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Ambient America

Sonic vistas, open strings, mountainous atmospheres, canyons of sound... Elizabeth Alker embarks on a musical roadtrip through America's ambient landscapes.

Sonic vistas, open strings, mountainous atmospheres, canyons of sound... Elizabeth Alker embarks on a musical roadtrip through America's ambient landscapes, encountering the work of emerging independent producers and contemporary composers whose music explores the borderlands between classical and electronic/experimental genres. New York composer and cellist Clarice Jensen manipulates her instrument's sound to create pulsing drone textures; LA's Daniel Wohl soundtracks historical investigations into UFO sightings; and William Tyler's Highway Anxiety is a perfect slice of modern country music from Nashville, Tennessee.

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Music Played

  • Clarice Jensen

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    • In Holiday Clothing Out Of The Great Darkness.
    • 130701.

  • John Zorn, Kristina Blaumane & Roman Mints

    Kol nidre for String Quartet

    • Kol nidre for String Quartet.
    • Quartz Music.

  • Walt McClements & Aurora Nealand

    Cloud Prints

    • On a Painted Ocean.
    • Western Vinyl.

  • Train Dreams (feat. Nick Cave)

    • Train Dreams.
    • Music On Vinyl.

  • Qasim Naqvi

    Plastic Glacier

    • Endling.
    • Erased Tapes Records.

  • William Tyler

    Highway Anxiety

    • Modern Country.
    • Merge Records.

  • Aaron Shragge & Ben Monder

    There's Always One You Follow

    • This World of Dew.
    • Human Recourse Records.

  • SUSS

    Canyonlands (Return to Wichita)

    • Ghost Box.
    • E.V.P Recordings.

  • Daniel Wohl

    Out Of Space

    • Project Blue Book (Original Television Series Soundtrack).
    • Node Records.

  • Guy Blakesee

    From A Melted Place

    • Extravision.
    • Leaving Records.

  • Rafiq Bhatia

    At Midnight On A Black Sand Beach, The Raging Tides Begin To Speak

    • Environments.
    • Anti.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 23:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3

What is unclassified music?

What is unclassified music?

Elizabeth Alker introduces five of her favourite 'unclassifiable' pieces of music.