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Karl Hyde's Listening Chair

Elizabeth Alker presents eclectic ambient music by a new generation of composers, and Underworld’s Karl Hyde sits in the Listening Chair, choosing a record that transports him.

Elizabeth Alker surveys the landscape of contemporary ambient recordings, with songs that soothe, spiral, and soar.

In a repeat of a programme first broadcast in October, she invites Karl Hyde, one half of the seminal electronic duo Underworld, into the Listening Chair, for a transportive and surprising selection. Far from the ecstasy of late-night dance floors, Karl’s pick is a haunting piece of choral music made famous by 2001: A Space Odyssey. Elsewhere, Helado Negro’s new album is full of bright, jubilant pop songs that have been smudged around their edges, and the DJ known as Ross From Friends delivers a record of soaring and emotional house music.

Produced by Frank Palmer
A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3

1 hour

Last on

Thu 30 Dec 202123:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jacana People

    Era

    • Era.

  • Jacana People

    Era

  • Underworld

    Low Between Zebras

    • Drift Series 1 - Episode 1 - Dust.
    • Smith Hyde Productions.

  • Underworld

    Low Between Zebras

    • Drift Series 1.
    • Caroline International.

  • Bicep

    Sundial

    • Isles.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Bicep

    Sundial

    • Isles.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Hatis Noit

    Anagram c.i.y

    • Illogical Dance.
    • Erased Tapes Records.

  • Hatis Noit

    Anagram c.i.y

    • Illogical Dance.
    • Erased Tapes Records.

  • Night Gestalt

    Between Two Breaths

    • Thousand Year Waves.

  • Night Gestalt

    Between Two Breaths

    • Thousand Year Waves.

  • Beverly Glenn‐Copeland & Ana Roxanne

    Old (New) Melody (Ana Roxanne Remix)

    • Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined.
    • Transgressive.

  • Beverly Glenn‐Copeland & Ana Roxanne

    Old (New) Melody (Ana Roxanne Remix)

    • Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined.
    • Transgressive.

  • Ross From Friends

    The Daisy

    • Tread.
    • Brainfeeder.

  • Ross From Friends

    The Daisy

    • Tread.
    • Brainfeeder.

  • Helado Negro

    Outside the Outside

    • Outside the Outside.
    • 4AD.

  • Helado Negro

    Outside The Outside

    • Far In.
    • 4AD.

  • Deep Throat Choir

    Uvas

    • In Order To Know You.
    • Bella Union.

  • Deep Throat Choir

    Uvas

    • In Order to Know You.
    • Bella Union.

  • György Ligeti

    Lux Aeterna

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Stuttgart. Conductor: Clytus Gottwald.
    • Atelier Schola Cantorum.
    • Cadenza.

  • György Ligeti

    Lux Aeterna

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Stuttgart. Conductor: Clytus Gottwald.
    • György Ligeti.
    • Wergo.

  • Craig Armstrong & Calum Martin

    Movement 2 The Edge of the Sea

    • The Edge Of The Sea.
    • Modern Recordings.

  • Craig Armstrong & Calum Martin

    Movement 2: The Edge Of The Sea

    • The Edge Of The Sea.
    • Modern Recordings.

  • Erland Cooper

    Holm Sound

  • Erland Cooper

    Holm Sound

  • tstewart

    Buena

  • tstewart

    Buena

    • Elysian.
    • UMG.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 21 Oct 202123:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Thu 30 Dec 202123:30
    BBC Radio 3

What is unclassified music?

What is unclassified music?

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