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10 Jul 2025

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO JULY 2025

This month I take you out at dawn, but via Memory Lane, to the early days of Not Quite Light, when Manchester looked very different. Listen to my readings, field recordings and a selection of delicious music, featuring tracks by Laurie Spiegel, Shida Shahabi and Daniel Lanois. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

15 Jun 2025

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO JUNE 2025

This month I take you out at dawn, to listen to the sounds of the city and my encounters. With delicious music that features tracks by Nine Horses, Kenji Kihara and Clariloops. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

22 May 2025

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO MAY 2025

This month I mix the sounds from a single, unfolding dawn with delicious soothing music. Birdsong and chilled, ambient sounds. Take your time with this show, it’s an opportunty to relax. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

16 Apr 2025

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO APRIL 2024

This month I go for a night walk up the Irk Valley with my friend Nick Dunn, amongst the ghosts bats and rats of this etheral land, and discuss ideas from his new book Dark Futures. Soundscapes by Not Quite Light, and music features tracks from Space Afrika, Yumi Iwaki and Aphex Twin. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

21 Mar 2025

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO MARCH 2025

Join Not Quite Light for the monthly rummage through the box of sounds under my bed for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music. There is a hint of spring to this month, and I feature tracks by Alice Boyd, Antony Szmierek, Pefkin and Duke Ellington. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

28 Feb 2025

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO FEBRUARY 2025

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music…… This month field recordings from Poland and Antwerp, blended with the usual mix of delicious music. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

26 Dec 2024

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO DECEMBER 2024

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music… This month we wander back through recordings from 2024, including a strange trip to Egypt in the Spring. Music features tracks by Morton Feldman, Fairuz, Julie Cooper and Vig Mihaly. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

29 Nov 2024

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO NOVEMBER 2024

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music… On this show we wander back through the past two months, with recordings from Poland, Manchester and Salford. Music features tracks by Thelonious Monk, The Saxophones, Yamaneko and Henryck Górecki. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

04 Oct 2024

50th SHOW NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO OCTOBER 2024

This month it’s my 50th Not Quite Light show on reform radio. Hurrah! To celebrate I take a wander down memory lane, lisytening again to the sounds, voices and music from the past 6 years… Featured are snippets from artists Jane Samuels and Lucy May Schofield, poet Dom Conlon, the incredible 100 year old activist Joan Hibberd, and Bella, aged 5. Sound recordings are gathered fom Manchester, Salford, Cape Ann, Antwerp, Poland, Paris, Portugal and Hull… Music features tracks by […]

05 Sep 2024

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO SEPTEMBER 2024

Join Not Quite Light for an ecelctic mix of delicious music and field recordings… This month we find a box of sounds under the bed. Music features tracks by Ruby Tingle, Mutual Benefit and Erik Satie. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

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