New Drops is a new biweekly show based around the regular updates of our radiostream. Music and sounds from all around, old new, borrowed and blue. The shows are sourced from our radio community, email submissions and different guest curators.

New Drops

New year and new music is added in rotation on The Lake, this time chosen by Bugi host, selector, label founder etc. Agnete Hannibal. The mix spreads a much needed warmth into the first and coldest month of the year 2024. Tune in for lovers rock, bootlegged folk songs from Bristol, beautiful poetry and much more. 

Tracklist:

Sandra Cross – Can’t Let You Go
Kirsten Ketsjer – Kronprins Frederik The Boat
Fievel Is Gauge – Bring Me to Silence
Astrid Sonne – Give my all
Tara Clerkin Trio – World in Delay
Jordan Playfair – sedimentary
Time Has Made A Change – Star Inn
Sumers Digt
Janne Fredens, Søren Rastogi, Lili Boulangier – Nocturne
rest symbol – 6
Andre 3000 x Questlove [excerpt]
Outkast – She Lives in My Lap
iB101 – All I’ve Ever Wanted 1
Ch’cco x Mellow & Sleazy – Nkao Tempela
spresso – peg

New Drops 19/01/24 - Agnete Hannibal

In between work in visual arts, experimental music running multiple imprints, Claus Haxholm has also been a Lake Radio contributor with the wonderful series 'Ask The Dust'. He returns to us with an extremely adventurous selection of music, spoken word etc. and an excellent selectors commentary throughout. 

Tracklist:
Brion Gysin w/ Elli Medeiros - Stop Smoking
Gerhard Ruhm - Gebet
Mayssa Jallad - Banana
Luc Ferrari - Far-West news 2 : de Page á Grand Canyon part 1
Dean Rodney jr. & the Cowboys - Boing!
Antistatic - Flag
Earthling - You Go On Natural
Brion Gysin - No Poets Dont Own Words
Enzo Minarelli - Ptyx
Ale Hop & Laura Robles - El Fenómeno de la Nina
La!Neu? - Arms Blues Control
Carl Stone - Vim
Sourdurent - Petafinat
KAISAI - 唄ヨォー
Diane Deutch - Mysterious Melody (excerpt)
Jeph Jarman - The map is not the territory (for pf)
Alexander Tucker - In Smiling in Slow Motion
One String Sam - Need a Hundred Dollars
Glorious Strangers - Move it Time
Spost - Denne Mand
Enzo Minarelli - What is Not Attractive Any Longer Nobody Looks At But It Remains Forever
Gastr Del Sol - hello spiral
Annea Lockwood - Rod Across Edge of Pane
??? (Gaelic Choir) . Stornoway. Psalm 133.
Mesmer - 5539’09.8
John Fahey - Poor boy long way from Home

New Drops 23/02/24 - Claus Haxholm

This months update to The Lake Radio comes from long time contributor, Louise Esbensen. She is serving a mix of current releases, submissions and good old songs.

You can submit music here: submit@thelakeradio.com

Tracklist: 

Shirley & Dolly Collins - God Dog (1969)
Aron Dahl - Lock&Key (2024)
Dragons over Demons - Freeze (2024)
Clarissa Conelly - Life of the Forbidden (2024)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - God is Alive, Magick is Afoot (1969)
Kira Kira - Kúra Kúra (2024)
Fairuz - Aloula (1987)
Stine Kvam - No Ice No Cool - Hockey na Favela (2023)
Terry Tracksuit - Sold Me A Dream (2022)
Arthur Russell - Janine (2008)
Nora Brown - Wedding Dress (2021)
The Roches - Losing True (1982)
Hanna White - Silver Cowboy (2024)
Anders Vestergaard - Reflex (2024)

New Drops 29/03/24 - Louise Esbensen

11th edition of the series! 
Local news, and  legendary basslines added to rotation at Thelakeradio.com 

Tracklist:

TENGGER - Twilight
Honkaya - Boat Rowing Song
Jaco Pastorius - Okonkole y Trompa
Sugai Ken - Headwaters of the Tone River 
Slauson Malone1 - Love Letter Zzz 
Linda Perhaps - Parallelograms 
Great Area - the laws of physics 
GB - WORLD IN US
Oh No Noh, Jenny Berger Myhre, F.S.Blumm - Fsjbmmr
Haloplus+ - Spring Summer
Michiru Oshima & Pentagon - Heal 
Baraboro - Stochastic Meditation 
Soft Machine - The Floating World
Dawda Jobarteh and Stefan Pasborg - I Met Her by the River 
Kanerenren - Bear Ceremony Song
HJirok - HJirok Rock

New Drops 24/05/24

Summer is upon us, so who else to add new music to The Lake than our very own seasonal selector Timmy Olivia. Timmy has been doing "Seasonal Sounds" for the past two years and this update features some of the very best gems of the series. 

Blissful seasonal sounds, including a bird doing a Lana Del Rey cover?!

Tracklist:

Fauno - Ghost Lemurs of Madagascar
Frederik Valentin & jonathan leandoer96 - October Poem
Dylan Henner - With her first ever steps, she walked to me, and she was so happy Fungal Mat - “Video Games” but you’re playing harp and a bird is on lead vocal Martyna Basta - Back and Forth
TRYCE & bod [包家巷] - hex 2.2 (shadow of a dying luna)
Sonja Tofik & Mar-llena - I din famn, äntligen fri
Ange Halliwell (ft. Malibu) - Winter Day
Sione - Birds
Sarah McCauley - Simone’s Aura Migraine
James Ferraro - Plastiglomerate & co
Andy Stott - When It hits
Triad God - Dill
ARP & Anthony Moore - Wild Grass I (For Arthur Russel)
Lia Kohl - when glass is there, and water

New Drops 26/07/24 - Timmy Olivia

This time in New Drops we pick up after a long summer of radio making at festivals. An hourlong mix of new and archival gems from all over the music landscape. 

Tracklist: 

Dorothy Carter - The Morning Star / Ukrainian Carol 
Carmen Villain - Multicolor
Lena Douglas - Wake Up 
Broadcast - Come Back To Me (Demo)
MIDEX - A1 GUMM 
mara - Three Minutes of the River
Smerz, GAEA - Tidligere den dagen 15. Om vi, vi om
Xenia Xamanek - Riqueza 
I.S. Mother - Soundtrack of Shadow Play 
Anton Friisgaard - Cemille 
Barbro & Mija Milovic - Forgetful
Hal Hartley - Rue Des Jours - Surviving Desire
Brìghde Chaimbeul - Uguviu (ii) 
Ingrate - A Melody Inside
DJ Znobia - Danca Da Mֶa Ju 
Kara Jackson - free

New Drops 30/08/24

This month our radio turned 10 years old!
Can you believe it?!

We hosted a big celebration in Copenhagen, gathering all of our friends for a party at Alice.
Our archive keeps growing every month with new wonderful additions, these are the newest.

Tracklist:

The Lijadu Sisters - Come On Home
Sheila Chandra - Abbess Hildegard
ALAWARI - I Push Too
Lia Kohl - Car Alarm, Turn Signal (feat. Ka Baird)
Mariam The Believer - DREAMS
Zoomachia - Disc 1 - (Excerpt)
Sunun - Untitled Lvlz
KMRU - Cine
Ulla & Perila - glass containers
BLACK ARTIST GROUP - Part 2
Ekuka Morris Sirikiti - AKEMU MEDE IPWODO DAKO
Svitlana Niano - Episode III
Keanu Nelson - Kutjupa Tjuta
Tristwch Y Fenywod - Ferch Gyda r Llygaiud Du
Ela Minus & DJ Python - Pajaros en Verano

New Drops 27/09/24

This months contribution to our ever growing archive of sound comes to us from the Iranian electronic duo Temp Illusion.
Formed in 2011 by Shahin Entezami and Behrang Najafi. Their unique dance music blends atmospheric layers, melodies, and complex beat programming. 
The mix brings high energy beats of a great variety so get ready for an hourlong journey in the rhythmic vortex. 

Tracklist:

Shinra Knives - laced blunt
Ship Sket - Frost Cake
Ziur & Elvin Brandhi - Cut Cut Quote
Saint Abdullah & Eomac - What Kind Of Neighbor Are You
Zuli - Trachea
Abadir & Nahash - Cabbout
3Phaz - Phlutes
SNKLS - I don't give an Acid (Flore Remix)
Zoë Mc Pherson - The Spark
 Herbalistek - Dialogue
Qebrus - ▀ ▄ ◐ ◑ ◒ ◓ ▄ ▀
Seppa - Cru
naari3 - M2-9
KAVARI -  I want you to breathe (asphyxiation mix)
Klahrk - Got2Be
Ship Sket - NGL
Seppa - Trust
Qebrus - Aldebaran
Subp Yao - Backwitda

New Drops 01/11/24 - Temp Illusion

This episode comes to you from Nanna Ruus, booker at the Copenhagen venue Alice. The mix is caring and warm while also being hardcore and rough, like a hug that picks you up and tosses you around. 
We are delighted to have Nannas picks, added to our ever growing archive of sound.

Tracklist:
 
Preparation to Heal - Duxwa
Lift you - Moin, Sophia Al-Maria
I will Always Miss You - Joy Guidry, Scott Li
I am your house - Molina
Unreleased - Raisa K feat. Coby Sey
Please Tell Me - Lightning Bug
Unifying Force - Joshua Chuquimia Crampton
Minus - Daniel Blumberg
Te Amar Eterno - Bruno Berle
Sadati - Asmaa Hamzaoui, Bnat Timbouktou
LAD: I.--- - Julia Wolfe, Matthew Welch
Stars! I'm coming! - SLIM0
Couch Slut Lewis - Couch Slut
No matter where you go - Ryong
Guiding Light - Good Sad Happy Bad
Harir - Bedouin Burger, Zeid Hamdan, Lynn Adib
You Better Mind - Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Brief Encounters - Aron Dahl
The Merry Golden Tree - Shovel Dance Collective
Khazanig - pankisi ensemble
svn lvn - BishBusch
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DOLLAR - Soli City
Stille Hjerte - Frode Veddinge

New Drops 06/12/24 - Nanna Ruus

The bells chime to a new year!
To round of the year and prepare for a new one, we asked each other: 
Whats the best thing you heard this year? 
Tune in to find out!

New Drops 01/01/25 - End of 2024

We've received a vast amount of good music in both or physical and digital mailbox. In this episode of New Drops, Frederik sifts through them and adds rockballads, prison rap, and carousel music and much more. 

Tracklist: 

Laurie Torres – Carnets
Julee Cruise – Mysteries of Love
Parchman Prison Prayer – MC Hammer
Tristen – Triste
Merope – Oi Toli
Vi – Karrusel
Upsammy- Metallic
Evee – Øjenkontakt gennem et rum
Anja Lauvdal – Maye
Los Pirañas – El nuevo Prometeo
Nala Sinephro – Continuum1
Ammar El Sherei – El Donya Helwa
Molly Drake – I Remember
Hanne Lippard – Covfefe
Park Jiha – Water Moon
Neil Diamond – The Pot Smoker’s Song
Hara Alonso – Veins (Veils)
Chris Weismann – Fantastically Dressed With Wild Flowers
Snowdrops – Phase One
Soichi Terada – Cryptic Relics / ダレガタテタいせき

New Drops 07/02/25

Put on the sleeves of love.
Spring is around the corner, and the ice on our lake is
slowly melting. These are the newest additions to our
radio. Long runs of spiritual jazz, spoken word and
prehistoric scandinavian sound.

Tracklist:

Perila & Ulla - Every Something Is An Echo Of Nothing
Fornnordiska klanger (Musica Sveciae) - Mouth bow 
Manu Dibango - Migilbawe
Halvcirkel & Anders Lauge Meldgaard - Spirit
Felicia Atkinson - The Healing
vio lino - Big Sur Anthem
babyxsosa - virginia freestyle with older brother, hunens
Eblen Macari - Clarion
Offering - Joïa
The Hathaway Family Plot - Raindrops on Trees
babyxsosa - genny bit
Wilma Vritra - Find An Hour
Thomas Fehlmann - Karnickel
Fornnordiska klanger (Musica Sveciae) - Jew's harp and a willow-flute
Sonia Sanchez - Put on the sleeves of love
Frederic Rzewski - attica
Single Gun Theory - Fall

New Drops 28/02/25

We’ve asked the Swedish artist Aske Thiberg to contribute some of the sounds from his practice to our archive at The Lake Radio. And graciously he has provided us with a wonderful mix of music from dance performances, videos and readings of three of his short stories. 
Askes work  is digging into themes of loneliness and alienation, anxiety and melancholy, rhythm and weight, in a sometimes playful, sometimes serious manner.

We are excited offer a new context for these truly special songs and texts. 

Tracklist: 

Aske Thiberg - From ping pong too flute
Aske Thiberg - Wageslave, you always let me down
Aske Thiberg - Grandpa 
Aske Thiberg - I have no one to talk to
Aske Thiberg - Blue Jacket
Aske Thiberg - The ostrich
Aske Thiberg - My luck with girls is god damn awful
Aske Thiberg - Säg nånting då 2
Aske Thiberg - Guy living inside my car 
Aske Thiberg - I talk to much

New Drops 28/03/25 - Aske Thiberg

The Lake is always here, playing sounds that reward, patience and curiosity. We've gathered the newest additions to our our archive, and compiled them into a mixtape of one hour for your listening pleasure. 


Tracklist: 

X-Cetra - Promises
Sora - Satelite Towers
Rita Villa - Bagatelle
Darius Heid - Waves in Motion (excerpt)
Dorothy Carlos - My Ideal Is Windy
June McDoom - On My Way (With Strings)
F. Uwe Laysiepen & Marina Abramoviç - Bioguarde
Maria Sommerville - Halo
Erin Wake - little tools for changing the light
The Lijadu Sisters - Fasiribo (Apala)
Salami Rose Joe Louis - 'Arm fell asleep'
Valentina Magaletti & Fanny Chiarello - Bicycle Crunches
teu - figuring it out
Rita Villa - Czardas
Dorothy Carlos - Balm
Valentina Magaletti & Fanny Chiarello - Crab Walks
Peggy Ahwesh & Barbara Ess - Untitled

New Drops 02/05/25

New additions in rotation at The Lake Radio.
This mixtape is a meditative drift through spiritual echoes, and fractured rhythms. It weaves together ambient textures, experimental noise, and haunting melodies that we've gathered from new releases and archival gold. 
For late hours and open space.


Tracklist: 

Zoh Amba - Fruit Gathering
Posuposu Otani - About freedom
Permanent Six Flags - 18
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Essay on Mahlet, The Prayer of Saint Yared
C.D. Noé - Fungal
Gamelan Sekar Kembar & Susan Bates - Threnody for Carlos Chavez
Qasim Naqvi, Moor Mother - Power Down the Heart
Lydia Lunch - What is it
Smerz - But I do
Angel Bat Dawid - Black Family
Planetary Peace - Song Without Words
Levina Storåkern - Sommarslut
Baaba Maal - Djam Leelii
Language Removal Service - Marilyn Monroe
Akio Suzuki - Untitled 5
Ata Ebtekar/Sote - Synthetic Overture Satans Lullaby
Janet Sherbourne - Every day
Laurie Miller - True Love (Dub)
DJ Firmeza - Beats das Piriguetes

New Drops 06/06/25

We invited french artist Manoir Molle to contribute to
our New Drops series, and she came through with an
excellent selection of songs to start your summer
holiday with. Her distinct and playful style shines
through both the mix and in her own releases which we
highly recommend you to check out!

Tracklist: 

Larry Polansky - Four-Voices Canon No 14, Kid Canon  
Kate  NV - in tune
Kate Bush - Aerial Tal  
Fred Frith - Heart Bares  
Kyle Gann - Busted grooves 
Marisa Anderson - The low Country  
Motohiko Hamase - Pascal  
Brannten Schnüre - Pfirsiche  
Fred Frith - Spring Any Day Now  
Jake Tobin - Labyrinth center
Romain de Ferron - Are Are 
James Tenney - Array (a'sysing)  
The La’s - Looking Glass (Mike Hedges version)
Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays John Cassavetes 2 
Popol vuh - Grab der Mutter

New Drops 27/06/25 - Manoir Molle

We’re back from holiday and ready to add new sounds to our flowing radio stream. This time, we’ve been blessed with a selection by composer and drummer Greta Eacott, known for projects such as G-Bop Orchestra, One Take Records, and, most recently, composing ballet for children.

Her selection takes you on a journey through archival recordings of steam trains, contemporary classical works, Welsh avant-garde theatre, and much more.

About the mix, she says:
"WARNING: this mix contains extreme range of dynamics, do not adjust your
soundsystem :)"

Tracklist:

Steven Oliver – O’ Lorien
Toru Takemitsu – Vocalism Ai (love)
Memories of Steam – Carnforth – No: 45025 Shed, May 1968
Scott Walker – Big Louise
Otto Wilberg – Shadow Came Into The Eyes As Earth Turned On Its Axis
Test Dept & Brith Gof – Sarff
Britta Byström – Katze und Vogel (live recording, performed by Yun Zeng)
Harry Partch – Ring Around the Moon. A Dance Fantasm for Here and Now Phase
1: Well, Bless My Soul! (Well, Bless My Soul!)
Steven Oliver – Bilbo’s Last Song
Emil Palme – Death by Angel VI
Heavenal – Disarmed
Harry Partch – Even Wild Horses. Dance Music for an Absent Drama, Act I, Scene
II: Rhythm of the Womb – Melody of the Grave (Heartbeat Rhythm)
Scott Walker – Copenhagen
Memories of Steam – Carnforth – No: 48340 Goods, March 1968

New Drops 29/08/25  - Greta Eacott (One Take Records)

Another month has passed and new music will feature in the rotation of our ever growing lake. 
This month we bring you archival gems such as teacher, Nancy Duprees phenomenal record Ghetto Reality, composed with youngsters from Rochester in 1969. New releases from local acts such as Alto Aria, Haloplus+, and the highly promising Aarhus project 'The Miracle' 

Hear all the new features as a mixtape, or find them in rotation at thelakeradio.com 

Tracklist: 

Ellen Fullman - Concentrated Merry Go Round
Joanne Robertson  -  Why Me
Judy Dunaway- Duo for Radio Stations (intro)
Nadah El Shazly - Eid
Karen Wilems - Dragon Dance
Gotera - Titanic · I la Católica · Mabe Fratti · Hector Tosta · Maria Belen Fratti Sierra 
Tracie Morris - My Great Grand Aunt Meets a Bush Supporter
Nancy Dupree - Call Baby Jesus
Susanna Hoffs- Are The Beatles Really Here? Los Angeles 1966
Akiko Yano - Kikyuu Ni Note
Nour Sokhon - Justice (part one)
Nour Sokhon - Justice (part two)
LÉO LA NUIT - LE SAUT DE L'ANGE
Mija Milovic - Not Offended
o[rlawren] - the penumbra and the gradients
Thea Other - Growing Up On San Diego Freeway
The Miracle - Pod
Alto Aria - Body Knows
Ute Wassermann - strange song 8
IKI - Dance
Haloplus+ - Beatbox

New Drops 26/09/25

This edition of New Drops has been curated by Passive/Aggressive. 

Passive/Aggressive was established in 2011 in Copenhagen and is an open music forum.

For this version of New Drops, our writers and editorial team have selected some of the Danish artists whose releases from this year have made a particular impression on them. Many more could be included!

This update includes contributions from: Kristine Haffgaard, Jon Albjerg Ravnholt, Ivna Franic, Nikola Nedeljkovic Gøttsche, Martin Funder, Mathias Schønberg and Alexander Julin Mortensen.

Tracklist: 

Tomás Gubbins – Excerpt Side B
Pauline Hogstrand – Liminal
IKI - WALK
Peter Kyed – Acid Ragtime
TLF Trio - Desire
Snuggle - Sun Tan
UPSHIFTER - It was so real + dragon meditation
Shitbagg - The Hidden Letter
SEWER HAUL - SCALP SPLIT OPEN
PLEASER - Lighten Up
A Good Year - Dealerz
Alto Aria - Body Knows
Heidemann / Mingot / Klint - Sundrenched
Valby Vokalgruppe – Monastére de Ségriés 
Kalaha – Duele
Anton Falck - "All the Pretty Boys"
Ydegirl, RIP Swirl - TMN
Spawner – Air Is Getting Stranger
Josie - Cupid Strikes A Blow
Fine - Portal

New Drops 31/10/25 - Passive/Aggressive

This months update comes from danish composer and music researcher Jonas Olesen. He's been around the game for many years with a special interest in early media and pioneering music practices. Most recently he has released the book Else Marie Pade: Complete Electronic Works 1955-2012. The book provides the most comprehensive presentation of Pade's electronic works to date. 
Jonas has granted us nearly 3 hours of music related to his research, his imprint BIN aswell as his own compositional endeavours.  

Tracklist: 

Intro
Rune Søchting – OctaveSlow Wave
Alvin Lucier – Septet (excerpt)
Per Nørgård – String Quartet No. 5 Inscape
Akira Rabelais – 1382 Wyclif Gen. ii. 7 And Spirid
Else Marie Pade – Glasperlespil 1
Roberta Settels – Landscape with 3 tape-recorders and..
Włodzimierz Kotoński – Aela
Sandra Boss – rest af oppononent 2
Richard Chartier – untitled60sec
Salkin Mada – Hands
Niklas Adam & Jennifer Torrence – Slightly Rounded Surfaces
Gamut Inc – Series C
Sandra Boss & Jonas Olesen – Symmetrisk Zone
Jonas Olesen – filterbrønd
Microstoria – teil zeit
Oval – ovalprocess 10_
Jørgen Plaetner – Vellyd ringer grusomt i mit øre (excerpt)
Arne Juul Jacobsen – Rejse Til Abstraktionernes Land
Hideki Matsutake – 眠れる夜 (Instrumental)
Hematic Sunsets – Nach den Stunden
Sten Hanson – Morning On Barsoom
Mika Vainio – tila
Terre Thaemlitz – Genrecide [I Wish Tricky’d Die Anyway I Hope]

New Drops 25.10.28 (Jonas Olesen)

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Every week, talk programs, concert recordings, interviews, mixtapes and more are broadcast and released as podcasts.

The Lake is driven and curated by a group of Copenhagen-based artists and radio producers, with the aid of a long list of kind contributors and collaborators.

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