Ultima Thule Ambient Music
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.
Episodes
UT 1576
No path to follow, no road to travel. Ending another year with life and music ever in motion from Billy Yfantis, Blue is Nine, Fluxus and Martin Nonstatic.
UT 1575
The breathing of the god machine, with sounds by Nug, Lustmord, Alva Noto, Jon Hopkins, KMru and Boxelder.
UT 1574
A journey across the roof of the world with Yungchen Lhamo, Mark Isham and Peeter Vaahi - and showcasing the newly-released 20th anniversary edition of "Tibet" by Deborah Martin and Cheryl Gallagher.
UT 1573
Projecting a beam through a crystalline lens with Erothyme, Abakus, Liquid Bloom, Nomadic and Cinnamon Chasers.
UT 1572
Observing a low-lying place from a great height. THe sounds of Andrew Lang, Blanket Swimming, Winterwood, Robert Rich and Luca Formentini.
UT 1571
Expansive meditations from CS + Kreme, William Basinski, Clive Wright, Harold Budd and Perila.
UT 1570
Pursuing the fog of oblivion; new and recent releasesfrom Fog Chaser, Blue is NIne, Philippe Deschamps and Khonsu.
UT 1569
ossessing the frailty to bleed... with The Necks, Percolator and Super Going.
UT 1568
Considering the roads before us with GIannis Gogos, Vince NUdo, JUta Takahashi and Cass Anawaty.
UT 1567
Night coming before us, day withdrawing; music by Northaunt, Apocryphos, Nug, God Body Disconnect, Dark Ambient Orchestra and Brian Eno.
UT 1566
Gostlooping across a predawn sky with Spacecraft, Atmosphare, Time Being, Craig Padilla and Zero Ohms.
UT 1565
Death raves and travel loops with V/Vm, Docetism, Ghosts of Breslau and Ryosuke Miyata.
UT 1564
Showcasing "Hidden Structures" - new from Time Being. Also featuring Deborah Martin and Jill Haley.
UT 1563
Raining on the hell mandala with Ben Woodhall, William Basinski, OLive Ardizoni and Woo.
UT 1562
The rise of the emperor of the clouds; music by Juta Takahashi, Time Being and Phillip Wilkerson.
UT 1561
Return of a departed cosmonaut, featurng Sithabo, Asher Graieg-Morrison and R L Huber.
UT 1560
Robert Rich; collaborations and solo works. Showcasing "Long Tail of the Quiet Gong".
UT 1559
Falling from the sky like a flock of burning birds... with Sleepyhead, Aphex Twin, Jasper TX, Heavenly Music Corporation and Colonial Skyway.
UT 1558
When the water comes: stories of flood and deluge from City of Dawn, Ross Christopher, Thorny, Cura and Carl Lord.
UT 1557
A calm, reimagined opening; sounds by Ram Dass, Liquid Bloom, Jessita Reyes, Ben Tavera King, and Ravid Hang.
UT 1556
Showcasing "Rituals of Passion" - the new recording from Byron Metcalf and Ari Urban.
UT 1555
Sustaining a ten-hour wave with Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, Nug, Anemona, James Parrott and Florian TM Zeisig.
UT 1554
The weighing of a luminous dream with Eleon, Erothyme, Martin Nonstatic and Fluxus.
UT 1553
Meditation on a cosmic mandala, featuring Andre Perrim, Alpha Wave Movement and Ice Planet 9000.
UT 1552
Tidal precesion on a lamplit evening, showcasing "Cloud Ornament", new from Robert Rich and Luca Formentini.
UT 1551
Dreaming a sense of space with Rupert Thomas, Lightwave, Nala Sinephro, Labradford and Sleepyhead.
UT 1550
Going out one tantalising morning with Rudy Adrian, Oberlin, Philippe Deschamps and Eleon.
UT 1549
Apparitions in crimson and tourmaline, featuring the work of Phoebe Dubar, Malibu, Ulla Straus, Madelyn Byrd and Arushi Jain.
UT 1548
Further new and recent releases on Swedish labe Cryo Chamber, showcasing Ruptured World and Dead Melodies.
UT 1547
A pelucid, shimmering world of sound from Harold Budd, Clive Wright, Brian Eno, Thomas Koner, Steve Roden and Tetsu Inoue.
UT 1546
Victorious, eternal constellations, with the music of Dark Sky Alliance, Billy Denk, Sean O'Bryan Smith and Dapper Blob.
UT 1545
A modular, granular place, featuring Asher Graieg-Morrison, Alpha Wave Movement and Part Timer.
UT 1544
Music from when the world was new from Spacecraft, John Lyell, R L Huber and Thorny.
UT 1543
Transpirational providence, with music by Hammock, Christopher Bissonnette, Human Mesh Dace, Evan Caminiti and SETI.
UT 1542
Showcasing new and recent releases on the Audiobulb label from Flavia Massimo, Henrik Mierkord, Tomo Nakaguchi and The OO-Ray.
UT 1541
Psychedelic therapies and remediations from Lord Echo.
UT 1540
Universal spacetime expansion; sounds by William St Hugh, Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, Saroon, Ambient Solstice and Williams Point.
UT 1539
Thunder in the sleeping chamber from Max Richter, Lustmost, Tobias Hornberger, Tujiko Noriko and Robert Rich.
UT 1538
Riding into the night beneath starry cloud spirals with B Ashra, Janne Hanhisuanto and Eleon... and showcasing "Cup" by AeTopus.
UT 1537
The probable extent of unrealised longing, featuring Ryuichi SAkamoto, Hainbach, Maddy Briggs and Daigo Hanada.
UT 1536
New and recent releases on the Cryo Chamber label, showcasing the multi-artist collaboration "Tsathoggua".
UT 1535
Hymns of bliss and light from Julian Lage, 18 Days, Alio Die, Tim Hecker and David Sylvian.
UT 1534
A joy that's wider than the sky... with new music from Paul Avgerinos, City of Dawn, Ross Christopher and Sherry Finzer.
UT 1533
The first summer of forever; music from Ryan Bisset, Docetism, Carlin McLellan, Alexander Hunter, Phoebe Dubar ad Joseph Kamaru.
UT 1532
Disappearing into a world of lucid dreams with God Body Disconnect, Planet Supreme and Gdanian.
UT 1531
Sleeping amidst the ruins of a lullaby with Akureyri, Matthew Cooper, LIz Harris, Scott Beardow, David Sylvian and Robert Rich.
UT 1530
Signs and songs of salvation from Williams Point and Jon E K.
UT 1529
Astral wandering, at the highest point of the treeline... with R L Huber, Broken Chip, Dreamscapist and M Cross Dougherty.
UT 1528
Showcasing two new recordings: "Ochre", by Frore and Shane Morris, and "Travellers' Cloth", from Robert Rich.
UT 1527
Exercising duality wthin an indifferent singularity, with Orkun Akbal, Virtual Shopper, Imagens, Phil Geraldi and Opals.
UT 1526
A gathering starstorm. Featuring works by Thiago Desant, Sonaura, The Green Kingdom, Spacecraft and Dreamscapist.
UT 1525
Alchemical dreams of a forever machine... with sounds from Stefan Lundaahl, Nick Brennan, Rickard Berglof, Robert Elster, Galen Butler and Adham Shaikh.
UT 1524
Observing the vanishing point of rain with The Amethyst Sea, The Howard Hughes Suite, Ambiente Solstice and Eleon.
UT 1523
Dreams once buried beneath the dungeon floor sprout into undying gardens tended by Matthew Cooper, Andre Benjamin, Tim Hecker, Laurel Chartow, Ryuichi SAkamoto and Atlas IIP.
UT 1522
An apparition coalesces on the horizon. New and recent releases by Volcano Lazerbeam, Glacial Anatomy, Williams Point and Winterwood.
UT 1521
Stars are wheeling above the serpent mound. Featuring music by William St Hugh, Bluetung, Jon E K and Michael A Muller.
UT 1520
A pilgrimage to an eternally temporary thing with Ross Christopher, Willebrant and Dr Sounds.
UT 1519
An eternal nocturnal segue into Oleg Shpudeiko, Laurel Chartow, Edward Gordon, Chris Abrahams and Anthony Naples.
UT 1518
Arctic textures and contrasts from Avalon, Nijuroko, Skrika, Phillip Wilkerson and Simon Serc.
UT 1517
Riding the surface of a solar causeway wth E Fishpool, James Andean, Zane Trow, Leighton Craig and Janek Schaefer.
UT 1516
The transcience of infinite peace, with new music from Phillip Wilkerson, City of Dawn, Janne Hanhisuanto and Monogoto.
UT 1515
A monolith stands in the abandoned foothills; music by Lawrence English, Leah Bertucci, Attila Csihar, Mary Lattimore, Ruhail Qaisar and Gia Margaret.
UT 1514
Towards a new poetry of light with Chronotope Project, Dreamscapist, Brannan Lane, John Gregorius and Sean O'Brien Smith.
UT 1513
Prayers to a crimson god... with music from Darshan Ambient, Hollan Holmes, Eldborg Hemsing, Terminus Void, Mark Isham and Thom Brennan.
UT 1512
Brass clouds scudding across a quicksilver sky. New and recent releases from Blacklight Ghost, Willebrant, Igneous Flame and Williams Point.
UT 1511
An ominous silence in the rain signals the arrival of Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, Will Long, Lanielle Long and William Basinski.
UT 1510
Blue bathing off the edge of the world, featuring new sounds from Philippe Deschamps, Gary Mulford and Daman Hoffman.
UT 1509
Shamanic dreams and prayers of protection from Craig Kohland, Erothyme, Somatoast, Porangui and Liquid Bloom.
UT 1508
Crossing an anomalous universe with Alphaxone, Dronny Darko, G M Slater, Randall Collier-Ford and Ugasaie.
UT 1507
Chthonic exhalations from Flaer, Ambient Monkeys, Aegri Somnia and Fragmented Dreamscapes.
UT 1506
Sisyphean phantasms of an opaline night: new and recent releases on Swedish label Cryochamber, featuring Mount Shrine, Apocryphos and Fractalyst.
UT 1505
Waiting on the shores of what might have been with I Am Afraid Of You, Blutung, EtherKraken, Simon Serc, Al Jewer and Andy Mitran.
UT 1504
A simple, pasive imagining: new sounds from Scott Cole, Matthew Coffman, Liquid Mind, Dream Cycle and ENIL Sounds.
UT 1503
Temporal shadow of a shimmering lifeform, with music by Courtney Swain, Hyunhye Seo, William Basinski, Steve Roden and Cremation Lily.
UT 1502
New and recent releass on Audiobulb Records and Perceptual Tapes, showcasing Strangebird Sounds, Will Bolton, The OO-Ray and Spectrical.
UT 1501
The spirit voice of transfigured ancestral beings, featuring Medicine Drum, Liquid Bloom, SAdu Sensai, Entheogenic, Bluetech, Ian Boddy and Xavier Rudd.
UT 1500
To celebrate our 1500th epic episode, a selection of epic music from the North and the East - featuring Florence and the Machine, Nytt Land, Heilung and Farya Faraji.
UT 1499
Feasting on a dragon's flesh... ravenous sounds from Julian Lage, Petteril, Not Waving, Dream Carpets, Clive Wright and Erythrite Throne.
UT 1498
Grey firmament over a green land, with High Skies and Thorny.
UT 1497
Dream of an interstellar wasteland... with the sounds of Zenith, State Uzurae, Terminus Void, David Helpling, Sverre Knut Johansen.
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