Resources and networks for all things ‘arthouse audio’

XMTR PARTNERS

∏-node An independent FM / Digital radio platform broadcasting out of France.
π-node explores the many dimensions of radio – its physicality (ether, radio waves and the electromagnetic spectrum), its spatiality (bandwidth, frequencies), its infrastructure (network of radio receivers/emitters), its methods of production and editorial content management (programming boards/teams, recording studios), its methods of metadata reception (RDS/SDR), its history (free radio and pirate radio movements), and its legislation. Most importantly, π-node examines the future role and potential of radio in a time when everything is going digital.

Resonance FM Broadcast platform / Radio Station encouraging creativity through radio since 2002
Broadcasting on 104.4 FM to central London, DAB to Greater London, nationally on Radioplayer and live streamed to the rest of the world. Resonance seeks to discover, encourage and support a diverse range of artistic voices through radio - from first-timers to seasoned broadcasters. Our ambition is to provide a broadcast platform through which as many people as possible can exercise “the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community and to enjoy the arts”

In The Dark A collaborative project between a new generation of radio producers and radio enthusiasts.
They are best known for their live listening events, held in venues in London and beyond – a bit like a cinema, but without the pictures. Once a year In The Dark hosts a ‘New Producers’ live event to showcase audio works by new and emerging audio makers. These works are then featured on XMTR.FM so that they can reach a larger international audience.

ONLINE LISTENING

Radia An online space and network for finding experimental radio from around the world.
Celebrating radio as an art form, showcasing shows and broadcasts from their partner stations in multiple languages.

Radiophrenia A temporary art radio station broadcasting intermittently from the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow.
Radiophrenia began broadcasting in 2015 and now broadcast for 2 weeks annually including a series of 16 newly commissioned radio works, 14 Live-to-Air performances as well as live studio shows, screenings, shorts and pre-recorded features. As in previous years the majority of the programme will be made up from selections submitted to an international open call for sound art and radio works.

Wave Farm An international transmission arts organisation based in New York.
Driven by experimentation with the electromagnetic spectrum, they cultivate creative practices in radio and support artists and nonprofits in their cultural endeavors. Based in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley, Wave Farm is a media arts centre, media platform, and arts service organisation. They offer interdisciplinary outdoor installations, residencies and fellowships, and a research library.

Radio Papesse A webradio and a platform devoted to the production and promotion of experimental sound and radio based in Florence, Italy. Radio Papesse has produced and commissioned new soundworks, challenging producers and DJs to rethink the rules of traditional audio storytelling as well as organising the Lucia Festival .

Radiola An audio platform in multiple languages for audio works that inspire and surprise based in Bruxelles
A collection of commissions from international artists as well as students and alumni from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

Earlid A curated online gallery for sound art
Founded by sound artist and educator Joan Schuman Earlid is an invitation to enter an evolving online museum of sound. Listen to XMTR RADIO HOUR ft Joan Schuman

Radio Atlas  An English-language home for subtitled audio from around the world.
A place to hear inventive documentaries, dramas and works of sound art that have been made in languages you don’t necessarily speak.

PODCASTS

Phantom Power A podcast about sound, technology, culture. Mack Hagood interviews experts in sound studies, sound art, acoustic ecology

Constellations Features a wide-range of audio works which unravel the distinctions between experimental documentary, sound art, soundscapes, fiction, and music

Long Live The New Sound Unexpected, eclectic, precise, messy and otherwise sounds, open to contributions from anyone making audio

Ways of Knowing The World According to Sound translates academic studies into sound

AUDIO MAGAZINES

Good Tape An on online and print magazine capturing the conversations happening in the audio industry.

Signal Hill An audio magazine that comes out twice a year as a sort of audio dispatch - think ‘The French Dispatch’ but audio.

Sound Fields An on online and soon to be print publication dedicated to the art of audio documentary in theory and practice.

Written in Air An audio magazine connecting everyone, everywhere through sound, stories and the human heart.

CREATIVE AUDIO EXCHANGE / AWARDS

Audio Flux A home for independent audio that showcases emerging and talent from around the world. At its core is Audio Flux’s circuits, each powered by a different creative partner and an intentional set of guidelines. Creators produce and submit 3-minute audio works. Commissioned and juried ‘fluxworks’ are showcased online and in public listening environments.

The Ecco A time and place to playfully explore the world of narrative audio, documentary work & storytelling  through sound. An international non-commercial initiative designed to tug at the boundaries of the world of audio storytelling, journalism, and documentary work, bringing together talents in different parts of the world, united by a common goal: to push themselves and each other out of their work-related comfort zones and explore the different shapes audio documentaries can take, where they may intersect with art and what the impact of such playful exploration can have.

Phonurgia Nova Workshops and Awards for Radiophonic creation based in France. An annual international contest for sound art, field recording and radio creativity and sonic storytelling across multiple categories.

60 Seconds Radio Annual contest for audio works that last no more than 1 minute around a prescribed theme

AUDIO / RADIO FESTIVALS & EVENTS

LUCIA FESTIVAL (Florence, Italy)  An international festival dedicated to the listening of radio works and podcasts.

MRIP MEETING (Brussels, Belgium)  MIRP is a meeting place and a network of people who make creative audio. This is a democratic annual gathering of audio makers.

OORZAKEN FESTIVAL (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2 day festival exploring te boundaries of audio storytelling around a chosen theme. One day is dedicated to makers with workshops and masterclasses and one day is more general public. Usually in December.

RESONATE (Richmond, VA, USA) The place where producers meet their peers and newcomers meet their heroes. Over two days at the Institute for Contemporary Art.

SONHOR  (Bern, Switzerland) 3 day radio and podcast festival in Bern, Switzerland celebrating creative radio documentary and audio fiction. Usually in February.