
High Summer
Elizabeth Alker celebrates the glorious light, joy and mystery of high summer with a journey through new music from today’s most exciting genre-defying artists.
Elizabeth Alker returns with a selection of fresh music from genre-defying artists as we journey through landscapes of ambient and experimental sounds that this week reflect the glorious light, joy and mystery of high summer. Peter Chilvers, best known for his work with David Byrne and his 20 year collaboration with Brian Eno, sends our eyes up towards The Unbroken Sky, while Liverpool songsmith Lein Sangster invites us to run through the Summer Rain. And as no summer would be complete without a trip to the sea, Coco Francovilla takes us on a deep dive through the Mediterranean’s ancient Posidonia Oceanica meadows with her captivating track Ocean Womb.
Produced by Geoff Bird
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Galya Bisengalieva
Chagan (Aisha Devi Reflection)
- Polygon.
- One Little Independent Records.
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Peter Chilvers
The Unbroken Sky
- The Unbroken Sky.
- Curious Music.
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Daphni
Sad Piano House
- Sad Piano House.
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Meitei
Sen'nyū
- Nº 47 Sen’nyū.
- KITCHEN. LABEL.
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Bridget Hayden and The Apparitions
She Moved Through The Fayre
- Cold Blows the Rain.
- Basin Rock.
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Chad Kouri
Sound Sketch
- Mixed.
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Cate Le Bon
Heaven Is No Feeling
- Michelangelo Dying.
- Mexican Summer.
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Coco Francavilla
Ocean Womb
- re-oceaning.
- Music for the Sea.
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Masayoshi Fujita
Model Home Magic Moment
- Smoking Tigers (Original Score).
- Erased Tapes Music.
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Linda Buckley
Ó Íochtar Mara IV Aimhréidh
- From Ocean's Floor.
- NMC Recordings.
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Joe Mottau
Edges of the Earth
- Edges of the Earth.
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Lein Sangster
Summer Rain
- Summer Rain.
Broadcast
- Sun 22 Jun 202523:30BBC Radio 3

