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This episode features music made by Naviar’s community inspired by Santoka Taneda’s poem “Evening sky, / the silhouettes of farmers in their fields / deepen.”

To have your music featured on the show, participate in the Haiku music challenge.

Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly haiku poem, curated by Marco Alessi of Naviar Records and Naviar's international community of composers.

Injazero Records founder Siné Buyuka plays a selection of electronic, experimental, ambient and contemporary classical tracks.

Where the Dead Voices Gather is an indeterminate process driven radio experiment that uses the book 'Where The Dead Voices Gather' by Nick Tosches as its starting point.

Songs are chosen from a series of libraries based on the structure of a haiku. Each show has 17 songs / sounds therefore each show represents a sonic haiku.

Where the Dead voices gather is exploring the sonic potentials of written text and the indeterminate.

Sound collage, record spinning, havering, ear wonk and general head scratch with Dylan Nyoukis of the Chocolate Monk label.

For this episode we invite Leipzig-based electronic artist Franziska Kastner to curate an extended mix for us, cutting together digitally-manipulated interview fragments with previously unreleased sounds by Boceau – a long-standing collaboration between EAU and her project Bocu. Following, our Theresa Elflein returns with a select collection of eclectic friends – among others featuring Elements of Elephants, Anjali Rose and Lou Barnell.

Colliding Lines present live sessions, cross-genre collaborations and left-field recordings drawn from the London, UK and international experimental scenes; a long-form love letter to recorded audio as soundtrack, as sound art and as storyteller.

Field recordings, sonic environments and local artist features in this development of the Japan Sound Portrait project. Presented by Neil Cantwell.

This month, the first half of Third Space features renowned Iranian musician, producer and promoter, Pouya Ehsaei. Subtle field recordings taken from across London are carefully placed and processed within a half hour of original music composed for the show, showcasing Pouya's ability to translate the labyrinthine city's diverse rhythms and sonic intricacies into modular synthesis.

Comprised of Farbod Maeen and Deniz Tafaghodi, Zerone Duo explore the sounds of their and Pouya's hometown, Tehran, in the second portion of the show. At times peaceful and at other times unnerving, synthesised sounds are masterfully woven into a tapestry of air brakes, announcements and indistinct conversations to interrogate the stirring emotions of a bustling city.

Each month, First Light Records invites two artists to take an unplanned journey with a microphone around their city to curate an hour-long mix. Each show captures the unique atmosphere of a city from each artist's perspective, through music and found sound.

In this episode, Tim Pendergast goes back in time to revisit the world of the compilation cassette tape.

Maximum Rocknroll Radio is a weekly radio show and podcast featuring DIY punk, garage rock, hardcore, and more from around the world. A rotating cast of DJs pick the best of the best from MRR's astounding, ever-growing vinyl archive. You can find MRR Radio archives, specials and more on their website.

This episode features new music by Pascale LH, Scientia, July in January + Waldgrenze, TRI:.OBYTE, The Great Old Ones, Sonologyst, Alx Broken and Brian C. Short.

A selection of new experimental music and sound work from the international underground network Unexplained Sounds, curated by Raffaele Pezzella (Sonologyst).

Discrepancies is a global showcase of disparate music with a focus on earthly field recordings and international sounds, curated by the Discrepant record label, presented by Gonçalo F Cardoso.

In this episode: pausing for breath at the tunnel's mouth, on the threshold of a threshold. Resonances haunt endlessly, back and forth, echoing around the next bend.

Littoral Transmissions meander through the sonic landscape of the River Lea from Stonebridge Lock to Leamouth. Recordings from the field converge with layers of sound to create an aural impression of the navigation.

Tse Tse Fly Middle East was a nonprofit arts and activist organisation that existed from 2015 until 2023. Throughout that time, it presented a monthly two-hour radio programme showcasing sound art and experimental music from the Middle East, India and North Africa.

Joan by Whettman Chelmets is out this week and he introduces the show from his car discussing the inspiration behind this work which celebrates his grandmother.

A preview of my own piece fake creek where I try and create an underwater field recording is out next month and I play an excerpt from that and we take a first listen to Andrew Weather's forthcoming Sciatic Assemblage: a spikey, jangling and discombobulating take on our domestic spaces.

Plus a special mix from Leena Lee and Vania Fortuna drawing on work which inspires them and relates to their wonderful new album Niebla.

This is the Flaming Pines radio show featuring new releases, mixes and experiments in field recording, sound art and experimental music, hosted by Kate Carr and guests.

The Foldable Sounds Collective presents Foldable Soundbath. The collective formed during the April 2020 lockdown and is composed of three artists: Daniela Maria Geraci, Lucy Rose Cunningham and Isabelle Pead. Individually dealing with sound as an archival, performative and narrational tool, collectively they interrogate sound’s potential to sonically transport the imagination outside one’s four walls, drawing on a global need for freedom of movement.

Featuring digital concert performances by Schacke, Rojin Sharafi, Céline Gillain.

Hosted by Linh and Marvin from Animistic Beliefs.

They each prepared something unique for the occasion to round off Shape 2020 (SHAPE platform's Year 6) on its last day, so tune in and get ready for interesting talks, cutting-edge musical performances and sonic journeys.

This Insomnia radio special is presented in collaboration with MusicMap and Resonance Extra with media support by Crack Magazine.

Insomnia Festival is an annual festival in Tromsø, Norway, that seeks to evolve the creative energy the north has given rise to by creating a platform for new electronic music and technoculture. Through their events, the goal is to create an artistic melting pot and a platform for innovative artists.

SHAPE stands for “Sound, Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe”. SHAPE annually chooses 48 musicians and artists to participate in a mix of live performances, residencies, workshops and talks across member festivals and special events.

This event is produced in collaboration with SHAPE platform for Innovative Music and Audiovisual Art from Europe, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

The organisers of Insomnia Festival ended the pandemic year of 2020, and kickstarted the spring of 2021, together with some very talented and creatively strong artists and musicians from last years SHAPE roster.

In this episode, he presents a live mix of Jon Weinel, including sections of interview.

Jose Macabra presents solo work and other collaborations.

Tracks from across the spectrum of electronic and computer music, with Calum Gunn of Conditional.

This episode is bookended by long pieces from Simon Pyke and Marcelo Armani. It also features old friends of the Spirit of Gravity – including Fane, Thomas Stove, and Jonathan Higgins – plus a noisemaker who is new to us, Bantu.

Commissioned new work from contemporary sound practitioners and other audio choices from experimental electronic collective The Spirit of Gravity.