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Ultima Thule Ambient Music

George Cruickshankwww.ultimathule.info
A weekly programme of ambient and atmospheric music from across the ages and around the world, heard on Australian public radio since 1989. Ultima Thule weaves a mix of ambient, trance, drone and chillout electronica, spacemusic, ancient, mediaeval and neoclassical creations, traditional and world music, soundtracks, cool jazz and impressionist soundworks into an exquisite, chatter-free 90-minute musical narrative.
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Episodes

UT 749

Vox ambienta... featuring songsters Jan Garbarek, Stephan Micus, Dean de Benedictis, Lee Ellen Shoemaker, Barry Truax, Diatonis, Boris Feoktistov and Eden.

Mar 02, 2009

UT 502

A tapestry of song, with Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Clannad, Adiemus, Libera, Magna Canta, Lesiem, Era and Vangelis amongst others.

Feb 26, 2009

UT 748

Vox ambienta... featuring songsters Jan Garbarek, Stephan Micus, Dean de Benedictis, Lee Ellen Shoemaker, Barry Truax, Diatonis, Boris Feoktistov and Eden.

Feb 23, 2009

UT 503

A special programme of unreleased music from the master of Himalayan ambience, David Parsons.

Feb 19, 2009

UT 747

Dipping a toe in the kinetic flow, with Rudy Adrian and Thom Brennan... and also presenting Numina live in concert.

Feb 16, 2009

UT 504

Music for late night musing, featuring Jeff Greinke, Paul Schutze, Numina, Kelly David, Brannan Lane, Ashera, Cheer Up Poems and Dan Barrio.

Feb 12, 2009

UT 746

Happy birthday to us! Today - 1 February 2009 - UT enters its third decade as one of the foremost ambient music radio shows on the planet; helping us kick off our year-long anniversary celebrations are the uber-cool ambient now-sounds of Charlie North, Si-O and The Glimmer Room. Turn on, tune in, chill out.

Feb 09, 2009

UT 745

Natural frequencies of a tourmaline body, with vibrations from Ian Boddy, Andreas Leifield, Slow Dancing Society and Abandoned Toys.

Feb 02, 2009

UT 743

Slow arrivals and sudden departures from Johan Agebjorn, Richard Bone, Stephan Kaske and Kees Aerts.

Jan 19, 2009

UT 742

To commence the new year in the summery south: portents and signs from the wintry north... with music by Arcana, Dead Can Dance, Jan Garbarek and Birgitte Grimstad... and also presenting "And Winter Came" - the new album from Enya.

Jan 12, 2009

UT 741

From speech to speechlessness, as Pitch Black is lost in translation.

Jan 05, 2009

UT 740

Impressions of quietude; low-key longform ambient from Brian Eno and Jean-Michel Jarre.

Dec 29, 2008

UT 739

Surrendering to the flow with Alpha Wave Movement, Michael Huygen, Jeffrey Koepper, Alquimia, Peter Mergener, Klaus Schulze, Lisa Gerrard and co.

Dec 22, 2008

UT 738

Dark days in purgatory... featuring new music from Robert Rich, Andrey Sadovnikov, Mara's Torment and Igneous Flame - and slightly less-new music from Kelly David and Jeff Greinke.

Dec 15, 2008

UT 737

Mergener emergent; an exploration of the solo and collaborative works of Software's Peter Mergener.

Dec 08, 2008

UT 736

Ambient peacefulness from Glen Darcey and Ashera.

Dec 01, 2008

UT 735

Cruisin' the skywaves with Lisa Gerrard, Klaus Schulze, Al Gromer Khan, Simon Bennett and Peter Mergener.

Nov 24, 2008

UT 734

Voices from the celestial spheres, featuring John Harle, Johan Agebjorn, Deborah Martin, J Arif Verner, Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Casidy... and showcasing the new album by Immersion Theory, "The Icarus Foray".

Nov 17, 2008

UT 733

Inly, outly, shake it all aboutly. With music by Harax and General Fuzz.

Nov 10, 2008

UT 732

Stories from the Forest: the new album from Thom Brennan.

Nov 03, 2008

UT 731

Lost on an island of adventure with Dan Pound, Robert Scott Thompson, Richard Bone, Gel-Sol, Roedelius, Create, Jefffrey Koepper and Tim Story.

Oct 27, 2008

UT 730

Under Orion; spacemusic fantasies by Rudy Adrian, John Serrie, Michael Stearns, Johan Agebjorn and Darshan Ambient.

Oct 20, 2008

UT 729

A meeting of minds; new collaborations from Klaus Schulze and Lisa Gerrard.

Oct 13, 2008

UT 728

Juxtaposed: music from the European Middle Ages and the Persian classical tradition.

Oct 06, 2008

UT 727

Ambient churchscapes from Robert Fripp, Bob Holroyd, Deborah Martin and J Arif Verner.

Sep 29, 2008

UT 726

Life in the pond, featuring new music from Diatonis, Ryuta K and Sara Ayers.

Sep 22, 2008

UT 725

Himalayan hallucinogenia, featuring Simon Posford, Shulman, Blutech, Acid Rockers and Doof.

Sep 15, 2008

UT 724

Selected works from the Jeff Woodall ambient oeuvre.

Sep 08, 2008

UT 723

All about Altus: drinking from the creative wellspring of Mike Carrs.

Sep 01, 2008

UT 722

Civilizations: a space opera from the Intelligentsia creative collective.

Aug 25, 2008
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