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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 822

Icy meditations on death, from Janne Hanisuanto, Brock van Wey and Phillip Wilkerson.

Jul 26, 2010

UT 821

Visiting a sonic wanderer: the sounds of Aural Planet.

Jul 19, 2010

UT 820

Into the darkness of the abyss, with Robert Scott Thompson, 33 Tetragammon, Human Metronome, Markus Reuter, Erik Wollo and Berhard Wosthernicht.

Jul 12, 2010

UT 819

Raining in the spaces between... with music from Chad Kettering and Andreas Akwara, and featuring "Ylang", the new album from Robert Rich.

Jul 05, 2010

UT 818

From the city to the sea...a late evening perambulation with Johan Agebjorn, Joe Frawley and Harold Budd...leavened with sounds from "Cromo" - the new collaborative recording from Bruno Sanfilippo and Mathias Grassow.

Jun 28, 2010

UT 817

Walking among the stars with William Edge, Mark Jenkins, Dreamwind, Bernd Kistenmacher and Ron Boots.

Jun 21, 2010

UT 816

A David Parsons extravaganza, featuring sounds from the albums "Ngaio Gamelan", "Earthlight" and "Surya".

Jun 14, 2010

UT 815

Radiant horizons and faraway places, featuring the work of Vangelis, Chad Kettering and Gert Emmens.

Jun 07, 2010

UT 814

New ambient impressionist transcendence from Krill.minima, Kyron and Undo.

May 31, 2010

UT 813

Elemental explorations, featuring Vibrasphere, C J Catalizer, Tentura, Zymosis, Solar Fields, Asura, Aquascape and Chronos.

May 24, 2010

UT 812

Minding the gap in a stream of thought... with Frank van Bogaert, Erik Wollo, Steve Roach and Atomic Skunk.

May 17, 2010

UT 811

The genesis of a curious feeling is explored by Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Tony Banks.

May 10, 2010

UT 810

A programme of new and recently-released music from Robert Rich, Erik Wollo, Phillip Wilkerson and Jeff Greinke.

May 03, 2010

UT 809

Amazing utopias... as envisaged by Jean-Michel Jarre, Dave Hesketh, Jeff Kowal, and Broekhuis, Keller and Schonwalder.

Apr 26, 2010

UT 808

Welcome to the gorgeous longform ambient impressionist world of Phillip Wilkerson.

Apr 19, 2010

UT 807

Slumbering in heaven, with Sankt Otten, Johannes Schmoelling, Critoph Berg, Richard Bone and Robin Guthrie.

Apr 12, 2010

UT 806

Ancient voices and piano ambience; the latter from Chad Kettering, and the former from All India Radio and Josh Roydhouse.

Apr 05, 2010

UT 805

Chilled lounge spirits of Ibiza... featuring Kaya Project, The Outsiders, Earthling and a host of others.

Mar 29, 2010

UT 804

Still life with northern winter; chilled meditations from Nelson Foltz, Tom Lynn, Manitou, Krill Minima, Hibernation and Cosmic Fools.

Mar 22, 2010

UT 803

The collaborations of David Sylvian... featuring Steve Jansen, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Mick Karn and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Mar 15, 2010

UT 448

Showcasing new electronic impressionism from Richard Bone, Victor Cerullo and Amongst Myselves. Also featuring Harold Budd/Brian Eno and Thom Brennan.

Mar 11, 2010

UT 802

Showcasing the gorgeous new ambient impressionist soundworks from Jeff Greinke and Larry Kucharz.

Mar 08, 2010

UT 449

An eclectic sonic adventure as Karl Craig, Anomalous Disturbances, Pete Namlook, Tim Story, Pink Floyd, Michael Stearns and the Leningrad Philharmonic rub shoulders.

Mar 04, 2010

UT 801

Resonantly drifting, at 300 miles per hour... with music by Shane Thornton, Michael Bruckner, Bill Olien and Gary Johnson.

Mar 01, 2010

UT 450

Vocal ambience from Not Drowning Waving, Kate Bush, David Sylvian and Cocteau Twins slowly dissolves into the subtle electro-atmospherics of Paul Schutze, Peter Ball and Ashera.

Feb 25, 2010

UT 451

The first in a monthly series exploring the music of Vangelis Papathanassiou, including many unreleased and hard-to-find works.

Feb 18, 2010

UT 799

Contemporary Teutonic analogue electronica, with Thomas Fanger, Mario Schonwaldwer, Klaus Hoffman Hoock and friends.

Feb 15, 2010

UT 452

Sacred sounds from the middle ages and modern times, featuring works by Magister Perotinus, Arvo Part, Jim Cole and David Hykes.

Feb 11, 2010

UT 798

A Middle-Eastern miscellany, from Misr to Mesopotamia, with music from Samir Joubran, Peter Gabriel, Bob Holroyd, Mesopotamia. Also in the mix is "Phantoms", the new album from Forrest Fang.

Feb 08, 2010

UT 453

Transcendent electronic sounds from The Orb, Carl Craig, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Speedy J, Tangerine Dream and others.

Feb 04, 2010
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