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A round-the-world tour of protests in Canada, England, France, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and beyond. Read the full description.
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A round-the-world tour of protests in Canada, England, France, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and beyond. This radiophonic work was inspired by contemporary composer Luigi Nono's use of fragmented and layered political texts, as well as his method of treating 'real world' artifacts as potential music.
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A round-the-world tour of protests in Canada, England, France, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and beyond. This radiophonic work was inspired by contemporary composer Luigi Nono's use of fragmented and layered political texts, as well as his method of treating 'real world' artifacts as potential music.
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Creative Commons field recordings provided by Matthias Kispert and Arno Peeters.
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