Making for Radio
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A small ensemble is formed to realise the work (DMU/HAMU)
The making of the device/devices becomes part of the work and is documented for radio
Making becomes a processual part of performance or broadcast
Listeners are informed of the process through spoken word and sound
Score is extended to the idea of other schema: circuit diagrams, graphic notations, text, dramaturgy, parts list, etc.
Sound and spoken word for the work may be pre-recorded
Musical interludes
Fact and fiction can co-exist – sounds do not have to be ‘literal’
Making for Radio can also be performed live
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Making for Radio is part-hoerspiel, part-performance, part-documentary about DIY electronic music culture. The making of an impossible and ‘real’ electronic instrument circuit become the starting points for the work. Processes, tools and their relationship to makers/musicians are crossed examined through short, humorous sketches and radio curios. Fact and fiction co-exist. There are musical interludes.
The work brings together researchers and musicians from De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, and the HAMU, Prague in a unique collaboration for radio.