Ultima Thule Ambient Music

Ultima Thule Ambient Music

George Cruickshank
Country Australia
Genres Music
Language EN-AU
Episodes 1183
Latest 14.08.2026

Ultima Thule is a weekly ambient music programme that has been broadcast on Australian public radio since 1989. It presents a carefully crafted mix of ambient, drone, chillout, and spacemusic, along with ancient, mediaeval, and neoclassical compositions. The show also incorporates traditional and world music, soundtracks, cool jazz, and impressionist soundscapes. Each episode is a seamless, chatter-free 90-minute musical journey.

Episodes

  • UT 1663 14.08.2026
    A lowering acceptance of a lowering storm, from Addyluo, Deathprod, Malibu, Montag and Quentin At Home.
  • UT 1662 07.08.2026
    Infinite stellar ambience from Between Heaven And Sky, Spacecraft and Jeff Pearce.
  • UT 1661 31.07.2026
    Docetism and Topografia are abandoned by the gods of old.
  • UT 1660 24.07.2026
    Surfing aural waves of deepest blue silver with Zen Lemon, Igneous Flame and Kati Astraeir.
  • UT 1659 17.07.2026
    The unquestioned oscillations of a lunar necropolis. Music by Ager Sonus, Cocteau Twins, Harold Budd, Porcupine Tree and Green-House.
  • UT 1658 10.07.2026
    The familiar night of a moonlit sky, featuring Dellasoullounge, Spacecraft, Boreal Taiga, David Helpling and Scott Reich.
  • UT 1657 03.07.2026
    Expansionism challenged... with Ryan Hoskins, ICE Planet 9000 and Reductionist.
  • UT 1656 26.06.2026
    Music from the place between sky and universe, from Jeff Pearce, Solace Road and Between Heaven and Sky.
  • UT 1655 19.06.2026
    Envisioning spiral dreams with The Heck, Daniel Lanois, Oophoi and Alio Die.
  • UT 1654 12.06.2026
    An age of wind and water from Chitra Records artists KapTep, Alessandro Barbanera and Piscean Daydreams.
  • UT 1653 05.06.2026
    Returning to the source with Maneesh De Moor, Porangui, Liquid Bloom and Master Minded.
  • UT 1652 29.05.2026
    Magenta is thirteen but cyan is eleven. Music from Sequences, Blue Is Nine, Spacecraft, Lauge and Dino Pacifici.
  • UT 1651 22.05.2026
    The winnowing of interwoven hearts, by Isabel Pine, Klaus Schulze, William Basinski, Alio Die, Atrium Carceri and Kammarheit.
  • UT 1650 15.05.2026
    Igneous Flame and Kati Astreir, together give us "Cobra".
  • UT 1649 08.05.2026
    Forging a darker path with William St Hugh, Aural and R L Huber.
  • UT 1648 01.05.2026
    Remembering the sky after its fading - new sounds from Spacecraft, Myrk Galdr and Igneous Flame.
  • UT 1647 24.04.2026
    Behind the seen lies the unseen... with music by Pan-American, William Basinski, Tetsu Inoue, Rapoon, Eluvium, Alphaxone and ProtoU.
  • UT 1646 17.04.2026
    Midsummer transcendence, with Dreamscapist, Sebby Kowal, Ghostloop, Atmosphare and Dionisaf.
  • UT 1645 10.04.2026
    Showcasing Steve Reich, and his "Music for 18 Musicians".
  • UT 1644 03.04.2026
    Drifting atavistically amidst a gentle continuum: featuring new music from Max Corbacho.

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