NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Zoviet France on 29 September 2019. Zoviet France has been played on NTS over 80 times, featured on 62 episodes and was first played on 27 June 2014.

Zoviet France (also known as :$OVIET:FRANCE:, Soviet France, :Zoviet-France: and latterly usually written as :zoviet*france:) is a music group from Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England. While often dissonant and made of industrial textures, their music also falls into the ambient music category.

Members: Lisa Hale (1980-1981) Robin Storey (1980-1992) Peter Jensen (1980-1984) Ben Ponton (1980-present) Paolo di Paolo (1984-1986) Mark Spybey (1987-1989) Andy Eardley (1990-1995) Mark Warren (1995-present)