Different Noises

This episode includes recent studio releases, live recordings, and archival material spanning solo, trio, and large ensemble formats. The programme features work from Canada, the UK, the US, the Netherlands, and Israel, with contributions structured around ballad forms, extended improvisation, rhythmic studies, and ensemble arrangements. Albums range from self-released projects to material issued by independent jazz imprints. PLAYLIST Aretha Tillotson “Lullaby To Those Before” from Kinda Out West (Bent River Records) 00:00 Harry Christelis “Explorations Of One’s Self Inside A Caravan” from Half Truths (Clonmell Jazz Social) 06:21 Yelena Eckemoff “Rosendals Garden” from Rosendals Garden (L&H Production) 14:29 Ian Torres “The Legend of the Prince of Darkness” from Comprovisation (Self Released) 23:30 Jérémie Ternoy Trio “Rotation” from Survol à basse altitude (Circum-Disc) 29:02 The 3 Cohens/WDR Big Band “Lost and Found” from Lost and Found (Anzic Records) 37:02 Spinifex “Annie Golden” from Maxximus (Trytone Records) 47:58 Brandon Sanders “8/4 Beat” from Lasting Impression (Savant/High Note Records) 1:02:23 Aaron Parks “A Way” from By All Means!! (Blue Note) 1:09:41 Jane Ira Bloom & Brian Shankar Adler “Drums Like Dancing….” from Drums Like Dancing (Adhyâropa Records) 1:15:39 Mujician “Vienna Set 1” from In Concerts (Jazz In Britain) 1:19:11 The 3 Cohens/The WDR Big Band “Ah Li Lu Li Lu” from Ah Li Lu Li Lu (Anzic Records) 1:51:48

This weeks selection includes, amongst many other things, the return of Dusty and Stacey, a memorable new album from Mark Snarski, an anniversary release from The Dream Syndicate, and a look back at the work of Fini Tribe. PLAYLIST West Coast Sick Line - The House Of Paul Jessie Kilguss - St Teresa In Ecstasy Lucky And Love - Secret Is Out Mark Snarski - Friday’s Big Black Car Tombstones In Their Eyes - Under Dark Skies Undead Guitars - Blazing Zombies  On Diamond - I Cry To Think The Dream Syndicate - Burn (Live at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, 1984)  Fini Tribe - Cathedral  Jessica Moss - One, Now (feat. Tony Buck) Alta Vista - Interstate 80  Tana delle Pigri - Musica Maestro Moon - Sing To Me/The Spaniard  Messiness - Eternity Unbound  Chris Alford - Putting English On It  Tim Brady - Really, Really Solo Electric Guitar Music  Rain Parade - Depending On You  The Go-Betweens - Sleeping Giant Danny Short - It’s Not Me Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - I’m Not Afraid To Be Heavy (Live) Moff Skellington - Genkin Upta Poolsquand The Last Caboose - So Do I Mark Snarski - The Faster I Go On Diamond - Melon On The Vine Precogs - Wild Wind Stepbrothers - Butterflies (A Nod to Moff)

Three double albums start a musical journey which includes, amongst other things, experimentation, a celebration of the legacy of Herb Robertson, a statement on the environment, previously unreleased material from a jazz legend, and a dip into the archives of British Jazz. PLAYLIST Charles Lloyd “The Ghost of Lady Day” from Figure In Blue (Blue Note) 00:00 Phil Haynes & Free Country “Simple Gifts” from Liberty Now! (Corner Store Jazz) 10:17 Herb Robertson, Christopher Dell, Christian Ramond, Klaus Kugel “Blue Transient - Part 1” from Blue Transient (Nemu Records) 19:46 Igor Lumpert “Resistance Of The Earth” from Resistance Of The Earth (ears&eyes) 36:07 Raphaël Pannier Quarter, Khadim Niang & Sabar Group  “Take Five” from Live in Saint Louis, Senegal (Miel Music) 43:24 Petter Eldh “NOD YORC feat. James Maddren” from Projekt Drums Vol.2 (Edition Records) 57:33 Claire Parsons, Eran Har Even, and Ziv Ravitz “12 Steps” from PARSONS x HAR EVEN x RAVITZ (World Citizen Music Records) 1:03:12 Sean Mason “Secrets” from A Breath Of Fresh Air (Taylor Christian Records) 1:07:38 Steve Houghton Group “Waltz for Bill” from And Then Some (Self Released) 1:15:11 Horace Silver “Sayonara Blues” from Silver In Seattle : Live at The Penthouse (Blue Note) 1:23:23 Gordon Beck “Suite Number One” from Pay Now Live Later : Live at the Bass Clef ‘85 (Jazz In Britain) 1:41:47 Tommy Smith & Gwilym Simcock “Harlequin” from Eternal Light (Self Released) 1:55:59

We lean towards the melodic to kick things off before taking a left turn into more esoteric material before recent favourites are featured and then there’s a closer from Sonic Youth which just happens to be the last track on the last studio album they released. PLAYLIST Slyboots - Silent Storm The Junta - San Antonio Octavian Winters - Saints of Absolution  Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Dead End Pools  Dominic Carlton Jones - Splatter Mat The Last Caboose - When The Wind Blows Moff Skellington - Yotherin Chisk Palm Springs - Infinity 69  Celeste Corsano - XS   Percussia - Epesjimos  Jessica Moss - Washing Machine  KC VITA’s - Boundless  Nick May, Alex Siu Lun Li - Echo Dash Today Is The Day - The Choice Is Yours  Moon - Because You Can  The Go-Betweens - Bandages (Airlock Demo) Danny Short - Midnight Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - I’m Gonna Live In My Own Big World (Live) The Parasite - Alice Cooper From Detroit Precogs - Sprawl Stepbrothers - Yes Sir No Sir  The New Eves - Mary Yeigh - Diskord Nils Petter Molvaer - Song of Sand Sonic Youth - Massage The History 

A rich selection of brand new releases from across the wide World of Jazz includes two new ECM Records albums, debut releases from break-through artists, and rare broadcasting recordings from a UK jazz icon. We close with two duo recordings from masters of their craft. PLAYLIST Frank Swart Funkwrench Blues “Reflections From The Future” from Mischief In The Musitorium (Need To Know Music) 00:00 Noam Lemish “San Francisco Is My Copenhagen” from There’s beauty enough in being there (TPR Records) 05:27 Drew Williams Quartet “Minor Blues” from Standard Quartet - Live at Weights and Measures (Weights and Measures Soundlab) 11:42 Steve Tibbetts, Marc Anderson, JT Bates “Remember Part 1” from Close (ECM Records) 18:21 Gert-Jan Dreessen “Way Through” from Angle of Incidence (Hypnote Records) 28:04 Noah Franche-Nolan “A Triangle Is A Bird” from Rose-Anna (Cellar Music) 35:33 Mike Westbrook Orchestra “Santarcangelo” from The Cortège Live At The BBC 1980 (Cadillac) 41:37 Mark Sherman “Love Always Always Love” from Bop Contest (Miles High Records) 47:19 Anthony D’Alessandro “Staying The Course” from City Lights (Three Pines Records (Self Released) 53:50 Christopher McBride & The Whole Proof “The Hang, The Hustle, The Path” from The Hang, The Hustle, The Path (CR McBride Music) 59:47 Bauke Meersman “Resolve” from Bauke Meersman (Den Hoed Music Records) 1:05:19 Joe Morris “Prosody 1” from Abstract Forest (Relative Pitch Records) 1:10:03 Rick Keller “Ahead Of The Curve” from Heroes (Vegas Records) 1:28:44 John Scofield and Dave Holland “Easy For You” from Memories of Home (ECM Records) 1:38:58 Mark Helias and Tim Berne “Luna” from Medium Cool (Self Released) 1:47:02 Mark Helias and Tim Berne “Television” from Medium Cool (Self Released) 1:56:26

“Pop Music” need not be obvious, safe, boring or trite. It should be unexpected, challenging, dangerous, and original. It should challenge your perceptions. This weeks selection does the latter - indeed if we are dealing in antonyms perhaps we should describe it as unpopular music - but that perhaps has all the wrong connotations. This music is from the edges, the nether regions of the music world. You won’t see it bothering the mainstream. It is exciting, fresh, novel, innovative, provocative, unconventional, and, it inspires. A little like hearing “Virginia Plain” by Roxy Music when you were mired in a world of Led Zeppelin and thinking “Hey! That’s Different?”. PLAYLIST Inca Babies - Candy Mountain Neon Kittens - Hear No Sound The Bordellos - Village people in disguise The Voodoo Drummer Duo - Yomo’s Dream The Sexual Objects - Cincinatti  Blooms  SnarskiCircusLindyBand - Parapet  Cold Hands Warm Heart - Rakali Mullet (live for NTS)  Rúbi Ate The Fig - Breathe  Relay Tapes - Landlocked  Perpacity - Let It Roll  Taps of the Holy Trinity - Most Of Them Were Ghosts  Daisy Rickman - Howl  Diego Caicedo - Islas de Estabilidad  Don Was and the Pan Detroit Ensemble - Midnight Marauders  Sword Tongue - Diamonds To Rust  The King Canutes - Seymour Stein (for Earle Homes)  Charlie Nieland - Brutalist Monuments  Wasted - You’re Wasted  Legless Trials - American Russ Never Sleeps Pts 1 & 2  Olovson - Things I Could Have Left Behind  Beak> - Yatton  The New Eves - Circles  Moon - Passenger Seat Precogs - Post Naturalist  Danny Short - It Seems So Obvious  Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - You’re Just Too Hip, Baby (Live)  The Go-Betweens - German Farmhouse (Airlock Demo)  Moff Skellington - Optimysticism  Yeigh - Another Day  Stepbrothers -Berlins’ Baby Bondage Party  The Red Propellers - John Lennon Postage Stamps 

This episode features music from Latin America, North America, Europe, and the Mediterranean region. It begins with rhythmically driven Latin jazz and piano-led ensemble work, followed by experimental compositions using layered electronics, extended techniques, and non-standard forms. Midway, the programme includes modal structures, bowed string textures, and vibraphone-led chamber jazz. The final third presents free improvisation, large ensemble writing, and live recordings with shifting metre and phrasing. The sequence spans solo, trio, quintet, and big band formats, with studio and live material released across independent and established labels. PLAYLIST Juan Borgatti “Rumbaltona” from El perezoso amanecer de los cipreses (ears&eyes) 00:00 Lisa Hilton “Momentary Mystery” from Extended Daydream (Ruby Slippers Productions) 03:47 Henry Threadgill “H” from Listen Ship (Pi Recordings) 10:03 Grammofon “Backwards” from Backwards (Zack’s Music) 16:22 Kate Wyatt Trio “Bardo” from Murmurations (Self Released) 20:05 Rich Brown “The Sum Of Our Tears” from Nyaeba (Whirlwind Recordings) 26:39 Sokratis Sinopoulos, Yann Keerim “Fast Dance” from Topos (ECM) 32:56 Patricia Brennan “Lyra” from Of The Near And Far (Pyroclastic Records) 41:25 Phil Haynes & Free Country “Higgens” from Liberty Now! (Corner Store Jazz) 48:48 Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley “(nine)” from Polarity 4 (Burning Ambulance Music) 55:38 Ray Anderson, Ivo Perelman “Projection” from 12 Stages of Spiritual Alchemy (Fundacja Słuchaj) 1:03:46 Mark Turner “Movement 2 : Juxtaposition” from Reflections on: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts) 1:13:21 Mike Clarke “Cherokee” from Itai Doshin (Wide Hive Records) 1:22:53 Nicholas Payton “Unconditional Love” from Triune (Smoke Sessions Records) 1:30:33 Webber-Morris Big Band “Microchimera” from Unseparate (Out Of Your Head Records) 1:38:40 Russ Macklem “Theme For Detroit” from Introducing: the Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet (TQM Recording Co.) 1:49:14 Camila Nebbia, Michael Formanek, Vinnie Sperrazza “II” from Live At Blow Out (Self Released) 1:57:42 Kristoffer Vejslev, Martin Brunbjerg, Rasmus Elhøj feat. Rudi Mahall “Ask Me Now” from Ask Me Now (Zack’s Music) 2:04:25 Spinifex “Smitten” from Maxximus (Trytone Records) 2:08:15

A mix old, new, strange, obscure and challenging. Rock meets contemporary classical, electronica meets outsider, jazz meets rituals, blended into a mix of infinite complexity coupled with punk basics. PLAYLIST Undead Guitars - Jake Angel Good Technology Cowboy Mix Mac Gollehan & The Hispanic Mechanics - Pistoleros Precogs - Tech Nation The Prize - Silver Bullet Sanam - Hamam Kety Fusco - Nocturne Mark Corrin - Halloween Discothèque The Dwarfs Of East Agouza - A Body To Match Promenade Cinema - Soulslike Francesca Remigi - Liberation I/Liberation II Sebastian Roachford and Finding Ways - Ashley Finding Ways - Being Outside Alan Brown - Isolation Tank Kathy Kennedy - Hatsiko James Wylie - Reflection On The Other Michael Houstoun - Wanderings No. 3 Michael Norris - Violin Concerto _Sama_ for violin and orchestra Mvt 1. Arḍ Nancy Braithwaite - Wonderings Mark Corrin - The Terrid Tales Of Sebastian Pendulum Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Deep Inside A Song (Live) The Go-Betweens - Heart and Home (Airlock Demo) Moon - Storm Clouds The New Eves - Astrolabe Stepbrothers - Sawney Bean

This week's show takes a musical journey that begins with experimental and improvisatory sounds, moves through a selection of fascinating re-releases of archival material, gathers a fresh crop of guitar-focused releases, detours into two contrasting approaches to Big Band music, and wraps up with a dose of cool West Coast jazz. PLAYLIST Francesca Remigi “Longhaven” from Witchess (Hora Records) 00:00 Bjarke Falgren “Embrace” from Turkis (Zack’s Music) 04:15 Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian “Chandra” from At The Deer Head Inn : Complete Recordings (ECM Records) 08:40 Snakeoil “Spectacle” from In Lieu Of (Screwgun Records) 17:58 Toc and Jean-Luc Guionnet “Quelques idées d'un vert incolore dorment furieusement (excerpt)” from Quelques idées d'un vert incolore dorment furieusement (Circum-Disc) 31:08 Remembrance Quintet “Pillars” from Do You Remember? (Sonboy Records) 37:58 Tomas Fujiwara “Tapestry” from Dream Up (Out of Your Head Records) 45:59 Ray Brooks “The Free Slave” from The Free Slave (Time Traveller Recordings) 52:30 Kenny Barron “A Flower” from Sunset To Dawn (Time Traveller Recordings) 1:04:44 Carlos Garnett “Kafira” from Cosmos Nucleus (Time Traveller Recordings) 1:11:22 The Jay D’Amico Trio “Celtic Minor” from Ginevra (Consolidated Artists Productions) 1:18:44 Joe Policastro Trio “The Way Of The Dragon” from Mending Wall (Jeru Jazz Records) 1:22:04 Steve Rosenbloom Big Band “In A Boppish Sort Of Way” from San Francisco 1948 (Gloty) 1:28:16 Webber-Morris Big Band “Just Intonation Etudes for Big Band - Pulse” from Unseparate (Out Of Your Head Records) 1:32:54 Trio of Bloom “Forge” from Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic Records) 1:38:36 Jussi Reijonen “Thirst (extract)” from Sayr: Salt/Thirst (unmusic) 1:46:07 John Shannon “Star Travel” from A Day In Tarifa (Jazz Book Records) 1:50:55 Michael Dease “Love’s Lament” from Flow (Posi-tone Records) 1:56:47

This episode brings together a wide range of experimental, ambient, and progressive sounds - a mix built around mood and texture rather than genre. It opens with Unsafe At Any Speed by Orcutt, Shelley, and Miller—an improvised collision of guitar, percussion, and electronics—then moves through cello minimalism (Kirin McElwain), post-rock layering (Tortoise), and gamelan-inspired textures (Bill Brennan & Andy McNeil). Electronic and ambient works dominate the middle stretch: Ro(b)//ert Lundberg’s modular abstractions, Kali Malone & Drew McDowall’s drone collaboration, and Troth’s reworking of Cold Hands Warm Heart. There’s also dubwise pop from Rob Smith & Ammoye, and contemporary classical from Eydís Evensen. Later selections include Eddodi surrealism, lo-fi country deconstruction , and archival material from The Go-Betweens. Peter Hammill appears in three forms solo , in duet with Roger Eno , and in progressive collaboration with Isildur’s Bane. The mix is loosely themed around dislocation, memory, and sonic instability, although this was not a deliberate programming decision, it just came together that way.

This week’s selection of new music gathers artists working in jazz’s more exploratory edges together with more traditional exponents approaching the music from new perspectives. PLAYLIST Matías Formica “Frio” from Absurdo (Numeral) 00:00 Fergus McCreadie “Wayfinder” from The Shieling (Edition Records) 07:03 Johnathan Blake “Requiem For Dreams Shattered” from My Life Matters (Blue Note Records) 12:19 Matteo Prefumo “A New Beginning” from A New Beginning (Self Released) 19:01 Baltimore Jazz Collective “Link To Lateef” from Baltimore Jazz Collective (Stricker Street Records) 30:00 Ravita Jazz “Blackout” from Alice Blue (Ravita Music) 35:45 Motivation “T-Jam” from Take It To The Sky (Self Released) 40:12 Carole Nelson Trio “Sky Journey” from Through The Storm (Livia Records) 48:43 Susan Krebs and The Local Outfit “Azure” from Little Did I Dream (Green Gig Music) 53:49 Ledisi “This Bitter Earth” from For Dinah (Candid Records) 59:14 Patricia Brennan “Aquarius” from Of The Near And Far (Pyroclastic Records) 1:04:08 Sylvie Courvoisier & Wadada Leo Smith “Angel Falls” from Angel Falls (Intakt Records) 1:11:34 HobbyHouse (Mia Dyberg, Axel Filip) “Nature of time” from HobbyHouse (Relative Pitch Records) 1:21:37 INSECT LIFE “Scene Six” from INSECT LIFE (577 Records) 1:26:54 Michika Fukumori “There Is Always Light” from Eternity And A Day (Summit Records) 1:29:09 Mauricio Morales & Adam Hersh “Eurybia” from Between Dreams and Twilight (Independent) 1:33:52 Bill King Trio “Havana Odyssey” from Live from the Jazz Room — Mint Julep Sessions (7 Arts Entertainment) 1:41:38 Hayden Chisholm and Philip Zoubek “Persian Dance” from As If The Stormy Years Had Passed (Rattle) 1:45:45 Ned Rothenberg “Plun Jah” from Looms & Legends (Pyroclastic Records) 1:48:08 Emaginario (Ethan Margolis) and Chano Domínguez “Bidding Farewell” from The Blues Around Us (Unifying Sounds) 1:54:06 Isaiah Collier and Tim Regis “Pacing (Devon’s Room)” from Live in the Listening Room (The Vinyl Factory) 1:56:23

This week’s Different Noises moves through ambient, jazz-rock, chamber pop, surreal collage, and post-punk. The playlist leans into ritual, resistance, humour, and minimalism, brought together by unexpected overlaps and artists working outside the usual lines. PLAYLIST Promenade Cinema - Under Review - Under Review The Golden Gaytimes - Cherries and Cheeses - Bung It On Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Apocalypse Slow - Bees In The Bonnet JP Coimbra - Waiting - Revealing The Apartments - A Handful Of Tomorrow - That’s What The Music Is For On Diamond - Not On Your Own - Melon On The Vine Cold Hands Warm Heart - Mouth Mist - Mouth Mist SANAM - Habibon - Sametou Sawtan Kety Fusco - Resistance - BOHÈME Jessie Kilguss - Howard Johnson’s - They Have A Howard Johnson’s There Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter - Gentle Chaperone - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born The Double Happiness - Omnibus - SPACETIME Appaloosa - Get It Together Kid - Get It Together Kid Mark Corrin - Big Hands - Big Hands Yeigh - Playing With The Big Boys - Three Men In A Boat EP Adrianne Munden-Dixon - Vision Mantra - Vision Mantra Alex Lubet - Prelude/Magdalen - Amy Levy: Songs of Love and Loss Dave Graney ‘n The Coral Snakes - World Full Of Daughters - The Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound (30th Anniversary Deluxe) The Go-Betweens - The Presentation - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3 The New Eves - Cow Song - The New Eve Is Rising Moff Skellington - Grown Ups On Holiday - The Sleeproom Diary Precogs - Gone To Earth - Precogs 1st Moon - Can You Hear Me - The Green Lilac Park The Parasite - Pain - Lost and Found  

This week’s playlist focuses on modern improvisation, small group dynamics, and inventive rhythms. You’ll hear brass-led pieces and complex beats, ranging from quiet solo moments to intense group performances and global musical influences. The show highlights drifting melodies, fresh takes on post-bop styles, and ambient textures. PLAYLIST Chris Ryan Williams “Visage (feat. Kalia Vandever)” from Odu - Vibration II (AKP Recordings) 00:00 Andrea Zaccia “Oleo” from Anemoia (Filibusta Records) 05:29 Antonio Faraò “'Round Midnight” from Kind Of… (Notes Around AG) 11:00 Saku Mantere “Sorrow” from Divine Apology (Orchard of Pomegranates) 16:06 Leandro Cardenas “Rito - What Is Endures” from Against The Jazz Police (577 Records) 23:06 Dave Douglas “Friendly Gargoyle” from Alloy (Greenleaf Records) 33:06 Zhengtao Pan “Mirror, Floating On The Water” from Mirror, Floating On The Water (Outside In Music) 38:39 Petter Eldh “Kroydon Return feat. James Maddren” from Projekt Drums vol.2 (Edition Records) 48:42 Todd Herbert “Prophet's Oracle” from Captain Hubs (THProductions) 54:05 Tomas Fujiwara “Recollection Of A Dance” from Dream Up ((Out Of Your Head Records) 1:00:48 Dan Blake “Pema” from Got My Wings (Adhyâropa Records) 1:06:09 The Secret Trio - Ara Dinkjian, Ismail Lumanovski, Tamer Pinarbasi “Hicaz Saz Semai” from Old Friends (Anderson Audio New York) 1:14:36 Valley Voice “Please Hold” from Stars, Engine (Elastic Recordings) 1:20:30 Martin Nodeland “Awakenings” from Tributaries (Smeik Records) 1:28:40 Dishwasher_ “Terra” from Dishwasher (Sdban Ultra) 1:33:47 Dishwasher_ “Anemoia” from Anemoia (DOX Records) 1:44:49 Sara Serpa & Matt Mitchell “News Cycle” from End of Something (Obliquity Records) 1:49:27 Francesca Remigi “Permanent Colors” from Witchess (Hora Records) 1:53:49

This playlist spans experimental pop, dub, spoken word, ambient, post-punk, and electronic composition, alongside melodic hooks, lo-fi ballads, and offbeat pop. It includes archival reissues, live recordings, collaborations, and solo works—ranging from structured improvisation to direct, catchy songwriting. PLAYLIST Stereo Listening Booth - Simple Harmonic Motion - Disko Noir Octoberman - Harry Nillson - Chutes Lillian King - Tiber Creek - In Your Long Shadow Clara Cloud - Rabbit King - As Above Clone - Galvanised - Care To Try Shplang - Let's Get High (And I Could Be Your Man) - Let's Get High (And I Could Be Your Man) Scenius - Five Arm Crystal - Five Arm Crystal Dubmatix - El Loco Dub - Dub Sessions Vol. 3 Jessica Moss - until all are free - Unfolding Dory Hayley - Jordan Nobles : XYZ - I Love Evil Sam Wilkes - Femme Fatale - Public Records Performance Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends - Sound then Words - Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople Jef Mertens & Dirk Wachtelaer - On The Brink Of Collapse- Wonderful Brutalism Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Brass Buttons - The Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound (30th Anniversary Deluxe) Jess Ribeiro “Monsters” from Mixtape The Go-Betweens - Ham From The Bone -G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3 Eamon The Destroyer - Pleasureland - The Maker’s Quit Moon - Life - The Green Lilac Park 2 Lost Souls - How Cool Are Ewe - Town Cracked Hands - Couldn’t Stand The House - Steak Knife The Parasite - Precarious Control - Lost And Found Neon Kittens - All of the Above and D - We threw away the map and cautiously made our own way Precogs - The Fisherwoman - Precogs 1st Rún - Paidir Poball (Pupil) - Rún The New Eves - Highway Man - The New Eve Is Rising Moff Skellington - Monty Don - The Sleeproom Diary

This show is a trip around jazz’s outer edges—where tradition collides with invention. From Michael Mayo’s vocal acrobatics on Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” to the explosive real-time conduction of Hill Collective, this selection of new releases spans chamber, ensemble, and solo work. PLAYLIST Michael Mayo “Giant Steps” from Fly - Deluxe Edition (Mack Avenue/Artistry Music) 00:00 Pino Palladino and Blake Mills “Heat Sink” from That Wasn’t A Dream (New Deal/Impulse Records!) 03:21 Webber Morris Big Band “Mist/Missed” from Unseperate (Out Of Your Head Records) 16:58 Chris Ryan Williams “Visage (feat. Kalia Vandever)” from Odu: Vibration II (AKP Recordings) 24:29 Johanna Linnea Jakobsson “Better Off” from Don't Overthink It (Zack’s Music) 29:57 Roberto Magris “Laverne” from Lovely Day(s) (JMOOD Records) 33:44 David Occhipinti “Seurat cha-cha” from Camera Lucida (Elastic Recordings) 41:19 Kat Ellis “Take A Giant Step” from Talking To Myself (Self Released) 47:49 Fieldwork “The Night Before” from Thereupon (Pi Recordings) 51:42 Marshall Herridge “Midsummer Lullaby” from Midsummer Lullaby (Self Released) 59:58 Ben Stapp “Freya” from Uzmic Ro’Samg (Live Solo Tuba) (577 Records) 1:05:18 Harold Lopez-Nussa “Alma y Fuego” from Nueva Timba (Blue Note Records) 1:13:54 UNLV Jazz Ensemble 1 “Vital Frequencies” from Double Or Nothing (Vegas Records) 1:20:43 Nils Petter Molvaer “Tløn” from Khmer Live in Bergen (Edition Records) 1:28:23 Francesca Remigi “Blueberry Picking” from Witchess (Hora Records) 1:40:57 Donny McCaslin “Lullaby For The Lost” from Lullaby For The Lost (Edition Records) 1:45:23 Ches Smith “Clone Row” from Clone Row (Otherly Love Records) 1:51:33 Hill Collective “BLOW IT UP WITH DYNAMITE!” from BLOW IT UP WITH DYNAMITE! (Self Released) 1:58:28

This week’s playlist moves through folk, psych, rock, jazz, and experimental pop, with new and archival tracks from across the spectrum. Some exciting new releases in play here and some strong contenders for album of the year - or at least getting into the top 100. PLAYLIST SnarskiCircusLindyBand - The Dying Conversation - What’s Said And Left Unsaid Charlie Nieland featuring spiritchild - Win - Win Daisy Rickman - Signpost To The Stars - Howl Ashley Maher - Till The Day - Tree To Tree Smote - The Linton Wyrm - Songs from the Free House Seirén - Mackennaii - La vía y la virtud The New Eves -The New Eve - The New Eve Is Rising Rún - Paidir Poball (Pupil) - Rún Prayer Group - Strawberry - Strawberry Drugs In Sport - Cooked - If Only We Could Use These Powers For Good Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Dandies Are Never Unbuttoned - The Soft ‘N’ Sexy Sound Jess Ribeiro - Hush Baby - Mixtape Moff Skellington - Magpies of the Unbeknownst - The Sleeproom Diary The Go-Betweens - I Want To Be Quiet - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3 Precogs - Rebecca Chow - Precogs 1st Eamon The Destroyer - Firefly In The Leg - The Maker’s Quit Moon - Hey Mother - The Green Lilac Park 2 Lost Souls - Tourist Trap - Town Neon Kittens - Pink and Perky - We threw away the map and cautiously made our own way Heathe - My Gods Destroy - Control Your Soul's Desire For Freedom Lizard Brain - Wonderful Night - Wonderful Night Kirin McElwain - Closer - Youth Tav Falco & Pete Molinari - The Ballad of Rue De La Lune - Desire On Ice Stereo Listening Booth - Pale Blue Dot - Disko Noir  

The effects and the after-effects of the covid pandemic is a recurring theme in some of this weeks collection of new releases. That such a world-changing and harrowing episode in our history should lead to the production of a variety of ground-breaking music is perhaps a testament to the human race’s indomitable spirit and perhaps gives us hope for a brighter future in these challenging times. In addition to the new music there are re-issues of classic albums by Charlie Rouse and Pepper Adams. PLAYLIST Dave Douglas “Announcement : Vigilance” from Alloy (Greenleaf) 00:00 Michael Wolff “Quarantine Blues” from Sunny Day (Sunnyside Records) 04:02 JC Sanford’s EQ “Purple Spring” from Denki (Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records) 10:08 Josh Lawrence “Boo Boo’s Birthday” from Still We Dream (Posi-tone Records) 19:23 Nick Finzer “Again and Again” from The Jazz Orchestra Volume 1 (Outside In Music) 24:05 Noah Young “Raines” from Noah (Self Released) 33:02 Trio of Bloom “Unreal Light” from Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic Records) 36:25 Dave Damiani & The No Vacancy Orchestra Featuring Grant Geissman & Benny Benack III “Feels So Good” from Feels So Good (Hard Knocks Records) 43:17 Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura “Kusunoki” from Ki (Libra Records) 50:46 Charlie Rouse “Clove and Cinnamon (Cravo E Canela)” from Cinnamon Flower (Resonance Records) 1:00:28 Pepper Adams Quintet “Baubles, Bangles, and Beads” from Pepper Adams Quintet (GAMMAUT) 1:08:53 The Waitiki 7 “Lucero (live)” from Exotica Reborn: In Studio and Live at House Without A Key (Waitiki International LLC) 1:17:19 Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine “Pineapple Mango” from Unexpected Guests (TallMan Productions) 1:24:41 Yoko Yates “Spirits of the Night” from Eternal Moments (Banka Records) 1:29:32 Marisa Balistreri “Curve Veloci” from Curve Veloci (Self Released) 1:36:35 Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet “Polka” from Live Spirit I (WMQ Records) 1:39:30

A recent release of Terry Riley’s recordngs with Columbia dominates a show packed with new releases, current obsessions and favourites from my archives. Terry Riley revolutionized modern music by pioneering minimalism and reshaping how repetition, improvisation, and electronic layering could evoke deep emotional and spiritual resonance. His landmark works like In C and A Rainbow in Curved Air introduced modular structure and tape-loop experimentation, influencing ambient, electronic, and psychedelic genres. Drawing from Indian classical traditions and embracing live improvisation, Riley’s legacy spans collaborations from John Cale to the Kronos Quartet—offering a blueprint for sonic freedom across decades. PLAYLIST Corridoré - We Vanish To Nothing - Abandon ZĀM - 13 Army of Shadows - Nemesis Terry Riley - In C (Excerpt) - The Columbia Recordings : In C The Screaming Love Collective - Shifting Bassline - Shifting Bassline Gretchen Parlato - If I Was - If I Was Terry Riley - A Rainbow In Curved Air - The Columbia Recordings : A Rainbow In Curved Air Eamon The Destroyer - Captive - The Maker's Quit Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Scorched Earth Love Affair - The Soft ‘N’ Sexy Sound Jess Ribeiro - Angelina - Mixtape Moon - Unicorn - The Green Lilac Park Terry Riley - Anthem Of The Trinity - The Columbia Recordings : Shri Camel Cracked Hands - A Journey - Steak Knife 2 Lost Souls - Holy Fool - Town The Parasite - I Want To Feel Something - Lost and Found Neon Kittens - Are You on Glue - We threw away the map and cautiously made our own way John Cale & Terry Riley - Church Of Anthrax - The Columbia Recordings : Church of Anthrax Moff Skellington - Sea Legs - The Sleeproom Diary Precogs - Zero Ground - Precogs 1st The Go-Betweens - Perfect Beat - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3 Tortoise - Oganesson (Broken Social Scene Remix) - Oganesson Remixes  

A show packed with new releases includes a couple of debut albums as well as two new releases from the ECM label and some newly found early 80s recordings from a British band led by Geoff Castle. A mix of intimate trio recordings, big band explorations and latin music is followed by a hypnotic piece of free improvisation from Rose Tang and Patrick Goulden. PLAYLIST Caelan Cardello “Groundwork” from Chapter One (Jazzbird Records) 00:00 John Taylor “Tramonto” from Tramonto (ECM) 05:45 Timo Vollbrecht “Dark” from Bremen New York (Berthold Records) 13:44 El Infierno Musical “Winter Story/Cuento De Inveirno” from II (Klanggalerie) 21:28 Emma Dayhuff “When The Light Hits” from Innovations & Lineage : The Chicago Project (Division 81) 29:04 Don McDonald “Sonny’s Bridge” from Short Stories (Self Released) 38:26 Tomas Fujiwara “Mobilize” from Dream Up (Out Of Your Head Records) 42:09 Bruce Gertz Quintet “Sea Worthy” from Octopus Dreams (Open Mind Jazz) 46:33 Wolfgang Muthspiel “Flight” from Tokyo (ECM) 54:01 Geoff Castle “Demon Dance” from Impressions of New York (Jazz In Britain) 1:01:32 Anne Mette Iverson Ternion Q Expanded “Tenacious Mind” from Marbles (Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records) 1:12;39 Paul Harrison “Ano Zero” from Encontros (Harriphonic Label) 1:20:05 Antonio Adolfo “Vai Passar” from Carnaval (The Songs Were So Beautiful) (Antonio Adolfo Music Inc) 1:26:05 Irving Flores Afro-Cuban Jazz Sextet “Tramonto A Massa Lubrense” from Armando Mi Conga (Amor de Flores Productions) 1:31:55 Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine “Strings In The Wind” from Unexpected Guests (TallMan Productions) 1:41:20 Rose Tang & Patrick Golden “A White Horse Is Not a Horse” from A White Horse Is Not a Horse (ESP-Disk) 1:45:48

We start in Hull and end in Liverpool - in between a trip around the world which includes brand new releases, preview tracks, my current featured albums, and a dip in the archive for some of the music I featured on the radio when I started back in 2009. It’s an eclectic selection as usual including a piece of class from Dave Graney ‘n’ the Coral Snakes and a preview of the new album from The Necks. PLAYLIST Jodie Langford - S.T.B.Y. - S.T.B.Y. James Clarke Five - Lennie Dale (Fly Fly Fly) - Lennie Dale (Fly Fly Fly) Mark Corrin - Fake Leather Suit - Hottest Day Octavian Winters - Hermine - Hermine Speed Of The Stars - Prosecco On Ice - While Italy Dreamed.... through summers of haze Papillon De Nuit - Frozen Charlotte - Frozen Charlotte Noiseshaper - Welcome To The Unknown (feat. Simple Straw) - Welcome To The Unknown Precogs - Charmed (Remix) - Precogs 1st The Go-Betweens - Backstreet Drivers - G Stand for Go-Betweens : The Go-Betweens Anthoology Volume 3 Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Morrison Floorshow - The Soft ‘N’ Sexy Sound Eamon The Destroyer - The Ocean - The Maker’s Quit Moon - Goodbye James - The Green Lilac Park Cracked Hands - Live Stock - Steak Knife Jess Ribeiro - Half Baked - Mixtape Moff Skellington - A Pleasant Shopping Experience/Bicycle Charmers - The Sleeproom Diary Neon Kittens - Made of Glass, Go Break Me! - We threw away the map and cautiously made our own way Dead Sea Apes - Bikini Atoll - Astral House 2 Lost Souls - We Love A List - Town Kin - Chemistry Set - Dot Dot Dot So Shush - Synaesthesia - A Mirror Gaze Shortwaves - Creative Juices - Mental Health In The Information Age Arid Landscapes - Weathered - Arid Landscapes The Necks - Causeway - Disquiet Steve Avo Lindsey - Royal Iris - Ping