/sessions.
6:00am - 7:00am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson. This week: making use of the newly-opened Resonance studio, Ben presents tracks recorded by Association of Musical Marxists All-Stars Friday lunchtime residency at the Betsey Trotwood on 13th September. The improvisors are: Dave Black - electric guitar; Nick Lubran - acoustic guitar, wooden flute; Vivienne Soan - recorders, voice; Graham Davis - synths; Out To Lunch - acoustic guitar, Yamaha keyboard (grand piano, accordion and flute samples), recording, mix. Out To Lunch may be persuaded to add further disharmonic guitar stylings to the proceedings.
7:00am - 8:00am
Make Your Own Damn Music
[Repeated from Tuesday 9pm.] Make Your Own Damn Music is a weekly audio postcard from the artist Bob and Roberta Smith’s studio by the seaside in Ramsgate. This week's show features fog horns, bird song and donkeys, along with Bob and Roberta Smith learning blues piano.
8:00am - 9:00am
Wavelength
[Repeated from Friday 2.30pm.] A programme of multiple agendas presented by William English.
9:00am - 10:00am
The Curtain Up Show
[Repeated from Friday 4pm.] Tim McArthur, Nathan Matthews and guests discuss London's vibrant theatre scene. Today's guests: legendary drag artist, performer and singer Divina De Campo who returns to host The Stage Debut Awards 2024; and Nathan Taylor, Stuart Simons and Dominic Charman from 'Small Town Boys' at the Union Theatre. Follow on Facebook, X and Instagram for more information.
10:00am - 11:00am
The Relatively Good Radio Show
[Repeated from Tuesday 3pm.] Richard and Anna host the show where everything is live – including the jingles. Broadcast from The Village Butty, a floating music venue continuously touring the 2500 miles of the UK's inland waterways system, on their 'Increasing the Overall Jollity of the Nation' Tour. This month's show is broadcast from the 245-year-old Tooley's Boatyard in Banbury and features artists who will perform at Tooley's Arts Festival 2024, including live music from Bryony Afferson.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Ukrainian Field Notes
[Repeated from Wednesday 5.30pm.] A series comprising interviews and music by musicians from all over Ukraine, sharing their experience of displacement and war. This month, Whaler talks about the music scene in Kharkiv, Kyiv and Lviv, Resistance and fundraising compilations. Music by Whaler, Nina Eba, Potras23 and Група Б. For more interviews with Ukrainian artists visit the Ukrainian Field Notes pages. To support Ukraine visit: supportukrainenow.org.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Ambrosia Rasputin Show
Freewheeling music series with Ivor Kallin. This week's episode features a concert by Alasdair Roberts and Donald WG Lindsay recorded at the Hundred Years Gallery. Plus some blethering in the garden. [Repeats Friday 1am.]
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Arty Facts
Arty Facts with Master J is a show about working in the arts. Today, Master J is joined by musical theatre actor Karen Holmes. This is the second in a new series of song challenges in which Master J brings two famous songs he has recorded backing tracks for, but in a different genre or style to the originals. Not only will Karen have no preparation, she’ll also need to make up some backing vocals for Master J, and then teach him to sing them. The show will be filled with panic, mayhem and more than its fair share of missed notes. For more information visit Master J on Facebook. [Repeats Wednesday 7.30pm.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Calling All Pensioners
[Repeated from Monday 1pm.] Magazine programme with Tim Hamilton, addressing issues which affect pensioners across London. This week: even Union bosses have hit out at winter fuel payments being cut, joining all pensioners’ charities which have raised concerns. Age UK announces that their campaign to save the Winter Fuel Payment for struggling pensioners is gaining momentum as MPs from all parties are hearing from their constituents about their experiences. Independent Age adds to Age UK’s encouragement to contact your MP over the cutting of the winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners. Our musical tributes are to Duke Fakir, an American singer and co-founder of the Motown quartet the Four Tops, and to Chicago-born singer, Evelyn Thomas, who was best known for hi-NRG dance hits. Produced by Deptford Action Group for the Elderly.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Lucky Cat
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. This week Soup Wars launches with a heavy hitter - laksa is in the dim sum lunch box. Music featured is from Zoë's extensive record collection - reggae, blues, doo-wop and folk. Plus a review of 'Second Life' starring Philip Ng 伍允龙 and Yuen Qiu 元秋. [Repeats Wednesday 9am.]
4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Outerglobe
[Repeated from Thursday 6.30pm.] Debbie Golt FRSA takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. For more details follow @outerglobe on Instagram and X.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Around The World With The Lallas
[Repeated from Tuesday 1.30pm.] Laura Pradelska and Lara Fraser share their international cultural interests, stemming from their respective careers as actor and producer as well as their joint DJ career as The Lallas.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sitting With Gianluca
Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana. This week: Gianluca's guest is Chris Stills, songwriter, musician and actor based in France. If Chris’s last name sounds familiar, you are correct! Listen to Chris’s story and radio session from when he was last in New York. First broadcast 31 March 2019 and repeated today to mark the launch of Gianluca's show being syndicated to Radio Grenuoille, Marseille. [Repeats Tuesday 12pm.]
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Isotopica
Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko. This week, Isotopica goes interplanetary with a rare chance to hear a radio work from our very own David Ellis, with his inimitable Silent Key. Silent Key is the term ham radio enthusiasts use to denote an on-air friend and colleague who has been transmitted to the other side (dead). David stumbled across this term along with a box full of mysterious QSR cards which amateur radio operators exchange to confirm two-way radio contact between stations. Expect static, hiss, hum and delightful stories from the almost vanished and arcane world of amateur radio. Visit theculture.net/ for more information. [Repeats Friday 8am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Robyn Rocket's Zoom Zoom
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. [Repeats Wednesday 8am.]
9:00pm - 10:00pm
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
Marina Organ presents an 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 X @OtherRockShow. Visit otherrockshow.wordpress.com for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 8am.]
10:00pm - 11:00pm
Intoxica Radio Hour
[Repeated from Wednesday 11am.] 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 Danny White, The Dan-Dees and The Dixie Nightingales. For further information and general waffle, contact intoxica@intoxica.co.uk.
11:00pm - 12:00am
framework
Field recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting, presented by Patrick Tubin McGinley. This week's edition has been produced by Joseph Young in the UK, featuring recordings made in the west of Ireland. For more of his work see artofnoises.com. Visit frameworkradio.net for more information. [Repeats Thursday 8am.]
12:00am - 1:00am
Sleeping Dogs Lie
[Repeated from Sunday 3.30am.] Ambient music selected by Miguel Santos to help night owls relax. For more information visit Sleeping Dogs Lie on Facebook, Mixcloud and WhitelabelRecs Bandcamp.