Show 1083: Music Is Murder by Martin Djorlev (Kanal103)

Мартин Џорлев – Музиката е отепувачка

This episode captures the closing moments of Kanal 103’s marathon broadcast marking 81 years of Macedonian Radio, on 28.12.2025.
After more than 15 hours on air and a never-ending closing live session, the scheduled program slowly dissolved into an open situation. Recorded around 4am, as the night tipped into morning, the studio shifted into a different mode. Using the station computer, Martin Djorlev began mixing live from multiple internet sources, navigating streams, fragments, and digital noise in real time.

What emerged was an unplanned deep drone / ambient mix, imperfect, glitchy, unbalanced, marked by signal cracks and bleed from an old mixer worn down by years of use. Slow and immersive, the sound hovers somewhere between exhaustion and focus. A live navigation through online audio, shaped by the moment, the hour, and the accumulated energy of the broadcast.

Martin Djorlev is a central figure in the new Macedonian music scene. Active across projects, genres, and formats, he plays almost nightly, releases constantly, and moves between live performance, composition, and experimentation. This set reflects that momentum, created without preparation, without pause, as if there were no tomorrow.

Some of his recent music:
https://zhivotni.bandcamp.com/album/-
https://ubijdedo.bandcamp.com/album/-
https://stotrojka.bandcamp.com/album/–10

Recorded live at Kanal 103, Skopje.
End of broadcast, beginning of another space.

Show 1082: Spooky Aspic at a Distance by Ergo Phizmiz/Lottie Bowater (Soundart Radio, Devon, UK)

Narrative is in a pretty pickle without the culture of experimental theatricals tossing off their posing pouches and expressing with wild abandon but, today in the studios of Soundart Radio, almost everybody is naked! That’s because devised theatre, in the most magical of spaces – the radiophonic environment – is back! Ghosts! Witchcraft! Savoury jelly! Welcome to the future dramaturgy! May or may not involve contributions from interstellar intelligences.
jelly in space

Produced by Dr Ergo Phizmiz and Lottie Depresstival Bowater with the Soundart Radio MASSIVE
at the “PLAY” devised radio workshops, part of listen–play–experiment with thanks to funding from Devon and Torbay Combined Authority, Devon County Council and UK Shared Prosperity Fund “Essential Skills” programme.
soundartradio.org.uk/listen-play-experiment/

Show 1081: The Wind of Heaven, by Jim Denley (Radio One 91FM, NZ)

The Wind of Heaven

Hidden Valley seems to be far removed from our worlds. There, a musical encounter with Flies, Cicadas, Wombat Poo, and a little Waterfall unfolds. These characters become my Musickin—through the musicking—as the wind of heaven blows through the pipes of every critter.

Later in my studio: A contemplation re-enfolds on the affordances of identity and identitylessness.

The originary recording was made 2020, in the Budawang Mountains, southwest of Nowra, on the east-coast of Australia. This Country is the lead author of this work, and respects are paid to the Yuin people, who have been singing up these Mountains everywhen. My studio is on Gadigal Country.

– Jim Denley, December 2025

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Born in the Illawarra, Dharawal Country south of Sydney in 1957, Jim Denley has been active with experimental and improvised musicking since the 1970s. 

He has performed in Australia, Europe, Japan and the US with artists such as Chris Abrahams, Clare Cooper, Keith Rowe, Joel Stern, Robbie Avenaim, Jon Rose, John Butcher, Otomo Yoshihide, Fred Frith, Phil Niblock, Trey Spruance, Clayton Thomas, Tess de Quincy, Axel Dörner, Adam Sussman, Ami Yoshida, Oren Ambarchi, Tony Buck, Ikue Mori, Sachiko M, Malcolm Goldstein, Michael Sheridan and Annette Krebs.

He is interested in what his music instinct might learn from language. From 1989 to 2009 he worked with the text/music group Machine for Making Sense, (Amanda Stewart, Stevie Wishart, Rik Rue and Chris Mann). Jim co-formed 180º with Amanda Stewart and Nick Ashwood in 2018 to continue the pursuit of text/music intra-activity. He’s been involved with the radically inclusive Splinter Orchestra since 2001.

He often records around the coves and beaches of Sydney Harbour, where for thousands of years the Dharug people would have played ngaramang (music).

His radio work Collaborations, produced by ABC Radio National  won the 1989 Prix Italia for radio production.

Bloomsbury will be publishing his PhD research as the book, Towards ecological musicking: As Weather Improvisation.

Jim Denley

 

Show 1080 : Cyborg Lullaby by Gwen Sainte-Rose – Radio Campus Bruxelles


« Cyborg Lullaby » from Gwen Sainte-Rose
(1st part of upcoming “Those who are not Mothers”)

« Est-ce que vous avez des enfants ? »
A cette question qui paraît anodine, celles qui ne sont pas mères peuvent apporter, chacune, une réponse et une histoire très différentes.
Gwen y répond ici à sa façon, dans ce premier geste sonore qui raconte son histoire et son rapport à la non-maternité. D’autres créations sur cette question suivront, présentant les univers singuliers de chacune autour du projet : « Celles qui ne sont pas mères ».

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“Do you have children?”
To this seemingly innocuous question, those who are not mothers can each give a very different answer and tell a very different story.
 Gwen responds in their own way, in this first sound piece that tells their story and their relationship with non-motherhood.

It’s also about what they feel on a sensory level. How they live in a binary and heterosexual system. What is “natural” or not. And how they find their way in there.
Other creations on this question will follow, presenting each person’s unique universe on this theme.

Gwen Sainte-Rose is a musician, composer and sound artist. Their creations are always guided by sensitive listening.
For cello and loopstation, they composed “Collines – Racines”, two soundscapes inspired by the Forêt de Soignes and the Gaume region in South Belgium.

They produced the radio documentary “Ne pleure pas !” (Don’t cry!), about child abuse.
Now they are also exploring links between videos they made with a microscope camera, sound and music, as in « Garden ».

Production, sound design and music : Gwen Sainte-Rose
Curation : Carine Demange

Show 1079 : Floating Listens (Radio Grenouille – Euphonia)



Floating listens-radio-grenouille
Julie Rousse / Aurélie Darbouret / Jean-Baptiste Imbert

A sound geography of the Calanques National Park, mixing sensitive knowledge, empirical and scientific.

Sound creation resulting from a workshop of listening and recording underwater sounds co-created with people concerned by psychiatry.

With the participants of Radiolà:
Fanny Ausseil, Yves Seksek, Anita Lindskog, Sylvain Vicarini, Yacine Djemli

Aurélie Darbouret, anthropologist researcher
Underwater recordings: Julie Rousse, sound artist
Recordings & Production: Jean-Baptiste Imbert

A creation with the phonograph artist Julie Rousse, anthropologist researcher Aurélie Darbouret and sound director Jean-Baptiste Imbert.

Floating listening, a project proposed by Radio Grenouille – Euphonia and supported by the Calanques National Park as part of its call for ‘Culture’ projects for the Autumn of the Calanques 2025 and labeled La Mer en Commun.

Guest Show 1078 : “Le Leman Mystérieux Merveilleux” par Eric Desjeux – Institut International de Recherche sur la Radio et la Magie

LE LEMAN MYSTERIEUX MERVEILLEUX
par Eric Desjeux

Ré-affirmer le merveilleux comme une manière de ré-enchanter le réel
Les rives du Léman ont toujours fasciné des artistes, écrivain·es et penseur·euses venu·es des quatre coins du monde.
Nous faisons l’hypothèse que vivre avec nos histoires, nos légendes et nos mythes fondateurs, est une manière de nous ancrer et de nous régénérer en tant que communautés, et que la transmission culturelle est un processus qui contribue à connecter les individus et à perpétuer des groupes humains.
Aux prémices de ce projet nous avons constitué une équipe de recherche pluridisciplinaire, réunissant des artistes et des scientifiques local·es ainsi qu’international·es et leur avons proposé un double temps de résidence croisée. Nous avons pensé que cette immersion offrirait un terreau fertile pour la compréhension, la réinterprétation et la création de récits liés au Léman.

avec Jean-Baptiste Molina, Federica Tamarozzi, Christian Baumann, Dalia Mauvis, Mathilde Tinturier, Jonathan Frigeri, Emmanuelle Nizou, Antoine Schaad, Maryne Lanaro, Henry Deletra, Benoit Grison, Diederik Peeters, Paul Courlet, Luca Schöpfer, Stéphanie Pfister, Eva Zornio, Vanessa Montero.
Une production de l’Institut International de Recherche sur la Radio et la Magie.
Curation : Jonathan Frigeri / Carine Demange.

Show 1077: Entrances as Other Exits By Andrew Backhouse (Guestshow)

Surreal collage of a smiling woman and a baby with their eyes obscured by stitched lines, a crown floating above the woman’s head, irises behind them, and a large butterfly and reclining seal layered in front on ornate vintage engravings; muted beige background.

This radiophonic piece is improvised from live broadcast, dubbed and mixed across four channels in real time, with effects layered in the moment. It explores the fleeting quality of sound — how something can be summoned into being just by pressing Play. It’s about listening as a kind of magic, where the act of playback becomes the act of creation, unfolding outward like a ripple
from the centre. A quiet celebration of the ephemeral, the accidental, and the everyday wonder of tuning in.

Andrew Backhouse is one of the founders of Harrogate Community Radio and an artist in his own right. Born in East Anglia and somewhat superstitious, Andrew has lived across the UK but now happily calls Harrogate home.

More about Andrew Backhouse can be found at
www.backhouse.wtf.

Show 1076: Certain Secret Methods Two by Mykel Boyd (Rádio Zero)

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Certain Secret Methods Two is a new 27 minute composition created specifically for radia. It uses tape loops, harmonium, singing bowls, sequential circuits pro one and field recordings to create a space for you to visit whenever you like. I am intrigued by the concept of dead drops, codes and ciphers and Steganography. In this recording is embedded, messages, codes and location details. Perhaps you will listen closely and figure out what it is all about?

Mykel Boyd (*1970, Kankakee, IL) makes sound recordings, conceptual artworks, photos, installations and films. By experimenting with aleatoric processes, Boyd creates work in which a fascination with the clarity of content and an uncompromising attitude towards conceptual and minimal art can be found.

Mykel Boyd photo credit by e gabriel edvy.

SHOW 1075: TEA FM. Autumn in Sobrarbe

This sound creation piece captures the essence of autumn in the Aragonese region of Sobrarbe. Through field recordings collected in forests, rivers, and mountain villages, it reveals the textures of a landscape in transition — the rustle of dry leaves, distant cowbells, the whisper of the wind through beech and pine trees, and the echo of footsteps on ancient stone paths. The composition invites the listener to experience the emotional and acoustic depth of the season, blending natural ambiences with subtle sound design to evoke the quiet beauty and melancholy of autumn in the Pyrenees.

Soundscapes recorded at Bielsa, Pineta and Chisagüés 23-25 october 2025.

Show 1074: Funkfeuer (Wiener Radia Kollektiv, Radio Orange 94.0)

What became of the Library of Alexandria? It seems to have fallen victim to the flames. Just like our beautiful jingle. Only remnants of it remain, because we allowed ourselves to play with fire in this programme. We were amazed at how many levels there are links between the element of fire and radio! It starts with the German word “Funkfeuer” (radio beacon) and ends with Telefunken and lightning. We enjoy the convivial warmth of the campfire and marvel at electromagnetic inventiveness.

A programme featuring sonic illusions and surprising parallel universes.

Production and recordings by Barbara Huber, Barbara Kaiser, Fabi Lux, Stefan Nussbaumer & Karl Schönswetter. Contains industrial recordings by kwandalist.

Arrangement & mixing by Karl Schönswetter.

From our Elements series. Previously released: Earth, Water and Metal.

Cover: Karl Schönswetter

Morse Code Snippets (hidden):

Code 1: Hello, this is a show from radia
Code 2: Funkfeuer, Funken schlagen, Prometheus sei Dank
Code 3: Radio is like the fire around we congregate