Best Peter Hollo Podcasts (2024)

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Playlist 21.07.24 2:00:00

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Tonight, from experimental electronic pop to free improv, live beats and programmed beats, modern classical and avant-garde, from all over the world. LISTEN AGAIN and open up to a world of music. Stream on demand from FBi, podcast here. ROMÆO - Worlds [ROMÆO Bandcamp] Starting with art-pop from here in Eora/Sydney, from young artist ROMÆO, who comb…

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Playlist 14.07.24 2:00:00

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Layers of abstraction, mutations of punk, warpings of beats, rebuilings of improv, détournements of ambient... LISTEN AGAIN and mutate... Stream on demand via FBi Radio, podcast here. Chris Corsano - I Don't Have Missions [Drag City/Bandcamp] Since the early '00s, American drummer Chris Corsano has been a key member of the free improv world, bleedi…

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Playlist 07.07.22 2:00:00

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Dark acoustic and electronic sonics, big beats and no beats, glitched folk... LISTEN AGAIN and win at life! Stream on demand via FBi, podcast here. Coppé - Ajisai (Nikakoi Remix) [Mango + Sweetrice Records/Bit-Phalanx Music] Japanese singer Coppé's been around longer than many. And since the 1990s she's been collaborating with creative electronic a…

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Playlist 30.06.24 2:00:00

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There's an undercurrent of noise through a lot of tonight's show. There are fast beats and sub bass and melodies too though! LISTEN AGAIN and transcend to a higher sphere. Stream on demand on the FBi website, podcast here. Party Dozen - The Big Man Upstairs [Temporary Residence Ltd/Grupo/Bandcamp] Eora/Sydney duo Party Dozen are a phenomenon. Kirst…

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Playlist 23.06.23 2:00:00

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Tonight we journey from underground hip-hop through hyper- and infra-pop, folk-reggae, jungle, breakbeat, jazz-classical-electronic hybrids, post-rock and post-classical. Come with us! LISTEN AGAIN if you know what's good for you. Stream on demand from FBi Radio, podcast here. John Glacier - Cows Come Home [Young/Bandcamp] John Glacier - Satellites…

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Playlist 16.06.24 2:00:02

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Experimental pop, experimental beats, ambient weirdness, Burroughsian cut-ups, remixed classical... LISTEN AGAIN and keep Sydney weird!(?) Podcast here or stream on demand @ FBi. Martha Skye Murphy - Need (ft. Roy Montgomery) [AD93/Bandcamp] Martha Skye Murphy - Kind [AD93/Bandcamp] I first heard English experimental singer/songwriter Martha Skye M…

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Playlist 09.06.24 2:00:00

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Sound-art, experimental song, experimental beats, experimental ambient? Experimental guitar. Yeah, everyone's experimenting. Enrich your life! LISTEN AGAIN over at FBi's website, or podcast here. Sandy Chamoun - HAWALTOU حاولت [Dreaming Live] Badawi - Qaher [Dreaming Live] A week ago, a really big compilation came out from the organisation Dreaming…

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Playlist 02.06.24 2:00:00

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Another week, another selection of sounds from all over, this week encompassing very experimental indie songwriting and lo-fi hip-hop, glitched mashups, dreamy instrumental guitar-picking, fourth-world electronica, IDM, drumfunk & drum'n'bass, post-classical ambient... LISTEN AGAIN and run the gamut... Stream on demand from FBi, podcast here. Micha…

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Playlist 26.05.24 2:00:00

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Everything from groundbreaking postrock to glitch-jazz, auto-techno to bass musics fast & slow - and more. LISTEN AGAIN, you deserve it! Stream on demand from FBi, podcast here. Gastr Del Sol - The Seasons Reverse (live) [Drag City/Bandcamp] Gastr Del Sol - The Bells Of St. Mary's [Drag City/Bandcamp] It's almost impossible/unnecessary to describe …

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Playlist 19.05.24 2:00:00

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Sound-art, glitch, breakcore, jungle, bass, minimal electro-pop, acoustic arrangements of a glitch-drone classic... a lot to get through tonight! LISTEN AGAIN, I implore you - on FBi's stream on demand, or podcast here. Koichi Shimizu - Evenfall [Smalltown Supersound/Bandcamp] Koichi Shimizu - Imprint [Smalltown Supersound/Bandcamp] Unknowingly, wh…

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Playlist 12.05.24 2:00:00

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Spoken word, song, fizzling glitch & noise, post-thingy beats, electro-acoustic invention. It's Utility Fog. LISTEN AGAIN - and again and again... stream on demand at FBi's website or podcast here. Shellac - Prayer to God [Touch and Go/Bandcamp] Like everyone else, I woke up on Thursday and somehow picked up that Steve Albini had died! Via social m…

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Playlist 05.05.24 2:00:00

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We've got weird vocal manipulations, splattercore beats, amazing electro-acoustic and purely acoustic conceptions. LISTEN AGAIN via stream on demand on the FBi website, and learn how to mutate songs too. Or podcast here. Jan Jelinek - Social Engineering 1 (The narrative of the heritage) [Faitiche/Bandcamp] Jan Jelinek - Social Engineering 7 (A vagu…

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Playlist 28.04.24 2:00:00

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Experimental song and experimental beats and sound-art, and even some experimental post-metal type sounds! LISTEN AGAIN via FBi Radio's stream on demand, or podcast here. Your life will be better for it. Deepchild - Kindness (Deepchild Interpolation) [Seppuku Bandcamp] The new EP from Eroa/Sydney's Rick Bull aka Deepchild draws on the work of Pales…

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Playlist 21.04.24 2:00:00

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Another week filled with everything from warped pop to complex beats, granular sound destruction to delicate acoustic recordings. LISTEN AGAIN and take notes this time (just kidding, the notes are all here)! Stream on demand from FBi, podcast right here. claire rousay - 4pm [Thrill Jockey/Bandcamp] claire rousay - it could be anything [Thrill Jocke…

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Playlist 14.04.24 2:00:00

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Vocals tonight used in myriad ways from glistening pop to visceral assaults... LISTEN AGAIN, I know, there's a lot to take in! FBi's website offers stream on demand, or you can podcast here. 9T Antiope - Ready Player One [American Dreams/Bandcamp] 9T Antiope - Canvas Blank [American Dreams/Bandcamp] Listeners of this show know I've been a fan of 9T…

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Playlist 07.04.24 2:00:01

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It's been four weeks since I was last here! Three Sundays in Japan (amazing of course), in which the excellent Mara Schwerdtfeger kept you company - huge thanks to Mara! LISTEN AGAIN to all the things! Stream on demand at FBi or podcast here. Meril Wubslin - Pas là [Bongo Joe Records/Bandcamp] Starting with a wonderful discovery, courtesy I think o…

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Playlist 10.03.24 2:00:01

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Powerful transformative voices, powerful voices transformed, transformative instrumentals, beats of power. This is my last UFog until April 7th, as I'll be in Japan for three Sundays! LISTEN AGAIN if you dare! Podcast here, stream on demand @ FBi. Kim Gordon - The Believers [Matador/Bandcamp] Kim Gordon - I Don't Miss My Mind [Matador/Bandcamp] The…

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Playlist 03.03.24 2:00:00

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Music of great beauty and mystery, rhythms of great propulsion. LISTEN AGAIN to the sign o' the times. Stream on demand at FBi, podcast here. Armand Hammer - Doves feat. Benjamin Booker [Backwoodz Studioz/Bandcamp] Following a flurry of collaborations, many of which I've played here, Armand Hammer have released a new song - except it's been plonked…

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Playlist 25.02.24 2:00:01

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Oddly tonight we have a bit more weird-ass rock stuff than usual, and garage jazz, and... post-jazz? But also breakcore and lots of jungle/drum'n'bass influences in some more experimental settings, as well as some mesmerising pump organ and voice. LISTEN AGAIN, don't be scared! Stream on demand on FBi's website, podcast here. Kim Myhr & Kitchen Orc…

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Playlist 18.02.24 2:00:01

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We have wonderful Indigeonous/classical/experimental crossover, weird electronic pop & hip-hop, noise, sound-art, Middle Eastern beats, jungle/bass/dubstep, hyper-shoegaze, contemporary cello, ambient and more. Listen and enjoy. LISTEN AGAIN to the re-listenable. Podcast here, stream on demand there @ FBi. Yirinda - Guyu (Fish) [Chapter Music/Bandc…

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Playlist 11.02.24 2:00:01

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Sad news came today of the death of Damo Suzuki, the most recognizable vocalist of Can, and globetrotting vocal improvisor. Following some Can, we've got post- & contemporary jazz, gothic & industrial electronics, post-junglisms, idm, folktronica, drone and more. LISTEN AGAIN to all the jewels within! Stream on demand on FBi's website, podcast here…

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Playlist 04.02.24 2:00:01

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There's some great string-based music out this week, including indie-rock strings, stringdietronica (I made that up. It's awful, sorry), and some gorgeous double-bass/percussion-ambient stuff from three Aussie women. Also noise and glitch, dubstep/industrial dub, and shoegaze... LISTEN AGAIN to check that thing you missed the first time. Stream on …

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Playlist 28.01.24 2:00:01

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Tonight we have catch-ups from 2023 and wonderful new stuff, including previews and early singles, ranging from post-jazz and experimental indie to breakcore and chiptune drill'n'bass. LISTEN AGAIN for the details you missed the first time. Podcast right here, stream on demand via FBi. Yirinda - Nyun (Brother) [Chapter Music/Bandcamp] I was very pl…

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Playlist 21.01.24 2:00:01

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Tonight is - finally - the first "new music" show of the year! I missed the 31st of Dec, and the 7th was the best of 2023 DJ set, and then on the 14th I was off again. So... here we are, catching up. It's absurd that we're catching upon new music released since mid-December last year, but that's the world we live in. Thanks to Mara Schwerdtfeger fo…

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Playlist 07.01.24 - Best of 2023, Part 3! 2:00:01

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The 3rd and last part of Utility Fog's Best of 2023 is a DJ mix of dance/beats music from the year. I decided not to speak over any of the music, so I've top-and-tailed it only. See below for much discussion of the music in there! LISTEN AGAIN and again, dance, nod your head, smile secretly to yourself - whatever you prefer! Stream on demand from F…

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Playlist 24.12.23 - Best of 2023, Part 2! 2:00:01

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Wait, it's still 2023... but... why? (PSA: It will still be 2023 next Sunday too, just. I will be away though, so somebody else will keep you company until Sunday the 7th of Jan, when we'll have the final Part 3 of Best of 2023, with the year finally out of the way!) Tonight is non-dancefloor, non-song music... Except the first track is a bit of a …

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Playlist 17.12.23 - Best of 2023, Part 1! 2:00:01

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Well, it's been a year. A year divided into two, I daresay. Nonetheless, it's been another year of incredible music, and this first "Best of 2023" show is attempting to focus on vocal music. "Songs", if you will. I have had to cut so many darlings, you have no idea of the pain. But what's left is 100% excellence. The below words are mostly taken fr…

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Playlist 10.12.23 2:00:01

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Strange echoes tonight as we hear some (quite avant-garde) freak-folk, prog-folk(?), alt.hip-hop and plenty of proper drum'n'bass - but also very modern sound-design jungle, acoustic experimentalism edging on classicalm, free jazz and postrock, and... more? This is our last "new music" show of the year. The next two shows will be "Best of 2023" Par…

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Playlist 03.12.2023 2:00:01

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Many crunchy, glitchy sounds tonight, voices submerged in beds of audio soup, folktronica, post-classicism and uneasy ambient. LISTEN AGAIN and experience the glory. Stream on demand via FBi, podcast here. Richie Culver - Swollen ft. billy woods [Participant/Bandcamp] Richie Culver - Say 4 sure [Participant/Bandcamp] Conceptual artist & poet Richie…

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Playlist 26.11.23 2:00:01

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Future beats, folktronic hybrids, post-everything improv and more... LISTEN AGAIN because you know it's good. Stream on demand on the FBi site, podcast here. Many Seg - wash ur mind [zzaapp records] Many Seg - i guess [zzaapp records] Non-binary Melburnian-via-Darwin Serge Balaam releases their debut EP as Many Seg on Kris Keogh's ZZAAPP Records, a…

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Playlist 19.11.23 2:00:02

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Underground hip-hop royalty; remixed noise-rock and jungle-grime; a breakcore legend making rhythmic proto-techno on modular synths; dubstep-jungle and industrial-jungle hybrids; percussion-electronics mind-melds; bass-heavy noise-beats; deconstructed cello, deconstructed piano, deconstructed indie, deconstructed industrial acoustic cabaret, very d…

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Playlist 05.11.23 2:00:01

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All sorts of experimental electronic song tonight, and bits of postrock, dub, jungle, techno, sound-art... LISTEN AGAIN and do some good. Stream on demand at FBi, podcast here. Maryam Saleh - Nouh Al Hamam [Al Gharib] The Allegorist - Trees of Peace [Al Gharib] The Allegorist - Dreams at Dawn (Midori Hirano Rework) [Awaken Chronicles] Naarm/Melbour…

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Playlist 29.10.23 2:00:06

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The world's gone mad but what's new. Another week, means another Utility Fog to sooth the savage breast. Charm or curse, LISTEN AGAIN and feel the magick courtesy of FBi's stream on demand, or podcast here. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - I'm Getting Out While I Can [Perpetual Flame Ministries/Bandcamp] Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - I Know Hi…

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Playlist 22.10.23 2:00:01

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Listen in for pianos used in classical, post-classical, postrock, IDM and breakcore contexts... Arabic vocal samples and raps, breakbeats and programmed beats. Music for music, music for politics, music for poetry, music for life and music for peace. LISTEN AGAIN to tomorrow's sounds today. Stream on demand @ FBi, podcast here. Fennesz & Taylor Deu…

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Playlist 15.10.23 2:00:06

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It's been a hell week for many of us. This isn't the place to talk about it really, but let's just acknowledge the pain that so many are feeling, and get on with doing good where we can. LISTEN AGAIN if you have the mental wherewithall - it's good for your soul. Stream on demand from FBi, podcast here. Mary Ocher - Love Is Not A Place (feat Your Go…

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Playlist 08.10.23 2:00:01

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Heartrending songs from around the world, glitchy processed traditional instruments, breakcore, and more tonight! LISTEN AGAIN, even if you missed it the first time around. Stream on demand via FBi, or podcast from here. Sufjan Stevens - Goodbye Evergreen [Asthmatic Kitty/Bandcamp] It was possible, when one first heard Sufjan Stevens's new album Ja…

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Playlist 01.10.23 2:00:03

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On the hottest 1st of October ever recorded here in Eora/Sydney, a whole gamut of stuff for you tonight on Utility Fog. LISTEN AGAIN and feel the gamut. Stream on demand as offered by FBi Radio, or podcast here. Lord of the Isles & Ellen Renton - A Discovery [AD93/Bandcamp] Lord of the Isles & Ellen Renton - My Noise Is Nothing [AD93/Bandcamp] Star…

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Playlist 24.09.23 2:00:09

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Music both popular and unpopular tonight. There's not enough unpopular music on the radio, but this is an imbalance that Utility Fog has always attempted to correct. LISTEN AGAIN and experience transcendence (again). Podcast right here, stream on demand on the FBi website. Popular Music - Sad Songs [Popular Music Bandcamp] Back in August, I played …

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Playlist 17.09.23 2:00:01

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There's more pop (arguably) than usual in tonight's Utility Fog, and more ambient (loosely) tonight as well. There's 4/4 dub of various sorts, processed field recordings and a surprising number of cellists doing unusual things. LISTEN AGAIN and be inspired. Stream on demand via FBi, podcast from here. Lucidvox - Don't Look Away [Glitterbeat/Bandcam…

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Playlist 10.09.23 2:00:01

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It's the first Utility Fog episode in my 21st year of broadcast, and in my 3rd decade too. But it's also a momentous occasion because Lee Tran Lam, who's hosted Local Fidelity for some 17 years of that time, is calling quits tonight. She's been an amazing in bringing contemporary Australian music - and some worthy older stuff - to our ears for so l…

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Playlist 03.09.23 - 20 Years of Utility Fog! 2:00:02

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Incomprehensibly, Utility Fog has been on-air for 20 years as of this week! That means, of course, that FBi Radio has survived 20 years - something to celebrate. The station has had an undeniably massive impact on Sydney's music scene, brought fourth musical careers, provided a focal point for music obsessives all over Sydney & surrounds. I'm proud…

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Playlist 27.08.23 2:00:01

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Sometimes it's really hard to work out the right flow for the tracks I have on hand. There's a stackload of great stuff tonight, but it has to flit back and forth between all sorts of genres because that's just how it is. Still, as always a celebration of amazing music! LISTEN AGAIN and just go with the flow. Stream on demand from FBi, podcast here…

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Playlist 20.08.23 2:00:02

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In putting together tonight's playlist I was pulled from two directions - bass-heavy beats and micro ambient. In between we find the synthesis of noise and bass, indie rock and beats, and more. LISTEN AGAIN when you have the time. Make the time. Streaming on-demand @ FBi, podcast here Sheila Chandra - Ever So Lonely/Eyes/Ocean (Stephen Hague Remix)…

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Playlist 13.08.23 2:00:01

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Some of the most dancefloor-oriented sounds and some of the most ambient sounds on Utility Fog tonight, as well as nods to jazz, indie rock, shoegaze, and post-classical. LISTEN AGAIN to this week's trip - stream on demand on FBi's website or podcast here. Mark Van Hoen - You & I [Mark Van Hoen Bandcamp] Mark Van Hoen - Clear Night Skies [Mark Van …

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Playlist 06.08.23 2:00:01

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Huge thanks to Mara Schwerdtfeger for her excellent selections last week while I was on tour in QLD. This week we're featuring a number of singles from forthcoming albums I'm excited about, as well as various new releases from artist ranging from here in Eora/Sydney to Canada, USA, Iran, Egypt, China, the Netherlands, and more! LISTEN AGAIN and be …

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Playlist 23.07.23 2:00:01

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A random-not-random aesthetic runs across a lot of the music tonight, which is one of my favourite vibes in the music I've encountered and spread through this show's many years. Whether it's sounds from indie rock, krautrock, sample-based electronica, musique concrète or hip-hop, you can hear cacophanies of sound that reveal themselves to be sensit…

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Playlist 16.07.23 2:00:01

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Classical instruments getting themselves into strange situations, noise shaped into hip-hop, field recordings shaped into techno, IDM, dub... and lots of experimental electronics in general tonight. LISTEN AGAIN and you may find the secret meaning of life. Try streaming on demand on the FBi website, or podcasting here. Sun Ra - Nuclear War (Joel Ta…

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Playlist 09.07.23 2:00:01

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A quite international Utility Fog tonight also covers ground from purely acoustic folk to purely electronic, generative music, managing to shift into jazz, doom, and jungle from surprising quarters, with sound-art and a dash of contemporary composition rounding things out. LISTEN AGAIN to the widest sounds around. Podcast here, stream on demand fro…

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Playlist 02.07.23 2:00:01

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This week saw the release of some beautiful guitar-led, experimental singer-songwriter stuff - leftfield indie folk, perhaps, and we also have de/reconstructed English folk, de/reconstructed Brazilian samba stylings, trailblazing '80s experimental cello-pop, trip-hop and other beats, post-industrial, instrumental shoegaze and post-classical piano &…

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Playlist 25.06.23 2:00:08

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A bit of everything tonight: postpunk dub, minimal techno, IDM, breakbeat and minimal d'n'b, ambient, post-classical and post-jazz, drone, indie, folk, glitch, modular synth. What's a few genres between friends? Thanks once again to Holly Conner for holding the fort while I was away last week! LISTEN AGAIN for your sanity's sake. Stream on demand @…

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