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Pitch shifts

Elizabeth Alker with music by an exciting new generation of unclassified composers and performers, breaking free of the constraints of practice rooms and concert halls.

Join Elizabeth Alker with a selection of fresh music from genre-defying artists as we journey through landscapes of ambient and experimental sounds. This week we鈥檒l hear a fabulous collaboration from Scanner and Neil Leonard that was ten years in the making; a track written during an Icelandic snowstorm featuring on the brilliantly titled album 鈥楢ll Our Friends Are Vampires鈥; and in the week marking 400 years since the death of John Dowland, we鈥檒l hear new music from Laura Cannell, a great fan of the Renaissance composer. Elizabeth also offers her signature mix of emerging independent producers whose work plays with orchestral textures and classical form.

Produced by Geoff Bird.
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1 hour

Last on

Sun 22 Feb 2026 23:30

Music Played

  • Shards

    Facta est Deserta

    • Facta est Deserta.
    • Erased Tapes.
  • Kali Malone, Stephen O鈥橫alley & HTRK

    Siren Song - Cover

    • Siren Song (Cover).
    • Ghostly International.
  • Scanner & Neil Leonard

    Everything Over The Sun

    • The Berklee Sessions.
    • Alltagsmusik.
  • Margaret Hermant

    Smile

    • Freedom.
    • Neue Meister.
  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    The Slow Descent Has Begun

    • All Our Friends Are Vampires.
    • Ninja Tune.
  • Hiroshi Ebina

    A Silent Room

    • On Solitude.
    • Kitchen Label.
  • The Willow Trio

    Golden Toad

    • The Bestiary.
    • Dust Records.
  • Karoline Wallace

    Bittelille Meg

    • Bittelille Meg.
    • Sauajazz.
  • Rat Heart

    I H T

    • Dancin' In The Streets.
    • Shotta Tapes.
  • Ed Bennett

    Strange Waves

    Performer: Kate Ellis.
    • Strange Waves.
    • Ergodos.
  • Robin Richards

    Seeds

    • Taproots.
    • PRAH.
  • James Blake

    I Had A Dream She Took My Hand

    • I Had A Dream She Took My Hand.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Feb 2026 23:30

What is unclassified music?

What is unclassified music?

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