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 748 23.02.2009
Vox ambienta... featuring songsters Jan Garbarek, Stephan Micus, Dean de Benedictis, Lee Ellen Shoemaker, Barry Truax, Diatonis, Boris Feoktistov and Eden.
UT 503 19.02.2009
A special programme of unreleased music from the master of Himalayan ambience, David Parsons.
UT 747 16.02.2009
Dipping a toe in the kinetic flow, with Rudy Adrian and Thom Brennan... and also presenting Numina live in concert.
UT 504 12.02.2009
Music for late night musing, featuring Jeff Greinke, Paul Schutze, Numina, Kelly David, Brannan Lane, Ashera, Cheer Up Poems and Dan Barrio.
UT 746 09.02.2009
Happy birthday to us! Today - 1 February 2009 - UT enters its third decade as one of the foremost ambient music radio shows on the planet; helping us kick off our year-long anniversary celebrations are the uber-cool ambient now-sounds of Charlie North, Si-O and The Glimmer Room. Turn on, tune in, chill out.
UT 745 02.02.2009
Natural frequencies of a tourmaline body, with vibrations from Ian Boddy, Andreas Leifield, Slow Dancing Society and Abandoned Toys.
UT 743 19.01.2009
Slow arrivals and sudden departures from Johan Agebjorn, Richard Bone, Stephan Kaske and Kees Aerts.
UT 742 12.01.2009
To commence the new year in the summery south: portents and signs from the wintry north... with music by Arcana, Dead Can Dance, Jan Garbarek and Birgitte Grimstad... and also presenting "And Winter Came" - the new album from Enya.
UT 741 05.01.2009
From speech to speechlessness, as Pitch Black is lost in translation.
UT 740 29.12.2008
Impressions of quietude; low-key longform ambient from Brian Eno and Jean-Michel Jarre.
UT 739 22.12.2008
Surrendering to the flow with Alpha Wave Movement, Michael Huygen, Jeffrey Koepper, Alquimia, Peter Mergener, Klaus Schulze, Lisa Gerrard and co.
UT 738 15.12.2008
Dark days in purgatory... featuring new music from Robert Rich, Andrey Sadovnikov, Mara's Torment and Igneous Flame - and slightly less-new music from Kelly David and Jeff Greinke.
UT 737 08.12.2008
Mergener emergent; an exploration of the solo and collaborative works of Software's Peter Mergener.
UT 736 01.12.2008
Ambient peacefulness from Glen Darcey and Ashera.
UT 735 24.11.2008
Cruisin' the skywaves with Lisa Gerrard, Klaus Schulze, Al Gromer Khan, Simon Bennett and Peter Mergener.
UT 734 17.11.2008
Voices from the celestial spheres, featuring John Harle, Johan Agebjorn, Deborah Martin, J Arif Verner, Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Casidy... and showcasing the new album by Immersion Theory, "The Icarus Foray".
UT 733 10.11.2008
Inly, outly, shake it all aboutly. With music by Harax and General Fuzz.
UT 732 03.11.2008
Stories from the Forest: the new album from Thom Brennan.
UT 731 27.10.2008
Lost on an island of adventure with Dan Pound, Robert Scott Thompson, Richard Bone, Gel-Sol, Roedelius, Create, Jefffrey Koepper and Tim Story.
UT 730 20.10.2008
Under Orion; spacemusic fantasies by Rudy Adrian, John Serrie, Michael Stearns, Johan Agebjorn and Darshan Ambient.
UT 729 13.10.2008
A meeting of minds; new collaborations from Klaus Schulze and Lisa Gerrard.
UT 728 06.10.2008
Juxtaposed: music from the European Middle Ages and the Persian classical tradition.
UT 727 29.09.2008
Ambient churchscapes from Robert Fripp, Bob Holroyd, Deborah Martin and J Arif Verner.
UT 726 22.09.2008
Life in the pond, featuring new music from Diatonis, Ryuta K and Sara Ayers.
UT 725 15.09.2008
Himalayan hallucinogenia, featuring Simon Posford, Shulman, Blutech, Acid Rockers and Doof.
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