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Peaceful sounds to carry you into the night

Afrodeutsche hosts an hour of escapist music from the UK’s brightest contemporary artists, including new and recent releases from Angus MacRae, Belle Chen and Nicholas Hooper.

Join Afrodeutsche for an hour of transportive, atmospheric new music from some of the UK’s brightest contemporary composers and performers.

With pieces by Alanna Crouch, Rebecca Dale, Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe, and standout new voices championed by BBC Introducing.

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BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Belle Chen

    Closer to Rain (An Evening on Köpenicker Straße Version)

    • Platoon.

  • Nicholas Hooper

    Outbreath

    • Word and Note.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Inheritance

    • Bigo and Twigetti.

  • Angus MacRae

    Night Zephyr

    • Venus Pool Records.

  • Frances Shelley

    Before the Rain

  • Rebecca Dale

    Study I - Rêverie in London Rain

    • Signum Records.

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    Towards the Dawn (Alex Silva Remix)

    • SO Recordings.

  • Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe

    Ringing Ocean

    • Verve Label Group.

  • J Sheilds

    For the Cherry Blossoms

    • nfi.

  • Vanbur

    Earthing

    • Manners McDade.

  • Thomas James Owen

    Just After

    • Spectrotone.

  • Jo Quail

    First Rain

  • Rebekah Reid

    A Soft Space

    • Emubands (self‑released).

  • Clem Leek

    Cotton

  • Polly Carter

    Serenading the Moon

  • Purcell Singers

    Ave Maris Stella

Broadcast

  • Yesterday21:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind