Utility Fog

Wait, it's still 2023... but... why? (PSA: It will still be 2023 next Sunday too, just. I will be away though, so somebody else will keep you company until Sunday the 7th of Jan, when we'll have the final Part 3 of Best of 2023, with the year finally out of the way!) Tonight is […]

Well, it's been a year. A year divided into two, I daresay. Nonetheless, it's been another year of incredible music, and this first "Best of 2023" show is attempting to focus on vocal music. "Songs", if you will. I have had to cut so many darlings, you have no idea of the pain. But what's […]

Strange echoes tonight as we hear some (quite avant-garde) freak-folk, prog-folk(?), alt.hip-hop and plenty of proper drum'n'bass - but also very modern sound-design jungle, acoustic experimentalism edging on classicalm, free jazz and postrock, and... more? This is our last "new music" show of the year. The next two shows will be "Best of 2023" Parts […]

Many crunchy, glitchy sounds tonight, voices submerged in beds of audio soup, folktronica, post-classicism and uneasy ambient. LISTEN AGAIN and experience the glory. Stream on demand via FBi, podcast here. Richie Culver - Swollen ft. billy woods [Participant/Bandcamp] Richie Culver - Say 4 sure [Participant/Bandcamp] Conceptual artist & poet Richie Culver collaborated with Blackhaine in […]

Future beats, folktronic hybrids, post-everything improv and more... LISTEN AGAIN because you know it's good. Stream on demand on the FBi site, podcast here. Many Seg - wash ur mind [zzaapp records] Many Seg - i guess [zzaapp records] Non-binary Melburnian-via-Darwin Serge Balaam releases their debut EP as Many Seg on Kris Keogh's ZZAAPP Records, […]

Underground hip-hop royalty; remixed noise-rock and jungle-grime; a breakcore legend making rhythmic proto-techno on modular synths; dubstep-jungle and industrial-jungle hybrids; percussion-electronics mind-melds; bass-heavy noise-beats; deconstructed cello, deconstructed piano, deconstructed indie, deconstructed industrial acoustic cabaret, very deconstructed American Primitive guitar; and indie-postrock-dub-techno. All of this, for you. Tonight. Also, HUGE thanks to Mara Schwerdtfeger for her […]

All sorts of experimental electronic song tonight, and bits of postrock, dub, jungle, techno, sound-art... LISTEN AGAIN and do some good. Stream on demand at FBi, podcast here. Maryam Saleh - Nouh Al Hamam [Al Gharib] The Allegorist - Trees of Peace [Al Gharib] The Allegorist - Dreams at Dawn (Midori Hirano Rework) [Awaken Chronicles] […]

The world's gone mad but what's new. Another week, means another Utility Fog to sooth the savage breast. Charm or curse, LISTEN AGAIN and feel the magick courtesy of FBi's stream on demand, or podcast here. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - I'm Getting Out While I Can [Perpetual Flame Ministries/Bandcamp] Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - […]

Listen in for pianos used in classical, post-classical, postrock, IDM and breakcore contexts... Arabic vocal samples and raps, breakbeats and programmed beats. Music for music, music for politics, music for poetry, music for life and music for peace. LISTEN AGAIN to tomorrow's sounds today. Stream on demand @ FBi, podcast here. Fennesz & Taylor Deupree […]

It's been a hell week for many of us. This isn't the place to talk about it really, but let's just acknowledge the pain that so many are feeling, and get on with doing good where we can. LISTEN AGAIN if you have the mental wherewithall - it's good for your soul. Stream on demand […]

Heartrending songs from around the world, glitchy processed traditional instruments, breakcore, and more tonight! LISTEN AGAIN, even if you missed it the first time around. Stream on demand via FBi, or podcast from here. Sufjan Stevens - Goodbye Evergreen [Asthmatic Kitty/Bandcamp] It was possible, when one first heard Sufjan Stevens's new album Javelin, to think […]

On the hottest 1st of October ever recorded here in Eora/Sydney, a whole gamut of stuff for you tonight on Utility Fog. LISTEN AGAIN and feel the gamut. Stream on demand as offered by FBi Radio, or podcast here. Lord of the Isles & Ellen Renton - A Discovery [AD93/Bandcamp] Lord of the Isles & […]

Music both popular and unpopular tonight. There's not enough unpopular music on the radio, but this is an imbalance that Utility Fog has always attempted to correct. LISTEN AGAIN and experience transcendence (again). Podcast right here, stream on demand on the FBi website. Popular Music - Sad Songs [Popular Music Bandcamp] Back in August, I […]

There's more pop (arguably) than usual in tonight's Utility Fog, and more ambient (loosely) tonight as well. There's 4/4 dub of various sorts, processed field recordings and a surprising number of cellists doing unusual things. LISTEN AGAIN and be inspired. Stream on demand via FBi, podcast from here. Lucidvox - Don't Look Away [Glitterbeat/Bandcamp] Starting […]

It's the first Utility Fog episode in my 21st year of broadcast, and in my 3rd decade too. But it's also a momentous occasion because Lee Tran Lam, who's hosted Local Fidelity for some 17 years of that time, is calling quits tonight. She's been an amazing in bringing contemporary Australian music - and some […]

Incomprehensibly, Utility Fog has been on-air for 20 years as of this week! That means, of course, that FBi Radio has survived 20 years - something to celebrate. The station has had an undeniably massive impact on Sydney's music scene, brought fourth musical careers, provided a focal point for music obsessives all over Sydney & […]

Sometimes it's really hard to work out the right flow for the tracks I have on hand. There's a stackload of great stuff tonight, but it has to flit back and forth between all sorts of genres because that's just how it is. Still, as always a celebration of amazing music! LISTEN AGAIN and just […]

In putting together tonight's playlist I was pulled from two directions - bass-heavy beats and micro ambient. In between we find the synthesis of noise and bass, indie rock and beats, and more. LISTEN AGAIN when you have the time. Make the time. Streaming on-demand @ FBi, podcast here Sheila Chandra - Ever So Lonely/Eyes/Ocean […]

Some of the most dancefloor-oriented sounds and some of the most ambient sounds on Utility Fog tonight, as well as nods to jazz, indie rock, shoegaze, and post-classical. LISTEN AGAIN to this week's trip - stream on demand on FBi's website or podcast here. Mark Van Hoen - You & I [Mark Van Hoen Bandcamp] […]

Huge thanks to Mara Schwerdtfeger for her excellent selections last week while I was on tour in QLD. This week we're featuring a number of singles from forthcoming albums I'm excited about, as well as various new releases from artist ranging from here in Eora/Sydney to Canada, USA, Iran, Egypt, China, the Netherlands, and more! […]