Verity Sharp presents a dream-inspired collaboration session at Maida Vale from Alabaster dePlume, Anrimeal and Tasos Stamou, based on the dreams of the Late Junction listeners. All through June, we’ve…
Jennifer Lucy Allan is joined by composer, musician and author David Toop. A fixture in experimental and improvisational music scenes since 1970, his expansive research embraces sound art, field recordings,…
Playful polyrhythms mix with electronic samples: Rob Mazurek’s São Paulo Underground in a collaboration with Tupperwear, an electronic duo from Tenerife. Plus a historic recording from 1992 of The Dedication…
Late Junction’s month-long season traversing the world of dreams continues as Verity Sharp shares a unique commission from producer, vocalist and DJ Coby Sey. In collaboration with the artist Sam…
Expansive sounds from a duo that employ an electric toothbrush. Chris Williams and Patrick Shiroishi play other instruments too including trumpet, saxophones and glockenspiel in a set recorded in Los…
The dream world has long provided a rich source of inspiration to artists, from the ‘dream music’ of La Monte Young to Delia Derbyshire’s radio inventions and Aphex Twin’s music…
Corey Mwamba features soloists who expand the possibilities of their instrument, including a famous drum solo by Art Blakey. Nestled amongst a series of hard bop tracks on the 1964…
Jennifer Lucy Allan presents an adventurous mix of music, including a Late Junction session between two artists who have never worked together before: Chicago jazz bassist Joshua Abrams and Japanese…
Hosted by Corey Mwamba with a profile of Mung Music, a label based in Seoul. Plus a selection from one of Newcastle’s longest standing bands, Archipelago. Its founder Sunjae Lee…
Lockdown-induced inertia expressed in heavy drones and restless drums by Sarah Heneghan, and palate-cleansing electronic artist SORBET releases an album of duos. Lockdown-induced inertia expressed in heavy drones and restless…
Verity Sharp listens to the late-night singing of vending machines, revisits Sun Ra’s classic album Lanquidity, and we salute pioneering composer Alvin Lucier on his 90th birthday. Verity Sharp listens…
Bassist and vocalist Helen Svoboda celebrates her favourite food group in sound. Vegetable Bass is Helen’s debut solo album, it showcases her passion for the intricate combination of the overtone…
Jennifer Lucy Allan shares a mixtape curated by Time Cow, part of the forward-thinking Jamaican collective Equiknoxx. Plus avant-garde Tuareg folk and Japanese improv from 1982. Jennifer Lucy Allan shares…
Corey presents a selection from Gerald Cleaver’s latest album of electronic music, Griots. Jazz drummer Cleaver is about to release his second album of electronic experimentation which harks back to…
Verity Sharp shares electroacoustic soundscapes of rural Greece, traditional meditations from the island of Grande Comore and shoegaze bluegrass from Bristol. Verity Sharp shares the electroacoustic soundscapes of rural Greece…
An exclusive new track by Cleveland Watkiss ahead of his festival performance, and a live recording of large ensemble Troyk-estra from the 2013 edition of Cheltenham Festival. A solo piece…
Verity Sharp shares the fruits of another Late Junction long-distance collaboration session between two artists who have never worked together before. This time, experimental vocalist Yifeat Ziv and Indian sarangi…
Verity Sharp is joined by Matthew Herbert to announce the winners of the Sound of the Year Awards, and we play a mixtape by the Greek electronic musician Lena Platonos.…
Corey Mwamba presents music finding control in chaos, with tracks from Brooklyn-based noise-jazz violinist Sana Nagano and Japanese duo Yoshida Tatsuya and Ono Ryoko. Corey Mwamba presents music finding control…
Interweaving words and harmonies come together in a poetic exploration of womanhood, as Corey Mwamba presents an exclusive piece from London-based vocalist and composer Alya Al-Sultani. Putting the words of…
Corey Mwamba showcases the sonic possibilities of the theremin, including new music from Birmingham-based collaborative trio Bobhowler, in which Tom Mills explores the extensive range of soundscapes and textures of…
Verity Sharp plays music written ‘strictly for insects to understand’ by the Australian artist Eugene Carchesio. He describes his latest release as ‘ant sci-fi’ with most of the tracks clocking…
Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a remote collaboration session between Australian fiddle player Adam Cadell and Estonian piper and saxophonist Katariin Raska. Brisbane-based Adam Cadell is a fiddle player and writer…
Quickening and slackening, Leeds-based piano trio Treppenwitz explore the contours of their rhythmic interplay on a new album. Recorded live in a living room, simple melodies are used as a…
Verity Sharp plays songs to put a smile on your face with music that uses the sound of laughter, from shamanic rituals to kookaburras. Plus music made inside the womb.…
A well-loved group of American players create music that’s joyful, engaged and intimate. Plus a track from the formative years of pioneering drummer Milford Graves. Rolling grooves, fragments of melody…
Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia. Plus traditional cattle whispering from Burundi, Tuvan throat singing and Swedish pipe organs. Verity Sharp shares a mix from…
Soul-soaked jazz and free-falling dissonance with moreish momentum. Plus a wordless chorus from the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project that evokes spiritual hymnals. A magic meeting creates soul soaked jazz and…
Heavy guitar distortion and explosive drumming create a restless energy from a new group called Body Meta, a nod to Ornette Coleman’s 1978 album. There’s a twenty-year-old recording of four…
Verity Sharp plays musical matchmaker, inviting two artists who have never met to collaborate. This month the improvising violinist Silvia Tarozzi joins forces with the minimalist composer Tashi Wada to…