By The Clock
Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today’s most exciting genre-defying artists.
Music, according to the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, is how we decorate time, and to mark the clocks going forward, Elizabeth Alker celebrates those genre-defying musicians and composers who play with the possibilities of time in their work. Across 60 carefully curated minutes, we'll hear from emerging independent producers whose music twists temporal as well as musical boundaries as they look to embrace the confluence of rock, pop and electronica.
Produced by Geoff Bird
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
To listen on most smart speakers, just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Unclassified”.
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Laraaji, Carlos Niño & Superposition
Infinite Sun (Instrumental)
- Infinite Sun.
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Daniel Wohl
Move Slow
- État.
- Nonesuch.
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Sarah Davachi
Third Hour
- Gave in Rest.
- Ba Da Bing!.
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Misha Panfilov
Ticking Clock II
- Sierra (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- EEE ZEE Records.
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Nils Frahm
4:33 (a tribute to john cage)
- Late Night Tales: Nils Frahm.
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Francis Heery
Game 2
- Garry Kasparov vs Deep Blue.
- Flaming Pines.
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Sarah Nicolls
Seagull Chorale REMIX
- Free and Equal Vol. 2.
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Hara Alonso
Another Period of Time
- Music of Many Nows.
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Elori Saxl
How Big is Time
- Texada (Soundtrack).
- Western Vinyl.
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Steve Reich
Radio Rewrite: II. Slow
- Radio Rewrite.
- Nonesuch.
Broadcast
- Sunday23:30BBC Radio 3
What is unclassified music?
Elizabeth Alker introduces five of her favourite 'unclassifiable' pieces of music.
