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Nightjar FM

Twenty-four hours of slow jazz, private-press folk, ambient tape loops & rain recordings.

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Afternoon Drift w/ Clara Vance

Spinning: Hiroshi Yoshimura — “Creek” (1986, Air Records LP)

Today’s Broadcast Rotation (UTC)

  • 06:00 – 10:00 UTC

    Early Kettle & Acoustic Guitar

    Fingerstyle folk, British Isles archival tapes, and quiet piano instrumentals for the first pot of coffee.

  • 10:00 – 15:00 UTC · ON AIR

    Afternoon Drift w/ Clara Vance

    Japanese environmental music, Rhodes electric piano sketches, and long-form modular synth patch recordings.

  • 15:00 – 20:00 UTC

    The Blue Note & ECM Shelf

    Unabridged LP sides transferred through tube phono stages without broadcast multiband compression.

  • 20:00 – 06:00 UTC

    Nightwatch Field Recordings

    Unbroken binaural hydrophone, coastal tide, and nocturnal forest recordings for late-night reading or sleep.

Recently Spun in Studio 2

  • 14:18

    Creek

    Hiroshi Yoshimura

    Air Records · 1986 Vinyl Pressing

  • 14:09

    In a Silent Way (Rehearsal Tape)

    Miles Davis

    Columbia · 1969 Session Reel

  • 13:57

    Laurie

    Bill Evans Trio

    Warner Bros · 1979

  • 13:44

    Karasu

    Midori Takada

    Better Days · 1983

  • 13:31

    Music for 18 Musicians (Section IV)

    Steve Reich

    ECM New Series · 1978

  • 13:19

    By This River

    Cluster & Eno

    Sky Records · 1977