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  1. Karl Hyde's Listening Chair

    Elizabeth Alker surveys the landscape of contemporary ambient recordings.

  2. Big Cosmic Energy

    Elizabeth Alker drifts to the edges of ambient and electronic music.

  3. Songs for Clean Minds

    Elizabeth Alker with songs to soothe, sink into and lose yourself amidst.

  4. Afrodeutsche’s Listening Chair

    Elizabeth Alker presents eclectic ambient music by a new generation of composers.

  5. Peaceful Summer Sun

    Elizabeth presents laid-back warmth and cloud-like synths on a track by Hollie Kenniff

  6. Open Spaces

    Music suited to open spaces and a track inspired by Japanese gardening.

  7. Jlin’s Listening Chair

    Elizabeth Alker explores the spaces in-between, with a guest selection from Jlin.

  8. The Solstice Rave

    Elizabeth Alker with music that dances at the intersection of electronic and ambient.

  9. At the Mind Altar

    Elizabeth Alker with songs to soothe, sink into, and lose yourself amidst.

  10. Haunting Synthesiser

    Elizabeth Alker shares new music from Nine Inch Nails’s Alessandro Cortini.

  11. Laurie Anderson’s Listening Chair

    Elizabeth Alker invites Laurie to share music which transports her.

  12. Tunnels and Clearings at the End of Time

    Elizabeth Alker journeys to the outer realms of ambient music.

  13. African and Ambient

    Elizabeth traces the lines from African traditions to contemporary ambient music.

  14. Jon Hopkins’s Listening Chair

    Elizabeth asks Jon Hopkins for a track that transports him far away.

  15. A flavour of April

    Elizabeth jam-packs the show with the most flavoursome new music from the past month.

  16. We Meet Again

    Musical meeting points and sonic conversations from a world poised to open.

  17. Kele Okereke in the Listening Chair

    Elizabeth invites Kele Okereke to pick a transportative piece of music.

  18. Music for Doing Things

    Music intended to focus your attention and a special demo from Owen Pallett.

  19. Julia Holter’s Listening Chair

    Bringing us to a state of deep listening, Julia Holter shares the music that moves her.

  20. Unclassified Sounds of Spring

    Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification, including brand new Floating Points

  21. 11/03/2021

    Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification.

  22. Alternative St David's Day

    Elizabeth Alker with alternative Welsh music from Kelly Lee Owens, 9Bach and Cate le Bon.

  23. Escaping the city

    Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification.

  24. 18/02/2021

    Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification.

  25. 04/02/2021

    Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification.

  26. Light and Shade

    Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification.

  27. Light in the Pouring Rain

    Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification. Featuring Puce Mary and Alex Somers

  28. Northern Lights and Narrow Seas

    Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification.

  29. An Unclassified Christmas

    Elizabeth Alker with serene, soothing, seasonal and strange sounds for Christmas.

  30. Ambient Tones and Wintry Drones

    Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification, including Caroline Shaw and KMRU.

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