Playlist 10.09.23

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 worthy older stuff - to our ears for so long, and will be missed.<br /> Tonight, we have Butchulla songlines, sound-art, indietronica, experimental beats of various types, and music hanging in the between-space. We also farewell the wonderful lower-case sound pioneer (and visual artist) Steve Roden, who tragically died this week, from Alzheimer's, at only 59. LISTEN AGAIN, you know you want to. Stream on demand via FBi, podcast here. Yirinda - Yuangan (Dugong) [Chapter Music/Bandcamp]<br /> Butchulla songman Fred Leone is starting to blow up, with A.B. Original's producer trials remixing his first single "Yirimi Gundir", and some high-profile live apeparances. He's one of three Butchulla songmen left, a custodian of endangered Butchulla language and song. Yirinda is a remarkable project linking Leone with double bassist and composer Samuel Pankhurst. The intimate voice and strings setting of this first track immediately draws the listener in, and the rest of the album promises horns, synths, piano and percussion added into the mix. steve roden - sparks from one hand on fire [ini.itu/Bandcamp]<br /> steve roden - sleep/walk/drive (walk) [Sonoris]<br /> Earlier this week the tragic news came that beloved musician and artist Steve Roden had died. I was only vaguely aware that he was sick, but he'd in fact had Alzheimer's for some time, and passed away on Wednesday. I have only played a little of Roden's work on Utility Fog, not least because a lot of it is really long tracks sourced from installations. It's always rewarding; Roden was a pioneer of what he dubbed "lowercase" sound-art, but despite the term being used to describe the most ambient of ambient, Roden's music is often teeming with life, engrossing with foley sounds, adapted field recordings, and musical tones created by unmusical objects. Roden also made wonderful music in collaboration with the likes of Stephen Vitiello, Machinefabriek, Taylor Deupree and Frank Bretschneider, and his solo catalogue is large. Often it's accompanied by his own visual art, which in parallel with his music combines line drawing, painting and collage. In memory of Roden, tonight I played two short pieces: one is a crackly loop made from objects and sound sources provided by ini.itu, and second a field recording with music from a 4CD boxset released by French label Sonoris. Nick Calligeros - ~ Dancing ~ Buoy ~ (Texture 28) [People Space]<br /> Nick Calligeros - Texture 23 [People Space]<br /> We last heard Dhawaral/