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KMRU's Listening Chair

Elizabeth Alker shares new tracks from the world of ambient music, and KMRU is in the Listening Chair to select a favourite piece that transports him to another place.

Berlin-based Kenyan sound artist KMRU, known for his visceral ambient sound-worlds that are both soothing and arresting, sits in the Listening Chair to select a track that transports him to another place. Elsewhere, in a show first broadcast in November 2022, Elizabeth Alker shares live recordings from the enigmatic Sarah Davachi who teases out new textures from a church organ; plus the playful and subversive music of Pierre Henry, and the time-shifting sound-layers of electronic producer Stefan Betke.

Produced by Alexa Kruger
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

1 hour

Last on

Thu 26 Jan 202323:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pierre Henry

    Final / Utopia Hip-Hop

  • KMRU

    Jinja Encounters

  • Pie Eye Collective

    Tangential City

  • Haiku Salut & Meg Morley

    Carousel

  • Colin Stetson

    All Abord

  • Sara Davachi

    Stile Vuoto

  • Klara Lewis

    Ingrid

  • Rani Jambak

    Suara Minangkabau

  • Silberman Quartet

    Asanisimasa

  • Nosaj Thing

    All Over (feat. Panda Bear)

Broadcasts

  • Thu 17 Nov 202223:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Thu 26 Jan 202323:30
    BBC Radio 3

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