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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.

This fourth instalment of Asphyxia begins to interrogate the distractions which beset the British Library Suppressed Safe research.

By focussing and exploring the exact nature of the individual elements in the web of frustration, an experiment in 'drift' ensues, whereby any clues to possible research angles are gleaned, and synchronicities sought. Some brass bells are found in a bin, as well.

Originally commissioned in 2022 as part of Radio Art Zone's tapestry of 22-hour radio productions, this project by Daniel R. Wilson is re-presented here in episodic form. Asphyxia hacks the antagonising systems which thwart and forestall projects (its name also acknowledges the asphyxiating atmosphere of long-form radio when made by a single person). It is a damaged would-be radio documentary exploring the Narnia of restricted access material and gatekept employment.

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

In this episode, Dronica meets James Shearman.

London born James Shearman is a noise and sound artist who has been active in the DIY and underground scene since 2014. Their work ranges from noise to harsh noise wall; from black metal to industrial and more. They have performed at Dronica under the aliases Prolonged Version, Roadside Dead and James Shearman.

Shearman's mix for Dronica is a blend of lo-fi black metal, harsh noise wall, industrial, performative acts.

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

Music by Baradit, The Hardy Tree, Chelidon Frame, Tess Conway, Fellirium, Leegajus, Giampiero Boneschi, Circus of Mind, Pancy Lau, EUS/Postdrome/Saåad, Abdulla Rashim, Giovanni Tommaso, Dissolved and Repeated Viewing.

Phantom Circuit is a show of strange and wonderful sound waves - featuring music that is alien, electronic, exotic, essential.

In this episode: the date was 13/11/3019. Lost in the wasteland of the Judas Sea, within the ruins of what once was, a zone tripper appeared. The darkest days had already come, and only they reside in the glass flats of cyber memories from a future past.

Black sphere through the brightest nights and symbols of neon remnants of past lies, on high walls painted with chrome dyes. Computers don’t understand sacrifice.

Recorded in Athens / Berlin in 2019 and using digital and analog synthesisers.

V3STA / Alexandra Koumantaki and YORGAS HELMET / Georgios Karamanolakis.

Explorations of the inner city sounds of Athens and surrounding areas through lucid soundscapes and site-specific transmissions.

Virgilio Oliveira explores the sonic environment in collaboration with Porto's Radio Manabras, presenting an hour of sound art and field recordings.

This show was curated by Angus Carlyle.

Where the Dead Voices Gather is an indeterminate process driven radio experiment that uses the book 'Where The Dead Voices Gather' by Nick Tosches as its starting point.

Songs are chosen from a series of libraries based on the structure of a haiku. Each show has 17 songs / sounds therefore each show represents a sonic haiku.

Where the Dead voices gather is exploring the sonic potentials of written text and the indeterminate.

In this edition of Shuffle, get ready to listen to the weirdest and most mind-blowing covers and drifts of Smells Like Teen Spirit by the grunge band Nirvana. There's no order, no lists, just exclusive, overwrought fandom material. Guitarists, violinists, monks, deodorant lovers, octopuses, Soundcloud stars, cats,... all are welcome in Shuffle mode.

Shuffle by Agnès Pe is a formula radio programme taken to the extreme: repetitive, obscure and humorous. Each episode presents obscure covers of a single song. “Anything that spreads by imitation or spreads by bodily reproduction, like genes, or by viral infection is a meme” - (Richard Dawkins, 2013).

Knut Aufermann & Sarah Washington, Xentos Fray Bentos, Katharina Bihler & Stefan Scheib, DinahBird, dieb13 & Billy Roisz, Lloyd Dunn, Anna Friz, Ralf Schreiber, Rodrigo Ríos Zunino and Nástio Mosquito go live from Ürzig, Broughton, Saarbrücken, Paris, Vienna, Prague, Vancouver, Cologne and Valparaíso.

During the lockdown, a revolving group of sound artists from across Europe and the US convened live on air with a unified aim: to gather sound-pollen and transmit codified messages to kindred folk, exploring whatever was on their minds. Style guide: Anything goes.

Here we broadcast some selected live works by the CWCH Collective.

Hosted by Stu Buchanan, Out From Under dives deep beneath the surface of the Australian music scene, celebrating experimental and eclectic music from the far end of the world.

This episode was created entirely by the AI. Stop! Not quite. There was a painstaking search and editing process. And all the lyrics were handwritten by Drone Operatør. But yes, all the music here was invented by a machine brain. Of course it learned from humans. Illegal data extraction, blah blah blah....

But this is it. Here we are! When the cold, damp smell of the rehearsal room hits your nose and the smoky, smelly pub concert creeps into your brain, just enjoy the ride. You've never understood exactly how sound travels on radio waves, to begin with, so what? This is our testament. The AI testament.

(Sorry, no tracklist av-AI-lable)

Monthly experimen†al kleptomaniac post digital free jazz spam channel operated by artists Tilman Hornig and Paul Barsch aka DRONE OPERATØR.

Welcome to walkplacedistancetime.

Walking, movement in place, in air, distance through time.

This episode is In the South of an Imaginary Island: Movement 1.

"I have an imaginary island. As part of a Groundworks project, I made a walk around the south of my island. As per the project instructions I walked between randomly chosen stopping points, each with associated ‘prompt’ words. The result is this sound work; this first half plays in January and the second half will play in February. More details, the associated text and a concertina-fold book can be viewed here."

embodiment -:- walking human movement -:- place more-less natural -:- distance time over across -:- field recording -:- poetry -:- composition -:- martin p eccles

Andy Backhouse presents a two hour show of new and unusual music and sounds - playing everything from Free Jazz to Field Recordings. This is an open-format show with a difference.

DO NOT FEED BIRDS - a show made in response to postcards sent in by Hannah Kim - featuring throat singing, bird imitations, roads and fights by The Goadec Sisters, Sylvain Chomet, Pere Ubu, Nellie Echalook, Bloat Collective & more.

The radio counterpart to live intermedia event series Late Works, hosted by founder Joseph Bradley Hill. Each month a selection of artists respond to the show on postcards and send them in as inspiration for the next. Running through the shows are a modular stem experiment in which musicians improvise live to original 15 minute compositions.

Radio Picnic is a mobile radio art project by zonoff which invites multi-disciplinary artists to create works inspired by the radio medium.

A volcanic inspired mix this month after the recent eruption in neighbouring La Palma island. Decided to stay on the lowkey, meditative and moody selections and avoid the obvious ‘explosive’ choices. Big love and support to the people affected by this strangely persistent force of nature.

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.

Urban Arts Berlin is a non-profit arts organisation which supports international sound artists. In this series Verónica Mota presents selections of works from the Urban Arts Berlin label.

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Sôen Nakagawa’s poem “Imagine a temple, / where only white azaleas bloom— / a pure white haven.”

To have your music featured on the show, participate in the Haiku music challenge.

Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly haiku poem, curated by Marco Alessi of Naviar Records and Naviar's international community of composers.

William Fields explores the potential of algorithmic music through the process of recreating (and inventing?) genres with his musical operating system.

Renowned Australian soundtrack theorist Philip Brophy presents 90 minutes of loud and luscious soundtrack dynamite! Across 13 episodes, he covers five strains of film music: Electronic Soundscapes; Big Beat Jive; Hard Rock Freak-Out; Funked-Up Grooves; and Atomic Atonality. In all cases, great tracks that speak for themselves!