Edition 55

Arctic Circle is a monthly radio transmission from the shorelines of a forgotten time and place. A two hour expedition into new music compiled, curated but most importantly introduced by your humble penguin host Ben Eshmade. This edition features the music, sound and storytelling of Elin Forkelid, Sander De Keere, Jess Bryant, Knut Reiersrud & Geir Sundstøl, Ocean Moon & Silver Ley, Møster! and William D. Drake.

Civilistjävel! - Strinne Tre (ft. Soccer Committee) (Älvgång)
Faust - Schongang Fliegen (lernen, curated by Gunther Wüsthoff)
Elin Forkelid - Plays For Trane Naima (Volume 2)
Sander De Keere - Pt. 2 (The Manual Stop)
Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman - From Hidden Places Beyond The Walls (House With A Curse)
Jess Bryant - Light Tripping (Dwelling)
Córas Trio - Of Ireland (Birth Is Upon Me, Death Is Upon Me)
Alex Pasternak - Cascades (Offshore)
David Kollar - We Were Neighbors extract (Guitar stories)
FROMME - Time Is Now (Time Is Now)
Espen Eriksen Trio - Winter Is Coming (Almost There)
ONMO - In Time and Spirit (Part II) (In Time And Spirit)
Knut Reiersrud & Geir Sundstøl - Gift i Bø (Purcell, sannhet, løgn og dårlig hukommelse)
Jules Reidy - Clerestory Windows II (Clerestory)
Laura Cannell - The Cacophonouse Chorus of Dawn (Sound Hoard 2 Jurassic Voices)
Gilroy Mere - Cuckmere (Haven Furlongs)
Helen - Canyon (Linda's Head)
Simon Goff - Sky Grows Light (Interior Realms - vol. I)
Møster! - Small Bubbles of Light (Bolts)
Lothar Ohlmeier / Rudi Fischerlehner / Isambard Khroustaliov - Below The Surface (Landscapes)
Mariam Gviniashvili & Hilde Marie Holsen - Serene Din, extract (Serene Din)
Ocean Moon & Silver Ley - Luminosity (Prismatic Fields)
Reportage - Luft (Reportage 1)
Faust - Du fehlst mir (MOI, curated by Jean-Hervé Péron)
Motohiro Nakashima - Like Touching a Stone in the Deep Sea (Motohiro Nakashima)
Rick Redbeard - Fine Remains (To The Light Return)
William D. Drake - Love In The Universe (Moulded By Industry)

Originally broadcast on Margate Radio at the end of September 2026.
Photo - Diana Jarvis | Penguin - Damian O'Hara | layout - Julie Rafalski