In March
@hannannannanananannnn and I spent a week in WORM sound studio (
@soundstudio.worm ) in Rotterdam working on a new commission for
@radiophreniaglasgow . The piece we made is aired for the final time today at 6pm, live on 87.9FM in the Glasgow area, or streamed on the Radioohrenia website.
Thanks to Radiophrenia for inviting us to take part, and to Lukas, Ash and everyone at WORM for having us, we had a brilliant time in their amazing studio.
Tune in for the final day of broadcasts today, it has been an amazing programme of radio works over the past couple of weeks!
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A
Line
Drawn
Downwards
âWe are tapping into the invisible currents of the Earth, sending messages through the etherâŠâ
â Nikola Tesla, early radio experiments, c. 1900
The ground opens up, we fall inwards, the shifting rubble opens to ineffable depths. A world unseen,
but heard into being. The synth becomes the conduit, transmitting in frequencies, straddling the
boundaries between organic and artificial sound, guiding the antipodeal line through layered interiors; crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, mantle, and core. The synthesizer is not an instrument of control but a porous interface navigating the imaginary of the
natural datum. Turbulence shapes new forms, inverted waveforms, liminal cocoons, subharmonics and overtones, a cartography of the unexplored. The tunnel wall fractures, revealing not just space, but something beyond the reach of engineered design. A
cavernous expanse.
Above, renewal? Or at least, a reckoning?
A Line Drawn Downwards blurs the space between history, prophecy, and fiction; folded into the
Earth. We bore into the hum of the world and hope something answers.
Recorded at WORM Sound Studio in Rotterdam, this sonic cartography unfolds through the distinct
textures of each instrument; Kawai 100F, Syntron Syrinx, Soma Enver, Korg MS20, Korg PS3210,
Optigan, Moog Prodigy, ARP 2600, EMS Synthi, Publison DHM89 B2, Yamaha CS100, ARP
Odyssey, Roland TB303, Blippoo Box, Juno 60, Organelle, Boss DD7, Paia Proteus, Roland SP404,
Roland D50, Yamaha 40M, Yamaha 60M, Phillips Philicorda, and the Fender Rhodes.