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Aliens, Acholi music and a sentient suit of armour

Follow Jennifer Lucy Allan down the musical rabbit hole for a two-hour adventure in sound, via dreamy game soundtracks, otherworldly film scores, polyphonic choirs and more.

Down, down, down鈥 Follow Jennifer Lucy Allan down the musical rabbit hole for a two-hour adventure in sound.

We鈥檒l visit a mysterious world occupied by a sentient suit of armour, through the dreamy lo-fi computer music of Aliyah Hussain and the soundtrack she created for the game Web Wide World. There鈥檒l be Acholi music from Northern Uganda played in major scales by Otim Alpha and Leo PaLayeng, and dilapidated bedroom pop from London鈥檚 Tirzah. There鈥檚 Hani polyphonic singing recorded in China鈥檚 Yunnan province, and swamp dub from Bristol鈥檚 Bokeh Versions. Plus Hiroyuki Onogawa's shimmering soundtrack to a sci-fi cult film that combines diving, supernatural powers and aliens.

Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for 91热爆 Radio 3

2 hours

Music Played

  • Aaliyah Hussain

    Awake From Your Slumber

    • Web Wide World.
  • Hani from Yunnan China

    Tudza (Instrumental With Choir At The End)

    • Hani Polyphonic Singing in Yunnan China.
    • Sublime Frequencies.
  • Dorothy Carter

    Autumn Song

    • Waillee Waillee.
    • Celeste.
  • Peter Gutteridge

    Hang On

    • Pure.
    • SUPERIOR VIADUCT.
  • Asha Sheshadri

    Looting Index

    • Whiplash.
    • Recital.
  • Jlin

    Paradigm

    • Perspective.
    • Planet Mu.
  • Otim Alpha

    Wuduk Paco

    • Son of Adungu.
    • Makabila Umoja.
  • Amor Muere

    LA

    • A time to love, a time to die.
    • Scrawl.
  • Lamin Fofana

    Lines and Speed Decay in My Voice

    • It鈥嬧欌媠 Only a Matter of Acceleration Now.
    • The Trilogy Tapes.
  • Matmos

    Injection Basic Sound

    • Return to Archive.
    • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
  • Jake Muir

    Pipe Dream

    • Bathhouse Blues.
    • sferic.
  • Tirzah

    u all the time

    • trip9love...???.
    • Domino.
    • WIGLP514X.
  • YOKEL x D.HAM x FRANCO FRANCO

    PAPAS GOT ABRAND NEW CORNEA

    • Parable Of The Empty Cup.
    • Bokeh Versions.
  • Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes

    NAVARROHOLMES

    • Heritage of the Invisible II.
    • International Anthem.
  • Klein

    black timbs

    • touched by an angel.
    • Parkwuud Entertainment.
  • Eyes of the Amaryllis

    ER Parking Lot Pastoral

    • Perceptible to Everyone.
    • Horn of Plenty.
  • Hiroyuki Onogawa

    August In The Water

    • August in the Water: Music for film 1995-2005.
    • Mana.
  • Buffy Sainte鈥怣arie

    Cripple Creek

    • Up Where We Belong.
  • Tashi Dorji

    IRON CLOUD

    • Tashi Dorji.
    • Drag City.
  • MrDougDoug

    Candy-Coated U-Onion AD

    • SOS Forks AI REM II.
    • Hausu Mountain Records.
  • Cassandra Miller

    Thanksong

    • Traveller Song/Thanksong.
    • Black Truffle.
  • Normil Hawaiians

    In Heaven

    • Dark World (79-81).
    • Upset The Rhythm.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Oct 2023 23:00

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