Motte and Bailey

Motte and Bailey - Episode May 16, 2026

This week, part two of the NCRA award celebration! This time, a look at some of my favorite artists that shaped the sound of the early days of this show. On the Motte: Ambient with a hint of electronica at the end. On the Bailey: Calming jazz that slowly gets warped into wild free improvisation and metal. Playlist: * 1958-2009 - A2 * Ariel Ulysses - 1:19:10 + 1:22:56 (original concept) * Desolatum - spiral * Concrete Cedars - For Those Who Live In Apartments * Eine Kleine China - Zugzwang * sub lumen - Fireflies Oil * A Pact Between Strangers - Sow * buddywudd - DJ Tomand Renall * Aline's étoile magique - Segment * Ylang Ylang - Damage * Kalia Vandever - Hubbard Road * Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Premonition II. Contorted * Colin Stetson - Bloodrest * Tantric Bile - Familial Blood Guilt * Imperial Triumphant - Gomorrah Nouveaux * わたしのココ (Watashi No Koko) - kj

Motte and Bailey - Episode May 9, 2026

Part 1 of the Motte and Bailey NCRA award celebration special, looking at some of my favourite artists I've learned about these last three years. Easily the most chaotic episode I've had in awhile. Playlist: * Fishmans - LONG SEASON * Jairus Sharif - Water & Tools * Quit Music - others i wont * Estrogen Estrogen Estrogen - 12-2:00 AM Wednesday 90.9fm * Arts&Crafts - Footprints in the Sand * Swan Void - Ascension * The Sleep Dealers - hold on to your heart * Telematic Visions - moratorium * DJ Bamberino - Magical Girls With Long Johns * Asleep Country - Comedy of Hand Sleights * Deprivationn, featuring Hennerson Hendryx - an end to a mire caught in the razorblades of reality * Pyrrhon - Last Gasp

Motte and Bailey - Episode May 2, 2026

This week, a classic pairing of wild electronic music and free jazz! The Motte has a bunch of glitchy tunes ranging from ambient to psytrance monoliths, and the Bailey has a wide variety of avant-garde jazz. Playlist: * Madeleine Pyramids - BENEATH * Daniel Majer - Divided Heart * estle, featuring Ari Lilola - Life in Superposition * Online Threat - Life After Life * IHP - Deliver Us From Evil * Dittofused - Anzy * Slikback - TIDAL * crasse et paillettes - marguerite elle est malade * The Plastic Waste Band - Bear Awareness * eel - Load Bearing * Nick Fraser - There Are Other Ways * Pink Flamingo - A New Way To Say Hello * Fact - white out spring * Pet Retina - Untitled 5

Motte and Bailey - Episode April 25, 2026

This week, an energetic episode to complement last week's toned down sounds (and also a sort of birthday episode too). The Motte has ambient and IDM with some new releases from classic artists, and the Bailey has metal galore. Playlist: * ka lok - cairo_space_station * moonhasteeth - In bocca al lupo (in the wolf's mouth) * Actress, Suzanne Ciani - London B2 * Hadd_ - adrift * Nondi_ - Tree Festival * Flying Lotus - CAPTAIN KERNAL * Squarepusher - K4 Fairlands * Album - Genre * Apollo Bitrate - two bewildering threshouts * Autechre - Gantz Graf * Swan Void - Lament * SUNN O))) - Butch's Guns * Fawn Limbs & Nadja - Cascading Entropy * Beannachd Leibh - Allegiance To Theia * Voidstar Nocturnal - 1/137 * Kovtun - Lost Epiphanies

Motte and Bailey - Episode April 18, 2026

This week, an episode dedicated to the flu I caught a couple days ago. The Motte is nothing but calming ambient, and the Bailey is a throwback to the early days of the show with some post rock and math rock. Playlist: * Boards of Canada - Tape 05 * Ghosts of Dead Structures - You Can't Stay Here Forever * Siimoya - 0.9 * Corporation - Sa dent douce à la mort * Bitter Fictions - Amethyst & Emerald * KruseR - Hustle To Flow * Madeleine Pyramids - BLANK * Pan American - Entrance to Afterlife * Population II - Liaisons (450) * Panda Rosa, Johnathan Citizen - System is Down, Swing the Weapon * Roy Montgomery - Pyromantic Ideation * teodioteodio - Catástrofe * Hypercollider - how wonderful * Angine De Poitrine - Mata Zyklek * Microwaves - Bedtime for Treats