By moonlight
Elizabeth Alker picks the finest new releases from today's most daring genre-defying artists, including Belle Chen, Penelope Trappes and Bon Iver collaborating with St Vincent.
Elizabeth Alker offers up a playlist of ambient and experimental sounds inspired by the moon, including a duet from Benjamin Burke and Bear Glass recorded under the night sky in the open desert outside Joshua Tree, California. Jon Hopkins and Ólafur Arnalds, meanwhile, combine forces in a piece inspired by the writings of Erica Bernhard, creative director at NASA; and South Korean multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha makes use of traditional flutes, bells and glockenspiel to conjure an atmosphere of moonlit dreaming.
Produced by Geoff Bird
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Belle Chen
Moon-Spotting
- Mademoiselle.
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Eve Maret
Many Moons
- No More Running.
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Shape Of The Moon
Safe & Sound
- When The Land Is Laid Bare.
- Marionette.
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Penelope Trappes
Blood Moon
- Penelope Three.
- Houndstooth.
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Okonski
Dark Moon
- Magnolia.
- Colemine Records.
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Jon Hopkins & Ólafur Arnalds
Forever Held
- Forever Held.
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Park Jiha
Water Moon
- All Living Things.
- Tak:til.
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Florist
Moon Begins
- Emily Alone.
- Double Double Whammy.
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Michiko Ogawa
Pancake Moon
- Pancake Moon.
- Futura Resistenza.
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Jana Horn
When I Go Down Into The Night
- Optimism.
- No Quarter.
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Dylan Moon
Deep Time
- Option Explore.
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Bon Iver & St. Vincent
Roslyn
- New Moon Official Soundtrack.
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Miles Davis
Moon Dreams
- Birth Of The Cool.
- Capitol Records.
Broadcast
- Sun 28 Jun 2026 23:30BBC Radio 3
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