Shore Lines
Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today’s most exciting genre-defying artists.
Join Elizabeth Alker with a selection of fresh music from genre-defying artists as we journey through landscapes of ambient and experimental sounds. Along the way, we'll hear from emerging independent producers whose work plays with orchestral textures and classical form as well as the latest sounds from a new generation of contemporary composers who look to embrace the spirit of rock, pop and electronica.
Produced by Geoff Bird
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
To listen on most smart speakers, just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Unclassified”.
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Dustin O’Halloran
Fragile N.1
- Lumière (Expanded).
- Splinter Records.
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Alev Lenz
Dawn (Drone version)
- 4 in a Cycle of Thirds (Jas Shaw versions).
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Danalogue
Moebius Triptych
- Teleportations.
- Castles in Space.
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Croz Boyce
Steven's Sunshine Rejected
- Croz Boyce.
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Jim O’Rourke & Jos Smolders
Albumin
- Albumin.
- Moving Furniture Records.
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Matekita
Sugar Ray
- Sugar Ray.
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Flore Laurentienne
Navigation VII
- Volume III.
- Secret City Records.
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Joseph Marchand
St-Placide, l'été
- Treize miniatures.
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Kelsey Lu
Better Than That
- So Help Me God.
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The Vernon Spring
Mustafa
- UnFamiliar Sun.
- RVNG.
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Jason Moran
Shard III
- Shards.
- Red Hook Records.
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David Norland
La Source
- La Source.
- La Source.
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Aldous Harding
Coats
- Train on the Island.
- 4AD.
Broadcast
- Sun 17 May 2026 23:30BBC Radio 3
What is unclassified music?
Elizabeth Alker introduces five of her favourite 'unclassifiable' pieces of music.