Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| Banchory - Ross Whyte, Barrett's Dottled Beauty, Fiona Soe Paing | 20170525 | Verity Sharp presents Exposure Banchory. This month's showcase for local musicians working in experimental and alternative genres features sets by Ross Whyte, an electronic composer with an interest in field recordings and ambient soundscape; Barrett's Dottled Beauty, a semi-improvised psychedelic folk duo; and Fiona Soe Paing, vocalist and electronic music producer. Recorded last week at the Barn Arts Centre, Banchory, Aberdeenshire. Verity Sharp hosts an experimental gig from the Barn Arts Centre in Banchory. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Belfast: Una Monaghan, Katharine Philippa, Hard Rain Soloistensemble | 20170928 | Verity Sharp hosts this month's Exposure in Belfast, at the Harty Room in Queen's University, showcasing new and experimental music in various genres, performed by artists based in the locality. There will be sets by singer-songwriter Katharine Philippa, harpist and sound artist Una Monaghan, and the Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble playing new scores by local composers. ڀna Monaghan is a harper, composer, and sound artist whose recent work has combined traditional music with bronze sculpture, sound art and movement sensors. Katharine Philippa is a singular and poetic voice as a singer-songwriter, accompanying herself on piano, and her songs are 'full of sparse, graceful, elegantly pitched wonder.' (Irish Times) Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble is a virtuoso new music group with cutting-edge repertoire. They will play music by local composers Edward Zatriqi and Greg Caffrey. New music from Katharine Philippa, Una Monaghan and Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Bethesda, Sweet Baboo, Hopewell Ink, Accretion Entropy | 20180329 | Verity Sharp hosts a concert from North Wales recorded at Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda, showcasing local artists working in experimental music genres. Featuring sets from Hopewell Ink (spoken word and multi-instrumentalist duo), Accretion Entropy (electronic music trio) and Sweet Baboo (solo drone-based set featuring synthesizer and saxophone). Verity Sharp hosts a concert from Bethesda in Wales featuring local experimental musicians Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Bexhill-on-sea: Cosmo Sheldrake, Trevor Watts And Veryan Weston, Jobina Tinnemans | 20180726 | Verity Sharp presents this Radio 3 showcase for local musicians working in new, experimental and alternative genres. Recorded at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-On-Sea. Sets by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Cosmo Sheldrake; two legends of free improvisation coming together as a duo: saxophonist Trevor Watts and keyboardist Veryan Weston; and sound artist Jobina Tinnemans performing a piano-based set, with a string trio. Verity Sharp presents a gig with Cosmo Sheldrake, Trevor Watts and Jobina Tinnemans. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Birmingham, Gonimoblast, Ore, Dorcha | 20170727 | Verity Sharp visits Centrala in Birmingham for the latest event showcasing experimental music up and down the UK, with sets from Gonimoblast, the band of improvising bassist Chris Mapp in partnership tonight with electro-acoustic composer Annie Mahtani, and two artists associated with Birmingham's Supersonic Festival: composer and instrument builder Sam Underwood with his 'drone doom tuba' project ORE, and alternative five-piece Dorcha, led by composer and songwriter Anna Palmer. Verity Sharp visits Centrala in Birmingham, featuring Gonimoblast, ORE and Dorcha. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Bradford - Survival Skills, Death Shanties, The Family Elan | 20170223 | Verity Sharp hosts another gig showcasing experimental music up and down the UK, this time from Fuse Art Space Bradford, and including sets from guitarist and producer Chris Sharkey aka Survival Skills, free improv from saxophonist Sybren Renema and drummer Alex Neilson of the group Death Shanties, and psychedelic folk from The Family Elan. Verity Sharp hosts an experimental gig from Fuse Art Space Bradford. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Bristol - Rhain, Tom Oc Wilson Band, Asda | 20161124 | Verity Sharp hosts a gig from Bristol with Rhain, Asda and Tom OC Wilson Band. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Cambridge - C Joynes, Pete Um, Rachel Watkins | 20180628 | Verity Sharp travels to the Blue Moon venue in Cambridge for this month's experimental music showcase. Guitarist C Joynes has been described as 'an inheritor to Davy Graham' and his work incorporates a wide range of styles from North and West African music to English folk and contemporary classical. Pete Um is a maverick 'tape-poet', a fixture in the Cambridge experimental scene whose unusual miniatures combine voice and electronic sounds from MiniDisc player. Finally we have ghostly atmospherics from the violin and voice of Rachel Watkins, founder member of psych folk group Fuzzy Lights. Verity Sharp with an experimental music showcase from Cambridge. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Cardiff - Farm Hand, Deaf Pictures, Swansea Laptop Orchestra | 20170126 | Verity Sharp hosts this month's gig plugging into the local experimental and underground music scenes around the UK. Tonight, Exposure Cardiff comes from the Chapter Arts Centre in the Canton area of Cardiff. Performances from three contrasting acts, including Farm Hand with psychedelic lo-fi songs, Deaf Pictures playing electric guitar and violin duos, and Swansea Laptop Orchestra bringing a unique physicality to electronic music. Verity Sharp presents experimental music onstage at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Exeter | 20170831 | Verity Sharp hosts this month's Exposure at the Exeter Phoenix, showcasing new and experimental music in various genres, performed by artists based in the locality. There will be sets by Drift Chamber (a new group led by composer/performer Joe Duddell); Solarference (live sampling and trad folk from Nick Janaway and Sarah Owen); and A Quiet Night In - an ensemble led by composer/violinist Emma Welton. Verity Sharp hosts this month's Exposure at the Exeter Phoenix. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Gateshead | 20170330 | Verity Sharp presents Exposure Gateshead, a concert of experimental music by local artists as part of the Free Thinking festival at Sage Gateshead. Nathalie Stern brings her unique sound as a singer-songwriter, Swarm Front perform noise-based music composed by Mariam Rezaei, and Midnight Doctors are a seven-piece mutant big band led by Phil Begg. Verity Sharp hosts an experimental gig from Sage Gateshead for Free Thinking Festival 2017 Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Glasgow | 20160929 | Verity Sharp hosts the first of a new monthly series of gigs from around the UK, plugging into the local alternative and underground music scenes. Tonight, Exposure Glasgow comes from the Glad Caf退 in southside Glasgow, with performances from avant folk composer Daniel Padden's Low Quintet; experimental vocalist/composer Nichola Scrutton; and radiophonic sound-artist Mark Vernon. Verity Sharp hosts a gig from Glasgow with Daniel Padden, Nichola Scrutton and Mark Vernon Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Hebden Bridge | 20180222 | Verity Sharp travels to Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire for this month's experimental music showcase which features three artists from the Calder Valley: 'post-industrial psychedelia' from The Slowest Lift, a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Sophie Cooper and Julian Bradley of Vibracathedral Orchestra, alternative folk from vocalist Alison Cooper with an ensemble assembled specially for this event; and a solo set from composer and sound-artist Andrew Liles, known for his work with Nurse With Wound and Current 93. Illustration by Jake Blanchard. Verity Sharp travels to Hebden Bridge for an experimental music showcase. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Hull Uk City Of Culture | 20170427 | Verity Sharp hosts another gig showcasing experimental music up and down the UK, with sets from three collaborative duos: sound artist and improviser Jez riley French with the artist Pheobe riley Law; singer and composer Jayne Dent with saxophonist Martin Berger; and hang percussion with live electronics from the duo of Tariq Emam and Brett Gordon. Recorded at Fruit, Hull. Verity Sharp presents an experimental music showcase from Fruit in Hull. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Hymn, Shane O'linksi, Laura Cannell And Andre Bosman | 20171228 | Verity Sharp hosts another showcase for experimental music in the UK, this month visiting the Norwich Arts Centre. Sets come from improvising three-piece Hymn, the project of trumpeter Chris Dowding, singer-songwriter Shane O'Linksi with a group specially assembled for the event, and the fiddle duo of Laura Cannell and Andre Bosman. Verity Sharp presents a showcase for experimental music in Norwich. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Liverpool, Ex-easter Island Head, Germanager, Dialect | 20171130 | Verity Sharp hosts this month's Exposure in Liverpool, at the IWF Substation on the docks, showcasing new and experimental music in various genres, performed by artists based in the locality. On the bill we have Ex-Easter Island Head, creating hypnotic textures with electric guitars laid flat and beaten with mallets; sound-artist and avant songwriter Germanager; plus ambient electronica from Dialect. Verity Sharp hosts Exposure in Liverpool at the IWF Substation. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Lust Rollers, Caroline Devine, Miles Cooper Seaton, Black Spring | 20171026 | Recorded at MK Gallery last week, Verity Sharp hosts the latest event in this series showcasing experimental music up and down the UK, with sets from Milton Keynes three-piece Black Spring, Aylesbury-based improvising duo Lust Rollers, and American singer-songwriter Miles Cooper Seaton. Plus we hear from sound artist Caroline Devine, whose new installation City of Things, created in partnership with MK Gallery, explores the 'voices, sounds and signals' of the town in its 50th anniversary year. Verity Sharp introduces the experimental music showcase from MK Gallery in Milton Keynes. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Night Blossoms | 20180426 | Verity Sharp introduces sets by three leading lights of Japanese experimental music in this London edition curated by Late Junction's Nick Luscombe and recorded at Spiritland in Kings Cross as part of BBC Radio 3's Night Blossoms season. Tomoko Sauvage uses water-filled porcelain bowls and hydrophones for her electro-acoustic compositions; Kyoto-born, Berlin-based Midori Hirano aka MimiCof presents music from her album Moon Synch, created with the Buchla analogue modular synthesizer during her residency at the Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm; and Hatis Noit, the latest signing to Erased Tapes, is a unique, self-taught solo vocal performer, originally from the northern island of Hokkaido and now living in London. Her influences range from traditional Japanese gagaku and Western opera to avant-garde and contemporary pop vocalists. A Japanese-themed edition of the monthly experimental music showcase. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Ramsgate | 20161229 | Verity Sharp visits Ramsgate Music Hall in Kent for the latest event in this monthly series showcasing local new music talent around the UK, with performances from singer-songwriter Leonie Evans, experimental composer Lauren Redhead and the duo of turntablist Matt Wright and saxophonist Robert Stillman. Verity Sharp presents a gig from Ramsgate Music Hall in Kent. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Rattle, Xenia Pestova + Ed Bennett, Dead Rat Orchestra | 20180125 | Verity Sharp hosts a concert recorded at Nottingham Contemporary, showcasing local artists working in experimental music genres. Featuring sets from art-rock duo Rattle (twin drumkits and vocals); the Dead Rat Orchestra (alternative folk); and Bubo Bubo (Xenia Pestova playing Indian harmonium and small percussion, with Ed Bennett on electronics). Verity Sharp presents a showcase for experimental music in Nottingham. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Salford | 20161027 | Verity Sharp hosts the second in a new monthly series of gigs from around the UK, plugging into the local alternative and underground music scenes. Tonight, Exposure Salford comes from the Islington Mill, with performances from guitarist-composer Ian Vine, experimental collective Almost Credible Music and composer-producer Caroline Haines aka Chaines. Verity Sharp hosts a gig from Salford with Ian Vine, Almost Credible Music and Chaines. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |
| Sheffield, Heavy Lifting, Jim Ghedi, Stephen Chase | 20180531 | Verity Sharp hosts a concert from Sheffield, showcasing local artists working in experimental music genres. Recorded at Picture House Social earlier this month, it features sets from guitarist Jim Ghedi playing his folk-inspired compositions; live-coded electronic music from Lucy Cheesman, aka Heavy Lifting; and semi-improvised ensemble pieces by composer Stephen Chase. Verity Sharp hosts a concert of Sheffield artists playing experimental music. Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes |