Cul de Sac has been played on NTS in shows including China Social Club, featured first on 17 December 2017. Songs played include China Gate, Gamelan Collage and Death Kit Train.

Cul de Sac formed in 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts, taking their name from a Roman Polanski film. Led by guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Glenn Jones, Cul de Sac's music is primarily instrumental - although vocals from Boston folk legend Dredd Foole graced the bands debut album - drawing inspiration from sources such as 1960s psychedelia, surf-rock, Middle Eastern folk music, krautrock, John Fahey and American primitivism folk music, free jazz, and the more industrial elements of the…