Pagan minimalism and robotic folklore rub shoulders with live coding, textile design and the auspicious thirteenth sound in a new episode of The Tonic, with Luke Fraser presenting some of the best new and recently released instrumental and electronic classical music from Lithuania and Mexico.

With music by Carlos Chavez, Julián Carrillo, CNDSD, Robotic Folk, Juste Janulytė, Bronius Kutavičius, Egidija Medekšaitė, Jonas Tamulionis, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė and Mantvydas Leonas Pranulis.

The featured image shows Nocturne for My Father (2018) a sculpture by US artist Adrian Nivola.

The mysterious Nok culture, the sound of Sealand, a ride of the ghost train, Martian ballet, the God of sleep, and (probably) Viking bagpipes feature in the latest episode of The Tonic, with Luke Fraser presenting some of the best new and recently released instrumental and electronic classical music from Nigeria, the Netherlands and the UK.

With music by Chris Watson, Jasmine Morris, Duval Timothy, Rebecca Clarke, Classical Mechanics, Ayo Bankole, Fela Sowande, Nok Cultural Ensemble, Henk Badings, Emmy Wegener and Jacob TV.

The featured image shows Man Ray’s Objet Indestructible (1923 / replica 1965)

Zombies, mouth synthesisers, the scraping of shoe heels on a pavement, the reclusive pianist nun and the sound of Ethiopiyawi all feature in a new episode of The Tonic, in a show featuring some of the best new and recently released instrumental and electronic classical music from Ethiopia, Haiti and Sweden.

With music by Nathalie Joachim, Frantz Casseus and Lolita Cuevas, Ludovic Lamothe, Jean Rudy Perrault, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ethiopian Records, Sofia Jernberg, Girma Yifrashewa, Anna Lindal and Eva Lindal, Malin Bång, and Anna von Hausswolff

The featured image shows Crowd Crowd (2021), a collaboration between Japanese sound and visual artists Miyu Hosoi and Yuri Suzuki.

This month in The Tonic: from Kenya - the sounds of Nairobi, the peace places of childhood, and the best of new ambient; from Denmark - echoes of jazz fusion and musicians as insects en masse; and from Holland - the lodestone of minimalism, math rock for normies and just a smatter of panpipe fun. Presented by Luke Fraser.

With music by Nyokabi Kariuki, Joseph Kamaru (KMRU), Sophia Bauer & Raphael Kariuki (Citysynthesis), Birgitte Alsted, Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard, Nancy Dalberg, Martijn Padding, Michiel Mensing, Floris van Bergeijk and Simeon ten Holt.

The featured image shows Composition #11 (2016), an interactive sound sculpture by Norwegian composer and artist Eirik Brandal.

The politics of migration, the toll of separation, the sounding of painting and the poems of Walt Whitman and Lauren Rile Smith feature in a new Episode of the Tonic, with Luke Fraser presenting a show featuring some of the best new instrumental and electronic classical music from Brazil, Australia and the US.

With music by Carolyn Chen, Molly Herron, John McGuire, Dana Jesson, Kate Moore, Paul Clift, Melissa Dunphy, Luiz Henrique Yudo, Lina Pires de Campos and Marcus Balter.

The featured image shows Radiance (2020), a sculpture by Ukrainian artist Andrij Savchuk.

An orchestral cyborg, an autotune choir, trick repetitions, trans and queer sonics, a forgotten Minimalist classic and The Four Pillars Appearing Under Resonating Apparitions of the Eternal Process in the Midwinter Starfield feature in a new Episode of the Tonic, with some of the best new and recent instrumental and electronic classical music from Ireland and the US.

With music by Randy Gibson, Sarah Hennies, Jordan Dykstra, Kate Soper, Daniel Lentz, Jennifer Walshe, Alex Dowling, Linda Buckley, Sam Perkin and Rhona Clarke.

The featured image shows Hard Times Soft Sounds (2020), an audio installation by German musician and robotics engineer Moritz Simon Geist.

The faded charm of old Hollywood, the sonic decay of old gramophones and the last embers of summer feature in a new episode of The Tonic, focusing on slow, quiet or otherwise gradually unfolding pieces that appear on new and lesser known instrumental and electronic classical music releases from across the UK and Spain.

With music by Clara de Asís, Enrique Granados, Edith Alonso, Isaac Albeniz, Raquel García-Tomás, James Weeks, Kit Downes, Claire M Singer and Oliver Leith.

The featured image shows Space Bell (2001), a sound installation by German artist Björn Schülke.

Bach refigured, the thread of Ariadne, Joropo, Llanera, Bagualas, Habaneras and a dig into some vintage Cuban electronic music flesh out a new episode of The Tonic, in a show featuring some of the best new and lesser known instrumental and electronic classical music from Venezuela, Argentina and Cuba.

With music by Gabriela Montero, Antonio Lauro, Beatriz Bilbao, Heraclio Fernández, Ignacio "Indio" Figueredo, Benito Canónico, Leda Valladares, Osvaldo Golijov, Graciela Castillo, Jose White, Leo Brouwer, Carlos Fariñas and Juan Blanco.

The featured image shows Closer (2014), a sound installation by Israeli artist Naama Tsabar.

Beguine mysticism, extended modes, the Mexico City subway system, dithered quantisation and a river of butterflies feature in the latest episode of The Tonic, with Luke Fraser presenting a show featuring some of the best new instrumental and electronic classical music from Mexico, the US, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Sardinia, Italy, and France.

With music by Caterina Barbieri, Luciano Berio, Carlotta Ferrari, Maria Granillo, Javier Álvarez, Gabriela Ortiz, Ana Lara, Lady Viola Kinney, Evelyn Saylor, Robert Wannamaker and Catherine Lamb.

The featured image shows the Aluminium Piano (1962), a musical instrument designed by the French artists Bernard and Francois Baschet.

Process music, Turkish poetry, timbral fusion, electronic ethnography and Mahler suspended in zero gravity feature in a new episode of The Tonic, with Luke Fraser presenting some of the best new instrumental and electronic classical music from Turkey, Italy, Switzerland, Mexico and the US.

With music by Franca Sacchi, Roberto Musci, Franziska Baumann, Jürg Frey, Cem Güney, Fazil Say, Michael Winter, Eric Wubbels and Mary Jane Leach.

The featured image shows Superclub (2002) an audio installation by German artist Björn Schülke.