George Cruickshank

Ultima Thule Ambient Music

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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.

Author

George Cruickshank

Category

Music

Podcast website

www.ultimathule.info

Latest episode

Dec 12, 2025

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Episodes

UT 877 15.08.2011

Orchidian Elysium; traipsing down the garden path with Ishq.

UT 876 08.08.2011

The Orb goes metallic. That's metallic - not Metallica. Also featured: Fiora, Motionfield, Create and Longing for Orpheus.

UT 875 01.08.2011

Interpreting dreams and occurrences, with Streta, Antonymes and The Glimmer Room.

UT 874 25.07.2011

Sacral slumbering separation, with Palancar, Apollonius, 33 Tetragammon and Bruno Sanfilippo.

UT 873 18.07.2011

Autumnal immersions... in winter, with sounds from Steve Roach and Lawrence English.

UT 872 11.07.2011

Forgotten places rediscovered by The Glimmer Room, Odyssey of a G, James Johnson, Robert Scott Thompson... and showcasing "Porcelain" by Helen Jane Long.

UT 871 04.07.2011

Diminished Decembers in June... from Killer Haven and Numia.

UT 870 27.06.2011

A programme of old classics by Jon Anderson and Vangelis, and new ones by Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman.

UT 869 20.06.2011

Dreaming by degrees; showcasing Ultimae Records' "Farenheit Project Part Seven", with Gaiana, Asura, Solar Fields and Maurizio Piazza, among others.

UT 868 13.06.2011

A tetragammatical odyssey, with 33 Tetragammon, Human Metronome, Nelson Foltz, Tom Lynn and Numina.

UT 867 06.06.2011

Spacious medusoid symbioses from the imaginations of Numina and Dan Pound.

UT 866 30.05.2011

Afterthoughts, beforehand; new music from Bryan Carey, Odyssey of a G, James Gordon Anderson and Ian Boddy and Parallel Worlds.

UT 865 23.05.2011

Catching a thief in the Garden of Souls... with sounds Jay Schwartz, William Edge and State Changes According to a Wind.

UT 864 16.05.2011

Resonantly drifting across an ambient world, for the forseeable future; with Resonant Drift, Terra Ambient, Time Being, Bruno Sanfilippo, Philip Wilkerson and Bob Holroyd.

UT 863 09.05.2011

An assortment of liquidities, featuring the fluid sounds of Richard Bone, Slate, Brian Eno, Janne Hanhisuanto and Loreena McKennitt.

UT 862 02.05.2011

Sacred geometries and holy lights from Robert Foxx, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Tim Story and Twice A Man... and showcasing "Subliminal Pulse", the new album from Bruno San Filippo.

UT 861 25.04.2011

Letting the music take control, with Pan Electric and Ishq, Aguamo, Steven Monroe, Ganga, Cecil from Cordoba, and other slaves to the a-rhythm.

UT 860 18.04.2011

Distantly chromatically dreaming, with The Glimmer Room, The Amnis Initiative, Vangelis, Bruno Sanfilippo and Matthias Grassow.

UT 859 11.04.2011

An evocation of glistening brilliance from Deborah Martin, Cluster Balm and Footfall.

UT 858 04.04.2011

Who said you can't use the words ambient and tuba in the same sentence? Tom Heasley and Toss Panos show us how.

UT 857 28.03.2011

Exploring the world of new German electronica, with Powerplant, Klaus Schulze and Wolf Lintz.

UT 856 21.03.2011

Music for commuting and hauntings, with new sounds from Juta Takahashi, the Glimmer Room and Ken Elkinson.

UT 855 14.03.2011

Escape Philosophy, Asura and Paul Ellis make something of nothing, and lo ! ...90 minutes of ambient electronica.

UT 854 07.03.2011

Fine dining in the realm of hungry ghosts... to the accompaniment of Gentoo, Ray Carl Daye and Johan Agebjorn.

UT 853 28.02.2011

Taking one small step towards a regenerative state of auditory delight... with Asura and 1 Giant Leap.

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