George Cruickshank
Ultima Thule Ambient Music
A weekly programme of ambient and atmospheric music from across the ages and around the world, heard on Australian public radio since 1989. Ultima Thule weaves a mix of ambient, trance, drone and chillout electronica, spacemusic, ancient, mediaeval and neoclassical creations, traditional and world music, soundtracks, cool jazz and impressionist soundworks into an exquisite, chatter-free 90-minute musical narrative.
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George Cruickshank
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Latest episode
Dec 12, 2025
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Episodes
UT 1378 26.03.2021
Map-making for flaneurs, with new sounds from Spacecadet Lullabies and Juta Takahashi.
UT 1377 19.03.2021
Resonant solfeggio frequencies generated by Brainsage, Kev Thompson, Steve Bender, Jonas Kopp and Stargods Sound Healing.
UT 1376 12.03.2021
Rainmusic, skymusic, watermusic... by Harold Budd, Brian Eno and Robert Rich... and showcasing "Other Weather", new from Jeff Greinke.
UT 1375 05.03.2021
Wayfaring before sunrise, with Atrium Carceri, New Risen Throne, Kammarheit, Experimental Audio Research and Eppu Kaipainen.
UT 1374 26.02.2021
Lighter than dust; heavier than cloud: new sounds from Radium88, Russ Young and Phillip Wilkerson.
UT 1373 19.02.2021
Sacred fires beneath a golden moon, with Yaima, Zen Baboon, Akal Dub, Kaya Project, and Martin Roth.
UT 1372 12.02.2021
Restless ripples upon a crystalline ocean, with Porya Hatami and The Amethyst Sea.
UT 1371 05.02.2021
A disturbance in the night, featuring Beyond The Ghost, Alphaxone, Colonial Skyway, Apocryphos, Tetsu Inoue and Akerius.
UT 1370 29.01.2021
Dreams of balsam and myrrh, from Sverre Knut Johansen and SineRider.
UT 1369 22.01.2021
Something liquid this way comes... with music from Craig Padilla, Marvin Allen, Hollan Holmes and Rudy Adrian.
UT 1368 15.01.2021
A feast of new sounds by Hollan Holmes and John Gregorius, from Spotted Peccary Music.
UT 1367 08.01.2021
An indigo discourse with a cerulean sky... with sounds from Harold Budd, Daniel Lanois, William Basinski, Nicolas Jaar, Jakub Alessandro Cortini and Olafur Arnalds.
UT 1366 01.01.2021
A new music showcase, featuring "Meditation in Green" by Kelly David, and "Stalking The Elusive" from Enrico Coniglio and Giulio Aldinucci.
UT 1365 25.12.2020
A special edition of Ultima Thule: Marc Kundalini in conversation with US composer Trevor Oswalt, AKA East Forest.
UT 1364 18.12.2020
Styx and stones and brittle bones; new music from Tineidae, Phonothek and Atrium Carceri, on Cryo Chamber.
UT 1363 11.12.2020
Nailing it down securely, with Simon Fisher Turner, Edmund de Waal, Adrianne Lenker, Carlo Giusti, Roger and Brian Eno and Michael Scott Dawson.
UT 1362 04.12.2020
Ascension to the realm of the ambient piano, with the sounds of All India Radio, Josh Roydhouse and Ludovico Einaudi.
UT 1361 27.11.2020
Showcasing new releases from Darshan Ambient and Massergy on Spotted Peccary Music.
UT 1360 20.11.2020
When Eternity Touches Time: new sounds from Jim Ottaway, and also Nicholas Gunn.
UT 1359 13.11.2020
Descent unto an abyssal void, with Council Of Nine, Thomas Prislac Jr, God Body Disconnect and Cities Last Broadcast.
UT 1358 06.11.2020
Finding solitude within a disrupted continuum: new releases on Cryo Chamber from Ruptured World, Beyond The Ghost, Council Of Nine, Dronny Darko and ProtoU.
UT 1357 30.10.2020
Angels in a starry sky... featuring Rara Avis, Eguana, Arcane Trickster Potlatch and East Forest, amongst others.
UT 1356 23.10.2020
A nexus of awakenings, featuring three fresh releases: "Destiny" from Chris Russell, "Consciousness And Other Tricks" from Ben Cox and "The Limitless Love Of Precious Suffering" by Blessed Are The Hearts That Bend.
UT 1355 16.10.2020
A spiraling of seamless lifeforms, with The Future Sound Of London, Withering Of Light, Oophoi, Alio Die and Experimental Audio Research.
UT 1354 09.10.2020
Liminal voices pulsing to eclipse... featuring Happy Ghosts, Bart Hawkins, Blessed Are The Hearts That Bend and Anna Shelley.
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