Ultima Thule Ambient Music

1,062 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 105 ratings

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.

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Episodes

UT 1507

August 25, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Chthonic exhalations from Flaer, Ambient Monkeys, Aegri Somnia and Fragmented Dreamscapes.

UT 1506

August 18, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Sisyphean phantasms of an opaline night: new and recent releases on Swedish label Cryochamber, featuring Mount Shrine, Apocryphos and Fractalyst.

UT 1505

August 11, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

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

August 04, 2023 00:12 - 35.5 MB

A simple, pasive imagining: new sounds from Scott Cole, Matthew Coffman, Liquid Mind, Dream Cycle and ENIL Sounds.

UT 1503

July 28, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Temporal shadow of a shimmering lifeform, with music by Courtney Swain, Hyunhye Seo, William Basinski, Steve Roden and Cremation Lily.

UT 1502

July 21, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

New and recent releass on Audiobulb Records and Perceptual Tapes, showcasing Strangebird Sounds, Will Bolton, The OO-Ray and Spectrical.

UT 1501

July 14, 2023 00:12 - 36.3 MB

The spirit voice of transfigured ancestral beings, featuring Medicine Drum, Liquid Bloom, SAdu Sensai, Entheogenic, Bluetech, Ian Boddy and Xavier Rudd.

UT 1500

July 07, 2023 00:12 - 35.9 MB

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

June 30, 2023 00:12 - 35.5 MB

Feasting on a dragon's flesh... ravenous sounds from Julian Lage, Petteril, Not Waving, Dream Carpets, Clive Wright and Erythrite Throne.

UT 1498

June 23, 2023 00:12 - 35.4 MB

Grey firmament over a green land, with High Skies and Thorny.

UT 1497

June 16, 2023 00:12 - 35.5 MB

Dream of an interstellar wasteland... with the sounds of Zenith, State Uzurae, Terminus Void, David Helpling, Sverre Knut Johansen.

UT 1496

June 09, 2023 00:12 - 35.4 MB

Chaos and lucidity: new music from Blue Is Nine, Boy Lucid, Darren McClure, Moss Covered Technology and Keosz.

UT 1495

June 02, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

A secret, whirring marvel, from Fred Again, Brian Eno, Eluvium and Soufferance.

UT 1494

May 26, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Translucent, placid, violet repose... with Robert Scott Thompson, DEborah Martin, Jill Haley and Bart Hawkins.

UT 1493

May 19, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Irregular orbit of an indisposed impostor, with music from Brian Eno, Orbital Patterns, Krakenkraft, Billy Yfantis and Moship.

UT 1492

May 12, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

The visionary object of a clockwork obsession, with Jack Prest, Void Stasis and Silent Universe.

UT 1491

May 05, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Motionless serpentine stellar skies... feasturing Loscil, The Necks, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, Stars of the LId, The Sight Below and Simon Scott.

UT 1490

April 28, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

A luminous and tangled protozoan inferno; new music from Monoheart, FRore and Sverre Knut Johansen.

UT 1489

April 21, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Anomalous, misty dreamscapes from Rayne Kristine, Paul Headon, William St Hugh and Richard Lawson.

UT 1488

April 14, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Taken by a current in emerald waters, with new music from Jim Ottaway, Hollan Holmes and X1 Project.

UT 1487

April 07, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Sensing the threshold of evening, with sounds by Ti Hecker, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, God Body Disconnect and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

UT 1486

March 31, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

The watcher in the rain, with Ivan Texeira, Thiago Desant, Rudy Adrian and Eleon.

UT 1485

March 24, 2023 00:12 - 36.1 MB

Polychrome adventures in a blue, blue world... showcasing the many and varied collaboations of Evan Bartholomew, aka Bluetech.

UT 1484

March 17, 2023 00:12 - 35 MB

New and recent releases on Swedish label Cryo Chamber, featuring In Quantum, God Body Dsconnect, Sij, Textre Oris. Also included are new sounds on Glacial Movements, from Equal Stones.

UT 1483

March 10, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Colours of a spiraling labyrinth... featuing Loscil, Lawrence English, Tujiko Noriko, Oophi, Harold Budd, Clive Wright and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

UT 1482

March 03, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Weathering the storm, with Craig Padilla, Marvin Allen, Avalon and Heartman.

UT 1481

February 24, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Paul Headon joins the Ultima Thule production team with a smorgasbord of ambient sounds from Rudy Adrian, Darshan Ambient, Jeff Oster, Paul Avgerinos, Jeff Pearce and a host of others.

UT 1480

February 17, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Letters drawn in longhand across a loving sky by Leven Canyon, Soft Generator, Lauge and Aes Dana.

UT 1479

February 10, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Reflective silhouettes, with Kevin Pollard, Lightwave, Klaus Schultze and Illuminoscillate.

UT 1478

February 03, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Into the void; out of the cosmos. New music from Blessed Are The Hearts That Bend, Cheryl B Engleheart, Isik Kural and John Zytaruk.

UT 1477

January 27, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

The ancestral origins of all... with David Franklin, Psor, Broken Chip, Seaworthy and Matt Rosner.

UT 1476

January 20, 2023 00:12 - 35.1 MB

ubliminal expressions of a mutable realm: showcasing the music of Zero Ohms and Desensitized.

UT 1475

January 13, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Wayfaring in dreams, with sounds by Atomiste, Moby, Mathias Grassow, Laraaji, Brian Eno and Maeror Tri.

UT 1474

January 06, 2023 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Gloaming ascent, with Zero Ohms - and showcasing "Atmospheric Twilight", the new album from Max Corbacho.

UT 1473

December 30, 2022 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Improbable impossibles, featuring Hainbach, Chamberz, GJ Hannah, Broken Chip, Al Jewer and Andy Mitran.

UT 1472

December 23, 2022 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Wall-to-wall Phillip Wilkerson as we showcase recent releases "Silver Afternoon" and "Cosmic Dust".

UT 1471

December 16, 2022 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Accepting perfection, with Dawn Richard, Spencer Zahn, Loraine James, Astrid Sonne, Barbara Braccini and Ulla Straus.

UT 1470

December 09, 2022 00:12 - 34.8 MB

"Voices From THe Ethereal Forest" - new music from Meg Bowles. Also featuring Deborah Martin and Jill Haley.

UT 1469

December 02, 2022 00:12 - 34.5 MB

The destiny of a rising galaxy, as explored by Eguana, Zero Cult, Magnetik, I-One and Side Liner.

UT 1468

November 25, 2022 00:12 - 35.3 MB

Lunar umbra transmissions from Dahlia's Tear, Soft Generator, Cities Last Broadcast, and Flowers For Bodysnatchers.

UT 1467

November 18, 2022 00:12 - 35.7 MB

The tale of wayfaring trees... featuring Northaunt, Max Richter, Hiemal, Celer and Radiohead.

UT 1466

November 11, 2022 00:12 - 35.7 MB

Lucid dreaming while sheltering from a solar storm; new music by Radium88, Juta Takahashi and Intelligent Life.

UT 1465

November 04, 2022 00:12 - 35.7 MB

A matrix of hallucinogenic thought, with the sounds of Brian Eno, Laraaji, Eluvium, Max Corbacho and If Thousands.

UT 1464

October 28, 2022 00:12 - 35.7 MB

Ascending towards a rising solar disc with Phillip Wilkerson, and showcasing "Beyond The Known" by Australian composer Paul Headon.

UT 1463

October 21, 2022 00:12 - 36.1 MB

Wall-to-wall Eguana and Queight, showcasing the recordings "Life Cycle" and "Forest Song".

UT 1462

October 14, 2022 00:12 - 35.7 MB

The ethereal wonder of an ever-turning year, with new music from Roger Eno, Sangeeta Kaur and Paul Avgerinos.

UT 1461

October 07, 2022 00:12 - 35.7 MB

Slow and languid movements from Max Richter, Matt Anderson, Gustaf Hildebrand and Zguba.

UT 1459

September 30, 2022 00:12 - 35.7 MB

Hello darkness my old friend; music from the shadowlands inhabited by A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Atrium Carceri, Brian Eno, Ager Sonus, Storm Corrosion, Desiderii Marginis and others.

UT 1458

September 23, 2022 00:12 - 35.7 MB

The profound stillness of stars, with Frore and Shane Morris, and showcasing 'The Dream Traveller' from Dreamscapist.

UT 1457

September 16, 2022 00:12 - 35.5 MB

After 13 years with Ultima Thule, Jon Shapiro departs for an unknown hemisphere through a portal of destiny with Chris Russell, Desensitized, Pink Floyd, Forenzics and Brian Eno.