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Show 054: Fabrice Cesario by Fabrice Cesario

Here is the fresh and up to date contribution from Grenouille to the RADIA network.
Sorry for the delay but the program maker’s first child being born on 7 April came to disturb the normal development of Art!

The sound material for this program was recorded during 3 impro sessions where program maker Fabrice Cesario (multi-effects, radio, tape, whistling tube and solo analog synthesizer) invited other fellows. At first he played with Olivier Maurel (cello, multi-effects, FM and HF radio). Then joined Andy Bolus (homemade audio switch) and Erik Minkkinen (pitched voice, 80′s electronic drum) – this 4-person band was named ‘Phantom Power’ for this occasion (Andy insisted). The last session was a set by ‘Olga Tüdjnik’: a duet with Eva Jacobi (voice, toys and sound files). The program is a result of an editing of this material (recorded at each time on multi-tracks) with parsimonious addition of Fabrice’s solo performances.

Fabrice Cesario attempts to free music from the word ‘free’ – that has been a label among others which format and level music. He wants to put weight on the other scale of the machine.
About this program, Fabrice says: “My music happens at the very moment I’m making it. What you can perceive in this radio program is not exactly the music I made: it is an ‘écorché’ (a cutaway – litterally ‘skinned’ in French) in the same way you won’t see life on anatomy boards.” So, let’s make it music anew by experiencing its listening!

Download RADIA progam #54 from:
http://grenouille888.org/dyn/article.php3?id_article=643

Show 053: local vs.global and Space Bar Fragments by band klo

program (sound and speech) produced by band klo: dejan, sonja and aleksandar nikov in their studio during their sessions including solo music by aleksandar nikov…

Confronting music as a global way of communication with Macedonian language that is spoken by 2 000 000 people and it’s not understandable for the rest of the world. Speech samples provided by Sonja Klo, Dean Klo and Aleksandar Nikov. Music is made by Aleksandar Nikov.

Show 052: a travellog of the radio sprectrum by Luis Silva

One of the motivations of art is undoubtly an affirmation about human relations. This program is an experiment and a call-out for people to send their messages to the airwaves. You can figure it out to be just a political stance but it is more properly viewed as a demonstration of the use of radio for voicing opinions and points of view. The program is by Luis Silva, one of Radio Zero programmers.

Show 050: The adventures of Khaosz Kapitany

The adventures of Khaosz Kapitany

The Adventures of Khaosz Kapitany is the craze of our Sunday nights at Tilos – as it has been for 7 years. The general concept of the show is to gather rare music, sounds, voices and use the characteristics of the studio space – with its gadgets, and Sunday-night hangers around reading auspicious texts to create strange atmospheres.

The present compilation is a mix of music by Nino Rota, Felix Kubin, Sam and the Pharaoes, Alice Coltrain, Albert Einstein Commitee, Ganja Cru, Stock Hausen and Walkman, together with sound fragments picked from old horror videos, radio soap operas and avantgarde poetry with some instrumentral improvisation by Hungarian band leader Dr.Marias. This part is a sample from their special “Menza Brothers – Dadaist Culture Revue” – live instruments, with record manipulation and effects – and two voices reading-yelling found texts – with Khaosz Kapitany at the controls.
Beware… mostly in Hungarian.
OK, basically, it takes you through the purgatory, and …. let’s see what happens at the end.

Show 049: The Mimo Hideout by Emilian Gatsov

Emilian Gatsov is known for his music for theatre performances.
The specific characte of each work allows a wide range of styles and techniques, varying from short pieces to elongated soundscapes and from acoustic to totally artificial electronic palette.

“The Mimo hideout” uses a common approach of slightly processed sound documents combined in a manner that overcomes the actual fact and creates a reality both realistic and artificial.

Show 048: by Sarah Washington

This show is the end result of a process that entailed thinking a lot about hunger. It is a constructed audio collision, on the one hand an improvised concert by the Tape Beatles and Tonic Train, on the other a distracted voice, distilled from a roll call of world famines.
Produced by Sarah Washington

Show 047: Art’s birthday review

A radia contribution by Orange 94.0
This piece is made by Caroline Hofer und Barbara Kaiser, who spent some days in prague, at the art’s birthday festival. C.H. wrote every day a web based diary, translated into english by Katie Elston. Those entries build now the heart and the frame of the piece. Furthermore, live recordings are an essential part of the production: Music comes from: Michael Northam, Zum Beispiel, Jaroslav Koran, Skupia C, Ernst Reitermaier, Barbara Kaiser.

Show 045: Playlist: Un résumé de rue from Radio Grenouille

Radia #45 introduced first sounds from Marseille. (First contribution from Radio Grenouille to Radia)

Playlist: Un résumé de rue (summary of a street) by David Bouvard. Angambi dans la communauté (Trouble in the community), an improvisation by Arno Calleja and Laure Maternati. Méditerranée, by Jeanine Denis, street singer. Cut up radio et vie intime sur dictaphone (Radio cut-up and intimate life on dictaphone), by Amy Chauveau. Les cartes, Carmen (Cards, Carmen), an excerpt from On a toujours été séparés (We’ve always been apart), from a conversation between Sarah Kéryna and her grandmother. Recording by Sarah Kéryna, editing and mix by Paule Anders. Cheminement, deuxième partie (Development, 2nd part), by Pôm Bouvier B.