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  • All India Radio
    Filename:  All-India-Radio-(AIR)_India

    Bitrate Mode:  vbr      Channel Mode:  mono      Sample Rate:  44100 Hz

    Recording by Jerry Johnston.

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave

    2 min
  • BBC World Service ident
    Filename:  BBC_England_(Four-notes-B-B-B-E).mp3  (317.23 kB)

    Bitrate Mode:  vbr      Channel Mode:  mono      Sample Rate:  44100 Hz

    Recording by Jerry Johnston.

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave


    1 min
  • Uh yes, uh no
    "I worked on the recording of the Chinese invasion of Vietnam in  18th February 1979. I mixed it with Uh Yes Uh No, the voice of Andy Warhol  from Jeff Gordon, Art Voices. 
    Gordon's interviewed Warhol but then he erased the questions and just left the “yes” and “no” answers. Warhol would talk a loved recordings of people’s voices. Gordon claims that his favorite was Jacqueline Kennedy’s because it was like a whispering breath. Somehow this tragic announce of the Chinese invasion of Vietnam is made by a very gentle voice which made me think of this piece: Uh Yes Uh No. (Source UbuWeb Sound)"

    Composition by Giovanna Iorio.

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave

    16 min
  • Havana Syndrome (psychogenic origin mix)
    "All sounds used were from the original recording, the psychogenic origin refers to the Havana Syndrome. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome for further details. The interesting element is the application of the various listing of potential causes and the application (by modulation and FX) of some of them within the composition. 
    All was edited / synchronised in Logic and some of the samples were modified by an approximation of the Havana Syndrome supposed causes. It would be tempting to add that it was recorded live at the Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba but was it not?"

    Composition by Peter Hodgkinson. 

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave

    7 min
  • Voice of Korea
    As a child, I was often found glued to my dad’s shortwave radio station in pursuit of voices from across the globe. If lucky, I would exchange a few words, in very limited English, with a stranger somewhere far away. Most of the time, all I got was static, in itself a hint of the vast universe yet to be explored by a young soul. This was in the 1970’s and it was my internet.

    My piece is a treatment of my own childhood curiosity and the extreme autocracy of North Korea. I used bits of propaganda from North Korean radio, the Kim Jong-Un approved pop band Moranbong Band - performing tributes to their leader - and the massive impact of military parades regularly performed for the Kim family and potentates.

    Sources used:
    The invasion of South Korea by North Korea on 25 June 1950 announced by Swedish state radio SR.
    Mix of “Voice of Korea”, short wave transmissions by North Korea state radio.
    North Korean number codes, short wave transmissions date unknown.
    Tapto by Moranbang Band.
    Military parades of 2005 and 2012 in Pyongyang.
    Patriotic Song by North Korean Military Choir.
    Voice of Chairman Kim Jong-Un meeting President Donald Trump on 30 June 2019 at the Korean DMZ, related by Swedish state television SVT.
    Short wave interference noise recorded from Lafayette HE-20T, a short wave base station used by my father in the 1970’s and still used by me.
    All other sound clips from The Short Wave Radio Archive, Daily Mail, Swedish state Radio archives and YouTube.

    Composition by Eva Q. Mansson.

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave



    5 min
  • China invades Vietnam
    Voice of Vietnam, Chinese Invasion of Vietnam, 18 Feb 1979. 20-30 GMT (i.e. 6-30 am Eastern Standard Time, 19 Feb 1979) 10-40 KHZ

    Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave

    16 min
  • Speech by Fidel Castro
    Speech by Fidel Castro (in Spanish) on the 15th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Originally delivered January 2, 1974. Broadcast January 10, 1974- 0420GMT- 11.840khz.

    Recording by Ian Holder.

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave

    7 min
  • Voice of Korea
    This recording comes from the aircheck archives of Michael Pool.

    According to Michael’s notes, the following recording of the Voice of Korea was made on March 25, 2005 at 0300 UTC on 9345 kHz. The reception location was likely New York City. No other notes were included with this recording.

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave

    57 min
  • Radio France International, 2014
    Radio France International. This broadcast was recorded on February 8, 2014 around 07:00 UTC on 9,790 kHz. This broadcast originates from the Issoudun transmitter site (500 kW).

    Recorded by Thomas Witherspoon.

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave
    1 hr 2 min
  • Death of Yuri Andropov
    Death of Yuri Andropov (14 Feb 1984) (Tues 1200GMT). Andropov succeeded Brezhnev as General Secretary of the Communist Party.

    Radio Moscow shortwave broadcast.

    Recorded by Ian Holder.

    Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave
    8 min

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