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Show 1105: Retroauditive by Soundart Radio

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Hello

Now that we are 20 years as a radio station and 20 years as a radia station, here are eleven shows from the first decade. Rather than selected clips, they are all playing at once, but mixed up-and-down-and-in-and-out through a largely intuitive process.

It’s a chaotic muddle with moments of beauty, just like running a community radio station.

Not a retrospective, as you can’t see it.

Featuring radia shows 102, 114, 126, 137, 175, 190, 219, 264, 342, 483, 584.
By Chris Booth, Stephen Cornford, GilbertandGrape, Sarah Gray, Lucinda Guy, Shelley Hodgson, Anna Keleher, Lona Kozik, Stormsmith Nomi, Alexander Paterson, David Prior, Claire Long, Andrius Savickus.

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SHOW 1104: “THE GAME,” BY D A CALF (RADIO ONE 91FM, NZ)

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The Game takes its name from the attempts made by asylum-seekers to reach the EU via the overland border between Bosnia and Croatia. Located on the so-called Western Balkan migrant route—and only 10 kilometres from the border—Bihać has for the last 15 years been used as a point from which to attempt ‘the game’. Visible from the nearby monument on Garavice Hill is the local cemetery which contains a small, unkempt plot of graves of many who did not succeed—either drowning in the Una river after jumping off the trainline which snakes along beside it, encountering bears or unexploded land mines from the 90’s wars, or as a result of injuries sustained by the brutal push-backs administered by the Croatian border police. The monument, symbolising twelve weeping mothers looking out over their fallen children from the National War of Liberation (WWII), now takes on new meaning.


Additionally, the title references the local football stadium which at the height of the migrant crisis was used as a makeshift refuge for asylum-seekers. In contrast to the rising authoritarianism in Europe at present which manifests as increasingly harsh immigration policies, Bihać was the first region liberated from Nazi-allied forces in WWII. It was here that the founding principles of Yugoslavia, including its anti-colonial engagement with the global south were first fleshed out, guided by the Partisan call-to-arms ‘Smrt fašizmu, sloboda narodu’ (Death to fascism, freedom to the people).


The composition unfolds over nine thematic chapters (five of which feature in this excerpt), each focusing on one part of the constellational matrix of sites related to Garavice. The composition progresses through abandoned spaces used as makeshift asylum-seeker accommodation, game day at the local football stadium, the fields around Garavice, a border crossing, and archives related to the site, concluding at the point at which a group of asylum-seekers prepare to make a covert, nighttime border crossing. Interludes highlight the geological settings of these locations, while at other points field notes appear in the form of voice over, ruminating on the listening process.


The Game was first exhibited as a 60-minute, 22-channel sound installation incorporating geological and found objects activated by exciters and reclaimed speaker components, in Naarm/Melbourne in February 2026.

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Bio
D A Calf is a Naarm/Melbourne-based sound and installation artist and researcher, working predominantly with sound, text and photography to explore the remnants and dormant possibilities of failed modernisms. Through field work and archival research his practice contends with archives—impossible, hidden, contested, and otherwise—of place.

www.dacalf.com

www.instagram.com/d_a_calf

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Show 1103 : “Learning AI How To Dream” by Sebastian Dingens (Radio Campus Bruxelles)

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Dreaming is an essential activity in processing experiences and witnessed events. It helps us construct a sense of identity, reality and can (partly) help to process traumatic experiences.

Since AI is constantly confronted with the most violent content on the internet, the Sonic Research Kitchen thinks it is very important that we learn this new technology how to dream. How else can we expect it to process all the violence it encounters on the internet?

If we don’t act now, we’d better reserve the poor thing a spot on the waiting list for a decent psychotherapist.

This is our humble contribution in trying to learn AI to dream. With many thanks to the contributors who preferred to stay anonymous.

Yours truly,
Sebastian Dingens,
for the Sonic Research Kitchen.

About Sebastian Dingens

Sebastian Dingens plays around, and calls it research. He lets his mind drift and calls it improvisation. He makes drawings and calls them compositions. He turns knobs and calls it synthesis. He fiddles with recorded sounds and calls it radiophonic. But he is very serious about all of these things.

AI says that he works at the intersection of experimental music, listening practices, radio and sonic research.

He is fascinated by processes of geological erosion, processes of forgetting and the emergence of memories of never-lived experiences.

The truth, in the end, is one’s own perception of reality.

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cardboard cartoon figures of board surfers on waves of distant ice ages publicity for pubic hair and wrinkled bellies
anorexic skeletons disguised as bones of dinosaurs
fascinating drawings of young children,

curiously smiling with white teeth of disillusion

In a state of introvert depression rage I go to war,
I go to fight my own anger
with the violence of my own blood
on the brown battlefield under a dessert of black clouds

I am seeing myself standing there
but I am looking inward with closed eyes
fatigued by useless attempts to stay human in a hopelessly sick world

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there’s an impenetrable forest,
a forest inside myself
and inside this forest, there’s a clearing. I am standing there,
in the middle of the clearing
of the forest
inside of myself
there’s no animals moving about.. except for insects
small little insects
crawling around
with the speed of light
….
segmented legs
weird flies
…
a thousand faceted eyes
observe me
I feel their gaze piercing
my own
harnass
….

through bark and bush
there’s only a slow peculation of light
a glimmering reflection
of what used to be hope
seeps through the leaveless branches of berches pale bodied
their skinns inscribed with badly healed wounds as if this groove remembers
a wound I have not yet spoken
…

But if we change perspective ….

I am sitting in front of the open window my legs are a curtain
through the open window
I see a field of refined flowers wheeping, still in the wind

there’s a lot of berchtrees.
my skinn is waving
it is a waving curtain
my skinn is a curtain, waving in the wind ….

the waving enlightens in me a burning desire
the waving enlightens in me an inseasable desire …

and through the open window I see
…

cardboard cartoon figures of board surfers on waves of distant ice ages publicity for pubic hair and wrinkled bellies
anorexic skeletons disguised as bones of dinosaurs
fascinating drawings of young children,

curiously smiling with white teeth of disillusion

In a state of introvert depression rage I go to war,
I go to fight my own anger
with the violence of my own blood
on the brown battlefield under a dessert of black clouds

I am seeing myself standing there
but I am looking inward with closed eyes
fatigued by useless attempts to stay human in a hopelessly sick world

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Radia show curated by Carine Demange for Radio Campus Bruxelles.

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Show 1102 : The economic trip | JBI (Radio Grenouille)

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A journey
Questions
What is the difference between a metro and an airplane ?
Between a shopping center and an airport ?
What does the light energy and the roaring sound of these mechanical movements tell us ?

2,364 meters above the ground. Drink a sip of water, 4,901 meters above the ground ;
“Would you like an apple juice, pepsi, coffee ? Milk, sugar ?”
A café at an altitude of 5548 meters.
It happens every day.

There are sparrows in Istanbul airport. On the trees.
On the trees that are in pots, IN the airport terminal.
A bird people in a cage, surrounded by metal birds, which fly high.
Who authorized me to take their place ?

It’s the economic one.
The economic trip.

radia_s57_n1102_ Le voyage économique
Radio Grenouille

Un trajet
Des questions

Quelle différence entre métro et avion ?
Entre un centre commercial et un aéroport ?
Que nous dit l’énergie lumineuse et les vrombissements de ces déplacements mécaniques ?

2364 mètres au-dessus du sol. Boire une gorgée d’eau, à 4901 mètres du sol ;
« Voulez-vous un jus de pomme, pepsi, café ? Du lait, du sucre ? »
Ça se passe tous les jours.

Il y a des moineaux dans l’aéroport d’Istanbul. Sur les arbres.
Sur les arbres qui sont en pot, DANS le terminal de l’aéroport.
Un peuple d’oiseau en cage, entouré d’oiseaux de métal, qui eux, volent haut.

Qui m’a autorisé à prendre leur place ?
C’est l’économique.
Le voyage économique.

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Show 1101: Embedded Memories by Jimmy Peggy (radioart106)

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All spaces and objects hold the memory of what has gone before. Vibrations and atmospheres persist over time and are stored, layered and can be recalled. Observations from the past can be felt upon entering a space or when touching an object. This is a subtle sense that is often lost in our present noisy and distraction filled world. This sound piece is produced from recordings made of ancient habitats and artifacts aimed at revealing embedded memories.

Jimmy Peggie

Jimmy Peggie works at the intersection of sound and visual language. His practice is built on introspection, quiet intensity and deep engagement with place and time. It is rooted in observation and the subtle textures, decay and imperfections found in natural and urban environments.

www.jimmypeggie.com

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Show 1100: 74.48 dB(A) by IGOR ŠTROMAJER for radio x

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radia season 56 – show #1100 (radio x) – 74.48 dB(A) – by IGOR ŠTROMAJER
– playing from April 27 to May 3, 2026 –

74.48 dB(A)
Buffering Love in a Hopeless Place

A sonic datastructure.
Programmed, synthesized, and processed by Igor Štromajer and his computers

The title – 74.48 dB(A) – represents the measured average sound pressure level in decibel in the central processing hub of a data center, where the A-weighting curve simulates the human ear’s response to the raw acoustic power of the hardware.

The sonic datastructure 74.48 dB(A) is an acoustic dissection of a heretical technological sacredness. At the core of the composition lies the processor noise of a server hall, establishing a decaying, mathematical, techno-sacred experience through a monotonous sequence of hums and mechanical sounds. This non-human sonic landscape deciphers the materiality of the internet, which manifests through constant vibration, heat, and forced mechanical cooling.The server room transforms from technical infrastructure into a consecrated space of mathematics, a hopeless place where the biological body can no longer survive due to noise and sterility. Here, the data stream reaches its harmonic peak within a post-human environment where machines communicate with one another in total autonomy, devoid of any human interaction or intervention.

This sonic architecture offers the illusion of salvation through the non-stop flow of information. Every single fan in this system acts as a prayer wheel, maintaining the stability of a fractured digital self in an infinite loop.The core state of this meditative sonic experience is buffering. In the server environment, love, affect, and identity cease to be fixed points; they become ongoing processes, constantly loading but never fully materializing. Simultaneously, the sonic datastructure deconstructs the myth of the ethereal data-cloud, confronting the audience with the brutal physical force required to sustain modern metaphysics. This non-human mantra, where noise and grief are the only remaining relics, offers failed tactics for transcending political anxiety and establishes meaningless strategies of groundless resistance.

IGOR ŠTROMAJER

Igor Štromajer – also known as intima.org – is a non-amateur level electric non-artist, “le Pavarotti du HTML”. He explores tactical artistic techno-performative research intimate guerrilla, and low-tech communication strategies.


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He has shown his work at more than two hundred exhibitions in more than sixty countries (transmediale, ISEA, EMAF, SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica Futurelab, V2_, IMPAKT, CYNETART, Manifesta, FILE, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Hamburg Kunsthalle, ARCO, Banff Centre, Les Rencontres Internationales, The Wrong – New Digital Art Biennale and in numerous other galleries and museums worldwide) and received a number of awards (in Frankfurt, Moscow, Hamburg, Dresden, Belfort, Madrid, Maribor).

His projects form part of the permanent collections of the prestigious art institutions, among them Le Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Computerfinearts Net and Media Art Collection in New York, and the Maribor Art Gallery in Slovenia.

As a guest artist he lectures at universities and contemporary art institutes. Štromajer lives and works between Frankfurt am Main and Maribor / Ljubljana.

Find out more at intima.org

credits:
great many thanks to Igor Štromajer and his computers for 74.48 dB(A) – Buffering Love in a Hopeless Place!

metadata:
74.48 dB(A) by IGOR ŠTROMAJER
radia production: miss.gunst [GUNST + radiator x]
production date: april 2026
station: radio x, frankfurt am main (germany)
length: 28 min.
licence: (cc-by) Igor Štromajer 2026
www.radiox.de – www.gunst.info – www.intima.org

additional info:
includes radia jingles (in/out), station and program info/intro (english)

links:
radio x & radiator x: www.radiox.de – www.radiox.de/radiator-x
GUNSTradio & radiator x: www.gunst.info – www.gunst.info/radiator
Igor Štromajer: www.intima.org

pics:
(cc-by) Igor Štromajer 2026

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RADIA SHOW1099: LORCA AS A DREAM (TEA FM )

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La poesía de Federico García Lorca late como un pulso antiguo que atraviesa la tierra y la voz. En sus versos conviven la música del pueblo, el misterio de la noche y una intensidad emocional que transforma las palabras en imágenes vivas. Lorca escribe con sangre, con luna, con silencio; y en esa mezcla surge una expresividad creativa que desborda los límites del lenguaje. Su poesía no solo se lee: se escucha, se respira, se siente como un eco profundo del alma humana. En cada metáfora vibra un paisaje, en cada ritmo una emoción que invita a imaginar, a escuchar lo invisible.
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The poetry of Federico García Lorca beats like an ancient pulse moving through the earth and the human voice. In his verses live the music of the people, the mystery of the night, and an emotional intensity that turns words into vivid images. Lorca writes with blood, with moonlight, with silence; and from this fusion emerges a creative expressiveness that overflows the limits of language. His poetry is not only read: it is heard, breathed, and felt like a deep echo of the human soul. In every metaphor a landscape vibrates, and in every rhythm there is an emotion inviting us to imagine and to listen to the invisible.

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Show 1098: Radio Tecnicolor by Stefan Nussbaumer & Georg Zichy (Radio Orange 94.0)

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The Vienna-based Radia Collective presents the live session “Radio Tecnicolor” featuring Stefan Nussbaumer and Georg Zichy. You are listening to a recording from 9 April 2026 at Basislager – Stefan Nussbaumer’s studio in 1150 Vienna. The concert was produced specifically for Radia transmission no. 1098. The performance can also be viewed in the following video:

You will hear an interweaving of sound and image, in which the video data controls the sound. There is a digital and analogue feedback loop, and radio sounds serve as the connecting element. An app programmed by Stefan Nussbaumer converts colour data into OSC signals. In this way, the sound is controlled by 54 pixels and two human beings.

Concept, production & performance: Stefan Nussbaumer & Georg Zichy
Video & audio recording: Lale Rodgarkia-Dara
Mixing: Karl Schönswetter
Photos: Karl Schönswetter, Georg Zichy

 

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Show 1097: mILLième (*Duuu Radio)

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For the Radia Show 1097, *Duuu Radio presents a compilation of tracks from the album “mILLième” (2025). With mILLième, the artist duo Cécile Tonizzo and Nicolas Couturier set out to explore, over a stretch of 217 meters – one-thousandth of the length of the Ill River (Alsace, France) – a fragment of landscape, blending performance, sound design, and graphic art.

In July 2025, a temporary collective was formed for five days with Cyril Magnier, Manuel Zenner, Curtis Coco, and Aquila Lescene. The group built a floating platform, created sound-recording instruments, and printed a series of t-shirts using elements from the Ill. They recorded a collection of sounds, discussions, and musical improvisations for this stretch of the river, with the aim of producing this sound edition.

Produced by the CEAAC, in collaboration with the CSC du Marais in Schiltigheim. The project is part of the “l’Ill – Une collaboration avec la rivière ” initiative between the CRAC Alsace in Altkirch, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, and the CEAAC in Strasbourg, a collaborative project made possible through the “Mieux produire, mieux diffuser” program established by the Ministry of Culture – Drac Grand Est and supported by the Grand Est Region.

Special thanks to Zoé Colombani and Charlotte Raimbault.

Compilation tracklist : Merle Jam – Est-ce que la rivière a changée ? – Milles rivières – Mise à l’eau – Sillure.

Radia editing : Mathias Dupaquier / *Duuu Radio

You can listen to the entire project on *Duuu via this link : https://duuuradio.fr/recherche?tags=un-millieme

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Radia Show 1096 : Schnìtzelbànk 3000 (TT Node)

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A jumble of sounds taken from Schnìtzelbànk 3000, but set in 2025
A ghostly journey created by the Mopiilettla streaming platform for the annual Schnìtzelbànk event, a four day radio exploration of Alemannic and Franconian dialects.
The main recordings were extracted from Mopilettla’s live 1kbps internet streams.

The elements:
A recitation of love by Frédéric Danos
Voices of Sylvie Reff (excerpts from her books), Sabine from Réunion, Daniel Muringer, Irmgard and Buki.
For more info on Schnitzelbank and how to make your own mini mo_pi_lette mobile streaming platform  :

https://p-node.org/actions/schnitzelbank-2025
https://p-node.org/documentation/pibox/mopilette-3000

Elsasser-ditsch /  àlamànisch:
A Kuddelmudel vum s’Schnìtzelbànk 3000 àwer in 2025
A geischtliga Wànderùng vu dr Mo∏letla duch dr Schnìtzelbànk3000
Meischta vu d’Ufgnuhma Ton sìn 1kbps

A Lieb Performànz: d’r Danos Frederic wu Eïer garn hàt
d’Ada, dr Sieben un dr Mabuseppi ìn dr Wàga
un d’Stìmma vu Reff Sylvie (stìckla vu sinna Biechla), Sabine üs la Réunion vu Elsasser Samossa kocht, Muringer Daniel, Irmgard, Buki
ufgnu mìt’m Mopilettla àwer nìt numma