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Caption: Leif Brush
Leif Brush was a pioneering sound artist based in Duluth since the mid 1970s. His Terrain Instruments were just some of the audible sculptures tha...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 18, 2021
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Norwegian artist Jana Winderen records sounds above and below the surface of our blue planet to compose site-specific sonic environments. For four ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 23:27
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In Hong Kong Mixtape II, guest producer Him Cheung of Contemporary Musking Hong Kong introduces sound art projects that respond to volatile current...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 34:43
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Today, we introduce you to five artists whose primary medium is sound. The diverse techniques and concepts they explore demonstrate the versatility...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2019
  • Length: 58:01
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On this episode, a fascinating minute of audio - the sound of war and peace reconstructed from the exact end World War I. Even more fascinating, th...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 11:42
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A recent doc from BBC 3 called "Right Between the Ears" features ear-catching sound design and reveals how ears aren't the only part of the body in...

Bought by WDBM and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 15:13
  • Purchases: 2
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For the 33rd São Paulo Biennial, curator Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro challenges the norm. Rather than explore an overarching theme, he invited seven art...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2018
  • Length: 19:25
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For some radio inspiration, make sure to listen to these three stories produced in a week by students at a recent Transom Traveling Workshop in Mar...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:14
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Experience the music, sounds and voices of contemporary culture in Berlin.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 45:26
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Alba Triana, a Colombian-born composer and sound artist based in Miami, Florida, introduces three of her exquisite sound and light installations: M...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 11:19
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Hong Kong Mixtape introduces our first guest producer: composer and artist Samson Young, and the sound art community of Southeastern China. Young o...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 55:58
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Egyptian artist Magdi Mostafa's interactive environment for the 2018 Dakar Biennial of Contemporary African Art turns the sounds of analog technolo...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 09:05
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Multiple smoke detectors going off, 2 people trying to shut them off. Late afternoon, 2pm. Warm, sunny day. St. Augustine, FL. Carrera Street apart...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:17
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Red wing black birds, at least 6-10 in the surrounding marshy area near an east tributary to the Tolomato River, St. Augustine, FL. 3pm. Sunny. Hig...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:33
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Dolphins at Porpoise Point, St. Augustine, FL. Early evening, 4:12 pm, sunny & windy. A pod of 3 dolphins with an occasional loner in the distance,...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 41:35
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Garbage Truck, pick up day, late afternoon... as the truck fades away in the distance, sounds from the the natural environment fade in, taking over...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:28
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Freight train off of US1, St. Augustine, FL. Recorded while driving in the car, window down, mic following along. Late afternoon. January 2017. EQ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:04
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Landscape Ambience: a southern toad (buffo terrestris) singing solo over a chorus of toads and frogs that erupted after 3 weeks of rainfall. Northe...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:14
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Landscape Ambience: 11:45 pm, a chorus of toads and frogs erupted after 3 weeks of rainfall. St. Augustine, Northeast Florida. Original clip. EQ,...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 11:47
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Field recording of Hurricane Irma just as it was hitting St. Augustine, FL.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Lisa Reihana's Emissaries in the New Zealand Pavilion.
Today, we take you to the Arsenale, historic shipyard and main venue for the 57th Venice Art Biennale. In the New Zealand pavilion, we hear artist ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 15:18
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Today, we explore the sounds of the international contemporary art exhibition documenta 14, in Athens, Greece, and Kassel, Germany.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 40:45
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Sculpture is usually made to be seen, and not heard. Norman Andersen's work is an exception. The Minnesota artist makes analog-based, sound sculptu...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
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Electroacoustic sound piece inspired by childhood and the lulling waves of the Italian sea. Composed using original field recordings from the seas...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:18
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The first time I listened to Jump Blue, I was slightly thrown off center; it took a couple of minutes to acclimate my ear. Then I lost my breath.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 20:15
  • Purchases: 1