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oh, futures! radia #440: hedging the future + radia #417: cerebro

taking care for the – oh, future? but which one? none of us will be seriously able to tell. so should we try it the hard way, calculating with capital and hedging hardcore fonds – or more precisely: something others think they'd better build upon?
or rather the soft way, fine-tuning our sensors to possible traces towards tomorrow neatly hidded in the atmosphere?

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RANDOM TIME RADIO TIME von | by TBC RADIO (radia #443)

time. measure, number and rule. rhythm and beat. synchronization. but what if clocks run differently? if they get out of synch, stop, get rid of the regime of time zones, world time, standard time? what time do they show? and how will those come together, who – knowingly or not – set their time according to them? is it possible that in the end chance provides the only key to synchronize these times from time to time?

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RadioGarten : Oszillator Obstsalat | RadioGarden : Oscillator Fruit Salad

On the trees in the gardens plums and apples are calling for a rich harvest. Together with the Berlin based artist, electro-experimentalist and musician Klaas Hübner we are cutting fruit, for he will serve us a delicate meal: His famous oscillator fruit salad. Part of this are three very special pieces: a banana, an orange and a star fruit sporting switches and cables sprouting from inside. Plus, also our napkins and spoons are wired. A sweet dish that is going to be taste for tongue and ears…

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carradio radia #439: yaris AM 153, 225 and 1611 + radia #343: cabaret of complexity

cars. uh. what are they good for? absolutely nothing. at least if you count uses against abuses and damage, and divide the result through the anthropocentric egoism factor. but then – wait a minute: what about radio art?

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detritus dreams radia #435: clouds N 38 42.53, W 9 8.96 27-12-12 + radia #237: reheat the schnitzel

hacked pixels and frequencies: artifacts, literally. what otherwise would be a mere nuisance, for images and sounds are broken down to bits and pieces instead of being broadcasted properly, arrives as a concept for experimental radio art…

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crisis radia #427: crisis? what crisis? + radia #397: istanbul courthoustep

crisis? what crisis?
whenever "the crisis" becomes an argument, you should better listen. closely. who is talking (about) "the crisis"?
what are the motives and motivations for this kind of talk? if everybody looks at "the crisis": what is getting out of sight?
who is judging about the crisis? how is this done? if there is a great lament about the state of crisis and so called "alternativeless solutions" – should you believe? or is it rather about distracting attention from thinkting about the real reasons – and that these should be named before "alternativeless solutions" are being installed?

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ultrasonic cities radia #426: ultrasonic city + radia #329: TIK RADIO BRATISLAVA SHORTCUTS

there are whole urban landscapes growing under the threshold of human perception. but it is not only due to the limited capacities of human ear's sensorial perception that certain frequencies remain in audible. as we'll hear, there are other reasons as well…

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cassettes radia #419: montreal tape run + radia #298: song poems

time for tape stories!
of course these can be narrated in various ways. in example with a modified open audio version of a cadavre exquis…

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walks radia #416: shadow walks + radia #348: all truly great thoughts are conceived while walking

walking through cities.
to explore sites and non-sites. sounds, words and noises. to see and to listen. to look for what otherwise remains unseen. and to eavesdrop what otherwise would remain unheard.

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what is radio? radia #415: what is radio? + radia #359: radio readings

what is radio? what are its potencies as a medium? and how does radio work as medium of art?
sure one could think and talk about these questions for hours. dedicate lectures, whole conferences and books to them.

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