The pre-dawn block. One composition at a time, played to its end, with silence rather than links between them. Made to be left running from the first waking hour.
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Daily, 03:00 to 06:30Amrit Vela Sundays, 09:00 to 12:00Sunday Diwan Nightly, from 23:00Simran Hour
Devotional
Sukh Gurbani
Kirtan from three in the morning, sequenced by the raag of the hour.
PunjabiGurbani kirtan sung in raagShabad at full lengthRabab, dilruba and tausHarmonium, tabla and joriPre-dawn quiet
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Sukh Gurbani
Kirtan from three in the morning, sequenced by the raag of the hour.
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About this station
Sukh Gurbani is a continuous stream of Gurbani kirtan, broadcast from Melbourne. The day is sequenced by raag: each block carries the raags kept for that part of the day, so what plays at four in the morning is not what plays at four in the afternoon. Compositions are given their full length, including the long ones, and recordings on rabab, dilruba, taus and saranda are given room alongside harmonium, tabla and jori. Spoken links name the raag and the singers and stop there. Volumes are level matched, and nothing is faded to fit a clock.
Through the day
All times Australian Eastern.
Amrit VelaThe pre-dawn hours. Long compositions in the raags kept for this time, low in volume, with no announcements and nothing that breaks the quiet before first light.
Asa di VarThe daybreak var, played through in order rather than in excerpts, in the raag it is set in.
The Raag HoursKirtan through the working day in the raags kept for daylight, sets running their full length, for listeners at a desk, on a site or in the car.
Afternoon ShabadSlower afternoon listening built from longer recordings rather than short excerpts, with the quietest presentation of the day.
Sanjh ChaunkiThe evening sitting: the raags of the closing light, gentler in tempo, sequenced to settle a busy house.
Late RaagsThe last hours of the broadcast day. Sparse accompaniment, low volume, and no talk over the music.
Programmes
Three hours run in the shape of a Sunday morning programme: the morning raags in order, a long composition given its whole length, and the closing sets, with nothing shortened for the clock. It is the one block in the week with a set order rather than a continuous stream.
Slow repeated singing to close the day, held at one tempo from beginning to end rather than lifting as it goes. A single recording runs the full hour, and the hour ends without a sign-off.