An hour of eclectic new music, brought to you by Sound and Music.
As heard on Resonance FM on Friday 29 May 2026 at 12pm and a repeat listen on Wednesday 03 June 2026 at 3am, hosted by Bofan Ma.
Bofan Ma is an intermedia composer and researcher based in Manchester. Originally from China, he actively explores what ‘borders’ could mean in the age of datafication.
“A tour around the uncanny valley, guided by voices old and new, alien and familiar.’”
– Bofan Ma
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Tracklist
00:00 – Intro
00:40 – Machine Listening (Sean Dockray, James Parker, and Joel Stern) – Conversations we can’t understand (2025) Environments 12: new concepts in acoustic enrichment
03:00 – Luke Nickel – Panic (2025) I can see exactly how it is
04:52 – Matthew Shlomowitz & Jennifer Walshe & Ensemble Nikel – Minor Characters (2023) Radio Works
16:31 – Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice – The Hardscrabble: Wernicke’s Handel (2026) Yet
18:46 – Tian Fu – Unearth 挖掘 (2025) The Great Spit: Coffee Stains Chronicles 伟大的痰：咖啡渍编年史
21:13 – Bofan Ma – #outtakes III (excerpt) (2022) YouTube
23:56 – James McIlwrath – what do you mean? (2023) bit pieces
25:13 – Machine Listening (Sean Dockray, James Parker, and Joel Stern) – It’s Just Not For That (2024) Songs About F***ing Suno
27:53 – Robert Laidlow & Stephanie Lamprea & Alistair MacDonald – Robert Laidlow: Post-Singularity Songs – Gift (2026) Ecstatic Visions
32:31 – Li Yilei – ++++ (2024) NONAGE
34:47 – Helen Anahita Wilson – Aubergine Dream (2025) Nightshade
37:43 – Bofan Ma – The Wernicke’s Area (excerpt) (2023) The Wernicke’s Area (excerpt)
41:21 – 孟雀 Meng Que – 昆虫 – 为外界和人们 (2021) 月谏房
45:30 – Sam Salem & Distractfold – Untitled Valley of Fear (2021) London Triptych
55:41 – Klein – let it sink in (2025) sleep with a cane
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