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Puppets, percussion and a reconstructed pipe organ

Verity Sharp shares highlights from the world of experimental music, including the sounds from Colombian puppeteers Libélula Dorada and Calum Builder’s reconstructed pipe organ.

Verity Sharp shares recent highlights from the world of experimental music, including a meditation on sculpture from Rie Nakajima and David Toop, and 'a requiem for a dying empire' - discordant industrial-choral music from mysterious UK duo Pram of Dogs. Plus: the sounds of Colombian puppet masters Libélula Dorada; a heavyweight workout from percussion-forward and playful producers Nikki Nair and Foodman; and pensive explorations on Calum Builder’s reconstructed pipe organ.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Nov 202522:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Kamaru

    Kwandikwo Ti Gũciarwo

    • Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007.
    • Disciples.

  • Saha Gnawa

    Bacha Hamou (feat. Nels Cline)

    • Saha Gnawa.
    • Pique-Nique Recordings.

  • Má Estrella

    All you did (feat. Elvin Brandhi)

    • Tornada.
    • Discrepant.

  • Ludwig Berger

    Between Water in Circuitry

    • Ecotonalities: No Other Home Than The In-Between.
    • Ous.

  • Sarthy Korwar

    Beauty Doesn't Know What it Looks Like

    • There is Beauty There Already.
    • Otherland Records.

  • David Toop & Rie Nakajima

    Is Spring A Sculpture? Part I

    • Is Spring A Sculpture?.
    • Room40.

  • ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS & Joni Judén

    Field Guide

    • Field Guide.
    • TRUE AETHER.

  • Tashi Dorji

    Gathering

    • Low Clouds Hang, This Land is On Fire.
    • Drag City.

  • Radio Tarifa

    ME PREGUNTAS

    • La Noche.
    • Buda Musique.

  • Calum Builder

    Sometimes I Wonder

    • Poor In Spirit: The Reconstructed Pipe Organ.
    • OOH-sounds.

  • Starless Abductees

    MVZ Scanners

    • Starless Abductees.
    • Nonlocal Research.

  • The Worm

    Pantilde

    • Pantilde.
    • EM Records.

  • Jean Schwarz

    Calligraphy

    • Unreleased & Rarities (1972-2002).
    • Transversales Disques.

  • Libélula Dorada

    Libélula Dorada Vuela ya (La rebelión de los títeres)

    • In-Correcto 213: Melodías detrás del biombo de La Libélula Dorada (1976-2025).
    • In-Correcto.

  • jaimie branch

    Simple Silver Surfer

    • Fly or Die ii: Bird Dogs of Paradise.
    • International Anthem.

  • Roxane Métayer

    Les Arbres grincent pour se parler

    • Vies Sylvestres.

  • Pram of Dogs

    I

    • PSALM024: Cantus Lapides.
    • Phantom Limb.

  • Nikki Nair & Foodman

    Sorry I Lost My Glasses In The Public Bathhouse

    • Nagoya EP.
    • Hyperdub.

  • Gianluigi Gelmetti

    Segesta

    • Chitarra L’anno Doppo.
    • Cenacolo E Rotary.

  • Mariolina Zitta

    Cave Calls

    • Concert for Bats Voice and Natural Sounds.
    • Black Sweat Records.

  • Chino Amobi

    Legend

    • Eroica II: Christian Nihilism.
    • Drowned By Locals.

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Nov 202522:00
    BBC Radio 3

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