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Tag : Field Recordings

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

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

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

29 Jan 2024

NQL ON REFORM RADIO JANUARY 2024

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of delicious music and field recordings… This month I make a final visit to the house of my late nana, just before it’s finally sold, after being in the family since 1958. I record the sounds of the house, and my feelings as I say goodbye to somewhere that has been part of my whole life. Music features tracks by Pefkin, Loula Yorke, Anja Garbarek and Harry Seacombe… LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

11 Jan 2024

NQL ON REFORM RADIO DECEMBER 2023

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of delicious music and field recordings… This month I take a look back on 2023, the year just gone. Originally broadcast live just after Christmas, this show features music and soundscapes featured during the past twleve months. It was quite moving, and also inspirational, to hear the sounds I recorded last year, providing a provocative reminder of the life I experienced. Sounds from Manchester, Salford, Hull, Paris, Portugal and Poland. Music featured […]

01 Nov 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO NOVEMBER 2023

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of delicious music and field recordings… This month I take a trip to the seaside, Europe’s biggest travelling fair and a construction site. Music features tracks by Melanie Di Biasio, Matthew Halsall Little Simz and Roedelius… LISTEN PLAYLIST

19 Apr 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO APRIL 2023

Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some delicious music and the sounds I’ve found… This month on the Not Quite Light show , I go on my holidays…Music features tracks by John Barry, Miss Grit and Amalia Rodrigues. Field recordings by myself, Simon Buckley, and include sounds such as the sea, a wild boar eating, a train journey and a happy woman singing on her balcony. LISTEN PLAYLIST

27 Jan 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO JANUARY 2023

Come and join me, to simply listen to some great music, and the sounds I’ve found over the past month… This month I’ve visited the sea, the panto and a lift with a French accent. Field recordings and incidental music by Not Quite Light. Music features tracks by Alabaster DePlume, The Lund Quartet and Saint Saviour / Badly Drawn Boy LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

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