Ultima Thule Ambient Music
Ultima Thule is a weekly ambient music programme that has been broadcast on Australian public radio since 1989. It presents a carefully crafted mix of ambient, drone, chillout, and spacemusic, along with ancient, mediaeval, and neoclassical compositions. The show also incorporates traditional and world music, soundtracks, cool jazz, and impressionist soundscapes. Each episode is a seamless, chatter-free 90-minute musical journey.
Episodes
UT 1663
A lowering acceptance of a lowering storm, from Addyluo, Deathprod, Malibu, Montag and Quentin At Home.
UT 1662
Infinite stellar ambience from Between Heaven And Sky, Spacecraft and Jeff Pearce.
UT 1661
Docetism and Topografia are abandoned by the gods of old.
UT 1660
Surfing aural waves of deepest blue silver with Zen Lemon, Igneous Flame and Kati Astraeir.
UT 1659
The unquestioned oscillations of a lunar necropolis. Music by Ager Sonus, Cocteau Twins, Harold Budd, Porcupine Tree and Green-House.
UT 1658
The familiar night of a moonlit sky, featuring Dellasoullounge, Spacecraft, Boreal Taiga, David Helpling and Scott Reich.
UT 1657
Expansionism challenged... with Ryan Hoskins, ICE Planet 9000 and Reductionist.
UT 1656
Music from the place between sky and universe, from Jeff Pearce, Solace Road and Between Heaven and Sky.
UT 1655
Envisioning spiral dreams with The Heck, Daniel Lanois, Oophoi and Alio Die.
UT 1654
An age of wind and water from Chitra Records artists KapTep, Alessandro Barbanera and Piscean Daydreams.
UT 1653
Returning to the source with Maneesh De Moor, Porangui, Liquid Bloom and Master Minded.
UT 1652
Magenta is thirteen but cyan is eleven. Music from Sequences, Blue Is Nine, Spacecraft, Lauge and Dino Pacifici.
UT 1651
The winnowing of interwoven hearts, by Isabel Pine, Klaus Schulze, William Basinski, Alio Die, Atrium Carceri and Kammarheit.
UT 1650
Igneous Flame and Kati Astreir, together give us "Cobra".
UT 1649
Forging a darker path with William St Hugh, Aural and R L Huber.
UT 1648
Remembering the sky after its fading - new sounds from Spacecraft, Myrk Galdr and Igneous Flame.
UT 1647
Behind the seen lies the unseen... with music by Pan-American, William Basinski, Tetsu Inoue, Rapoon, Eluvium, Alphaxone and ProtoU.
UT 1646
Midsummer transcendence, with Dreamscapist, Sebby Kowal, Ghostloop, Atmosphare and Dionisaf.
UT 1645
Showcasing Steve Reich, and his "Music for 18 Musicians".
UT 1644
Drifting atavistically amidst a gentle continuum: featuring new music from Max Corbacho.
UT 1643
A bat is a *sort* of angel, really... or so say Finn Steuper, Ben Seretan, John Thayer, John Hopkins and Drearywater.
UT 1642
Undetectable energy from an inexplicable silence... with sounds by Barry Cleveland, Robert Rich, Dino Pacifici, Brannan Lane and Chris Russell.
UT 1641
Slow traversement of a misty, echoing portal from John Bartley and RL Huber.
UT 1640
Measuring the darkness through an unopened door... music by Philip Wilkerson, Chris Russell and Kelly David.
UT 1639
Reverence for luminescence, featuring KMRU, Biosphere, MIdori Hirano and New Risen Throne, amongst others.
UT 1638
Another dip into the Chitra Records catalogue, with sounds by Logic Moon, KapTep, Brannan Lane, Sacred Seeds, Alessandr Barbanera, Synthbiot and Anassimandrus.
UT 1637
All we have isn't all we are... with Yama, Ancestral Elephants, Faran Ensemble, Ingmarlo and a host of others.
UT 1636
Wall to wall sounds from Igneous Flame, and the albums Vortex, Endless Now, Olo and Surrender the Self.
UT 1635
The suff of stars... music from Kayla Painter, My Cat Is An Alien, Miska Lamberg and Markus Guentner.
UT 1634
New and recent releases on Chitra Records from Dino Pacifici, Brannan Lane, Dionisaf and Boreal Taiga.
UT 1633
Tilling an ambient garden with All India Radio, Krakenkraft and Brian Eno.
UT 1632
New and recent releases on Cryo Chamber, featuring Alphaxone, Onasander, Atrium Carceri, Kammarheit and God Body Disconnect.
UT 1631
Observations in yellow air, with Harold Budd, Simon Jeffes, Matthew Anderson and Lawrence English.
UT 1630
In closing our eyes we see... new and live music from Dreamscapist.
UT 1629
The infinite nostalgia of deep time... with IKSRE.
UT 1628
Sailing with magnificence towards distant, silent stars, featuring The Amis Initiative, Spacecraft, Phillip Wilkerson and Jeff Greinke.
UT 1627
Overcoming the fear of symmetry in an asymetrical world, with Oneohtrix Point Never, Slow Blink, Farsin Kronos, Cole Pulice and Almost An Island.
UT 1626
A platinum day on a copper-lined sea - showcasing the latest release from Rudy Adrian, and also featuring Harold Budd and Brian Eno.
UT 1625
The glittering domain of the colossal diminutiae, featuring Infinity Deck, Deepspace, William St Hugh and Cylan.
UT 1624
The unfolding of a celestial cloud; music by Spacecraft, Phillip Wilkerson, Blue Is Nine and Hiram.
UT 1623
Hiding in a nook between worlds with Roger Eno, Cole Pulice, Nala Sinephro, Artist, God and Doctor and William Tyler.
UT 1622
The notions that come unbidden in the darkness: showcasing "Night Thoughts" - new from Jeff Pearce.
UT 1621
Lovingly invited to a place of aural healing by East Forest.
UT 1620
Juk-Shabb: a Cryo Chamber collaboration, featuring dozens of artists - among them Council of Nine, Dronny Darko, Atrium Carceri, Northumbria and God Body Disconnect.
UT 1619
Under the spell of a nervous hydra, with Elijah Fox, Willow Skye Biggs, Harold Budd, Maurizio Bianchi, Ager Sonus and others of that ilk.
UT 1618
Immersion in a loveless sea with John Zytaruk, Markus Reuter, Ian Boddy and The Choir.
UT 1617
The lingering darkness of a quickening first light, from Aureliaslight, Anantakara and R L Huber.
UT 1616
Fluid filaments of a solid incandescence, with the sounds of Brian Fechino, The World Next Door, Deborah Martin, Jill Haley and Sverre Knut Johansen.
UT 1615
A mandala of square spirals on a planet of cubic spheres... with the music of Nine Inch Nails, Oophoi, Myr'Lya and Phyllomedusa.
UT 1614
Another Cryo Chamber miscellany featuring Caldon Glover, Atrium Carceri and Dead Melodies.
UT 1613
The suggestion of a loss by an eternal optimist, with Halftribe, Citrine, Celer, Chubby Wolf, Anthene and Gidge.
UT 1612
Why for art thou luminiferous? Illuminated sounds on the Cryo Chamber label from Dronny Darko, ProtoU and Mount Shrine.
UT 1611
Sea no evil, here no evil, do-be-do-be-do no evil. Music by Torus, Danny L Harle, Cassandra Jenkins, William Basinski, Lawrence English and others.
UT 1610
Flux and mutability in a sweet space of stones, from Robert Rich, Ian Boddy, David Bickley and Belerion.
UT 1609
In the country of licorice, all men are aniseed... with music by Willebrandt, Will Bolton, Al Jewer and Andy Mitran.
UT 1608
Time stands still as life moves on, with Spacecraft, Dunes of Io, Dreamscapist, Terminus Void and Hollan Holmes.
UT 1607
If a butterfly flaps its wings in a forest, does anybody hear? Sounds by Kelly Moran, Stars of the Lid, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, David Bowie, Atrium Carceri and many others besides.
UT 1606
Viewing minutiae from a very great distance, with Billy Yfantis, The Choir, Elon and Jeff Pearce... and showcasing "Iota" - new from AeTopus.
UT 1605
Stop chasing that lighthouse! So sayeth Eguana, Magnetik, Tripswitch, Elomey, Alpha Hypnotica etcetera.
UT 1604
Imaginary worlds of glass and dust... with music from Molly Leach, Philippe Deschamps, Kyle Atcheson, Brass Clouds and Susan Lopez.
UT 1603
At a loss in a big empty country with Cole Pulice, Loscil, Tim Hecker, Colonial Skyway and Tujiko Noriko.
UT 1602
Light as breath, heavy as expectation... with Phillip Wilkerson, Andrew Zhou and Monogoto.
UT 1601
A forgiving light in the darkness, as borne by Jessie Marcella, R L Huber, Deepspace and Peter Gregson.
UT 1600
Our 1600th transmission showcases "May We Find Our Way" - new from Robert Rich.
UT 1599
A falling away of souls from Penelope Trappes, God Body Disconnect, Nala Sinephro, Heimal, Thme and Ocean Moon.
UT 1598
Remembering a blue sky on a not-blue day, with Ricardo Autobahn, William St Hugh, Spacecraft and Memory Scale.
UT 1597
An alphanumeric concatenation from Loscil, Lawrence English, Florian Kupfer and Skee Mask.
UT 1596
Interpreting the pillars of a distant dream, with music by Spacecraft, M Cross Dougherty, Jim Ottaway and Vagantpoesi.
UT 1595
Riding a painted ship on a painted ocean with Takuro Okada, Loscil, Porcupine tree sand others of that ilk.
UT 1594
Disturbed by the false frequencies of a collapsed paradise, featuring Sjellos, Sole Massif, Tineidae and Sabled Sun.
UT 1593
Riding the conveyor belt at the atmosphere factory with Makyo.
UT 1592
Embarking upon the descent into winter accompanied by Brannan Lane, Ambiente Solstice, Dino Pacifici, David Helpling and David The Taylor.
UT 1591
Expressing mute elation at the sight of a milky sea, with sounds from 400 Lonely Things, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Harold Budd and Gift Songs.
UT 1590
The emptiness of truth reveals the concealed... with Spacecraft, Ashot Danieliyan, Phillip Wilkerson and Chris Russell.
UT 1589
Taking the stairs to an infinite liquid garden with Alpha Wave Movement, Deepspace and Daniel Blumberg.
UT 1588
Another Cryo Chamber special edition, featuring new and recent releases from Crypthios, Dronny Darko, ProtoU and Metatron Omega.
UT 1587
A near total absence of presence, with the sounds of Jocob Kirkegaard, 18 Days, Gavin Mays and Augustin Mena.
UT 1586
Surrendering a shared space to Larkenlyre, Spacecraft and Rudy Adrian.
UT 1585
A shining book lights the way to the waiting place, thanks to Pan-American, Anna Miranda and Asher Graieg-Morrison.
UT 1584
Assured of a straightened dispersal, with music by Lake Night, Jacob Rudin and Roger Eno.
