Different Noises

We start in Hull and end in Liverpool - in between a trip around the world which includes brand new releases, preview tracks, my current featured albums, and a dip in the archive for some of the music I featured on the radio when I started back in 2009. It’s an eclectic selection as usual including a piece of class from Dave Graney ‘n’ the Coral Snakes and a preview of the new album from The Necks.

PLAYLIST

Jodie Langford - S.T.B.Y. - S.T.B.Y.

James Clarke Five - Lennie Dale (Fly Fly Fly) - Lennie Dale (Fly Fly Fly)

Mark Corrin - Fake Leather Suit - Hottest Day

Octavian Winters - Hermine - Hermine

Speed Of The Stars - Prosecco On Ice - While Italy Dreamed.... through summers of haze

Papillon De Nuit - Frozen Charlotte - Frozen Charlotte

Noiseshaper - Welcome To The Unknown (feat. Simple Straw) - Welcome To The Unknown

Precogs - Charmed (Remix) - Precogs 1st

The Go-Betweens - Backstreet Drivers - G Stand for Go-Betweens : The Go-Betweens Anthoology Volume 3

Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes - Morrison Floorshow - The Soft ‘N’ Sexy Sound

Eamon The Destroyer - The Ocean - The Maker’s Quit

Moon - Goodbye James - The Green Lilac Park

Cracked Hands - Live Stock - Steak Knife

Jess Ribeiro - Half Baked - Mixtape

Moff Skellington - A Pleasant Shopping Experience/Bicycle Charmers - The Sleeproom Diary

Neon Kittens - Made of Glass, Go Break Me! - We threw away the map and cautiously made our own way

Dead Sea Apes - Bikini Atoll - Astral House

2 Lost Souls - We Love A List - Town

Kin - Chemistry Set - Dot Dot Dot

So Shush - Synaesthesia - A Mirror Gaze

Shortwaves - Creative Juices - Mental Health In The Information Age

Arid Landscapes - Weathered - Arid Landscapes

The Necks - Causeway - Disquiet

Steve Avo Lindsey - Royal Iris - Ping

A comprehensive mix of forthcoming, new and recent releases which includes a wide variety of differing jazz elements. Women in Jazz make a healthy contribution to the playlist with some notable vocal performances and exemplary musicianship. There’s also some classic jazz fusion from 1970 from Miles Davis in there as well.

Conrad Herwig “C’Mon (Mi Gaujira)” from Reflections - Facing South (Savant Records) 00:00

Nadav Remez “King Tut” from Summit (HaRamaz Music) 04:52

Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group “Morning Breeze” from Moments (MK Music) 09:02

Eva Novoa “Free To Be Here” from The Freedom Suite : Novoa - Carter - Mela Trio Vol. 2 (577 Records) 12:41

Christian McBride Big Band “All Through The Night” from Without Further Ado Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue Records) 17:18

Anthony Stanco “Just A Moment” from In The Groove - Live At The Alluvion (OA2 Records) 20:29

Sun Mi-Hong “Escapism” from Fourth Page : Meaning Of A Nest (Edition Records) 25:09

Linda Sikhakhane “A Day Passed” from Isambulo (Ropeadope Records) 27:53

Nick Freer “5 to 2” from Apperceptions (Self Released) 31:36

Patricia Brennan “Antlia” from Of The Near And Far (Pyroclastic Records) 35:48

Lucian Ban, John Surman, Mat Maneri “Dowry Song 1” from Cantica Profana (Sunnyside Records) 43:12

Julie Campiche Quartet & Capella Jenensis “Aquarius” from Transitions (nWog Records) 49:30

Brandee Younger “New Pinnacle” from Gadabout Season (Impulse!) 54:56

Zoh Amba “Seaside” from Sun (Smalltown Supersound) 59:42

Paul Cornish “Slow Song” from You’re Exaggerating! (Blue Note) 1:06:19

Joe Alterman & Mocean Worker “Yay Yay Yay” from Keep The Line Open (MOWO Inc.) 1:11:37

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills “Contour” from That Wasn’t A Dream (Impulse!) 1:16:05

So So La “Let’s Have A Good Time” from 1983 - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival

and the Rathausplatz Bern (DooBeeDoo Rec) 1:19:15

Emaginario and Chano Domínguez “Sweet Street Blues” from Blues Around Us (Unifying Sounds) 1:31:03

Miles Davis “Inamorata” from The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (Columbia/Legacy) 1:37:37

Lucian Ban, John Surman, Mat Maneri “Dowry Song” from The Athenaeum Concert (Sunnyside Records) 1:51:32

This isn’t a playlist that asks politely. It kicks off with PJ Harvey’s feral “50ft Queenie” and doesn’t let up—charging through noise, art-rock, outsider pop, and doom-laced experimentalism. From The Souless Creed’s jagged declarations to Orcutt Shelley Miller’s garage surrealism, the early stretch is all teeth and distortion. But it’s not just abrasion—it’s atmosphere. Moon’s “The Spaniard” drifts through haunted parkland, while Jess Ribeiro and David McClymont bring a melancholic shimmer. Moff Skellington and Neon Kittens twist language and form into something gloriously unhinged. Then the ground shifts: Tortoise’s remix pulses with precision, The Prize and Claude9 bring melodic defiance, and LUCKYANDLOVE’s “I Am Human” offers a moment of synth-driven clarity. The final descent is pure ritual—Abhorrent Expanse, The W Likes, and Grand Atomic summon sludge, drone, and mythic weight. It’s a journey from post-punk snarl to cosmic doom, stitched together by artists who refuse to play nice. For those yearning for the edges of sound, this is a map of the uncharted.

PLAYLIST

PJ Harvey - 50ft Queenie - Rid Of Me

The Souless Creed - Enemy’s At Play - Soulless & Creedless

Orcutt Shelley Miller - Four-door Charger - Orcutt Shelley Miller

The Creedless Preacher - Steal Your Pain - Bad Worshipful Company

Magpies - Never Enough - Never Enough

Eamon The Destroyer - Three Wheels - The Maker’s Quit

Moon - The Spaniard - The Green Lilac Park

The Go-Betweens - Baby’s On Ice - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3

David McClymont - So Long - Under the World: Harry Howard with David McClymont

Dave Graney 'n' The Coral Snakes - Outward Bound - The Soft N Sexy Sound

Jess Ribeiro - Sorrow - Mixtape

Moff Skellington - Smegnum Pegplot Runce - The Sleeproom Diary

Cracked Hands - Waiting For A Miracle - Steak Knife

Neon Kittens - I Want Your Baby - We threw away the map and cautiously made our own way

The Parasite - Preaching To The Converted - Lost and Found

Tortoise - Oganesson (Heba Kadry Remix) - Oganesson Remixes

The Prize - From The Night - In The Red

Claude9 - Enough Is Enough - Enough Is Enough

LUCKYANDLOVE - I Am Human - I Am Human

Abhorrent Expanse - Prostrate Before Chthonic Devourment - Enter the Misanthropocene

The W Likes - Doctrine - Weedian : A Trip To Norway

Grand Atomic - Black Tar Ritual - Weedian : A Trip To Norway

This selection of music drifts across borders and decades, tracing a path from Dara Starr Tucker’s ethereal lullaby to Charles Tolliver’s fiery live invocation. It’s a voyage through jazz’s many dialects—big band warmth, avant-garde abstraction, global fusion, and spiritual depth. Each track marks a waypoint: Bonnie Jensen’s breezy swing, Henry Threadgill’s cryptic miniatures, Samara Joy’s playful reinvention, and The Secret Trio’s Anatolian pulse. From self-released gems to Strata-East classics, these selections speak in rhythm, resistance, and reverence.

PLAYLIST

Dara Starr Tucker “Twilight And Mist” from Time Couldn’t Wait (Green Hill Music) 00:00

Bonnie Jensen “Jive” from Rise (MGM Metropolitan Groove Merchants) 03:07

Martin Nodeland “Straight Out The Gate” from Tributaries (Smeik Records) 06:33

Steve Allee Big Band “Brothers” from Full Circle (Jazzville Records) 13:06

Joe Bowden “Way Out” from Music Is Life (Self Released) 18:09

Henry Threadgill “A” from Listen Ship (Pi Recordings) 21:17

Henry Threadgill “B” from Listen Ship (Pi Recordings) 22:22

Michael Ragonese “Occupying Space” from Chasing Calm (Self Released) 24:40

Samara Joy “Flor de Lis (Upside Down)” from Flor de Lis (Upside Down) (Verve) 28:17

The Secret Trio “Dik Halay - Diyarbekir” from Old Friends (Anderson Audio New York) 33:51

David Bode “Syeeda’s Song Flute” from Good Hang (1718 Records) 37:13

Bob Schlesinger A Child Is Born” from Falling From Earth (Self Released) 42:24

Jorge Garcia “Still Crossing” from Still Crossing (SDG Company) 48:36

Camilo Angeles “Para Kunu” from Los Mandotos del Aire (TVL rec) 53:03

Jussi Reijonen “salt - sarvi” from (unmusic) 58:09

Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring “Pharoah’s Dance” from Split Decision (Smoke Sessions) 1:03:57

Believe “Believer” from Spirits Of The Dead Are Watching (Ramble Records) 1:12:17

Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell “On The Nile” from Music Inc (Strata-East) 1:22:02

The Piano Choir “Sanctum Sanctorum” from Handscapes (Strata-East) 1:31:44

Charles Tolliver “Our Second Father” from Live at Loodcrecht Festival (Strata-East) 1:44:58

Two hours of exploratory sound where the compass spins and the map’s been tossed. This isn’t a curated journey, it’s a cautious wander through, amongst other things, no wave abrasion, dubwise undercurrents, jazz reflections, and outsider poetics.

Featuring: 

Neon Kittens - White Light In Our Ears - We threw away the map and cautiously made our own way

On Diamond - Downslide - Downslide

John Ward - It Comes In Waves - Shapes

Lucina Yue - The End of Snow Is Nirvana - Transcendent Phoenix

Clickbait - For Sale - At Your Leisure

Johann Kloos - Radio - The Shimmer

Nox Pulso - New Frontiers - TWO/Plague Town

Neon Crabs - Table Talk - Drop It On Ya!

Peter Van Zandt Lane - Coastal Portrait: Cycles and Thresholds - Axils

George Burton - Your Skin | White Noise - White Noise

Karen Marshalsay - Uncle Hugh’s Lullaby - Uncle Hugh’s Lullaby

Eamon The Destroyer - Silverback - The Maker’s Quilt

The Go-Betweens - Falling Star - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3

Moon - A Day For Tomorrow - The Green Lilac Park

Dave Graney 'n' The Coral Snakes - I’m Not Afraid To Be Heavy - The Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound

David McClymont - Love’s Mystery - Under the World: Harry Howard with David McClymont

Jess Ribeiro - Summer of Love 80s - Mixtape

Kind of Green - How The West Was Won - Kind of Green

Moff Skellington - The World of Exotic Brooch - The Corduroy Bridge

The Parasite - Forever - Lost and Found

TFS - Moscovium - Fairyland Codex

The Lancashire Hustlers - Afterthought - Here But Not Here

Professor Girlfriend - When Girls Learn The Alphabet - My Mother in Love: The Summer Sessions

Dubmatix - Hustlin Dub - The Dub Sessions Vol. 2

Timothy McAllister and Liz Ames - Coda for World Peace - Project Encore Vol. 2

John Scofield - Hammock Soliloquy - En Route

The Prick Jaggers - Lou Reed’s Supper Club - Live at the Crescent

A show with mostly new releases with a mix of various genres of jazz features many fine examples of the use of the guitar. The show also includes a re-release from Steve Smith and more from the Strata-East catalogue.

Playlist

Kevin Brunkhorst “As Fate Would Have It” from After The Fire (Calligram Records) 00:00

Toby Wren Standards Trio “Interplay” from Jazz in Meanjin 018: Live at JMI (4000 Records) 08:45

Steve Smith & Vital Information NYC Edition “Mr PC” from Heart Of The City (BFM Digital) 17:18

Gregg Belisle-Chi “Yikes” from Slow Crawl : Performing The Music Of Tim Berne (Intakt) 23:34

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills “Taka” from That Wasn’t A Dream (New Deal/Impulse!) 29:11

Lauren Henderson “Luna” from Sonidos (Brontosaurus Records) 33:27

Dave Moss “Maverick Like” from In Her Dream (Park West Records) 38:08

Dave Douglas “Standing Watch” from Alloy (Greenleaf) 40:15

Chris Wabich “Ruby On The Old Street/1978” from 1978 (steep) (ADW) 47:52

Art Hirahara “Father’s Son” from Peace Unknown (Posi-tone) 58:47

Jerome Sabbagh “Lone Jack” from Stand Up! (Analog Tone Factory) 1:07:54

Nicole Zuraitas “All Stars Lead To You” from Live at Vic’s (Self Released) 1:13:40

Martín Proscia and Luciano Bagnasco “ El pozo que cambiaba de color las cosas” from Trayectorias Temporales (Numeral) 1:24:57

The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe, Bill Lee “Attica” from A Spirit Speaks (Strata-East) 1:37:12

The Piano Choir “Prayer For Peace” from Handscapes 2 (Strata-East) 1:42:05

John Gordon “Step By Step” from Step By Step (Strata-East) 1:50:50

A selection that drifts between the spectral and the grounded, the whispered and the defiant. From Jess Ribeiro’s hushed invocation to The Stolen Moans’ clawed surrealism, this sequence threads together outsider pop, experimental folk, and post-everything reflections. Each track feels like a dispatch from a parallel scene—whether it’s Hand To Earth’s Yolŋu-rooted reverence, Moff Skellington’s surrealist whimsy, or Annette Peacock’s radical sensuality. There’s no single genre here, just a shared pulse of emotional clarity and sonic curiosity.

PLAYLIST

Jess Ribeiro - My Heart Is Opening (The Trees & Me) - Mixtape

The Stolen Moans - The King of Claws - Elbow Don’t Have Eyes

Occult Character - Butterfly - Butterfly

Hand To Earth - Ŋurru Wäŋa Part II - Ŋurru Wäŋa

Moon - Sing To Me - The Green Lilac Park

Eamon The Destroyer - The Maker’s Quit - The Maker’s Quit

Oopsie Daisies - As If - As If

The Double Happiness - Sister Bertille - Sister Bertrille

Agropelter - Levitator - Agropelter

Greg Amici - Girl Next Door - Tragicomic

Dotsun Moon - Moments In The Sun - Tiger

Arthur King - Ned’s Mystery Machine Vol. 1 - Ned’s Mystery Machine Vol. 1

The Go-Betweens - Things Will Change - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3

David McClymont - I Wasn’t There - Under the World: Harry Howard with David McClymont

Dave Graney 'n' The Coral Snakes - Salty Girls - The Soft ‘N’ Sexy Sound

Kind of Green - Falling Out Love - Kind of Green

Moff Skellington - Dog and Bird at Play - The Corduroy Bridge

The Parasite - When Sparks Fly - Lost And Found

TFS - Bye Bye Snake Eyes - Fairyland Codex

2 Lost Souls - The Forever War - Span

The Lancashire Hustlers - For The Best - Here But Not Here

Annette Peacock - My Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook - X-Dreams

Pentangle - Good Bye Pork Pie Hat - Finale

Foreign Legion - Project 26 - Project 26

A selection of new releases coupled with more exciting music from the re-release of the Strata-East catalogue and to open a fascinating snap shot of late 60s free jazz.

Steve Tintweiss and The Purple Why “California Sandra” from Live In Tompkins Square Park (Inky Dot Media) 00:00

Webber Morris Big Band “Just Intonation Etudes for Big Band - Unseparate 1” from Unseperate (Out Of Your Head Records) 10:42

Premik Russell Tubbs & Margee Minier-Tubbs “Joie de Vivre” from One-ness World (Margetoile Records) 12:57

The New York Bass Violin Choir “Horace Silver” from The New York Violin Bass Choir (Strata-East) 17:26

Emma Smith “Tonight” from Bitter Orange (La Reserve Records) 21:32

Roger Glenn “Cal’s Guajira” from My Latin Heart (Patois Records) 23:50

Johanna Linnea Jakobsson “Time” from Don’t Overthink It (Zack’s Music) 30:32

Neil Charles “Army” from Dark Days (Jazz Now) 35:22

Charles Tolliver Music Inc. Orchestra “Mother Wit” from Impact (Strata-East) 45:25

Charles Tolliver All Stars “Paper Man” from Right Now…And Then (Strata-East) 53:47

Midnight Channel “Must Be Nice” from Must Be Nice (Self Released) 59:52

Juanjo López “Dwell” from Above, Beyond, Within (Desafio Candente) 1:03:37

Oscar Rossignoli “Levitations (Part 1)” from Levitations (Live) (Self Released) 1:10:25

Markus Rutz “Many Moons” from Many Moons (Third Coast Sounds) 1:22:19

Steiger “Gauchoman” from Mowglowski's First Take (Self Released) 1:27:05

Jon Irabagon PlainsPeak “At What Price Garlic?” from Someone to Someone (Irrabagast Records) 1:31:50

Ivo Perelman “Nine” from A Modicum Of The Blues (Fundacja Słuchaj!) 1:42:40

Shamek Farrah and Sonelius Smith “Conversation Piece” from The World of the Children (Strata-East) 1:56:10

Three new tracks from The Screaming Love Collective dominate a show packed with new releases and current favourites.

Rún - Strike It - Rún

Me Lost Me - Lasting, Not To Last - This Material Moment

Stomach - Get Through Winter - Low Demon

The Mind Sweepers - Catch Yourself - Live At Lovers Lane

Origami Horses - The Book Of Ruth (Part 2) - In Love And In Dub

The Screaming Love Collective - London Is Calling - London Is Calling

The Go-Betweens - Emergency - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3

Danny Short - The One That Got Away - Dancing Girl

David McClymont - Treachery And Murder - Under the World: Harry Howard with David McClymont

Dave Graney 'n' The Coral Snakes - Rock n Roll Is Where I Hide - The Soft N Sexy Sound

Kind of Green - Messing Him Around - Kind Of Green

The Parasite - A Recipe For Catastrophe - Lost And Found

2 Lost Souls - No Love Song Sings The Blues - Sand

The Lancashire Hustlers - Just Because - Here But Not Here

TFS - Joe Meek Will Inherit The Earth - Fairyland Codex

The Screaming Love Collective - Edge Of Light - Edge Of Light

Unseasonal Beasts - Jodorowsky - EP1

Scenius - Swift As Light - Swift As Light

Gayle Young & Robert Wheeler - Rabbits and Riliricks - From Grimsby To Milan

Duchamp - The Shape Of Time - The Wild Joy

Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman - We All Rise With The Sun - Songs for the Mist Forest

Flea - Sick Bake - Sick Bake

The Screaming Love Collective - The Speed Of Life - The Speed Of Life

A selection of brand new releases from around the world together with four more great examples from the recent re-issue of the Strata-East catalogue provides for a fascinating two hours of music.

David Bailis “Ordinary Trash” from Running Through My Mind (Create or Destroy) 00:00

Pat Petrillo “Late Night Diner” from Contemporaneous (Innervision Records) 04:25

Aruán Ortiz “Légitime Défense” from Creole Renaissance (Intakt Records) 08:49

Billy Lester Trio “I’ll Remember April” from High Standards (Ultra Sound Records) 11:45

Terry Edwards “Ribot Edwards” from The Köln Concerts 2002 (Sartorial Records) 19:56

Jason Kao Hwang “Where Fools Fear” from Myths Of Origin (True Sound Recordings) 22:10

Fabio R. Piñas Lucas Albarracín Matías Formica “Mandala Del Guerroro” from Esfera (dForma) 27:57

Mike Freeman Zonavibe “Wellspring” from Circles In A Yellow Room (Vibes Out Front) 35:44

Jimmy Greene “As We Are Now” from As We Are Now (Greene Music Works) 42:13

Thirteen featuring Jerry Goodman “Back Door Party” from The Haas Company Volume 4 (Psychiatric Records and Tapes) 48:45

Andy Nevala “El Rumbón (The Party)” from El Rumbón (The Party) (ZOHO Records) 57:36

HII Trio “Consciência Plena (Mindfulness)” from Connections (Self Released) 1:04:59

Kathy Sanborn “Romance Language (Homage To A Trumpeter)” from Romance Language (Pacific Coast Jazz) 1:12:24

Cecil Payne “Flying Fish” from Zodiac (Strata-East) 1:16:55

Harold Vick “Lucille” from Don’t Look Back (Strata-East) 1:29:05

Charles Tolliver “Earl’s World” from Compassion (Strata-East) 1:38:23

Stanley Cowell “Thank You My People” from Regeneration (Strata-East) 1:51:02

Billy Parker's Fourth World “Dance of the Little Children” from Freedom of Speech (Strata-East) 1:57:48