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with Algis Kizys (who’s voice you can also hear in an earlier podcast, ”radioOradio”) and Eric Hubel, this time as the constellation Hallicrafters, on shortwave radios, one from 1946 and one from the 1960's, with Jonathan Bepler as a guest performer on wind and reed instruments. They have set up an an antenna outside, through a side 2nd and half floor window. We can hear shortwave radio, pulse burst generators and effects.

Open up a small can of WASPs _ Bobodrone by halffloor

The title "Kyr-kor" is a play on the Swedish words for churches (kyrkor) and cows (kor). The material used for this very short dreamscape features church bells and cowbells recorded while hiking in two small villages in Bavaria: Roßhaupten and Oberaudorf respectively. Today, these types of sounds are probably associated mostly with rural charm. But they also have a long tradition in music history. Mahler, for instance, was particularly fond of cowbells. However, both of these bell sounds also connote domestication and power. Church bells once demanded that villagers attend church services, and cowbells are a means of control. The large bells worn around the neck of free-roaming livestock help herders keep track of their cattle, but have in recent years been considered harmful to the animals' hearing and feeding habits. The edited snippets used in the collage reflect on these different aspects and are furthermore combined with the ringing sound of rain recorded on my home block in Stockholm, just opposite the Högalid Church and the columbarium where a dear and deeply missed friend of mine is resting.

radioOradio _ Eve Sussman. Simon Lee. Algis Kizys. by halffloor

Amaranthine 2011 is an unreleased piece from the archive of Lisa Stenberg, composed in October 2011 utilizing the 90’s software MetaSynth, synthesizing images and photos. The piece consists of an

ongoing stream of sound in process, in flux, linking the past with the present.

Expelled From The Radiophonic Workshop _ Broken Dreams (sahel Edit) by halffloor

That Little Idiot _ Leif Elggren by halffloor

Hauskonzert _ George Kentros by halffloor

Out Walking _ Susanne Skog by halffloor

The Garden _ Michel Klöfkorn by halffloor