Opium Audia
Listen to Opium Audia – 13 November 202502:00:0013 November 2025

In the gloom of a wintry spring, I unearth the mycelial elements of electronica. From ambient and textural synths, to meditative electroacoustics, to warm and warped field recordings and a pinch of 80s and 90s electropop. We follow the symbiotic relationship between musicians and the synthesizer.

Discovering it as a psychopomp into the realms of the in between - the observable and the uncapturable, the sacred and profane, the primal and contemporary, the embodied and empty. Slow and still and steady we tread the secret path, drifting along winding synth modes, ancient organs and distant voices. And stand at the bridge of heightened conciseness, raw emotivity and infectious beats and melody.

Playlist for Opium Audia – 13 November 2025
  • Talk to MeKeeley Forsyth, Matthew Bourne
  • ConstantsSarah Davachi
  • Basement MixGrouper
  • The Sound In My MindKali Malone, Drew McDowall
  • Forgot Where I Was BornSissi Rada
  • mayYara Asmar
  • Un Pensiero IntrusivoNatura Morta
  • Dragonfish - LiveSeigen Ono Quintet
  • A Crash and Burn ScenarioSlowfoam, Neilli
  • when my mind is quiet i drift 2 u *water to wine*Alliyah Enyo
  • AriaAnnie A
  • II (118 BPM)Jasmine Wood, Coby Sey
  • Everybody's NightDeux
  • An Explanation for That Flock of crowsAlgebra Suicide
  • Summary Of All My DreamsElisa Waut
  • Faith In StrangersAndy Stott

About this program

Adorning the early hours of 4-6 am, Opium Audia explores thematic and contextual ties of the underground with a hauntological mix of 80s/90s house, electronic, jungle, post-punk, grunge rock, bossa samba and ambient avant pop. Sounds like a memory, feels like a dream. Maybe it was never real.