Transmissions
La Cafetera
Labrador Basin (US 2021)
Produced by Labrador Basin (US 2021)
13 min, Episode 7 of 9
From somewhere you know, transmitted to you. Listen in, don’t tell anyone. As fantasy intoxicates reality, observation becomes drowned understanding.
The mysterious Labrador Basin combines field recording archive montage and poetry and with each episode we learn a little more about this allusive artist.
Producer: Labrador Basin
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XMTR Radio Hour Ep16
Social Broadcasts (UK 2022)
Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2021)
60 min / Episode 16 of 16
The next hour has a distinctly European flavour and will be showcasing work from the Italian radio platform Radio Papesse, the Belgian space for sonic creations RadioLa as well something from the prolific Italian multi-media artist Cristina Marras and a short from the Social Broadcast archive.
Sound artist Anna Raimondo has four languages in her life, French, Italian, Spanish and English and decided that it would be sensible to get some phonetic training to help her achieve a proper British accent. Her Henry Higgins happens to be Australian and the results teeter between absurd and endearing. Me My
English and all the languages of my life by Anna Raimondo
From Radiola.be (by the Atelier de creation sonore radiophonique in Brussels)
Next, we’re going to take a sort of road trip in Sardinia along the St Barbara Mining trail but also on a personal trip down a memory lane belonging to Italian radio maker Cristina Marras’s memories as she goes on this 500k pilgrimage with her friend who is happens to be called Cristina Maras.
The smell of Naptha by Cristina Marras
Back to the UK now to Peterborough and more specifically to the Portuguese area just off the Lincoln road, where Francesco Costa is having an after-work glass of wine at Tasca, a Portuguese canteen complete with football on the TV and cakes and stews behind glass counter.
Love and Life on Lincoln Road - Francesco Costa by Lucia Scazzocchio
From Radio Local
Now Imagine a camera zooming out up from Lincoln road, up from Peterborough, up from Britain, Europe, the earth and now we can see earth from space. But then we hurtle down towards Alabama in the US, it’s 1954 and a Meteor hits.
Meteor Bodies by Kate Donovan with mentorship from Katharina Metts
From Radio Papesse’s Lucia Festival
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Guardians Of The River : Ep 1 Power To Protect
Guardians of the River (US 2021)
House of pod / Wild Bird Trust (ZA/US 2021)
43 min Episode 1 of 8
This is the story of the guardians of the Okavango water system. These guardians have a monumental task: safeguard a remote, near pristine environment facing threats from all sides. Join the adventure as the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness scientists and tribe members embark on an epic four-month expedition to follow a trickle of water 1,500-kilometers across Southern Africa. As their journey unfolds, they realise their real quest will take trust, a team, and an alliance with a legendary snake-like demon named Mukisi.
It brings to life the sights and sounds of the Okavango, its animals and people and gives local tribes the chance to finally be heard and participate in one of the world’s most important conservation initiatives.
Directed and narrated by Kerllen Costa
Produced by House of Pod and the Wild Life Bird Trust (South Africa)
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Ear Of The Edgeland: Breydonsound
Eastern Ear (UK 2019)
Produced by Eastern Ear (UK 2019)
38 min, Episode 2 of 4
Ear of the Edgeland’ is a series of podcasts that takes an explorative and alternative look at Norfolk. Author and curator, Sarah Lowndes is in conversation with Yarmouth-based painter, Bruer Tidman. The conversation is punctuated with music from artist and musician, Jason Parr with field recordings of Breydon Water, Burgh Castle and from under Breydon bridge.
Producer: Richard Fair and Oliver Payne
Eastern Ear
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Soundwalk In The Morning Rain
Lina Chang (US 2020)
Produced by Lina Chang (US 2020)
2 min
An audio collage of field recordings from NYC, made in response to Cities and Memory's collection 'Smithsonian Treasures'. Inspired by a letter addressed to Miss Wheaton, by the artist Elizabeth W. Capron as part of the Smithsonian Treasures online exhibition of recordings submitted in response to the Smithsonian collection.
Producer: Lina Chang
XMTR Radio Hour Ep15
Social Broadcasts (UK 2021)
Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2021)
60 min / Episode 15 of 15
The next hour will be showcasing some audio works featured on xmtr.fm as well as some works produced by Social Broadcasts over the past year. The first piece you’ll hear is from a series of Audio Postcards commissioned for the Wild Eye Project by Invisible Dust in Scarborough who work with artists to explore the environment and climate change. Here are some sounds sent from the North Sea. Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio with sound design by Silvia Malnati.
Next, we travel down south to London and more specifically Hackney’s Ridley Road market where May Robson meets the local traders who are struggling with the imminent changes and inevitable gentrification.
Produced by May Robson with Tamara Stoll who is working on the save Ridley Road campaign. It was broadcast as part of the online magazine The History Workshop
Now, close your eyes and get ready to experience something a little more ethereal as we enter the cosmos through a rich tapestry of sound by Belgian artist Adrien Pinet. This is just one of the many sound works you can hear on xmtr.fm’s Francophone cousin, Radiola.be. It’s an amazing resource.
Our final selection of this hour is from an oral history project Lily’s Legacy, celebrating the life Lily Montagu a magistrate, social worker, writer and co-founder of the Liberal Jewish movement in the UK. Here are some memories of Lily. Project produced by Liberal Judaism with the National Heritage Lottery Fund. There is plenty more to listen to and watch on lilyslegacyproject.com
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XMTR Radio Hour Ep14 Phonurgia 2021 Selection
Social Broadcasts (UK 2021)
Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2021)
60 min / Episode 14 of 14
The next hour showcases some winning and shortlisted English language or no language works from the Phonurgia Nova Awards - a celebration of radiophonic creation.
Winner of the Field Recording category Tom Fisher aka Action Pyramid captures the Suffolk countryside with ‘Hoverflies, Reed Pipes, Cockchafers and Bullroearers’, there’s surreal interrogation with 'Daisy Daisy' by Phoebe McIndoe, ‘Loss in Translation’ speech prize winner up by Lucia Scazzocchio and Sasha Edye-Lindner, captures loss and grief during lockdown and ’The Floating Exchange’ by Pierre Costard transports to the troubled waters of Lake Nokoue in Benin.
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The Stubborn Light of Things: Ep16 Identity
Melissa Harrison and Peter Rogers (UK 2020)
Produced by Melissa Harrison and Peter Rogers (UK 2020)
25 min / Episode 16 of 28
Nature writer and novelist Melissa Harrison goes out for walks in the Suffolk countryside with her dog Scout. We join her in nature as she muses about the local landscape, the shape of birds eggs and why the birds aren’t singing. She invites Richard Carter to broadcast the sounds of bats from North Yorkshire.