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 666
July 30, 2007 00:12 - 35.7 MBNative American inspirations, with the Little Wolf Band, Joanne Shenandoah, R Carlos Nakai, Andrew Vasquez, Coyote Oldman and others.
UT 665
July 23, 2007 00:12 - 35.8 MBShamans on the pilgrim road, featuring sounds from Jeff Kowal, Dan Pound and Anugama.
UT 664
July 16, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBThe distant lights of forgotten places; new music from Andrew Lahiff, Amongst Myselves, John Lyell and Brent A Reiland.
UT 663
July 09, 2007 00:12 - 36.2 MBSonic adventures in Elysium, with new music from Not Drowning, Waving and Azam Ali.
UT 662
July 02, 2007 00:12 - 36.1 MBLight in shadow. New ambient nightscapes from Craig Padilla and Diatonis.
UT 661
June 25, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBMarc Kundalini interviews Jaroslav Kovaricek, producer of the groundbreaking early 1980s ABC Radio show "Dreamtime", and discovers what he's been up to in recent years.
UT 660
June 18, 2007 00:12 - 36.2 MBThe 1920's silent film "The Passion of Joan of Arc" is the inspiration for this week's featured recording, "Voices of Light" by Richard Einhorn. A smattering of mediaeval creations rounds things out nicely.
UT 659
June 11, 2007 00:12 - 36.2 MBWhen the music stops, grab a chair. Teutonic ambience from Sankt Otten, Roedelius, Richard Bone and others.
UT 658
June 04, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBDrifting on aquatic currents in an ocean of dreams with Diatonis and Thom Brennan.
UT 507
May 31, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBThe mystic chords and sacred spaces of Steve Roach's expansive sonic universe.
UT 657
May 28, 2007 00:12 - 35.3 MBSubcontinental inspirations and exhalations from Ananda Shankar, Deepak Ram, Adham Shaikh, Gaurau Raina, Tapan Raj and a host of others.
UT 508
May 24, 2007 00:12 - 35.7 MBMidwinter atmospherics from Tear Ceremony, Amir Baghiri, Brannan Lane, Kent Sparling and Igneous Flame.
UT 509
May 17, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBA languid Mike G mix of lightly-chilled sounds, featuring New Composers, Ulrich Schnauss, Alpha Wave Movement, Thought Guild and Vangelis, amongst others.
UT 655
May 14, 2007 00:12 - 35.9 MBThe beautiful, quiet worlds of Al Gromer Khan, Alpha Wave Movement, Jim Cole, Richard Bone and Robert Scott Thompson.
UT 510
May 10, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBA journey to the Roof of the World, from Yungchen Lhamo, Lama Gyurme and David Parsons.
UT 653
April 30, 2007 00:12 - 35.8 MBSailing the Dawn Trader across the Galaxy of Dreams; spacemusic imaginings from John Serrie, Deuter, Ron Boots, Suspended Memories and Robert Rich.
UT 512
April 26, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBInto the lair of the serpent, with Steve Roach and Byron Metcalfe.
UT 652
April 23, 2007 00:12 - 35.8 MBRaising the ambient temperature with new music from Ultimae Records' Fahrenheit Project - as well as from Dan Pound and Neuronium.
UT 513
April 19, 2007 00:12 - 35.3 MBMike G cooks up a steaming midwinter mix of ambient trance, psychedelic dub, ambient pop and deep spacemusic.
UT 651
April 16, 2007 00:12 - 36.2 MBSpritual dimensions and physical worlds, as conceived by Richard Bone, Al Gromer Khan, Dan Barrio, Alpha Wave Movement and Jim Cole.
UT 514
April 12, 2007 00:12 - 35.6 MBChilled sounds from Europe, with Luis Junior, Solar Quest and Exergonic.
UT 650
April 09, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBSkies above Skies. Revisiting the beautiful yet little-known 1978 album by Constance Demby.
UT 515
April 05, 2007 00:12 - 35.9 MBAs wild storms hit Sydney, it seems that Robert Rich has indeed been successful in "Calling Down the Sky".
UT 516
March 29, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBA passage to India, by way of Ghazal, Ravi Shankar and friends, and other leading exponents of the traditional music of the subcontinent.
UT 648
March 26, 2007 00:12 - 36.1 MB"New Age" is not necessarily a dirty word. Richard Burmer, Catherine Duc, Suzanne Ciani, John Flomer, Raphael, David Wright and others demonstrate why.
UT 517
March 22, 2007 00:12 - 34.9 MBThe art of the seamless segue, featuring global beats, ambient entrancements and neo-classical sounds from Hallucinogen, Loop Guru, Laurel, Entheogenic, Popul Vuh, Max Richter and co.
UT 518
March 15, 2007 00:12 - 35.6 MBInto the darkness; out of the light. With music by Robert Scott Thompson, Diatonis, Robert Rich, Brian Lustmord and Numina.
UT 646
March 12, 2007 00:12 - 35.5 MBRain or shine? As violent Autumnal electrical storms hit Sydney the answer seems self-evident. Musical accompaniment to the lightshow comes courtesy of Deep Forest, Pilgrimage, Ajantamusic and Code Indigo.
UT 517
March 08, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBThe art of the seamless segue, featuring global beats, ambient entrancements and neo-classical sounds from Hallucinogen, Loop Guru, Laurel, Entheogenic, Popul Vuh, Max Richter and co.
UT 645
March 05, 2007 00:12 - 35.9 MBSometimes floating, sometimes flying. Airborne music by Deep Forest, Killing Joke, The Infinity Project, Michael Brook, Sheila Chandra, Brian Eno and many others.
UT 518
March 01, 2007 00:12 - 35.6 MBInto the darkness; out of the light. With music by Robert Scott Thompson, Diatonis, Robert Rich, Brian Lustmord and Numina.
UT 644
February 26, 2007 00:12 - 36.4 MBHearing heavenly voices from afar, thanks to the talents of Lisa Gerrard, Irene Papas, Dawn Upshaw and Cantillation.
UT 519
February 22, 2007 00:12 - 35.5 MBMusic by Lisa Gerrard and friends. Featuring selections from "Gladiator", "Whalerider" and "Immortal Memory".
UT 643
February 19, 2007 00:12 - 36.2 MB2007, a space odyssey... as realised by Melbourne soundwizard Wayne Huff (aka x1 Project).
UT 642
February 12, 2007 00:12 - 36.1 MBA little bit of Antarctica; a whole lot of Greece. Music by Vangelis, Eleni Karaindrou and Stephan Micus.
UT 521
February 08, 2007 00:12 - 35.2 MBEclectic grooves and atmospheres inclusing classic moments from Global Communication and LSG, selections from the new compilation "Elysian Vibes" and a taste of Tom Middleton's new mix album "The Trip".
UT 641
February 05, 2007 00:12 - 36.1 MBA programme of new releases from Lisa Gerrard, Loreena McKennitt, Richard Bone and Rudy Adrian.
UT 522
February 01, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBFrom introspection to retrospection, with Tori Amos, Raphael, James Johnson and Robert Scott Thompson and David Parsons, and featuring works from new US ambient label, Lotuspike.
UT 640
January 29, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBStrange paradises imagined by Thom Brennan, Nik Tyndall and Stuart Dempster.
UT 523
January 25, 2007 00:12 - 36 MBNev Dorrington explores the work of German electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze.
UT 524
January 18, 2007 00:12 - 34.9 MBDreams and nightmares, courtesy of Peter Miller, Patrick Mimran, Lustmord, Steve Roach, Amir Baghiri, Richard Bone and others of their ilk.
UT 638
January 15, 2007 00:12 - 256 KBA grab-bag of delights to commence 2007, from funky Arabic rhythms and boppy mediaeval hymns to echoes of distant Cambodia, and sounds from ancient and future Japan.
UT 525
January 11, 2007 00:12 - 35.6 MBNew psychedelic spacemusic from Germany, Australia and the UK. Featuring Boris Blenn (aka Galaxy), Ornament and tracks from the latest release on Em:t.