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Gently drift with dusty sounds ft. Hayden Thorpe

Ultimate Calm Erland Cooper: Series 8
Episode 10 of 12

Scottish composer Erland Cooper shares a selection of calming music inspired by tiny particles of dust and their place in the cycle of life. Plus a safe haven from Hayden Thorpe.

Join Scottish composer and musician Erland Cooper for another unique musical journey to find that all too elusive feeling of calm.

In this episode, Erland creates a soothing soundtrack inspired by the beauty of dust and its place in the natural world. Erland reflects on the hope he feels in moments of seeing tiny particles of dust rising upwards in a beam of sunlight, representing a sense of renewal that is part of the natural cycle of life. He’ll play songs to soundtrack that feeling of transformation, with music from Laura Kampman, Yasmin Williams and Yanaco.

Plus the English musician and singer Hayden Thorpe, formerly of the band Wild Beasts, takes us to his sonic safe haven - a field recording of a vast, arid landscape in England, reclaimed by nature, where he finds serenity and a hidden music that reveals itself to him.

Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Erland Cooper

    Luminosa

    • Adoro Te Devote.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Masayoshi Fujita

    Model Home Magic Moment

    • Smoking Tigers (Original Score).
    • Erased Tapes Music.

  • Hayden Thorpe

    Spherical Time II

    • Moondust for My Diamond.
    • Domino.

  • Anja Lauvdal

    Maye

    • Farewell To Faraway Friends (Wurlitzer Improvisations 2021-23).
    • Smalltown Supersound.

  • Maps and Diagrams

    Mist on the Mountain

    • Volta.
    • Lontano Series.

  • Nico Muhly

    Perspective Lesson

    • David Hockey: Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller and Further Away).
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Ariel Kalma & Asa Tone

    An Expanse II

    • ◯.
    • Good Morning Tapes.

  • Fabiano do Nascimento & E Ruscha V

    Imerso

    • Aquáticos.
    • Music From Memory.

  • Spencer Zahn

    Wind Unsung (Live at Altamira Sound)

    • Statues Live.

  • Seán Ronayne

    Wild Atlantic Storm

    • Wild Silence.

  • Brigitte Hart

    The Listening Bomb

    • The Listening Bomb.

  • Suso Sáiz

    That Lives In Me

    • Distorted Clamor.
    • Music From Memory.

  • Meitei

    Nami

    • Komachi.
    • Métron Records.

  • Penelope Trappes

    The Lapse Of Months And Days

    • Heavenly Spheres.
    • Nite Hive.

  • Shuta Hasunuma

    Pierrepont

    • Unpeople.
    • Universal Music.

  • Giannis Gogos

    Snow + Light

    • Light Within.
    • Saos Records.

  • yanaco

    Beauty in Imperfection

    • Alone Together.
    • P-VINE Records.

  • Yasmin Williams & Darlingside

    Virga (feat. Darlingside)

    • Acadia.
    • Nonesuch Records.

  • Field Works

    Silver Secrets

    Composer: Mary Lattimore. Performer: Mary Lattimore. Performer: Field Works.
    • Ultrasonic.
    • Temporary Residence.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 21:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind