Utility Fog

Experimental sounds from the orbits of noise, free improv and spectral classical rub up against song-based experiments, beat-based floor-fillers and more... LISTEN AGAIN and stand proud. Stream on demand from FBi, podcast here. ugne&maria - healing [Futura Resistenza] ugne&maria - zinc [Futura Resistenza] A couple of months ago we heard Brussels-based Lithuanian musician Marija Rasa […]

From the most "pop" Utility Fog music to the most experimental & abstract, new rave dancefloors to African diaspora percussion, industrial new-wave pop to dulcimer-driven post-black-metal. LISTEN AGAIN on demand at FBi, or by podcast here. Repeated listens may induce transcendence. Michael Ackroyd - Delicate Puncture [Michael Ackroyd Bandcamp] About two and a half years […]

So a lot of tonight's material has some claim to "classical" music provenance for some reason, although there's nothing you could claim to be classical music. Some is more-or-less ambient, some is anything but. LISTEN AGAIN. There will be a test. Stream on demand via FBi, podcast here. Nicholas Thayer - on growing [Oscillations/Bandcamp] Nicholas […]

We continue our investigation/celebration of amen breaks & jungle tropes in other musics - this week, it's metal! Also jazz-meets-West-African, some lovely IDM throwbacks as well as a contemporary evolution of IDM, and some more minimalist electronics. LISTEN AGAIN to these two hours of this little corner of human history. Stream on demand from FBi, […]

We have interesting cases of genre-bleed tonight: you'll never quite be sure if you're listening to sound-design or contemporary classical or improv; songwriterly work or experimental folktronica or grime or dubstep; r'n'b or drum'n'bass? Is this hip-hop or processed live percussion? Of course the answer is always "por que no los dos?" LISTENing AGAIN will […]

Experimental pop, noise artists not being noisy, ambient artists being noisy... Cut out the noise by LISTENING AGAIN on stream on demand @ FBi Radio, or podcasting here. The God In Hackney - In This Room [Junior Aspirin/Bandcamp] The God In Hackney - Bardo! [Junior Aspirin/Bandcamp] You may remember nigh on 3 years ago, I […]

Challenging minimal pop, experimental beats, eclectic improv tonight... Take up the challenge by LISTENING AGAIN, via on-demand streaming at FBi's website, or podcasting here. Richard Youngs - Modern Sorrow [Black Truffle] When the show was broadcast, an uploading error of mine meant that most of this track was missed. Luckily on the stream-on-demand and podcast […]

Industrial, post-industrial, warped electronic song, beats, sound-art and... neo-classical? It all fits together right here, right now. LISTEN AGAIN before it's right there, right then. Podcast is here, stream on demand there @ FBi. Lana Del Rabies - Master [Gilgongo Records/Bandcamp] Lana Del Rabies - Hallowed is The Earth [Gilgongo Records/Bandcamp] Sam An assumed the […]

Industrial metal/hip-hop/jungle crossovers, mutant beats, lysergic dub, psychedelic electronic pop... Got you covered. LISTENing AGAIN is your privilege and pleasure. FBi lets you stream on demand, or podcast here. BRACT X BAYANG (tha Bushranger) - INTRO [Bract Bandcamp] BRACT X BAYANG (tha Bushranger) - HOMESICK [Bract Bandcamp] BRACT X BAYANG (tha Bushranger) - BLOODYFIST (ft. […]

Sound-art and beats, it's the Utility Fog way. LISTEN AGAIN and hear that sound. Dance, dance! Stream it on demand via FBi, podcast it here. Lia Kohl - the moment a zipper [American Dreams/Bandcamp] Lia Kohl - or things maybe dropping [American Dreams/Bandcamp] It was a pleasure to discover the music of Chicago-based cellist, sound-artist […]

There is too much music. Something must be done. But while nobody is doing anything about it, I will continue to try and listen to it all and give you the very best. It's my duty. Your job? Simply to listen. You can LISTEN AGAIN at FBi's website with on-demand streaming, or podcast here. Party […]