a 24/7 salad of dark electronic and obscure experimental sound



motif#11 RUPTURE

Call for Submissions now open

See news page for details.


Artist in Residence: 16bard. Playing new work from the Forsyth Sessions every Wednesday at 12:00 and 23:00 BST.

Raffaele Pezzella’s 

The Recognition Test - show #353

9am Sunday 17th November, repeated 11pm Thursday 21st November [UK time].


Details on the schedule page.


<1NTWRK 

Wiosna97  - single artist mix on grey clay radio

9pm Sunday 10th November and 1am Thursday 14th November (UK time).


A story of warm machine interiors and windswept icy exteriors, to keep you snug on a cold November night.


More on the schedule page.


MOSS:07NOV24 

Another snapshot has been taken of the last two week’s new additions to the grey clay schedule (aka the Mossy Shallows). 


Here for you, another 90 (ish) minute mix by Thébru Čelet, for your morose self-nurture.


Playing Saturday 9th November 1pm (UK time) then repeated Mondays 1am and Thursdays 9am (also UK time)



Timestamped Track list on the Schedule Page.


The AFTER VOLTER of Saent Ungus 

Guest Mix by AFTERVOLTER

From Irving Paul Pereira (aka AFTERVOLTER)a special mix of his upcoming album The AFTER VOLTER of Saent Ungus. Playing Thursday 7th November 5am and 12 noon UK time. Repeated weekly.

Details and legend on the schedule page


Generative Wastelands 08

Saturday 2nd November 2024 11pm and  Monday 4th November 7pm UK time. Episode 08 extends the theme to the new location of Florida.

Details on the schedule page


ANAKRONISM 12


The dramatic and emotional new mix by Signalstoerung featuring new sounds from artists on the Adventurous Music label. Playing 7pm Friday 1st November and 5am Monday 4th November (UK time) then repeated same days and times.


See schedule page for track list.


In November...

PROTOTYPING 40 years of one of a kind making

(Part 1.) A new special feature on the music of Oliver Schoeffler, spanning the last 4 decades. Full details on the schedule page

Now released by Broken Bottle Productions.


motif#10 LANGUAGE. 

The new and utterly outstanding motif show from Dogs versus Shadows, coming 9pm Tuesday 29th October & 1am Saturday 2nd November [UK time]

See schedule page for track list etc.

now playing

FEATURED ALBUM: 

SENSA Drone Day 2024

by 

Various Artists

Released 27th May 2024

https://sensa-org-za.bandcamp.com/album/drone-day-2024


OK, OK, this isn’t going to be quite like a classic featured album slot again. Yes it’s an album you can buy on Bandcamp, but no, it’s not playing end to end like a typical grey clay featured album, and the reason is that in its entirety it is soooo long it won’t fit the max 2hrs slot scheduled. So again I have set it to randomised play so that every day it plays it will shuffle the tracks and all will get played multiple times. (A great reason to tune in every day at 5pm UK time!) It’s a super long release because it’s the SENSA Drone Day 2024 recorded work and the clue’s in the name (day) so was never going to be typical (physical) album length. (Yay Bandcamp!)

It was all aired on grey clay radio back in May this year but, as I have permission for playing, I just couldn’t help feeling that the sheer quality of work coming from this incredibly vibrant experimental scene warranted more air play on the station and I am grateful to Mr Jacques van Zyl for the opportunity.

The full album consists of 33 tracks of varying lengths and the only ones missed out in this feature are the ones that are over an hour in length - for purely practical reasons.

For the full track list go to https://sensa-org-za.bandcamp.com/album/drone-day-2024 and while you’re there, check out their previous years albums. All artists played on GCR have a profile in this website so if you hear something you want, you are only a couple of clicks away from owning it.

The SENSA Drone Day 2024 work is a fascinating introduction to this deeply moving and beautiful musical subgenre, and often also reflects the fabulous localised music/sound/cultural traditions from Southern Africa that further enrich the experience.

In case you don’t already know, Drone Day is an international event that happens every year in May and comprises a panoply of performances of drone and drone-related experimental work with contributions from across the globe (https://droneday.org). It’s huge - and it has been a privilege for grey clay radio to broadcast work on the day (and weekend of) from SENSA these past two years. (Also this year work from the Beirut Synthesiser Centre (https://www.instagram.com/beirutsynthcenter/?hl=en), Frome’s own Breezeblock Beats (https://breezeblockbeats.com) and to do GCR’s first ever live broadcast by Terminal Optimism and Tortured Circuits, restreamed by the Kyivpastrans super Drone Day marathon.) (https://kyivpastrans.bandcamp.com/album/drones-for-drones-volume-3).


SENSA stands for Sonic Exploration Network Southern Africa. It is run by Garth Erasmus, Rosemary Lombard, Chantelle Gray, Jacques van Zyl, Daniel W J McKenzie and Aragorn Eloff. 

https://www.sensa.org.za



T.Čelet (Nov 24)


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The featured album plays daily at 5pm, UK time.

EX!Zine

grey clay radio is proud to be featured in the first issue of EX! Magazine for Experimental Art (audio, visual, text, etc.).


The print version includes the 84-page zine (printed climate-neutral on recycled paper), the digital compilation, a download code for an exclusive album by Signalstoerung, and a surprise CD from the Attenuation Circuit label (for the first orders).

https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ex-zine-edition-1


deep motif.

Selections of past motif show tracks, playing for 2 hours, 3 times a week! See schedule page for more info.

THA_LAB.

Transmission 3

Starting 9pm Monday 7th October, UK time.

The third deep dark guest mix for grey clay by Thierry Arnal. Mondays, 9pm & Fridays 3am, UK time.

Details on the schedule page.


An invitation to contribute to Miss Canine Hoe's sound project...

    On Earth

Information and the online form  here.


ANALYSIS 2


The latest guest mix by substak on grey clay radio, starting Wednesday 16th October, 7pm [UK time].

See schedule page for track list and further details.


new additions


20.11.2024 A very warm welcome to Ray (Steven Ray) with this collab with fencepost, The Breath Behind My Eyes.

https://stevenraysound.bandcamp.com/album/the-breath-behind-my-eyes

19.11.2024 The final burst of selections from the very excellent Anthology Of Experimental Music From Canada, with tracks from Michael Trommer, Kuma, e.dulanovsky, Clinker and Brandon Auger. Released on USG.

https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-experimental-music-from-canada

18.11.2024 Just out - Cracked EP by the brilliant Kῦμα.

https://viridsounds.bandcamp.com/album/cracked-ep

17.11.2024 From the incomparable Gimu, no.hypomania.

https://gimu.bandcamp.com/album/no-hypomania

16.11.2024 Drone Islands - Borealis. The 4th compilation in the series from Eighth Tower Records.

https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/drone-islands-borealis

15.11.2024 On Adventurous Music, Vacant Posession and Basic Tape Loops's Intimate Spaces Of Everyday Life.

https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/intimate-spaces-of-everyday-life

14.11.2024 From the brilliant Mademoiselle Marchand, Three Cold Winters. Released on Inner Demons Records.

https://innerdemonsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/three-cold-winters-ind190f

13.11.2024 Another exclusive for GCR - Dem_Andenken_eines_Engels by Stefan Dowsing.

https://stefandowsing.bandcamp.com

13.11.2024 The latest from the quiet details label - Duet by Tomoyoshi Date and Bill Seaman.

https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/duet

12.11.2024 A very warm welcome to Bruno Bernard with this his latest release, lisières.

https://brunobernard2.bandcamp.com/album/lisi-res-2

12.11.2024 From 2021, Infinity384819 by Miss Canine Hoe (Mytyl Sheena).

https://misscaninehoe.bandcamp.com/album/infinity384819

11.11.2024 Funktionalitaet 2 by Signalstoerung. Released on Adventurous Music.

https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com

11.11.2024 EARTH - The superb new release from INYAN. Released on Adventurous Music.

https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/earth

09.11.2024 The Contemporaneity of Six Moments by Hendekagon. Released on Adventurous Music.

https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-contemporaneity-of-six-moments

09.11.2024 More magic from Pleistocene Megafauna - 5 tracks from Session 40 & 41.

https://pleistocenemegafauna.bandcamp.com

08.11.2024 Tracks from The Visitation PLays - the new album by Bit Cloudy.

https://bitcloudy.bandcamp.com/album/the-visitation-plays

08.11.2024 Tracks by Lord Ursus from the split lord ursus / cementation anxiety. Released on Human Geography Recordings.

https://human-geography-recordings.bandcamp.com/album/lord-ursus-cementation-anxiety

07.11.2024 From the Inner Demons Records  release, A Sense of self derived only from the validation of others by British Misery, the track I can't find my way through the fog.

https://innerdemonsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-sense-of-self-derived-only-from-the-validation-of-others-ind217g

06.11.2024 For you ravens,  Black Hair Rolled In Dried Blood's latest for you - A Stolen Breath.

https://blackhairrolledindriedblood.bandcamp.com/album/a-stolen-breath