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.

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George Cruickshank

Episodes

UT 826 23.08.2010

A cavalcade of ambient song, featuring Danielle Ballantine, Twice a Man, The Hope Blister, Life Garden, and Hungry Hungry Lucy.

UT 825 16.08.2010

Meditations in grey and aqua... featuring Robert Scott Thompson, Robert Rich, Alexander Scheffer and William Edge.

UT 824 09.08.2010

Rapturous hill-running with Sysphe, Ian Boddy, Mark Shreeve, Chad Kettering, Bruno Sanfilippo and Mathias Grassow.

UT 822 26.07.2010

Icy meditations on death, from Janne Hanisuanto, Brock van Wey and Phillip Wilkerson.

UT 821 19.07.2010

Visiting a sonic wanderer: the sounds of Aural Planet.

UT 820 12.07.2010

Into the darkness of the abyss, with Robert Scott Thompson, 33 Tetragammon, Human Metronome, Markus Reuter, Erik Wollo and Berhard Wosthernicht.

UT 819 05.07.2010

Raining in the spaces between... with music from Chad Kettering and Andreas Akwara, and featuring "Ylang", the new album from Robert Rich.

UT 818 28.06.2010

From the city to the sea...a late evening perambulation with Johan Agebjorn, Joe Frawley and Harold Budd...leavened with sounds from "Cromo" - the new collaborative recording from Bruno Sanfilippo and Mathias Grassow.

UT 817 21.06.2010

Walking among the stars with William Edge, Mark Jenkins, Dreamwind, Bernd Kistenmacher and Ron Boots.

UT 816 14.06.2010

A David Parsons extravaganza, featuring sounds from the albums "Ngaio Gamelan", "Earthlight" and "Surya".

UT 815 07.06.2010

Radiant horizons and faraway places, featuring the work of Vangelis, Chad Kettering and Gert Emmens.

UT 814 31.05.2010

New ambient impressionist transcendence from Krill.minima, Kyron and Undo.

UT 813 24.05.2010

Elemental explorations, featuring Vibrasphere, C J Catalizer, Tentura, Zymosis, Solar Fields, Asura, Aquascape and Chronos.

UT 812 17.05.2010

Minding the gap in a stream of thought... with Frank van Bogaert, Erik Wollo, Steve Roach and Atomic Skunk.

UT 811 10.05.2010

The genesis of a curious feeling is explored by Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Tony Banks.

UT 810 03.05.2010

A programme of new and recently-released music from Robert Rich, Erik Wollo, Phillip Wilkerson and Jeff Greinke.

UT 809 26.04.2010

Amazing utopias... as envisaged by Jean-Michel Jarre, Dave Hesketh, Jeff Kowal, and Broekhuis, Keller and Schonwalder.

UT 808 19.04.2010

Welcome to the gorgeous longform ambient impressionist world of Phillip Wilkerson.

UT 807 12.04.2010

Slumbering in heaven, with Sankt Otten, Johannes Schmoelling, Critoph Berg, Richard Bone and Robin Guthrie.

UT 806 05.04.2010

Ancient voices and piano ambience; the latter from Chad Kettering, and the former from All India Radio and Josh Roydhouse.

UT 805 29.03.2010

Chilled lounge spirits of Ibiza... featuring Kaya Project, The Outsiders, Earthling and a host of others.

UT 804 22.03.2010

Still life with northern winter; chilled meditations from Nelson Foltz, Tom Lynn, Manitou, Krill Minima, Hibernation and Cosmic Fools.

UT 803 15.03.2010

The collaborations of David Sylvian... featuring Steve Jansen, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Mick Karn and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

UT 448 11.03.2010

Showcasing new electronic impressionism from Richard Bone, Victor Cerullo and Amongst Myselves. Also featuring Harold Budd/Brian Eno and Thom Brennan.

UT 802 08.03.2010

Showcasing the gorgeous new ambient impressionist soundworks from Jeff Greinke and Larry Kucharz.