Plastic Language

Enjoyed playing some records from the @nationalpoetrylibrary 's sound collections in the Royal Festival Hall's L5 bar yesterday, as part of the @southbankcentre 's 'You Are Here' 75th anniversary celebrations. Was nice to dig out some old and new faves 😎

In Speaking Of The Gaze, poets K Angel, Troy Cabida and Safa Khatib present a multisensory reading on the politics of erotic experience, featuring poetry, music, and performance followed by an ambient set courtesy of Endpapers. Books will be available for sale on the night. Ease into your bodies with us at the end of the long weekend. Scribbling, quiet reading, and chill conversation with old or new friends encouraged throughout the space after the performances. -- Troy Cabida is the author of Neon Manila (2025), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. His pamphlets include War Dove (2020) and Symmetric of Bone: poems after Elsa Peretti (2024), a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. He currently works as co-editor for fourteen poems and library assistant for the National Poetry Library. (/) Safa Khatib is a poet and translator. She is the author of A Dress of Locusts (2025). Her work recently appears in Mizna, Wasafiri and the 2026 Forward Book of Poetry. K Angel is founding editor of None Too Soon, an ephemeral press designed on neurodivergent rituals of urgency, necessity, and doing the thing together. Their first collection, Another double text (2026), is forthcoming from kith books. () Endpapers, presented by Will René, is a monthly genre-hopping show on Noods Radio playing (mostly) wordless music to have on while reading or writing. Will also produces Plastic Language, a poetry and music show on NTS Radio.

This edition of Endpapers was broadcast on @noodsradio from 8-9am on Monday 20th April: a genre-hopping hour of wordless music and sound. A slow(er) and quiet(er) episode, featuring work from @attaccaquartet , @maharishiyogo and @cole.pulice among others... and a short new piece of my own. While putting this together, I've been reading stunning poems by @nurturkmani and vital writing on listening & empathy by @b_llabelle . Tracklist below, and link to listen back in bio + story highlights ☀️ John Dowland, Attaca Quartet - Flow, My Tears (Lachrimae) Maharishi Yogo - I Can Fly Bobby Ellis, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Sweet Lorna Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ashley Jackson - Deep River Raul Lovisoni, Francesco Messina - Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo Hugo Blanco Y Su Arpa Viajera - Infinito Hack Mystic - untitled Cole Pulice - In a Hidden Nook Between Worlds I Aki Tsuyoko - Aquilo Llaquiclla - Ceremonia Matrimonial

Plastic Language, vol. 21 1am, 15/04/2026, ch. 1 @nts_radio For this volume, I met Florence Shaw (@florence_shaw ) of the band Dry Cleaning (@drycleaningband ) to make some recordings outside St. Alfege Church in Greenwich, on the evening of a bellringing practice. This was a bit of an experiment and we weren't sure what to expect - and Florence's readings, the bells and the night sounds of Greenwich all came together in really wonderful and unexpected ways. Huge thanks to Florence for sharing her work, and for making sure we got to hear some bells. The amazing new Dry Cleaning album 'Secret Love' is out now on @4ad and they're currently touring it so try and catch them! Florence's readings are interspersed with music exploring the intersections of text and sound, including stunning new work from aja monet (@ajamonet ), JJJJJerome Ellis (@jjjjjeromeellis ), Aster (@this.is.aster ), Anne Waldman (@annewaldman / @sirenrecordings ) and more. There is also a track by LWP Majitu, featured in Richard Prin's 'Brain Flavour: A Lyric History of Swahili Hip-Hop', forthcoming with @tenementpress . The flyer image is one of Petra Schulze-Wollgast's (@pswgallery ) 'Typewriter Drawings', originally published by @paperviewbooks . Tracklist: Florence Shaw - Secret Love (Concealed in the Drawing of a Boy) Joe Harvey-Whyte, Geir Sundstol - Ribbles Robert Wyatt - Pigs (In There) Will Burns, Hannah Peel - The Night Life Florence Shaw - Swampy Les Halles - Contemplating My Own Absence Prince Far I - In I Father's House Aja Monet - Hollyweird Tortoise - Night Air Florence Shaw - On Notebooks Florence Shaw - Let Me Grow and You'll See the Fruit Anne Waldman, Andrew Whiteman - He Shows Me JJJJJerome Ellis - Evensong, Part 3 Andrew Pekler, Giuseppe Ielasi - Malatea LWP Majitu - Jela Aster - Cut Stems Florence Shaw - I Have the Key Sam Gendel, Benny Bock, Hans Kjorstad - Everything Happens to Me Florence Shaw - Bug Eggs Listen back via link in bio 🔗

This edition of Endpapers was broadcast on @noodsradio from 8-9am on Monday 23rd March: wordless music and sounds to have on while reading, writing, or easing into the week. For this edition, I was joined by my old friend Peter Thomson (@pwft ), who put together selections of music featuring wordless singing, spanning from João Gilberto to Jessica Pratt via D'Angelo - with a special guest appearance from one of Pete's family members. Tracklist below, and link to listen back in bio + story highlights 🌤️ Grizzly Bear - Dory (intro) Azymuth - Zé e Paraná João Donato - A Rã Panda Bear - Search for Delicious Metá Metá - Obtalá Animal Collective - Winters Love Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Ain't No Sunshine D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (instrumental) Margo - Margo's Song Sly and the Family Stone - Spaced Cowboy João Gilberto - Valsa (Como São Lindos os Youguis) Dean Blunt - as long as ropes unravel fake rolex will travel Hailu Mergia, Dahlak Band - Wede Harer Guzo The Beach Boys - Our Prayer (The Smile Sessions version) Panda Bear - Untitled 1 Edu Lobo - Oremus Jessica Pratt - Opening Night Ennio Morricone - Ninna Nanna per adulteri Milton Nascimento - Minas / Paula E Bebeto - Medley

In this edition of Endpapers on @noodsradio , Tatevik Sargsyan - founder and editor of the wonderful @anamotpress - presents a wordless mix of Armenian choral/chamber music, ambient sounds and instrumental pieces. Huge thanks to Tatevik for putting this together, lots of haunting and beautiful sounds in here. Tatevik says: "The theme of this mix is stones and memories. Armenian choral and chamber music sits at its core. The music of Komitas is very special to me, it’s hard to put into words, it’s visceral. I feel grounded but have a yearning that’s hard to pinpoint, and feel that anything can be achieved. My favourite interpretations by the Gurdjieff Ensemble and Tigran Hamasyan bookend the mix. The middle opens into a dense sonic landscape with Latin diasporic rhythms from Microhm, Nicolas Jaar’s ambient meditations on political struggles and solidarities, and Lucy Khanyan’s production of the qanun over deep, haunting electro sounds. The closing slows and stretches out, with calming handpan melodies." Pictured here are some book recommendations from Tatevik: 'Emma's Son' by Vahe Armen; '44. Defeat (The Artsakh War of 2020)' by Vicken Cheterian, Ashot Voskanyan, Karen Harutuinyan and Mkrtich Karapetyan; 'Wellwater' by Karen Solie; 'Thirst: In Search of Freshwater'; 'A Grammar Built with Rocks' by Shoghig Halajian & Suzy Halajian; and 'Smoke Drifts' by Nadia Anjuman. I also strongly recommend checking out publications from Anamot Press! Tracklist: Amici Chamber Ensemble - Chant arménien Argishty - Kamancha (Sayat Nova) Duduk Quartet - ծիրանի ծառ (Komitas) Duduk Quartet - Dle Yaman The Gurdjieff Ensemble - Oriental Dance The Gurdjieff Ensemble - Manushaki Of Vagharshapat (Komitas) Charlie Haden - Wade In The Water (Instrumental) Lucy Khanyan - Dreamscape Nicolas Jaar - El Azar Microhm - Presente y pasado Faraj Suleiman - Return Tigran Hamasyan - Shushiki (Komitas) Tigran Hamasyan - Garun A - Variation (Komitas) Malte Marten - Higher Calling Hayk Karoyi - Yesimur Ryuichi Sakamoto - Solitude Link to listen back in bio & stories 📻

Plastic Language, vol. 20 1am, 18/02/2025, ch. 1 @nts_radio For this volume of the show, interdisciplinary artist, writer, DJ and poet Tice Cin (@ticecin / @ticecinisdjing ) came to the NTS Studio in the depths of winter darkness to perform this set: an hour-long conceptual mix of poetry, ephemera and music, including fragments from her sophomore novel 'SAFE SPACES' (@grantabooks ) and some unreleased tracks.  She also responded to some prompts specially for Plastic Language, circling ideas of renewal, light in darkness -- and Majora’s Mask (the greatest video game of all time!!). Enormous thanks to Tice for putting this together, it's a wild, visionary, euphoric sonic ride and really takes listeners into the world of Tice's writing, which I wholeheartedly recommend. Alongside and in dialogue with her own work, Tice plays music by Kali Malone (@hotscorpions ), Latekid (@latekid_ ) and Shy One (@shyclart ), among many others.  Thanks to @sophienicellison and @ilabrugal at NTS for production. Tracklist: Milan W - Fortuna Dat Oven - Icy Lake (DJ Rashad, Na mix) Underwater Ruins (Final Fantasy X) Kali Malone - Living Torch II Anne singing - Tice foraging Latekid and Tice Cin - Supermarket Academics (Radio mix) Writers Cramp aka Wisdom Grandad - "How Excited Are You For Tomorrow" Sam Miers - Don't Look at Me That Much Disappear Inside Film OST Feat D3NIM And Makella, Hala Talking About Silk Worms - Tice’s Foraging Mandisa Apena - On Kindness G3 - Kohi (Secret Track) Shelter - Kinwu The Vernon Spring - Unassigned Sarr - Nothing, Nowhere, Never At All Shy One - Sandbox Chihei Hatakeyama - Euphotic 2 Anne Singing - Tice’s Foraging A. Sarr - Pillar Of Salt Listen back via link in bio 🔗

This edition of Endpapers was broadcast on @noodsradio from 8-9am on Monday 26th January: wordless music and sound to have on while reading, writing, or whatever you like. This first episode of 2026 includes strange and beautiful sounds from Kara-Lis Coverdale (@k__lc ), Aris Kindt and Giuseppe Ielasi (@senufoeditions ) among many others... I also cheekily included a short new piece of my own. It's been a nice couple of months for reading - some book highlights while putting this together have been Remi Graves' 'Coal', Attar's 'The Conference of the Birds' (trans. Sholeh Wolpé), The Collected Writings of Morton Feldman and Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi'. Tracklist below, and link to listen back in bio + story highlights 🌧️ Ennio Morricone - Intervallo II Pavel Milyakov, Lucas Dupuy - path Shigeo Sekito - The Word 2 Ellen Fullman, The Living Earth Show - Concentrated Merry-Go-Round Kara-Lis Coverdale - Labyrinth I Ulisses Rocha - Luz de Vagalume Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel Duke Ellington, John Coltrane - My Little Brown Book Aris Kindt - Now Claims My Timid Sight Bill Evans - Love Theme From 'Spartacus' Hack Mystic - untitled Giuseppe Ielasi - 02 Go Kurosawa - Rice Harvesting Day Also - if you enjoy Endpapers and also enjoy writing, I'll be playing a wordless music set for @pageofwands.writinggroup at one of their writing sessions in @set.social.peckham on Mon 9 Feb. Come say hi! 🎧✍️

This edition of Endpapers was broadcast on @noodsradio from 8-9am on Monday 1st December: wordless music and sounds to have on while reading, writing, or whatever you like. Thanks to Cat, Clem and Richard for the last 3 months of guest mixes - this episode winds things down for 2025 with some old favourites and new finds, including Rachel Grimes, Perfect Binding (@perfectbindingband ) and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (@jcantuledesma ). This month has felt equal parts dark and luminous, and I've been reading books which have chimed with this feeling while putting this mix together - W.G. Sebald's 'Austerlitz', Roy Claire Potter's 'The Wastes' and Walter M. Miller Jr.'s 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'. If you enjoy these shows, I'll be bringing some records along to beloved @cafeotodalston this coming Saturday 6th December to play before, between and after readings from some amazing poets at @the87press 's Mushaira event. Please come by and say hi if you're around! Tracklist below, and link to listen back in bio + story highlights 🌦️ Norberto Lobo - Noel Rosa Eluvium - Indoor Swimming at the Space Station Tabu Ley Rochereau - Joujou Zewa Rachel Grimes - The Corner Room The Volume Settings Folder - #02 Flatic - Nano / Youth GUU - 9 Shabaka and the Ancestors - Teach Me How to Be Vulnerable Acetone - Shore Power Perfect Binding - Counterparts Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - September (excerpt) Elysian Spring - Blue Sands

In this edition of Endpapers on @noodsradio , artist, musician, writer and friend @richardjphoenix presents a sonic collage of his own works from over the last eight years, including compositions released under his own name, or under the aliases of Lilac and Huxley Boon, as well a variety of improvisations made with friends and collaborators.  This mix is a real treat - thank you Richard! Richard says: "There’s quite a few exclusive recordings to the mix - the recording of 'An Imprecise Art pt III' from Alice Amati Gallery which was performed recently and a couple of compositions made just for the mix as well as edits reworkings of old songs and leftovers from the making of the most recent 7”. I structured it around a long recording of a rehearsal/improvisation leaving none of the music made present, just the in-between each moment of playing when we were just being together, joking, talking, adjusting. It felt quite inward looking and personal whilst making it but it’s anchored in being with others." Recommended reading while listening: Richard's 'Do Your Own Thing', published by the brilliant @roughtradebooks . This mix has also nicely accompanied a few other books this month: Shrikant Verma's 'Magadh' (translated by Rahul Soni); Clare Carlisle's 'Transcendence for Beginners'; and 'FrOg pOnd plOp', an anthology of works by and about Dom Sylvester Houédard. Thanks @jencalleja_ for the 📷, I'm supposed to be Uncle Fester and Richard is clearly Julius Pringles Tracklist in story highlights; link to listen back in bio 📻

Plastic Language, vol. 19 1am, 29/10/2025, ch. 1, NTS Radio In this volume of Plastic Language, Gina Prat Lilly and Rob Shuttleworth of FIELDNOTES join the show to select pieces from an open call issued for explorations in language, sound and music during June-July 2025. Special shout out to Bella Marrin who also selected pieces and was instrumental in coordinating all of this. Thanks to all who submitted, it was a huge pleasure to listen to such a broad and wonderful range of sounds, and a challenge to select only an hour of material. Image: from 'Premier Jet', an ongoing collaboration between by Malcolm Bradley (@malcolm.bradley ) & Juliette Pépin (@jppg92 ), published in Issue 1 of FIELDNOTES journal. The full tracklist is as follows: 1. Dakota Westbrook (@koolcota ) – ‘There Is Something Wrong’ 2. Knee Gnaw (@knee._gnaw ) – Live at the Horse Hospital, June 2025 3. Douglas W. Milliken (@douglaswmilliken ) – ‘Skidder & Draw’ 4. Lou Moon (@lou_moon ) – ‘I’m Trying to Make a Dial Tone’ 5. Lillian Robl (@limitmychoices ) – ‘rötzinwort’ 6. Sounds of Renewal (@soundsofrenewal ) – 'Matooke' 7. Lucia Hinojosa Gaxiola (@___lucia_____h ) – ‘Palabra Constelada’ 8. Emily Johnston (@em.ilj ) and Cillian Finnerty (@cillianfinnerty ) – ‘Subtitles/obvs’ 9. Arrigoni Ghezzi Naibo (@francesca.naebow ; @maddieghezzi ) – ‘Il Nome Delle Cose’ 10. Cyclical Music (@cyclicalmusic ) - ‘Look at Yourself’ 11. Adda Farcus (@toubab_adda ) – ‘30 Colours for Florida (w/ Kitty Davies)’ 12. Alex Kera (@alexandrakera ) - 'Il Gran Vermo’ 13. Opera Benezet (@zag_snyd7postalswing.key ) – ‘Excerpt (Nice Apartment)’ 14. Sue Doro & Alana Madden (@wmwoh ) – ‘Women’s Work: Facts’ 15. Viatrix and Laura Dymphna (@lauradymphna ) – ‘La Constelacion' 16. William Luz (@William__luz ) – ‘LIFE TIME’ 17. NYLON FLAG – ‘Fox’ Listen back via link in bio 🔗

This edition of Endpapers was broadcast on @noodsradio from 8-9am on Monday 6th October: wordless music and sounds to have on while reading, writing, or easing into the week. My dear friend Clem, aka Dragged Out Of Paradise, returns to present his second guest mix for Endpapers, a gorgeous variety of tones and textures to ease us into the Autumn, featuring Cyrus Pireh, Woo, and a really stunning piece by Rafael Toral, among many others. I asked Clem if there was anything he wanted me to say about the mix but he just said to tell everyone to buy the new Pynchon novel. I've listened to this mix a few times over the last month, and it has nicely accompanied a few books: Danielle Dutton's 'Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other'; David Grubbs' 'The Voice in the Headphones'; and Emily Wilson's translation of The Iliad.  Tracklist below, and link to listen back in bio + story highlights 📻 Sage Martens - Chamber Music for Lawn Mowers Rafael Toral - Easy Living Padang Food Tigers - Comedown Peculiar Old Saw - Song for Paloma Cleek Schrey & Weston Olecki - Rockingham (300) Felicia Sjögren - Mother Tongue Woo - Adoramus te Domine Peter Gutteridge - Thumbelline Cyrus Pireh - Thank You, Guitar Bill Orcutt - Odd Hamlet Superstorms - Part V Allan Gilbert Ballon - Ogadia Miles Davis - Generique