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Ambient, folk, ritual, electronic, dub, free jazz and exploratory works selected by BroodingSideOfMadness.

A nine-part retrospective of the first five seasons of the Radia network’s epochal (and on-going) radio art series. Assembled by Lee Stapleford.

In this episode, James Gormley tracks by Alexander Hawkins Trio, Wolf Eyes, Tinariwen, Nakibembe Embaire Group, and more.

New music with The Wire Magazine.

This third instalment introduces a number of irritants, including roadworks and a malfunctioning audio recorder suddenly beset with earth hum.

Perseveringly, a Zen-like zone is sought whereby the research into the Suppressed Safe can proceed without hindrance; this involves partaking in dubious meditation clickbait and learning to embrace amateurism.

Originally commissioned in 2022 as part of Radio Art Zone's tapestry of 22-hour radio productions, this project by Daniel R. Wilson is re-presented here in episodic form. Asphyxia hacks the antagonising systems which thwart and forestall projects (its name also acknowledges the asphyxiating atmosphere of long-form radio when made by a single person). It is a damaged would-be radio documentary exploring the Narnia of restricted access material and gatekept employment.

60 minutes of vivid aural excitement mixed by Ian Murphy.

We’re back with new music for the first time this year! After laying the foundation for the show throughout last year we have decided to explore a new route: as we are a collective of individuals and not strictly a homogenous ensemble this year we’d like to use the platform to explore each members individual practice.

Every couple of months or so a member will “take over” the sessions for the month and guide us in the work we produce. For this month, we have taken early anarchist texts as inspiration and material to work with and against the music we make. Each member reads a text in their native language and we explore the dynamic of knowing and not knowing through improvisation.

We Are actively looking to expand our group of collaborators and more permanent members, If you’d like to work with us or would like to book us for a show then please contact Jamie on hello@subphonics.com

Artwork by Erin Robinson.

Quarterly noise from SubPhonics exploring themes of collaborative sound and performance.

In the episode, Hilmar from Leipzig-based community radio Radio Blau tries to understand what happened in April 1983 in the punk scene of the now no more existing German Democratic Republic and what happens in and around Leipzig today and also looks to other places including London, Dunfermline, Kolobrzeg and Osaka.

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 two independent labels, Calling Cards Publishing and Italian cassette Canti Magnetici, first Sebastian Melmoth LP out on Artificial Dance and Stephen Shiell 'Sonance' on Linear Obsessional Recordings.

Nicola Serra, founder of East London's experimental music festival Dronica, presents new and archival material.

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

In this episode, a trio improvisation featuring Gardyloo Spew. Playing high up by nature's throne at the golden hour, surrounded by flowing willows and the shrill cry of kingfishers, we tune in to the ever rushing waters of the old River Lea.

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.

This episode is composed out of sounds captured on Bustan Ibleo in Ragusa, Sicily, during Oooh Festival 2019. It is based on performances, sounds of the water, hydroponics recordings and other everyday sounds captured and manipulated during our stay. Special thanks for recordings by Dario Chillemi and Radio Colomba, Norbert R. Stammberger and Tarik Haskić. The sounds and music used were made (or inspired) by participants of Oooh Festival 2019 whose complete list can be found here.

Radio Concrete by **Hagai Izenberg is a monthly experimental radio show focusing on live mixing and processing of field recordings together with contemporary music and soundscapes.

Cosmic, transcendent sounds and exploratory electronics with f.ampism.

On Sunday, March 12th 2023, Linden Pomeroy led a 5-hour live improvisation in aid of the Men Walk Talk, a charity for men's mental health.

This episode is an edit of the contribution from Spirit of Gravity member, McCloud. It is a pointedly minimal and repetitive piece for radio.

The other musicians were: band leader Linden Pomeroy on guitar; Kev Nickells on guitar; Jamie Bowden on piano; Steve Peck on saxophone and McCloud on synthesiser.

For more info and to contribute: www.totalgiving.co.uk/mypage/thepathiknow

The second hour of the show is dedicated to Eliane Radigue's drone masterpiece Triptych.

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

Here they present a recording of ‘Gaddafi in Hythe’ live at Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts, for Radiophrenia, 2017.

Ed Baxter (electronics, text), Tam Dean Burn (voice), Peter Lanceley (guitar, voice), Milo Thesiger-Meacham (electronics, other instruments).

Commissioned as part of Radiophrenia’s two week long radio broadcasts, brought to you live from their studio at CCA Glasgow. Funded through Creative Scotland’s Open Project Funding with additional support from CCA Glasgow and Outset Scotland.

The Resonance Radio Orchestra is a floating pool of musicians, engineers, sound-effects creators, actors, writers, composers and broadcasters devoted to making live radio-art. It is based in central London as the in-house artistic wing of Resonance104.4fm, under the direction of Ed Baxter.

Charlotte Saga –– Soundcloud

Olivia Morgan is a London based musician playing synth in Nukuluk and Blue Bendy. She is interested in distorting sounds and making instruments/soundscapes from recordings or samples. This is a somewhat nostalgic piece inspired by the death of my cat. She recorded him purring the day he was put to sleep and used the recording to make many of the sounds that create this space. It’s a melancholic, calm environment with occasional disjointed sounds and implications of unease.

George Rayner-Law is a sound worker from South London, with an art practice in Noise. Recently, he has completed collaborations with Nicholas Tee on the video pieces untitled [circuit breaker], You Will Not Feel This Way Forever, and sound for the durational installation REST-LESS. He has an ongoing collaboration with Dominic O’Donoghue on the Bootlicker project, and is an ongoing contributor to Louis Grace’s Teaching Computers To Love program on Resonance EXTRA. He also has a recent release via Brachliegen Tapes.

Beyond this, he is an experienced radio broadcast engineer, and has produced work spanning radio arts, installation, video, live performance and commercial release, as well as running DIY record labels.

Louis Grace presents Teaching Computers to Love. This is a collaborative platform for artists to develop an episode sonically with a 10-20 minute body of work.

This episode features music made by Naviar’s community inspired by Kobayashi Issa’s poem “in dream world / was I laughing at a turtle? / winter seclusion”.

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.

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