Difficult Listening

27/09/2026

Tune into Difficult Listening listening tonight from 9pm WST on RTRFM 92.1 for sounds across the weird and wonderful. Voice with objects, dark and difficult electronic and of course explorations of modular synths!

23/08/2026

Tune into RTRFM 92.1 tonight for Radiothon on Difficult Listening with Stew Bags, Lyndon Blue and Lels Kaye! It's good for you! From 9pm WST 💜

28/06/2026

Tune into Difficult Listening on RTRFM 92.1 tonight from 9-11pm WST for an evening with Furchick from Dog Park Records and Kieran Monaghan from Skirted Records sharing a curated selection from both labels.

31/05/2026

Join me tonight for Difficult Listening on RTRFM 92.1 from 9pm WST. I will be interviewing Oren Ambarchi about their upcoming performance as part of the Arrival Festival, celebrating Reconciliation Week and bringing you lots of drone for International Drone Day.

05/04/2026

Join me tonight on RTRFM 92.1 from 9pm WST for an exploration of Éliane Radigue, plus sounds from Catherine Christer Hennix, BEATRICE BEISPIEL, Beatriz Ferreyra and early Música Electroacústica Mexicana on Difficult Listening.

22/02/2026

Tune into to Difficult Listening tonight from 9pm WST on RTRFM 92.1 for an exploration of music for gongs and tam tams.

11/01/2026

FOR REAL THIS TIME - no laptop or USB failures!

Tonight on Difficult Listening, a full episode feature on the wonderful Sacred Realism label.

Tune in from 9pm - 11pm AWST.

THIS SUNDAY 9pm - 11pm on DIFFICULT LISTENING

A feature on Sacred Realism, a Berlin-based label bound by a shared commitment to profoundly focussed listening & supportive friendship.

Josten interviewed Bryan Eubanks, Catherine Lamb & Rebecca Lane in Bryan & Cat's living room in Wedding, discussed the background of the label, and honed in on recent releases.

Featuring music from Laura Steenberge, Bryan Eubanks, Don Brown & Dan Reynolds, Ustad Bahaudin Dagar, Xavier Lopez, Catherine Lamb & more.

Photo by Josten in front of the "pink curtain" behind which the catalogue is stored.

04/01/2026

Join me tonight for the first Difficult Listening of the year! An evening of long form pieces featuring percussion, Karplus-Strong, sound objects, manipulation and more from 9PM WST on RTRFM 92.1.

21/11/2025

THIS SUNDAY 9pm - 11pm on DIFFICULT LISTENING

A feature on Sacred Realism, a Berlin-based label bound by a shared commitment to profoundly focussed listening & supportive friendship.

Josten interviewed Bryan Eubanks, Catherine Lamb & Rebecca Lane in Bryan & Cat's living room in Wedding, discussed the background of the label, and honed in on recent releases.

Featuring music from Laura Steenberge, Bryan Eubanks, Don Brown & Dan Reynolds, Ustad Bahaudin Dagar, Xavier Lopez, Catherine Lamb & more.

Photo by Josten in front of the "pink curtain" behind which the catalogue is stored.

31/08/2025

Tune into Difficult Listening tonight from 9pm WST for a deep dive on contemporary modular synthesis, computer based music and turntablism.