Ultima Thule Ambient Music
1,062 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsA 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 716
July 14, 2008 00:12 - 36.1 MBMaybe they will sing for us tomorrow. Then again, perhaps they'll never sing for us ever again. Delicate speculations from Hammock, Steve Roach, Luke O'Neill and Robert Scott Thompson.
UT 715
July 07, 2008 00:12 - 256 KBHigh altitude atmospherics; revisiting new and unreleased works from the studio of David Parsons.
UT 714
June 30, 2008 00:12 - 36.1 MBRhythms, grooves and assorted funkiness from Astromill, Jon Anderson, Exxos, Pete Namlook, Paul Haslinger and others.
UT 713
June 23, 2008 00:12 - 36.1 MBBlissful awareness... music from the latest Eco Zen compilation from One World Music.
UT 712
June 16, 2008 00:12 - 256 KBDeep, contemplative, richly beauteous ambessence from Alan Hovhaness, Raphael, Bruno Sanfilippo and Mathias Grassow.
UT 711
June 09, 2008 00:12 - 36.1 MBTemporal sequences and fluctuations from Klaus Schulze, Jean Michel Jarre, Evan Bartholomew and Yen Wynddancer.
UT 710
June 02, 2008 00:12 - 35 MBAmbient string theory... with creations from Stephan Micus, Principle of Silence and Steve Tibbets - and showcasing "Celocity", the new album from Dublin-based cellist, Claire Fitch.
UT 709
May 26, 2008 00:12 - 36.1 MBChillin' in Ibiza with Bliss, Lustral, Orion, Kalliope, Chicane and a host of others.
UT 708
May 19, 2008 00:12 - 360 MBDark ambient infatuations, as embraced by Psicodreamics, Numina, Caul, Volt and Delerium.
UT 707
May 12, 2008 00:12 - 36 MBPassionate, elemental journeys, from Steve Roach, Matt Coldrick, Matt Hillier, Stephen Humphries and Michel van Osenbruggen.
UT 706
May 05, 2008 00:12 - 35.9 MBPlaces in between, featuring transitional creations from Richard Bone, Robert Scott Thompson, Bob Holroyd, Matt Coldrick, Matt Hillier and Andreas Leifield.
UT 705
April 28, 2008 00:12 - 35.7 MBPremonitions from the vapours... with oracular infusions by Robert Davies, Lammergeyer, Entia non, and Nunc Stans.
UT 703
April 14, 2008 00:12 - 35.8 MBAmbient rhythms and grooves from Sankt Otten, Markus Reuter, Robert Rich, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Robyn Guthrie, Harold Budd and others.
UT 702
April 07, 2008 00:12 - 36.6 MBSacred liturgical chants from the Coptic, Maronite, Melkite and Old Roman traditions, along with contemporary inspired secular sounds from Constance Demby and Seattle Harmonic Voices.
UT 701
March 31, 2008 00:12 - 35.3 MBHigher than the sun, lower than the ground. Euphoric ambience from Primal Scream, Science Force, The Nomad, Massive Attack and Aura.
UT 700
March 24, 2008 00:12 - 36 MBTo mark our 700th edition milestone, we delve into the archives in order to do something we've never done before, in more than 19 years; repeat a programme. Proudly re-presenting the playlist for Ultima Thule programme number one, originally aired on 1 February 1989.
UT 699
March 17, 2008 00:12 - 36.3 MB25 years of "Blade Runner", featuring new music for the film by Vangelis - plus the soundtrack to the just-released film "El Greco".
UT 698
March 10, 2008 00:12 - 36 MBRed moon rising over the serpent's lair, with fevered reptilian dreamings by Steve Roach, Byron Metcalfe, Ma Ja Le, Vir Unis, and Richard Vojlay.
UT 697
March 03, 2008 00:12 - 36 MB13 February, 2008: we say sorry; history in the making on the floor of Australia's Federal Parliament.
UT 696
February 25, 2008 00:12 - 35.3 MBIn the Land of Fire; a Patagonian excursion featuring the work of Bruno Sanfilippo, along with the sounds of Jon Jenkins, David Helpling, Patrick O'Hearn and Arto Tuncboyacian.
UT 695
February 18, 2008 00:12 - 36.2 MBOn the edge of an ambient moment, with sounds by Resonant Drift, Frank van Bogaert and Tor Linlokken.
UT 694
February 11, 2008 00:12 - 36 MBUltima Thule celebrates its 19th birthday with another David Parsons world exclusive. This time we present "Atmanaut", the second of two new unreleased albums by the composer. Also in the mix is newish music from Patrick O'Hearn and Bruno Sanfilippo.
UT 693
February 04, 2008 00:12 - 35.2 MBThe science of consciousness; Pan Electric, Frank Klare and Radium 88 expostulate.
UT 692
January 28, 2008 00:12 - 36.1 MBA passage through dark places, with Robert Rich, Diatonis, Voice of Eye, Lustmord, Shinjuku Thief, Paul Schutze and Jeff Greinke.
UT 691
January 21, 2008 00:12 - 36 MBUnlimited grooves from Ron Boots, Rudy Adrian, Gert Emmens and Paul Ellis.
UT 690
January 14, 2008 00:12 - 36 MBPresenting "Radio Silence", the new album from Between Interval.
UT 689
January 07, 2008 00:12 - 36.3 MBA bit of mid-summer cosmic chill from Pan Electric, Scann-Tec, Xerxes, Oliliuqui and Circular.
UT 688
December 17, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBAn Ultima Thule world exclusive, as we present "Earthlight", one of two new unreleased albums by David Parsons.
UT 686
December 17, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBThe wonderful, enveloping, hitherto uncharted ambient world of Melbourne composer Michael Meara. Also featured is music by Lismore ambient impressionist par-excellence, Peter Ball.
UT 685
December 10, 2007 00:12 - 36.4 MBZen Connection 4, featuring Spiral System, Amanaska, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Tijuana Cartel, Shaman's Dream and The Dub Dentist.
UT 684
December 03, 2007 00:12 - 36.1 MBA Gallic diversion, with creations from Francois Elie-Roulin, Hector Zazou, Elizabeth Valetti and Jean-Philippe Rykiel. Also in the mix is music by Laszlo Hortobagyi - who's rather more Hungarian than French.
UT 683
November 26, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBEssence of diamond, opalescence of pearl; rare beauties from stone and sea by Richard Bone, Johannes Schmoelling, Enrico Cognilio, Code Indigo and Bruno Sanfilippo.
UT 682
November 19, 2007 00:12 - 35.7 MBHappy bats flying at night - so says Garret Knobl, age 5, of Blacksburg, Virginia... and who are we to argue? Happy airborne nocturnal chiropterid music courtesy of Richard Burmer and Thom Brennan.
UT 681
November 12, 2007 00:12 - 35.7 MBLike sounds through a speaker cone, so are the tones of a mellowdrama; shimmering, coruscating musical creations from Jon Hopkins, Predictive Text and Joey Fehrenbach.
UT 680
November 05, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBA warning from the elders: shamanic visions of impending apocalypse from Byron Metcalf, Steve Roach and David Parsons.
UT 679
October 29, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBChthonic tones and resonances, featuring deep earth music mined from places vast and dark by Steve Roach, Tom Heasley; Matthias Grassow, Jim Cole and Altus.
UT 678
October 22, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBFrom Delhi to Timbuktu; music inspired by the rhythms of India and West Africa, from Caitlin Marin, Vas, Azam Ali, Paul Haslinger, Paolo Modugno and Daniel Bouliane.
UT 677
October 15, 2007 00:12 - 36.1 MBGenerational transience from the Infinity Project, Spacetime Continuum, Terence McKenna and Mystery of the Yeti.
UT 676
October 08, 2007 00:12 - 36.7 MBA Latin excursion, with sounds from Jan Garbarek, Magister Perotinus, Arvo Part, John Harle, Deborah Martin and J Arif Verner.
UT 675
October 01, 2007 00:12 - 36.1 MBA journey along the Via Poetica with Lisa Indish and Richard Bone.
UT 673
September 17, 2007 00:12 - 35.7 MBBeauty and the East and the Berber of Seville; tales of a global, pluralist future from the Bombay Dub Orchestra.
UT 672
September 10, 2007 00:12 - 35.9 MBShowcasing "Piano Textures", the new album by Bruno Sanfilippo - George's choice for best new ambient recording of 2007, by a country mile.
UT 671
September 03, 2007 00:12 - 36.1 MBIn the Land of a Thousand Trances the lucid man is king; music by A Produce, Steve Roach, and others.
UT 670
August 27, 2007 00:12 - 35.7 MBExtending the classical horizon with new and reimagined works courtesy of Neodrone, Mozart, Handel and Ragnar Grippe.
UT 669
August 20, 2007 00:12 - 35.9 MBI can (almost) see through you; the art of translucency with M Andresen (aka Healer) and Jaia.
UT 668
August 13, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBTrying to remember to forget. A programme of new music from John Lyell, Slow Dancing Society and The Glimmer Room.
UT 667
August 06, 2007 00:12 - 35.7 MBFound music from a lost radio, with creations by Mike Oldfield, Darshan Ambient, Code Indigo and Enigmatic Obsession.