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Neil Gaiman’s Listening Chair

Elizabeth Alker presents ambient and electronic sounds, and author Neil Gaiman shares a track that transports him.

Neil Gaiman is a celebrated British author known for his imaginative storytelling and captivating narratives that traverse the realms of fantasy, horror and mythology. As the National Theatre's production of his acclaimed novel The Ocean At The End Of The Lane continues to tour the country, Gaiman sits in the Unclassified Listening Chair to share a piece of ambient music that speaks to him of travel, transportation and liminal space.

Elsewhere in the show, Elizabeth Alker goes on a sonic wander, serving up ambient and electronic sounds including new releases from composer and pianist Tiny Leaves who offers a mesmerising soundscape inspired by the Shropshire countryside. Plus there's twinkling and ethereal melodic lines from Montreal harpist Sarah PagΓ© and moody minimalist electronics from Danish composer and producer Astrid Sonne.

Produced by Alexa Kruger
A Reduced Listening Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

1 hour

Last on

Thu 15 Jun 2023 23:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Burial, Four Tet

    Nova

    • Moth / Nova.
    • Text.

  • Jherek Bischoff & Amanda Palmer

    Space Oddity (feat. Neil Gaiman)

    • Strung Out in Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute.
    • 8ft. Records.

  • Jon Hopkins

    Neon Pattern Drum

    • Singularity.
    • Domino.

  • Simeon Walker

    Crave

    • Imprints 1 & 2.
    • Self-released.

  • Astrid Sonne

    Stuck In Pause

    • Outside of your lifetime.

  • Park Jiha

    Restlessly Towards

    • The Gleam.
    • Glitterbeat.

  • Brambles

    Stay

    • Mirror.

  • Brian Eno

    1/1

    • Ambient 1: Music For Airports.
    • Polydor.

  • Brian Eno

    1.2

    • Ambient 1: Music For Airports.
    • Polydor.

  • Brian Eno

    2.1

    • Ambient 1: Music For Airports.
    • Polydor.

  • Brian Eno

    2.2

    • Ambient 1: Music For Airports.
    • Polydor.

  • Sarah PagΓ©

    Lac du Coeur

    • Voda.
    • Backward Music.

  • Tiny Leaves

    With the Hollow at My Feet

    • Mynd.

  • Nils Frahm

    Late

    • Old Friends New Friends.
    • Leiter.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Jun 2023 23:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

What is unclassified music?

What is unclassified music?

Elizabeth Alker introduces five of her favourite 'unclassifiable' pieces of music.