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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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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