STEVE NUTTALL 
The Carrier Wave is an esoteric radio programme devoted to uncovering hidden connections between seemingly disparate music. Rather than following a single genre, the show weaves together varied artists into a carefully sequenced listening experience. As ever, this episode seeks conceptual continuity—linking pieces through shared moods, textures, historical echoes, or emotional resonance—so that industrial electronics, … Read more
Welcome to the Tenth installment of THE CARRIER WAVE; a genre-fluid radio show that connects unexpected music across time, mood, and culture. A journey through the strange, the beautiful, and the often overlooked — where every track leads somewhere you didn’t expect — just follow the sound. No algorithms. No filler. Just sound, carefully connected. … Read more
Welcome to THE CARRIER WAVE; a guided journey through music that doesn’t usually meet—but somehow makes sense when it does. From the familiar to the obscure, from quiet moments to strange detours—just follow the sound. What do The Alan Parsons Project, Portion Control, Basil Kirchin, Henry Mancini, Joanna Newsom and Judas Priest have in common? … Read more
Anyone superstitious? It’s the Friday 13th show – numerous Black Cats will cross your path! This weeks playlist comprises: Quincy Jones – Superstition, Captain Beefheart – Big Eyed Beans from Venus, Sarah Vaughan – Witchcraft, Gentle Giant – Black Cat, David Gilmour – Black Cat, Ouija Radio – The Devil and the Witch, Hard Corps … Read more
The Carrier Wave is an esoteric radio programme devoted to uncovering hidden connections between seemingly disparate music. This weeks setlist weaves together In the Nursery, Andrew Poppy, Attrition, Aphrodite’s Child, David Sylvian, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Don Preston, Dusty Springfield, Finitribe, The Durutti Column, Hiatus Kaiyote, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Lead Into Gold, Fatal Charm, … Read more
The discs for my desert island this week are: Black Midi – Eat Men Eat, a;GRMHH – Ayatollah Jackson, The Fall – The Real Life of the Crying Marshall, The Pretty Things – Baloon Burning, Rick Wakeman – Anne of Cleeves, Grand Funk Railroad – Out to Get You, The Advisory Circle – Airflow, John … Read more
This weeks discs for my ongoing mixtape are: Autosalvage – Autosalvage, The Wipers – No Fair, Little Dragon – Blinking Pigs, Siouxsie & the Banshees – Swimming Horses, Eartheater – Humyn Hymm, Paul Giovanni & Magnet – Cornrigs, Komputer – Headphones and Ringtones, Tunng – Dream In, Aphex Twin – Windowlicker, Floating Points – LesAlpx, … Read more
This week’s playlist features – Flora Purim, Alfa Mist, Chrome Hoof, Cabaret Voltaire, Controlled Bleeding, Soccer96, The Unthanks, Wooden Shijips, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Doors, Be-Bop Deluxe, Damon Albarn, Robert Calvert, Hawkwind, BadBAdNotGood, Thomas Dolby, Clock DVA, Barry Adamson, Rainbow, Boards of Canada
Another diverse playlist, featuring – Ann Clark, Broadcast, The Neutrons, Faust, Colourbox, Mark Murphy, Stereolab, NWW + Stereolab, Roxy Music, Shock Headed Peters, Minutemen, Piano Magic, Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook, Trees Speak, Ennio Morricone, Die Form, Brian Eno, Matching Mole, Frank Zappa, Suicide, Richard Dawson & Circle, Current 93, Nature and Organisation, Giles Giles … Read more
Diverse by design, this week’s show features – Goblin, Goldfrapp, Giorgio Tozzi, Captain Beefheart, Michael Cashmore, Rotary Connection, Throbbing Gristle, The Glove, Donald Byrd, Imitation Electric Piano, Hard Corps, L Shankar, Gene Harris, Gil Scott Heron, The Tear Garden, The Free Design, Lemon Kittens, Boyd Rice & Death in June, Will Powers, I Start Counting, … Read more