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Said the sky to the moon, shall we do a dance? I'll wait for you to make the move but please don't wait until you hear - the sound below the atmosphere. Ceylan Göksel and Sami Fitz reach subliminal heights with genre-busting spoken word, ambient textures, sound sculptures, and a different theme every show. We wish you a good night.

This episode features new work and re-releases by Nicolussi, Rich Wh, Antonin De Bemels, Systemet, Julien Guillot, vÄäristymä, Sándor Vály, ówt krì, WAYVES, Richard Bégin, and Harrison & Dunkley.

A selection of new experimental music and sound work from the international underground network Unexplained Sounds, curated by Raffaele Pezzella (Sonologyst).

A 22-hour radio project in 7 episodes by Milo Thesiger–Meacham. An unnamed narrator moves house and pieces together a world of recording devices, names, crime, real-world characters and media from across the globe, featuring 10-second audio extracts from over 6000 individual videos found online, original sound recordings, music, hand-held camera audio and writing. Commissioned by the European Capital of Culture, Esch2022 for the temporary radio art station Radio Art Zone. Follow Fox Neame for more.

For this third episode of his collected recordings, Davide presents five works:

'Canta Che Non Passa' (2018)

This work documents part of the repertoire of the informal choir “Canta Che Non Passa”. The choir is a spontaneous group of middle age/old people that constituted a part of the NO TAV movement in Valsusa, northern Italy. The choir’s repertoire consists mainly of protest songs adapted from preexisting musical sources, with lyrics that have been created from scratch.

Davide recorded the choir during one of their rehearsals. Rather than position the microphone at a certain distance from the group to capture the multiplicity of voices, Davide chose to focus on individual voices of those members that sat beside him. This strategy was designed to stress the fallible and imperfect nature of the choir and emphasis the singular/plural dimension of collective singing and the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of non-professional voices.

'Forget The Theater! Go To The Stadium' (2015)

This work documents all the times the italian word “dai” (in english “c’mon”) was used by the leaders of the ultras group BRESCIA 1911 during Brescia vs. Catania, 2015. The word “dai” is commonly used as an exhortation to urge the group to participate in the chanting.
The work reflects on the participatory dimension of football culture and the parallels between the shared feelings of identification, involvement and complicity that characterized the origins of western theater.

'Magnifying My Sphere Of Power' (2013)

In this work, Davide sings and plays drums along with a selection of his favourite hardcore punk songs. The project amplifies the power of music as an emotional inciter, an agitator, a physical energy and a self-presence. With this work Davide wants to emphasize the role of the listener as a responsive agent, who plays a central role in the musical process, and more generally reflect on what listening to music means in terms of reconstruction of meaning (appropriation) and activation of personal agency (participation).

'Single Strokes' (2015)

In this work Davide plays the snare-drum with a pair of microphones. The recordings explore the physical properties of the microphone and present a more intuitive and analog way of approaching audio technology. By giving a body to the microphone the work reflects on the physical affection of material culture and how this sensual attraction subverts the conventional modes of consuming technology.
Single Strokes is part of a series of actions where Davide investigates the practical materiality of the microphone and violates the basic rules and principles of audio technology.

'My Loss Will Be Your Gain' (2016)

The material for this work comes from a tape cassette found by Davide in a derelict house. It consists of a series of recording-tests performed by the woman who used to live in the house. The title of the piece – your loss will be my gain – refers to the accidental discovery of the tape after years of abandonment and neglect.

Davide Tidoni is an artist and researcher interested in the relational dimension of listening, and in the physical experience of sound. He works with live performance, intervention, audio recording, video, and guided listening. He recently published a sound ethnography on the ultras group BRESCIA 1911. 'Collected Recordings' is a series of works selected by Tidoni from his extensive back catalogue.

A Looperama smorgasbord, where mystery abounds! Unknown sounds and a mystery guest!

Commencing with some unidentified library music (aka production or stock music)... Bright and upbeat melody with urgent and propulsive beats, just right for the modern ear... neither alive or completely dead.

Featuring a segment of Offrandes for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (1921) by Edgard Varese superimposed with random found (Professor Pyg?) radio broadcasts and fragments, some eerie music from a Halloween sound effects compact disc, other sonic snippets intersperse around the thudding ostinato of Electric Lady (1973 ) by Geordie, a British rock band from Newcastle, most notably active in the 1970s.

Geordie line-up included: Vic Malcolm (lead guitar), Tom Hill (bass guitar), Brian Gibson (drums) and Brian Johnson (lead vocals).

To conclude, a surprise appearance from a mystery guest ...guess who! With music that you can dance to, - whatever wavelength you're on!

Lepke B's blissful disregard for the sacred in life has placed him as one of the testcard knights with a totally unique approach to sound plunderphonics and visual art.

This month: presenter Theo Sayers is joined by his brother Miles Courtney to play an eclectic selection of winter-themed music. Including songs by Belle & Sebastian, Aphex Twin and Matt Berry.

Electronic musician Theo Sayers transports listeners with a mix of electronic, ambient, spiritual and new age music.

In this episode, a Thanet Tape Centre communiqué using records, synthersizers, samples and noises, played, looped and arranged by Benedict Drew.

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

In this episode, SubPhonics hunker down and get cosy for a very droney festive special. Mull the wine, put a log on the fire, and stare into the void with us.

Featuring Mario Jerome, David FindlayClaire Saint-Pierre, Konstantinos Damianakis, Helen Tate, Erin Robinson, David Williams, Toby Edwards, Giulio Dal Lago and Jamie Turner.

If you would like to play and/or collaborate with us, please contact hello@subphonics.com

Artwork by Erin Robinson.

Quarterly noise from SubPhonics exploring themes of collaborative sound and performance.

The French philosopher Henri Lefebvre said that 'to change life, we must first change space'. The pandemic didn't change space, however, but our relationship to it. Read the essay here.

Photography by Patrick Bernard and Karen Lacey-Holder.
Music by Jon Hassell.

Patrick Bernard walks along the Hogsmill River, a chalk stream and tributary of the Thames, to explore our changing relationship to space, Victorian science fiction and the transformation of everyday life.

In this episode, CYLAND Audio Archive Sonic Darts Showcase. A curated selection of works by international sound artists including early electronic sculptures by Peter Vogel, sharp modular synthesis from Yoshio Machida and Tod Barton, and heavy analogue textures from Nick Edwards aka Ekoplekz.

Plus, acoustic experiments by Georgy Bagdasarov, poetic tape collage by Sasha Ults, and raw digital overload from Hans Tammen. Also featured are site-responsive works by Jonáš Gruska, absurdist sonic theater from Peter Um, and contributions by Russian artists Vasily Stepanov, Dmitry Morozov, and our own collective project, Kurvenschreiber. This selection reflects the scope and intent of the CYLAND archive: to capture sound art as a tactile, conceptual and often unpredictable form.

Gwaith Swn's Sonic Darts is a London-based sound art collective presenting new sound works, performances and discussions.

Just a normal day trying a new cellphone around CDMX.

Mitamine Lab is a culture laboratory based in Mexico City which blends sound archives with contemporary music and literature.

Jon Leidecker presents an introduction to the history of sound appropriationism in 20th century composition, popular art and mainstream media, and the convergence of these trends in the present day.

The idea of a completely original piece of music is fairly recent. Music was passed on through sound, through generations, even for centuries after the invention of written music. Only in the 14th century did it become standard practice for a composer to sign his name to a piece of music and claim it entirely as his own, giving rise to the cult of the individual composer. But as recording supplanted sheet music in the 20th century, the presence of communal influence became unavoidably obvious once again as composers began to use recordings to make new recordings. We can now hear the presence of more than one voice. And there is a reason why people don't say they listen to a record – they say that they play a record. From the beginning, recordings have been instruments.

The fourth episode of VARIATIONS provides an overview as the art music tradition of collage music is joined by the popular culture tradition of hip hop, which would establish many of the same aesthetics and practices solidly in the mainstream. Featured composers include Grandmaster Flash, the Latin Rascals, David Byrne & Brian Eno & Negativland.

Transcript available here:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20110623/04Variations_transcript.pdf

Link to the complete series:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/variations_tag

For more information on this series and other podcasts, visit Ràdio Web MACBA.

(Originally broadcast Thursday 6pm, repeats Sunday 6am, Tuesday 6am and Wednesday 8am)

This episode features S*Glass, Maryanne Amacher, Shadow Pattern, Matt Atkins, Food People, Dang, Panic Boner, Eddie Gale, the Shadow Ring and more.

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

In this episode, IDS signee Hossam Hilal takes over for a psycadelic electronic journey from Cairo, Egypt.

ID Spectral is a multi-disciplinary record label and arts collective, showcasing the spectrum of innovative creative identities worldwide.

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kobayashi Issa’s poem “caged bird / glaring with envious eyes / at butterflies!”

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.

Ensemble Musica Nova is an Israel-based collective of musicians, composers and artists, collaboratively exploring the vast terrain of experimental music and contemporary sound.They are working together to expand the borders of the medium and enrich the dialogue between music and the fields of arts, technology and science.

The live recording of this episode took place in Schocken6, Tel-Aviv, featuring ensemble Ensemble Musica Nova (Maayan Tzdaka, Orr Sinay, Yifeat Ziv, Adi Snir) and Hagai Izenberg.

Radio Concrete by **Hagai Izenberg is a monthly experimental radio show focusing on live mixing and processing of field recordings together with contemporary music and soundscapes.

In this episode, More Eaze is first to take the reins with an eclectic mix of music and found sound that captures the vibrant creative scene of Austin, Texas.

Then, in a variation on our usual theme, we take over for the second hour, with a selection of tunes from the First Light Records catalogue woven in among field recordings that document the ever-expanding city of Manchester.

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.

In this episode, Dani’s lined up some hardcore punk.

Maximum Rocknroll Radio is a weekly radio show and podcast featuring DIY punk, garage rock, hardcore, and more from around the world. A rotating cast of DJs pick the best of the best from MRR's astounding, ever-growing vinyl archive. You can find MRR Radio archives, specials and more on their website.

In this episode: lust infirmity, filth, and more of the decadent deceased.

An inner city dance grotto for self-expression.