Ultima Thule Ambient Music

George Cruickshank

A 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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Dec 12, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1628
Sailing with magnificence towards distant, silent stars, featuring The Amis Initiative, Spacecraft, Phillip Wilkerson and Jeff Greinke.
Dec 5, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1627
Overcoming the fear of symmetry in an asymetrical world, with Oneohtrix Point Never, Slow Blink, Farsin Kronos, Cole Pulice and Almost An Island.
Nov 28, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1626
A platinum day on a copper-lined sea - showcasing the latest release from Rudy Adrian, and also featuring Harold Budd and Brian Eno.
Nov 21, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1625
The glittering domain of the colossal diminutiae, featuring Infinity Deck, Deepspace, William St Hugh and Cylan.
Nov 14, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1624
The unfolding of a celestial cloud; music by Spacecraft, Phillip Wilkerson, Blue Is Nine and Hiram.
Nov 7, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1623
Hiding in a nook between worlds with Roger Eno, Cole Pulice, Nala Sinephro, Artist, God and Doctor and William Tyler.
Oct 31, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1622
The notions that come unbidden in the darkness: showcasing "Night Thoughts" - new from Jeff Pearce.
Oct 24, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1621
Lovingly invited to a place of aural healing by East Forest.
Oct 17, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1620
Juk-Shabb: a Cryo Chamber collaboration, featuring dozens of artists - among them Council of Nine, Dronny Darko, Atrium Carceri, Northumbria and God Body Disconnect.
Oct 10, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1619
Under the spell of a nervous hydra, with Elijah Fox, Willow Skye Biggs, Harold Budd, Maurizio Bianchi, Ager Sonus and others of that ilk.
Oct 3, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1618
Immersion in a loveless sea with John Zytaruk, Markus Reuter, Ian Boddy and The Choir.
Sep 26, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1617
The lingering darkness of a quickening first light, from Aureliaslight, Anantakara and R L Huber.
Sep 19, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1616
Fluid filaments of a solid incandescence, with the sounds of Brian Fechino, The World Next Door, Deborah Martin, Jill Haley and Sverre Knut Johansen.
Sep 12, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1615
A mandala of square spirals on a planet of cubic spheres... with the music of Nine Inch Nails, Oophoi, Myr'Lya and Phyllomedusa.
Sep 5, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1614
Another Cryo Chamber miscellany featuring Caldon Glover, Atrium Carceri and Dead Melodies.
Aug 29, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1613
The suggestion of a loss by an eternal optimist, with Halftribe, Citrine, Celer, Chubby Wolf, Anthene and Gidge.
Aug 22, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1612
Why for art thou luminiferous? Illuminated sounds on the Cryo Chamber label from Dronny Darko, ProtoU and Mount Shrine.
Aug 15, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1611
Sea no evil, here no evil, do-be-do-be-do no evil. Music by Torus, Danny L Harle, Cassandra Jenkins, William Basinski, Lawrence English and others.
Aug 8, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1610
Flux and mutability in a sweet space of stones, from Robert Rich, Ian Boddy, David Bickley and Belerion.
Aug 1, 2025 · length unknown
UT 1609
In the country of licorice, all men are aniseed... with music by Willebrandt, Will Bolton, Al Jewer and Andy Mitran.

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