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 762 01.06.2009
Inspired by high places from the Himalayas to the Andes comes rarefied music from Vangelis and Bruno Sanfilippo.
UT 761 25.05.2009
Magellanic skies; new music from Altus, Uriel and Ernst Kunst.
UT 490 21.05.2009
Gorgeous tonal narratives from Erik Wollo, John Flomer and Deborah Martin.
UT 760 18.05.2009
Presenting a languid selection of new and recent releases by Philippe Emmanuel Gueble, Minus 6, Dan Pound and Janne Hanhisuanto.
UT 491 14.05.2009
Electronic explorations from Dom Scab, Lance Lenehan, Raphael Preston and Mat Dickson.
UT 759 11.05.2009
Singing for lost blossoms, and celebrating ambient intelligence: new music by Harold Budd, Clive Wright and Peter Challoner. Also included is Thorsten Sudler-Mainz.
UT 758 04.05.2009
An introduction to the globally-inspired soundworld of British composer Bob Holroyd - leavened with likeminded creations from Paolo Modugno and Guy Bouliane.
UT 493 30.04.2009
An electronic pot pourri. Add one part Honeyroot, three parts Blu Mar Ten, and a sprinkling of Kinobe, Datar, Radium 88 and others. Simmer for 90 minutes. Enjoy.
UT 757 27.04.2009
A subcontinental riverine journey, from the mountains to the sea, with the sounds of Shiv Kumar Sharma, Har Prasad Chaurasia and Zakir Hussain.
UT 494 23.04.2009
Music drawn from ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, the Baroque and the fantasy realms of J R R Tolkien weave a unique and compelling aural narrative.
UT 756 20.04.2009
Ultima goes Ultimae; selections from the Farenheit Project compilation series released by French label Ultimae Records.
UT 495 16.04.2009
Wolf Linz and Dom F Scab explore alternative unrealities.
UT 755 13.04.2009
Cool excursions for travellers, with General Fuzz, Altus and Panoramaroid.
UT 754 06.04.2009
Stepping through the portal, with Craig Padilla, Zero Ohms, Skip Murphy, Derek Jones and Giles Reaves.
UT 497 02.04.2009
New ambient sounds from near and far.
UT 753 30.03.2009
Sibyls, saints, sinners and seraphim; a visit to the magical mystical musical (not to mention comically alliterative) universe of sometime Dead Can Dancers Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.
UT 498 26.03.2009
Vital sequences and numinous transcensions. With music by Steve Roach, Numina and Thom Brennan.
UT 752 23.03.2009
Eno-esque ambient from the Land of the Rising Sun, featuring the work of Yoshio Ojima and Juta Takahashi.
UT 499 19.03.2009
Dates and conditions by Jean Michel Jarre, Brian Eno and Peter Schwalm.
UT 751 16.03.2009
Synthaesthesia from the keyboards of Michel van Osenbruggen, David Wright and Robert Fox... and featuring new music from the god of synths: Vangelis.
UT 500 12.03.2009
The half-millennium broadcast, featuring rare, unreleased music by composers living and working in Australia, drawn from the Ultima Thule archives.
UT 750 09.03.2009
Ambient minimalism from Australia, featuring Peters Miller and Ball.
UT 501 05.03.2009
Something old, something new; with new music from Oz composers Robokoneko and Dave G, classic moments from Richard Bone, Warp Records, The Detroit Escalator Co and soundtrack rarities from Tangerine Dream.
UT 749 02.03.2009
Vox ambienta... featuring songsters Jan Garbarek, Stephan Micus, Dean de Benedictis, Lee Ellen Shoemaker, Barry Truax, Diatonis, Boris Feoktistov and Eden.
UT 502 26.02.2009
A tapestry of song, with Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Clannad, Adiemus, Libera, Magna Canta, Lesiem, Era and Vangelis amongst others.
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