FIP

FIP doesn't have DJs. There's no talk, no jingles, just music strung together like someone's obsessively curated playlist. Turn on FIP live and you might catch drifting French chanson followed by electronic textures that wouldn't feel out of place on a Berlin label. That's the point. This is French radio at its most adventurous, a proud member of the Radio France family but utterly indifferent to mainstream formats. The selection is endlessly curious: jazz from Chet Baker, African guitar bands, ambient pieces, even the odd classical snippet. It could feel random. Instead, the sequence makes se…