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Verity Sharp shares the fruits of our latest improvised collaboration session, between Ainu folk musician OKI and multi-instrumentalist and composer cktrl.

Embracing reggae, dub, Irish folk, throat singing, African drumming and music from Central Asia, indigenous Ainu musician OKI is one of only a handful of musicians who play the tonkori, a traditional five-stringed Ainu harp. Born on the Japanese island of Hokkaido but growing up with little knowledge of his heritage, OKI spent years rediscovering his indigenous roots. Returning to Japan after a stint living in New York, a cousin gifted him a tonkori - which OKI taught himself to play - setting him on the path that would turn him into a folk music revolutionary.

OKI will be joined in session by south London’s cktrl. Moulded by a unique blend of his West Indian heritage and years of classical training in both the clarinet and saxophone, cktrl is a musician committed to invention and originality. With a catalogue straddling everything from freestyle contemporary-classic duets to electronic R&B to dark, moody instrumentals, his compositions might be defined by three words: freedom, range and feeling.

Elsewhere in the show, a musing on the subversive nature of time from Lebanese musician, performer, visual artist and composer Charbel Haber, and a track from a new compilation inviting artists to create an "imaginary landscape" inspired by the question: what does tomorrow sound like?

Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3