Time. Can you bend it, stretch it, shorten it, lengthen it, heat it, freeze it, receive it, lose it? According to some pioneering astrophysicists, maybe someday. But for now we will have to make do with its derivatives and devotees (in the likes of Audio Panorama, enthusiastic stretchers of time..) And maybe that's for the best.

O, Sound, o, Sound, why do you sound so round...? 

O, Noise, o, Noise, are you liked by all the boys...?

O, Music, o, Music, doesn't this make you sick...?

- I want to tell you...

- But...

- Please do not...

- But...

- Be silent for...

- But...

- Come on...

- But...

- Stop butting!

Nothing left, nothing left. Time is unlimited, try living someone else's life. Start making other plans, go there where the path may lead. Be close to failure, give up.

Repetition creates pattern. If I have a hundred of these, a hundred of those, it doesn't make any difference what these and those are. If I can repeat anything, I have the possibility of a pattern from hickory nuts and chicken eggs, shards of glass, branches. It doesn't make any difference. — Dan Phillips

“Repetition opens doors, you know?” ― Tim Lucas, The Book of Renfield: A Gospel of Dracula

This episode marks the end of season one of this podcast. We will take a little break until the first Saturday in September. In the meantime, we will charge our batteries, collect new sounds, get a tattoo or two (you got a tattoo too?), train some muscles, and acquire a sun tan. We thank all our listeners for their love and support during this first season, and we love to be back on September 4 for season two!

It literally means soft (and) strong. Its sounds should resemble a guitar, but have more similarities to a bell. You can hear this bell ringing and not know. You play it, it is playful. Man is playful, homo ludens.

We of Audio Panorama love sounds of all kinds and of all origins. The sound of nature, the sound of humans, the sound of animals in their natural habitat, or far from it. Even — or should we say: even more? — the ethereal sound of matter in continual transformation... (only to be enjoyed with patience and acquired taste). And then there's this thing with sound in the context of its locality. Yes, sounds do sound different in different places. Did you know that, for example, sounds sound different in Japan? It's hard to get your head around it, but in Japan, somehow, sounds sound... shall we say BIGGER?

The four elements find their place. As well as speculating about what is really going on. The picture changes from black and white to color; otherwise there is silence. People disappear in such a way that the zone appears to have a consciousness. Someone is dismantling the weapon. A train rumbles.

What is the taste of the holes in a Swiss cheese? When you blink your eyes, what do you see if they have just closed? What do you feel right before someone puts her hand on your hand or just after she lifts her hand from your hand? What do you smell with a pinched nose? And what do you hear...?

Of all the sounds that surround us, the human voice occupies the most prominent place. The human voice in all its manifestations. As a means of communication. As a messenger with commercial or political motives. As a musical instrument. Or as a cacophonic background noise. With all that excessive attention that the human voice demands from us, in this episode of Audio Panorama let's put the human ear to work for a change.