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Tse Tse Fly Middle East was a nonprofit arts and activist organisation that existed from 2015 until 2023. Throughout that time, it presented a monthly two-hour radio programme showcasing sound art and experimental music from the Middle East, India and North Africa.

It brings to the page live long-form works from the world’s largest exhibition of radio art, which took place as part of the European Capital of Culture Esch2022. Interspersed with micro-essays on radio form, practice and poetics, and illustrated throughout with unique images, the book performs an exquisite transformation from airwaves to paper and provides a treasury of ideas about radio as art.

Featuring (GMT):

• 18:00: Batophone - 'Ultrasonic Gramophonics' (bat detectors and wind-up gramophones)

• 18:15: Caroline Kraabel, Sofia Vaisman Maturana & Rowland Sutherland (saxophone, cello, flute and voices)

• 18:30: Ed Baxter with Steffan Cennydd - 'A hood-shy haggard' (In memoriam Willem de Ridder) (voice, music and sfx)

• 19:00: Catherine Kontz (prepared piano and dictaphones)

• 19:15: Dan Wilson - 'Miraculous Agitations' (lecture with visuals)

• 20:00: Shortwave Collective - Hannah Kemp-Welch & Georgia Muenster (voice and sounds)

• 20:15: Chris Weaver & Adam Bohman (microtape recordings)

• 20:30: Tricia & Sebastian - ‘Lucier in the Sky with Diamonds’ (piano, teapot and radio)

• 21:00: Nichola Scrutton (voice)

• 21:15: Xentos Fray Bentos & John Glyn (mayhem and saxophone)

• 22:00: King Alfaman & Needle Boy (electronics and record player)

• 22:15: Houseband

An evening of performances to mark the launch of the epochal Radio Art Zone book, edited by Sarah Washington. This wide-ranging publication (on sale tonight) explores the central themes, concepts and techniques of artist-made radio, emerging from over 20 years of practice in the field.

Discrepancies is a global showcase of disparate music with a focus on earthly field recordings and international sounds, curated by the Discrepant record label, presented by Gonçalo F Cardoso.

In this episode, Dronica meets Edward Griffiths.

Edward Griffiths is a sound artist, and activist, bringing sonic exploration to dark and mysterious depths. The result of internal worlds leaking, intended to work externally as explorations of non-linear narratives and dimensions. This is a great journey, certainly a voyage.

There are parts of tracks from the last eight years of Edward's work, from every possible DAW and platform, from phone to coding. A mix of sonics, with pieces ranging from 8 bit processors to VST’s, field recordings, harmonicas, voices, a range of mics, a fair few collaborative elements regularly revisited by Edward. 

Nicola Serra, founder of East London's experimental music festival Dronica, presents new and archival material.

This episode features field recordings and music curated and pieced together by artists Nyokabi Kariũki and Damsel Elysium.

In the first half of the show, prolific sound artist and multi-instrumentalist Nyokabi Kariũki weaves a varied selection of music from Kenyan artists in with recordings she’s captured across the country.

In the second, Damsel Elysium - whose singular creative practice has been turning heads in experimental music scenes and high fashion circles alike - takes us on a tour of London’s bustling streets and creative boundary-pushers.

Each month, First Light Records invites two artists to take an unplanned journey with a microphone around their city to curate an hour-long mix. Each show captures the unique atmosphere of a city from each artist's perspective, through music and found sound.

The Tyneside Sounds Society is a monthly broadcast dedicated to the recording and reinterpretation of the sonic environment and sound heritage of Tyneside in the North East of England.

Communiques from Thanet Tape Centre, Hard drive sludge. audio tidal pools. Music sediment. Friends utterances, sea walls of noise, salt marsh drone.

To showcase the development of their new project Swan Song (working title), That Travis presents a series of live sessions in Resonance Extra's studios. As part of their practical research, they share music that has influenced the project, perform live and invite guests to share their work.

In this second live broadcast, they perform live alongside Tata Cheng and Miles Lukoszevieze, with a special feature and pre-recorded session with sound artist Eva Leung.

That Travis is a singer-songwriter originally from Hong Kong. Their background is a mixture of a colonial English education and an indigenous upbringing. While the two worlds fight for representation within their work, they exhibit an organic mixture of all influences primarily with their voice, sonic expressions, lyrics and visual aids.

Cosmic, transcendent sounds and exploratory electronics with f.ampism.

This episode features Neil Campbell, Staubitz & Waterhouse, Ash Circle, MP Hopkins, Cloth, Pierre Henry, Cloth and more.

Sound collage, record spinning, havering, ear wonk and general head scratch with Dylan Nyoukis of the Chocolate Monk label.

This episode celebrates new releases and shines a light on minimalist composition. Join Kayla for a journey through hypnotic repetition and immersive soundscapes

Background music: Unreleased audio experiments by Kayla Painter.

A monthly show exploring our innate connection to sound, and how we express that through music, showcasing work that connects to our body and minds through rich compositional choices, through intricate processes in the studio, or music that is inspired by the way we interact with the outside world. Connections to Sound journeys through downtempo, electronic, ambient and beat driven music, featuring tracks from artists all around the world. Presented by Kayla Painter.

In this episode, Joseph Stannard presents salubrious sonics featuring Myra Melford, Position Normal, DJ Haram, Kid Acne, Earth and more.

New music with The Wire Magazine.

Brooklyn-based Olivia Bradley-Skill presents Lo-fi Goddesses, live sound collage and original radio artworks inspired by female-fronted post-punk bands and experimental dance music.