Left of Leeds 115: Blathanna
Fri 11th Sep '26, 4:00pm
Discussing life and music with Rose (Blathanna).
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Left of Leeds 114: Prof. Nikos Stavropoulos
Fri 17th Jul '26, 4:00pm
This month discuss spatial acousmatic music, ambisonics, ASMR, culturally symbolic instruments and life with co-host Panos Kostiopoulos and Prof. Nikos Stavropoulos.
Left of Leeds 113: Augustin Bousfield
Fri 12th Jun '26, 4:00pm
A very entertaining afternoon with co-host Panos Kotsiopoulos talking Saint Etienne, ships wheel synthesisers, and the theme tune to “Deal or No Deal” with Augustin Bousfield.
Left of Leeds 112: Alannah Marie
Fri 15th May '26, 4:00pm
This month we discuss opera, Leonard Bernstein, AI and my lack of musical composition knowledge with Alannah Marie
Left of Leeds 111: Emil Karlsen
Fri 17th Apr '26, 4:00pm
This month we talk to Leeds based, Norwegian born, drummer Emil Karlsen about life, music and recording in an anechoic chamber.
Left of Leeds 110: Leeds Hip Hop
Fri 13th Mar '26, 4:00pm
Discussing Leeds hip hop with Bravo and Padjinha, in which it comes to light that I understand more about hip hop culture than I first thought.
Left of Leeds 109: Seth Boustead of Access Contemporary Music
Sun 8th Mar '26, 4:00pm
Stories of contemporary music projects in Chicago, New York, and the wider world from Seth Boustead, producer, composer, radio host, and more.
Left of Leeds 108: Panos Kotsiopoulos
Fri 13th Feb '26, 4:00pm
A recording of a very pleasant afternoon over the summer talking life, love, jazz, the bass guitar, Captain Beefheart and Greek history with Panos Kotsiopoulos.
Left of Leeds 107: Two Treens
Fri 16th Jan '26, 4:00pm
This month we talk to Beth Veasey and Nika Ticciati about their latest release "Two Treens", life, free improvisation, noise cancelling headphones and house concerts.
Left of Leeds 106: Shoplifting
Fri 12th Dec '25, 4:00pm
This month we feature a recording of a very pleasant lunchtime during the summer chatting to Jamie Penn (Shoplifting) about music & more.
Left of Leeds 105: Brandon Spivey
Fri 14th Nov '25, 4:00pm
This month we talk to Brandon Spivey about his life, Dada and his latest film "Crass: The Sound of Free Speech - The Story of Reality Asylum".
Left of Leeds 104: John Bisset
Fri 17th Oct '25, 4:00pm
This month we talk to John Bisset from back in June about his life, music and the Relay event in Leeds, three hours of improvised music at the Hyde Park Book Club and more
Left of Leeds 103: Tire Laine
Fri 12th Sep '25, 4:00pm
This month we feature a conversation recorded prior to a special concert created between Tire Laine music ensemble from Moulins in Lille, France & members of Chapel FM.
Left of Leeds 102: Kayla Painter
Fri 11th Jul '25, 4:00pm
This month we talk to Bristol based producer Kayla Painter about music, owls, listening habits, washing up and merchandising....
Left of Leeds: Nathan Stewart from Space2
Fri 13th Jun '25, 4:00pm
We will be discussing improvisation and allowing people to make a noise with Community Development Worker from Space2 Nathan Stewart and our Head of Music Martin Berger.
Left of Leeds 100 LIVE!
Fri 23rd May '25, 7:30pm
An evening of family friendly entertainment to celebrate 10 years of “Left of Leeds” broadcasting uneasy listening music to the nation on East Leeds Community Radio.
Left of Leeds 100: David Aldred
Fri 16th May '25, 4:00pm
The May 2025 edition features a discussion with Knaresborough based musician/academic David Aldred featuring music recorded live in Studio 2 at ChapelFM Arts Centre.
Left of Leeds 99: Jazz Leeds
Fri 11th Apr '25, 4:00pm
This month John and Martin, Head of Music at ChapelFM, talk to Steve Crocker from Jazz Leeds about their forthcoming season of events and discuss the joys of running a jazz club.
Left of Leeds 98: Cold Bath Street
Fri 14th Mar '25, 4:00pm
This month we are talking all things improvisation, particularly Cold Bath Street Improvisation, with Simon Partridge, Kyle Hughes and Colin Robinson.
Left of Leeds 97: Time Loops
Fri 14th Feb '25, 4:00pm
We talk to composer Gavin Bryars and curator Ed McKeon. Time Loops is a temporary exhibition in the form of a performance that brings to life rarely-heard historical instruments.
Left of Leeds #96: Nishla Smith and forthcoming events at the Howard Assembly Room
Fri 14th Feb '25, 4:00pm
This month we talk life, jazz and curating live events at the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds with Nishla Smith.
Left of Leeds 95: Ben Gaunt
Fri 17th Jan '25, 4:00pm
We listen to a chat with musician/academic Ben Gaunt. Topics covered include field recording, giving yourself permission to make a noise and clowning.
Left of Leeds 94: Left of Leeds Live
Fri 15th Nov '24, 4:00pm
As a Christmas treat we have a Left of Leeds Live broadcast from April 2024 featuring Terry Yolo, Kinaara and Amon Ra Collective.
Left of Leeds 93: Company of Artistic Intervention
Fri 15th Nov '24, 4:00pm
This month we talk to members of the Company of Artistic Intervention, a collective of improvising musicians, who meet at ChapelFM to explore the art of improvisation.
Left of Leeds 92: Mia Windsor
Fri 11th Oct '24, 4:00pm
We spend the October 2024 edition of Left of Leeds with Leeds based Mia Windsor. Another thinly disguised reason to talk music, drones, glitches, pipe organs and Haldorophones.
Left of Leeds 91: Herve Perez
Fri 13th Sep '24, 4:00pm
This month we discuss life, music, field recordings and meditation with Sheffield based musician Herve Perez and feature a live set recorded in studio 3 at ChapelFM.
Left of Leeds 90: Colin Robinson/Jumble Hole Clough
Fri 12th Jul '24, 4:00pm
This month we are talking radio jingles, Oblique Strategies, Frank Zappa and dreams with Colin Robinson from Hebden Bridge.
Left of Leeds 89: Tallulah Howarth
Fri 14th Jun '24, 4:00pm
Another thinly disguised excuse to spend time talking poetry, music, riot grrrl and fungus, this month with all round creative Tallulah Howarth
Left of Leeds 88: Theo Gowans: Heinous Whining
Fri 17th May '24, 4:00pm
This month we talk to Theo Gowans about his life in music promotion, Heinous Whining, Territorial Gobbing and listen to a few of his recommendations.
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ProgrammeLeft of Leeds Experimental Music LIVE!
Fri 10th May '24, 7:30pm
East Leeds Community Radio’s “Left of Leeds” and host John Toolan present an evening of live experimental music with three exciting guests.