大象传媒

The UK鈥檚 Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has been a major force in British poetry for more than three decades. Much loved for the unflinching honesty he brings to explorations of modernity, Armitage鈥檚 portraits of people, places and things are often shot through with a playfully dark humour and offered up in colloquial language. Recent years have seen him take to the stage to deliver lyrics as a member of the bands LYR and The Scaremongers, and Armitage has written extensively about the songs and albums that have inspired and shaped him over the years. Sitting in the Unclassified Listening Chair he introduces a piece of music that transports him to another place.

Elsewhere in the programme, Elizabeth Alker selects an eclectic range of new sounds from the worlds of experimental and ambient music, including a restless horn-led electronic chorale by Ralph Heidel, art-rock lamentation courtesy of The Smile, and Ola Szmidt鈥檚 blissfully free-form vocals.

Produced by Phil Smith
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3