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In this episode, Rob dives deep into the world of punk, hardcore and grindcore. Tune in and melt your eardrums off with 38 tracks of blistering tunes from around the world. All go, no slow.

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.

Iker Ormazabal is a London-based experimental musician from Spain. He started his solo project IOM circa 2004. He has also been a member of bands like Atomoog, Sorkun, FFT Players, Soizu, Oilbag, Mnemoniic, Warren Schoenbright and has published music in labels such as: Zulo Beltzak, RONF, Doministiku, Desetxea, Afeite Al Perro, Astral Noize, Attenuation Circuit, Mattoid and Hominid Sounds.

He has previously worked alongside other artists such as Arturo Blasco, Jordi Aligué, Borja Ramos, Miguel A García, Raxil4, Itto Morita, Minako Seki, Gonzalo Catalinas among others. In 2017, he was awarded with the John Leckie Award for Innovation in Audio Production for a soundtrack to "Elementary Tryptych of Spain" by Jose Val del Omar. He also runs his own effects-pedal brand, IOHM Fx.

Since 2004, London-based Iker Ormazabel has been progressing experimental music in different forms, through solo projects (as IOM or Iker Ormazabal), alongside dance performers (Itto Morita, Soizu, Minako Seki), improvising with other musicians (Miguel A. Garcia, Oier Iruretagoiena, Andrew Page, Arturo Blasco) and in bands (Mnemonic, Warren Schoenbright, Fft Players, Oilbag).

This solo work is heavily inspired by acousmatic composers, and acousmatic listening, the music and writings of Pierre Schaeffer, Eliane Radigue, Pauline Oliveros, Francisco Lopez, taking inspiration from what is known as ‘deep listening’, listening with intent or acousmatic listening. 45 copies.

For this Dronica show, he presents a selection of Spanish industrial and experimental music from the 80s.

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

Slow Radio by bauhaus.fm is a radio format where almost nothing happens and still people listen. To test this we have chosen the shortest night of the year, from 20th to 21st June. The following ingredients could possibly surface: a camp fire, tomorrow's football results, the underwater world of the river Ilm, memorising of a poem, reading of a book, a quarry with a nearby brewery & boiling water.

In this instalment the teachings of Marcus S Chambers (aka Exact Thinker) regarding the Idiote's plight are abutted against futile ploughing against the grain. Meanwhile, the British Library found diaries are delved into, hardcorely.

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.

London-based art, music and architecture writer Bobby Jewell plays a selection of ambient, jazz and classical music over two hours.

This first episode focuses on the Philippines.

A series from Tse Tse Fly Middle East focusing on South East Asian sound art, noise and experimental music.

This episode features music made by Naviar’s community inspired by Sôen Nakagawa’s poem “Disappearing / snow on mountain peak / unfurls a rainbow”.

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.

An episode in memory of David Axelrod.

60 minutes of vivid aural excitement mixed by Ian Murphy.

This episode features a mix of ceremonial ambience and black metal.

Explorations of the inner city sounds of Athens and surrounding areas through lucid soundscapes and site-specific transmissions.

Whisky started in Brazil in 2014. Sharing videos and rehearsals around the jungles of São Paulo, Argentinians María Pérez and Macarena Fuentes decided to join forces in an experimental project where the music triggers other artistic experiences.

Inspired by viral videos and absurd regional beliefs, they use synthesisers and subliminal messages. They like to tell personal, intimate stories through lo-fi videos, in which they blend everyday situations with moments of fiction and dance.

The music demands contemplation and the videos demand dance. Between rhythm and noise, take a sip of this experience.

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A selection of the most vibrant and exciting new sounds of Latin America's emerging talents.

Littoral Transmissions returns with a new episode of their sonic exploration of the River Lea and surrounding area. Littoral Transmissions are back out & about with a multi sonic soundscape recorded live at Springfield Park.

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.

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

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

This episode marks the handover of the controls from spearmint Caleb Maddeen to the Think Twice, a fewtime past time guest. Think Twice will be occupying half of the two-hour slot for the next six months.

Mohammad Adam has been ushered in with a gentle gesture, bringing a dark cloud of smoky glooming dank from the Morrisons car park in Leicester, that dark haze in the whip, the silence because nobody's talking to each other but everyones dark brains are so loud. The holiday, the relaxation of it all. the blanket of blankness and the roach inside.

Afterwards, a spirit of gravity analysand Remember Glaciers cools us down with the subzero that's starting to rise, has bin starting to rise for a while. Darkness. Thinking."

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

This episode features mixes by Liis Ring (Rapina, Estonia) and Ayami Suzuki (Tokyo).

In the first half of the episode, Liis Ring sketches us a sonic portrait of Räpina - a small town in the South East of Estonia. In among field recordings collected on her walks around the town and original music recorded in her grandmother's shed, Ring shines a light on the musical heritage of the area via folk tunes (sung in the local dialect) and new adaptations of traditional pieces.

The second half sees Ayami Suzuki explore the sounds of life in Tokyo; the hum of train station platforms, the buzz of cicadas in the forest, the summer tradition of the Awa Odori dance. Nestled among these sounds are selections from the city's contemporary experimental music scene.

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.

This episode celebrates the release of new music, including Kayla’s new EP Ambient Owl Core Vol.1. A journey through releases, live tape loop improvisations and soundscapes.

Background music: What is keeping you alive makes me want to kill them for by Kathryn Joseph (Unofficial Jilk Remix).

A monthly show exploring our innate connection to sound, and how we express that through music, showcasing work that connects to our body and minds through rich compositional choices, through intricate processes in the studio, or music that is inspired by the way we interact with the outside world. Connections to Sound journeys through downtempo, electronic, ambient and beat driven music, featuring tracks from artists all around the world. Presented by Kayla Painter.