Radio Resonance Extra

Resonance Extra is a separate channel in the Resonance family, dedicated to adventurous sound and creative radio. Experimental music and radio art can take many forms, so the live channel may not sound like a conventional music station at every moment. That openness is part of the channel’s creative purpose.

Established in 2015, Extra is Resonance's digital platform for sound art, radio art and experimental music. It operates as a separate round-the-clock service, with DAB+ coverage in locations including Brighton and Hove, Greater London, Cambridge, Norwich, King's Lynn and Peterborough. Its artistic brief extends beyond conventional song-based radio.

Gravity Waves and the Spirit World is one of its continuing programmes. Made by the Spirit of Gravity collective, it has been broadcast on Extra since January 2016. The show explores music connected with that experimental community; a recent edition drew on the collective's twenty-fifth-anniversary compilation and recordings by Spheress on Brighton's Patchworks label.

That example places Extra close to active sound-making communities rather than a fixed catalogue of ambient tracks. Longer selections, unusual structures and work by experimental musicians can all fit its remit. The service belongs to the same arts organisation as Resonance FM, but gives radio and sound art their own sustained broadcast space. Its combination of artist-led projects and a dedicated experimental brief makes it a distinctive part of the Resonance organisation's wider purpose of opening broadcasting to creative contributors.