Different Noises

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 Bre...

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:...

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 - Apo...

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 O...

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 Ni...

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 Bla...

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 - W...

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...

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 intr...

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” fro...

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...

A comprehensive mix of forthcoming, new and recent releases which includes a wide variety of differing jazz elements. Women in Jazz make a healthy contribution to the playlist with some notable vocal performances and exemplary musicianship. There’s also some classic jazz fusion from 1970 from Miles Davis in there as well. Conrad Herwig “C’Mon (Mi Gaujira)” from Reflections - Facing South (Savant R...

This isn’t a playlist that asks politely. It kicks off with PJ Harvey’s feral “50ft Queenie” and doesn’t let up—charging through noise, art-rock, outsider pop, and doom-laced experimentalism. From The Souless Creed’s jagged declarations to Orcutt Shelley Miller’s garage surrealism, the early stretch is all teeth and distortion. But it’s not just abrasion—it’s atmosphere. Moon’s “The Spaniard” drif...

This selection of music drifts across borders and decades, tracing a path from Dara Starr Tucker’s ethereal lullaby to Charles Tolliver’s fiery live invocation. It’s a voyage through jazz’s many dialects—big band warmth, avant-garde abstraction, global fusion, and spiritual depth. Each track marks a waypoint: Bonnie Jensen’s breezy swing, Henry Threadgill’s cryptic miniatures, Samara Joy’s playful...

Two hours of exploratory sound where the compass spins and the map’s been tossed. This isn’t a curated journey, it’s a cautious wander through, amongst other things, no wave abrasion, dubwise undercurrents, jazz reflections, and outsider poetics. Featuring:  Neon Kittens - White Light In Our Ears - We threw away the map and cautiously made our own way On Diamond - Downslide - Downslide John Ward -...

A show with mostly new releases with a mix of various genres of jazz features many fine examples of the use of the guitar. The show also includes a re-release from Steve Smith and more from the Strata-East catalogue. Playlist   Kevin Brunkhorst “As Fate Would Have It” from After The Fire (Calligram Records) 00:00 Toby Wren Standards Trio “Interplay” from Jazz in Meanjin 018: Live at JMI (4000 Reco...

A selection that drifts between the spectral and the grounded, the whispered and the defiant. From Jess Ribeiro’s hushed invocation to The Stolen Moans’ clawed surrealism, this sequence threads together outsider pop, experimental folk, and post-everything reflections. Each track feels like a dispatch from a parallel scene—whether it’s Hand To Earth’s Yolŋu-rooted reverence, Moff Skellington’s surr...

A selection of new releases coupled with more exciting music from the re-release of the Strata-East catalogue and to open a fascinating snap shot of late 60s free jazz. Steve Tintweiss and The Purple Why “California Sandra” from Live In Tompkins Square Park (Inky Dot Media) 00:00 Webber Morris Big Band “Just Intonation Etudes for Big Band - Unseparate 1” from Unseperate (Out Of Your Head Records)...

Three new tracks from The Screaming Love Collective dominate a show packed with new releases and current favourites. Rún - Strike It - Rún Me Lost Me - Lasting, Not To Last - This Material Moment Stomach - Get Through Winter - Low Demon The Mind Sweepers - Catch Yourself - Live At Lovers Lane Origami Horses - The Book Of Ruth (Part 2) - In Love And In Dub The Screaming Love Collective - London I...

A selection of brand new releases from around the world together with four more great examples from the recent re-issue of the Strata-East catalogue provides for a fascinating two hours of music.   David Bailis “Ordinary Trash” from Running Through My Mind (Create or Destroy) 00:00 Pat Petrillo “Late Night Diner” from Contemporaneous (Innervision Records) 04:25 Aruán Ortiz “Légitime Défense” fro...

Pop, Dub, Metal, Prog and things in between. Mostly new material and current obsessions. Variety is the watchword. Noise is an underlying component. This is an antidote to safe programming: Origami Horses - King Crimson - King Crimson Jah Wobble - Existential Dub - Dub Volume 1 Don Husky - Show Love - Show Love Bright Sunshine - Failure To Execute - Executive Power Supreme Digital Negative - Trapp...

A varied selection of new releases interspersed with tracks from Ivo Perelman’s six volume set The Art of Improv focuses on the importance of improvisation in Jazz. Jon Irabagon’s PlainsPeak  “Tiny Miracles (at a Funeral for a Friend)” from Someone to Someone (Irabbagast Records) 00:00 Ivo Perelman, Karl Berger, Gerald Cleaver “Part 1” from The Art Of The Improv Trio Volume 1 (Leo Records) 05:44 G...

A mix of older material and brand new releases this time. A wide variety of genres are in play. Danny Short - Dancing Girl - Dancing Girl Mark Corrin - Long Shelf Life Or Once A Goth (Always A Goth) - Long Shelf Life Black Lips - Tippy Tongue - Tippy Tongue The Conspiracy - Salisbury Road - Trollied SnarskiCircusLindyBand - You’re So Adorable - What’s Said And What’s Left Unsaid Reine des Lézards...

A selection of new releases interspersed with tracks from the complete seven volume set of the Art Of Perelman-Shipp which has just been re-released on Leo Recordings. The show includes European jazz, Latin jazz, free improvisation and cutting edge new and emerging stars of the music world. PLAYLIST Örjan Hultén “Please Call Me By My True Names” from Peaceful Warrior (Prophone/Naxos) 00:00 Ivo Per...

The “establishment” music industry is a façade. I take a nihilistic view of it and I put it out of my mind. The music I get and enjoy is light years away from what it pumped down your ear by the mainstream. Herein many good examples of why it is important to seek out things that you have not been told to listen to. I am not telling you to listen to these I am just pointing out that you might find...