BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Pushing into new territory … anhören! …
The Mexican vibraphonist Patricia Brennan has been frustrated by the limited repertoire for her instrument in both contemporary music and jazz since she was a student. Now based in New…
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BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Sounds of the Universe … anhören! …
Throughout human history, drone music has been associated with the divine. The ancient Greeks thought the music of the planets, or the ‘universal music’, was one extended tone. In Hinduism…
BBC Radio 3 – Late Junction: Kate Carr and Leila Bordreuil in session
Verity Sharp presents an exclusive collaboration between two musicians who have never met: the sound artist Kate Carr and cellist Leila Bordreuil. Kate Carr is an Australian sound artist and…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Mary Halvorson
This week features a selection from the New York guitarist Mary Halvorson’s latest album with her group Code Girl that combines halting rhythms, artful pitch bends and crystalline folk vocals.…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Restraint and Release
Control, moderation and explosive freedom on display in a meeting of organ and saxophone taken from a new anthology of work by British musician Theo Travis and composer Laura Toxværd…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Songs for Heavy Weather
Jennifer Lucy Allan shares music inspired by heavy weather, from noise musician Daniel Menche’s recordings of stormy skies in Oregon, to experimental guitarist Derek Bailey’s accompaniment to a raindance. There’ll…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Open Improvisation
Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis and Roscoe Mitchell explore the principles of open improvisation: bring your own experience; focus on what’s at hand and be ready to come up with…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Divide and Dissolve’s mixtape … Anhören …
Verity Sharp shares a mix from guitar and saxophone duo Divide and Dissolve, who blend classical influences with crushing doom to create a sound that aims to ‘speak without words’.…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: „Songs of Apocalyptic Hope“ … anhören …
Verity Sharp shares some of the first releases of the year from the realm of the adventurous. Starting with music from Acocope, the name of a new C.A.N.V.A.S compilation that…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Sax and Drums
Corey Mwamba presents adventurous improvised music. This week features a series of tracks born out of a partnership between saxophone and drums. The group Alula grew out of several performances…
BBC Radio 3 – Freeness: Driving Acoustic Bass
Corey Mwamba provides a guided listen to the best new improvised music. This week features a rich and dexterous exploration of the acoustic bass from Neil Charles; the saxophonist Matana…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: New Year, New Horizons!
It’s New Year’s Day and Jennifer Lucy Allan is here to exorcise the demons from 2020 with music for a more hopeful future, from Alice Coltrane’s swirling mantras to a…
BBC Radio 3 Late junction: Christmas Might with Saul Williams
Spät, aber besser als nie. Diese Sendung ist einfach zu gut. Allein schon wegen Saul Williams und Moor Mother, Fela Kuti, Pharoah Sanders, Leafcutter John, Keiji Haino, Jozef Dumoulin. Ihr…
BCC Radio 3 – Freeness: A Revelation of Light
Corey Mwamba presents music that brings light in times of darkness. Night turns into day with a ritualistic awakening from Mexican group Produtziones Aldabar and Peruvian artist Miguel Flores explores…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Albums of the Year and a mixtape by clipping!
At the end of a tumultuous year, the Late Junction team reflect on the last twelve months in music with a selection of their favourite adventurous albums. 2020 will clearly…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Music of the Internet Age
Music that explores the problems of the internet age from Craig Scott. The album I Am Revolting explores issues like the over saturation of information and memetics, where simple themes…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Solo Guitar Experiments
Italian guitarist Francesca Naibo talks about her debut solo album Namatoulee. Francesca’s music is a unique and colourful sonic experience that explores the instrument’s acoustic and electric possibilities from roaring…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Jlin reimagines Beethoven … anhören …!
Verity Sharp presents an exclusive Beethoven remix from electronic musician and producer Jlin. To mark Beethoven’s 250th birthday, the BBC is asking listeners to remix a new recording of his…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: „Honking Horns“
Corey Mwamba presents a guided listen to the best adventurous improvised music from around the world. This week features screaming saxophone lines from the Swedish player Anna Högberg’s group Attack…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Sam Shalabi and Angel Bat Dawid in session .. anhören ..
Verity Sharp presents this month’s Late Junction collaboration session, where we pair together two artists who have never met before and invite them to collaborate remotely. Sam Shalabi is an…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Ana Roxanne’s mixtape … anhören ….
Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a mixtape of soothing sounds from Ana Roxanne, a Los Angeles-based artist and musician. Her interest in the healing power of music started from a young…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Spoken word which tastes like peaches … anhören …
In this hour-long edition of the programme Verity Sharp presents spoken word which ‘tastes like peaches, metal and blood’ from Lukasz Polowczyk’s new project Ain’t About Me, a composition from…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: South African Soul Music
Catchy hooks and chaotic group interplay captured live from Louis Moholo-Moholo’s Unit. As the last surviving member of the beloved South African group the Blue Notes, drummer Moholo-Moholo leads an…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: GAIKA on sampling
Artist and composer GAIKA joins Jen ahead of his event at the EFG London Jazz Festival. For this year’s edition he’s collaborating with musicians Azekel and Miink at London’s Cafe…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Discus Music
Celebrating the 100th release on the wide-ranging creative label Discus Music run by Martin Archer. Beginning 30-years ago as an output for Martin’s own music, Discus has since branched out…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Sonic Explorations from Thailand
A Bangkok-based duo called Yama create music inspired by yoga philosophy. Paponpat Weerawit and Don Pengboon are two unsung heroes of Thailand’s underground experimental music scene. Together they make music…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Nour Mobarak and Jessica Ekomane in session … anhören…
Jennifer Lucy Allan presents the latest in our exclusive Late Junction collaboration sessions with a meeting of musical minds from across the Atlantic via the power of the internet. In…
BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Joyful, Joyful
Corey Mwamba presents music that ignites joy and happiness. Featuring trumpeter Dave Holsworth’s rollicking interplay with his group New Brew and a playfully inquisitive saxophone duo from Dee Byrne on…
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Oren Ambarchi’s Mixtape .. anhören ..
Oren Ambarchi is a guitarist, composer and musical polymath with a reputation for deconstructing genre; combining elements of free jazz, rock and contemporary composition. His work hops from modern electronics…
BBC Radio 3: Late Junction – Playful brass and extreme healing … anhören ….
Jennifer Lucy Allan shares a recent composition by Scottish jazz outsider Bill Wells, performed by young brass players from Glasgow as well as sludgy drones from Japanese doom-metal band Boris,…