Special: Radia 2008 Review by Ricardo Reis and João Bacalhau

35 minutes to highlight the production for the whole year of 2008 of the Radia network would compress the 44 radio programs (1232 minutes), in a 0.028 ratio…

The 2008 review mix for Kunstradio represents a personal choice (compiled by Ricardo Reis and João Bacalhau) of the amazingly large spectrum of material that was produced throughout 2008. A list identifying the shows that were plundered for this work is given bellow (no special order). We hope it entices listeners’ curiosity to listen to more Radia shows and check the descriptions on http://www.radia.fm. And, YES, if you are an artist, send an email to the station nearer you and propose a program to Radia.

“The Dispatcher” by Kristin Lucas, show #146, from free103point9

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radioradar_x” by Marold Langer-Philippsen, show #147, from Radio Corax

radiophonic, show #148 from Radio Grenouille

“Canticles of the First Floor” by Pedro Coelho, show #152 from Rádio Zero

“Learning Tibetan” by earweego (Echo Ho and Hannes Hoelzl), show #153, from Resonance104.4FM

“I was listening wind of Himalaya in My former life…” by Lasonick, show #156, from Lemurie Prague

“wolves in Greenland” by Ralf Wendt, show #158, from Radio Corax

“Silent Zone” by Michael Fischer, Caroline Hofer, Barbara Kaiser, Lale Rodgarkia-Dara, Fiona Steinert, show #169, from Radio Orange

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lisbon underground” by Amadeu, show #169, from Radio Zero

“Northern relationships”, show #173 (from CKUT)

“Mechanical water” by Aymeric de Tapol, show #177, from Radio Campus

“Blackbox, Sounds of a Society”, show #179 from Kanal 103

“state of radio”, show #181 from XL Air

“autophones rlxtended” by Michael Gambacurta and Matthias S. Krüger, 
show #186, from RadioX

It’s a Money Party – A global youtube election redux” by Berlin Backyard Radio, show #188, from Reboot

“Black Water Brown Water” by David Prior, show #190, from Soundart

“mixing borders”, show #195 from Resonance104.4fm

Show 195: Mixing Borders

Listening to the radio is like traveling and when you travel you cross borders. How does it sound when you mix borders? Borders on your map, borders in your head. Enjoy a cup of tea, or a good cognac, while listening to Mixing Borders.

Produced by Selma Gültoprak, Keiko Takahashi, David Hahlbrock, Franziska Windisch, Julia Weißenberg and Oliver Salkic.

This show is one of the outcomes of the Airtime seminar at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. http://www2.khm.de/airtime/

Show 193: The Military Landscape Show by Jay Needham

Lange Beschreibung The sonic resonance that surround current and former military landscapes have intrigued artists working with sound. Memories of power and technology settle as an uneasy layer in these environments, creating opportunities for artists. I intend for this to be an on-going series, hopefully weaving in writings, interviews and inviting collaborations.

1.Richard Lerman, Aleutian Internment (7:01)
Inside a hunting dwelling on the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea (amplified whale bone, grass, rain, wild celery and a wind harp) Funter Bay Internment camp (slats of the goldmine camp building where they were interned, windharp, rain) Windharp and weeds at a Cemetery across from the Internment camp at Funter BaySeals on St Paul Island, the Pribilofs Ugadaga Bay, looking towards Biorka Island and an Iris in the wind and snow, recorded on Unalaska Island.

2. Louise K. Wilson “Black Beacon Receiver mix” ( 5:46)
Mixed-down version of the seven soundscapes produced for “Black Beacon Receiver”. From A Record of Fear

3. Louise K. Wilson, “U amplified choir. Sine oscillator ” Yannais Kyriakides, Composer (7:20)
A specially composed piece for Exmoor Singers, made for temporary installation in Lab 5 at Orford Ness.
Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London on August 7, 2005.
Music Director: James Jarvis; Producer Clarissa Farran.

4. Richard Lerman, Trinity Site (5:12)
Trinity Site, near Alamagordo, NM, was recorded in April 1997. Two times a year, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested, is opened up to visitors and many hundreds of people attend. I began recording from the car as I entered the military check point. Later, I recorded sounds from piezo disks attached to glass pieces that I placed into the earth. Also heard are sounds recorded from the fence surrounding ground zero and amplified, grass, weeks and footsteps of persons at the site.

Visit Richard’s site: http://sonicjourneys.com
Visit Louise’s site: http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/lsad/staff_pt/l_wilson.htm