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Drone Day 2026 on grey clay radio

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Saturday 30th May. 

Once again grey clay radio will be presenting a whole day (possibly whole weekend again) of drone music as part of the international Drone Day event. 

The CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS is now open for this extraordinary celebration of the drone genre. Full details on the Drone Day page.

Dogs versus Shadows motif# 27 HUSK

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Hot on the heels of show#26, the submission window is now open for the 27th motif show, theme:HUSK.

Details on the motif page.

<1NTWRK 

SIN 01

Sunday 10th May 9pm UK time

Repeated Thursdays 1am UK time.

Info on the schedule page.

MOSS07MAY26 

Pluming and breaching like a leviathan from the deep. 

MOSS - the fortnightly mix by Thébru Čelet of new work arriving on grey clay.

First playing Saturday 9th May 2026 9am (UK time) then repeated Mondays 1am and Thursdays 9am and Saturdays 1pm(also UK time.)

Timestamped track list on the Schedule Page.

Artist in Residence: 

16bard: retrospective 

More 16bard retrospective from 2020, #ee376f. 

Details on the artist in residence page.

Playing Wednesdays at 12:00 and 23:00 UK time.

ANALYSIS 11

by Substak. Wednesday 15th April, 7pm [UK time].

See schedule page for track list and further details.

Dogs versus Shadows

motif# 26 GRAIN

Dripping off your toast like warm butter, the twentysixth motif, for your undulating pleasures.

First playing Tuesday 5th May 2026 9pm (UK time).

More details and timestamped track list on the Schedule Page.

NON-SPECIFIC TEXTURES

Tuesdays 1pm & Sundays 3am UK time. 

Changing every week, one of the recent NON-SPECIFIC TEXTURE series releases by This is what I hear when you talk.

Details on the schedule page.

Raffaele Pezzella’s 

The Recognition Test - show #387

9am Sundays repeated 11pm Thursdays [UK time].

Details on the schedule page.

ANAKRONISM 30

Friday 1st May,7pm Uk time 

A delicious banquet of sounds from the ever-surprising Adventurous Music label.

Repeated 7pm Fridays & 5am Mondays (UK time).

See schedule page for track list.

sinasess cymatics - a new mix by Shaun Robert

Saturday 18th April 2026, 11pm UK time.

See schedule page for track list and further details.

THA_LAB TRANSMISSION 10

Friday 3rd April

THA_LAB is back! Show #10 is now ready and waiting and not to be missed!

Repeated 3am Fridays & 9pm Mondays (UK time).

See schedule page for track list.

Soundtrack from the edge of the world - Episode 7

The next fabulous show from Russell's Teapot.

Sundays 1pm and Tuesdays 7pm, UK time.

Commencing Tuesday 14th April. 

Details on the schedule page.

fluxus 12 

The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether - Schwarzer Tag 

Saturday 7th March, 7pm UK time.

Details on the schedule page.

FEATURED ALBUM: 

The Stories Of Paper Planets 

by Dionisaf

10 tracks, 39 minutes

https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-stories-of-paper-planets

Released on Chitra Records, April 2026

This is a gently beautiful album which feels somewhat like a scrapbook of feelings and moments, assembled in a very personal way, almost as if we are witnessing the thoughts and reflections of someone caught in a memory moment.

Sonically a collage of snippets and rustling loops with drifting guitar notes, as an entire experience the album maintains a very particular poise which makes for a rewardingly consistent listen. You immediately know where you are with this one, but don’t think that’s all there is to it: the joy is in the detail, so grab those headphones.

A key feature of several tracks is the use of voice. Dislocated dialogue permeates throughout, lending an air of reminiscence akin to documentary footage or dictaphone notes. Set back in the mix and especially well selected, they evoke that situation when someone is talking but you have drifted off into your own thoughts. There is a delight and serenity in the effect, where what is being said is not readily discernible but the tone and feel of their words permeates.

Subtly hovering chords underlay the tracks like a wash and here Dionisaf exercises great restraint, allowing their presence to work behind other sounds without imposing or sentimentalising too heavily. They add to the unhurried, laconic atmosphere wonderfully. At times I really do feel like I am very slowly floating down a river in a small comfortable boat on a sunny afternoon.

Between the album’s perfectly angled title and its cover art is an entrance to the real completeness of it. Whether you feel the tracks are separate stories or one whole, the flavour is sustained through the 8 main tracks and then incredibly well interpreted in the final two which are remixes by long-standing label mates, Logic Moon and Kaptep.

In the album notes, Dionisaf makes a number of points about the sounds which I have to wholeheartedly agree with; in particular that they ‘…celebrate the fragile, analog uniqueness of things touched by human hands.’ Also, the beauty of ‘imperfections’, like articles torn from a newspaper where there is no attempt to tidy up the edges, the roughness testifying to a careless authenticity. 

Amidst all these disparate ingredients, something delicate and lovely is being communicated here.

Dionisaf is musician and producer, Dionis Afonichev who also runs the Chitra Records and Ambient Cat labels.

T.Čelet

May 2026

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The featured album plays daily at 5pm, UK time.

Irving Paul Pereira, better known on grey clay radio as artist,  AFTERVOLTER,  sadly passed away over Christmas at home in Singapore aged 48, after a long battle with cancer. Paul, and his incredible imagination and music will be deeply deeply missed. His shows will continue to be played here on rotation on Thursdays, 5am and 12noon, UK time. 

AFTERVOLTER - ξïdoloch

Thursdays 5am and 12 noon UK time, from 23.04.2026.

In honour of the late, brilliant Irving Paul Pereira, grey clay is re-running all of his previous shows that he shared with the station, continuing with January 2025's ξïdoloch.

Details and full lore on the schedule page

A Different Take On Time - new book by Corina Retzlaff. 

This is the English version of 

Die Verschiebung der Zeit.

Humorous and philosophical reflections on the theme of time in twenty-two essays, complemented by abstract images by Francis Théberge and an extended soundtrack by Hendekagon.

Bandcamp Listening Party at 6pm (UK time) on Friday 17th April!

https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/merch/a-different-take-on-time-listening-party-2

The digital album includes the book as a pfd-file.

https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-different-take-on-time

Eighth Tower Magazine Vol. I

from Unexplained Sounds Group

Eighth Tower Magazine is a periodical publication dedicated to music and modern mythologies. It explores alternative and experimental sound practices, tracing connections between contemporary music, invisible cinema, and dark fiction. Eighth Tower investigates how modern mythologies are shaped, transmitted, and transformed. It is conceived as a space for reflection, documentation, and critical exploration, where sound, image, and narrative converge into a shared cultural landscape.

Format: stapled A5

Pages: 64

Language: English

1st Edition: numbered, limited to 50 copies

2nd printing: numbered, limited to 30 copies

Volume I - contents:

Electroacoustic music from Portugal – new Sound Mapping anthology published by Unexplained Sounds Group / Resistant materials. Physical music format in the digital era /

Interview with Robert Rich / Experimental music history, A short journey into the Italian post industrial scene of the 1980s / Invisible sci-fi cinema. 5 films from Japan you probably never saw / The inner space. The revolution of J. G. Ballard’s narrative / Incredible strange YouTube. When the Solar System stared back / Conspiracies and mythologies. Silencers. the invisible presence / Dark fiction corner / Dark fiction corner.  

https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/merch/eighth-tower-magazine-vol-i

EX!Zine edition 5

This is the fifth issue of EX! Magazine for Experimental Art (audio, visual, text, etc.).

There are two versions: print (Book/Magazine) and digital (Digital Album).

The print version (Book/Magazine) includes the 108-page zine (printed climate-neutral on recycled paper), the digital compilation, and a download code for an exclusive album by Wraith Sector.

The digital version (Digital Album) includes the zine (in PDF format) and the digital compilation.

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EX! Edition 5 is feat.

A.J. Kaufmann, Aleksandr K, Belinda Guerriero, Cedrik Fermont, Corina Retzlaff, Disorganism, Elise Wilson, Ici Chien Chien, Jesse Narens, Jolanda Moletta, Manuel Carbone, Robert Kerber, Sascha Rosemarie Höfer, Schwarzer Tag, See Blue Audio, Wraith Sector, and more.

It also includes music/book recommendations, early experimental musicians, a selection of influential albums by Dan Fox Jr. and Alev Lenz, and more.

released February 17, 2026

https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ex-zine-edition-5

Avocado 1970 

- FREE BONUS DOWNLOAD  with A Woman Under the Influence by Her Menacing Pet. The premiere issue of Avocado 1970, a DIY digital zine focused on dark ambient/experimental music, underground labels, and visual art. Featuring interviews and artwork from musicians and artists operating outside the mainstream, the zine documents the intersection of sound, image, and independent creative culture.

Get both here...

https://hermenacingpet.bandcamp.com/album/a-woman-under-the-influence

Zine also here...

https://archive.org/details/avocado-issue-one/page/n1/mode/2up

deep motif.

Selections of past motif show tracks, playing for 2 hours, 3 times a week! See schedule page for more info.