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Ultima Thule Ambient Music

George Cruickshank•www.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 976

Mike G concludes his series celebrating the life and work of Pete Namlook.

Jul 08, 2013

UT 975

The curious Mister Eno... and the sadly absent Monsieur Zazou.

Jul 01, 2013

UT 974

Mike G presents part two of his series celebrating the life and work of Pete Namlook.

Jun 24, 2013

UT 973

Hymns to a big wheel... with Massive Attack, Kuba, Flume, Hermitude and a host of others.

Jun 17, 2013

UT 972

Mike G makes a welcome return to Ultima Thule after a seven year absence, as guest presenter for a series of three programmes celebrating the life and work of Peter Kuhlmann, aka Pete Namlook.

Jun 10, 2013

UT 971

Abyssal sighs and portents... new music from Frederick Rousseau and Steve Roach.

Jun 03, 2013

UT 970

Birth of the Real Self: new dark ambient impressionism from Apollonius.

May 27, 2013

UT 969

Carefully grinding a musical axe: complex sharp-edged sounds from Solar Fields and Pink Floyd.

May 20, 2013

UT 968

Windows telecommunting with Bryan Carrigan, Ken Elkinson and Ashera.

May 13, 2013

UT 967

Nocturnal transmission: sounds from beyond the twilight from John Mark, Roger Eno, Bruno Sanfilippo and Jeremy De Tolly.

May 06, 2013

UT 966

In Memoriam: Gianluigi Gasparetti, aka Oophoi.

Apr 29, 2013

UT 965

Getting inside of what's outside, in a smoggy, bioluminescent forest... with music by A Tiny Kick in the Brain, Pulse Emitter, Aeons and Cosmic Images.

Apr 22, 2013

UT 964

From Tibet to Provence; music for lamas and troubadors, including Lama Gyurme, Bernart de Ventadorn, Yungchen Lhamo, Karl Jenkins and Jean-Philippe Rykiel.

Apr 15, 2013

UT 963

Sound and vision: selections from the Soundtracks to "Samsara" and "Life of Pi" in complement to musical creations by Michael Stearns, Bruno Sanfilippo and Robert Rich.

Apr 08, 2013

UT 962

A special broadcast featuring the music of Arvo Part, in advance of a concert of the composer's work at the Sydney Opera House.

Apr 01, 2013

UT 961

In the halflight of a quiet afterglow... featuring Bob Holroyd, Thisquietarmy, Gert Emmens and Nattefrost.

Mar 25, 2013

UT 960

Through a tunnel darkly, to the sunrise of eternity... new sounds from TM Solver and Chronotrope Project.

Mar 18, 2013

UT 959

An interstellar adventure at the frontiers of chaos... with Software, Synth.nl and Mind Over Matter.

Mar 11, 2013

UT 958

Anxious critters drifting through time... with new music by Homogenised Terrestrials, Resonant Drift and Sambience.

Mar 04, 2013

UT 957

Making sweet musical love under the stars with Alpha Wave Movement, Kick Bong, Kuba, Entheogenic and a host of others.

Feb 25, 2013

UT 956

I Am Here: new music from Paul Ellis.

Feb 18, 2013

UT 955

Dancing slowly, a few moments at a time... with Slow Dancing Society, Alio Die and Scott Solter.

Feb 11, 2013

UT 954

A contextural occurrence; new music from The Glimmer Room.

Feb 04, 2013

UT 953

Traversing a voiceless passage to the sounds of Sam Rosenthal, Gian Slater and Invenio.

Jan 28, 2013

UT 952

The sacred pulse of a subliminal, convolving universe... with Raphael, Bruno Sanfilippo, Stephan Micus, Diatonis, Andrew Lahiff and Alio Die.

Jan 21, 2013

UT 951

Finnish circular icescapes: new music from Janne Hanhisuanto.

Jan 14, 2013

UT 950

Soft songs with hard edges, by Harold Budd, Walter Demonik, John Kilbey, Kevin Purdy, James Gordon Anderson and Arvo Part.

Jan 07, 2013

UT 949

Love Songs to the Source: the sounds of Evan Bartholemew, aka Bluetech.

Dec 31, 2012

UT 948

Aeons and aeons with Shane Morris, Mystified, Craig Padilla and Zero Ohms.

Dec 24, 2012

UT 947

Yes, Anastasia... I mean Anastasis. Featuring Dead Can Dance and x1 Project.

Dec 17, 2012

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