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The Radiophonic Broadcast

The Radiophonic Broadcast

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The Radiophonic Broadcast examines innovations in sound and music. From field recordings and fictional journeys to Foley-inspired performances and music made by fungi, get to know the artists working at the vanguard of sound. This podcast gives equal balance to speech and music. Think of it as two sides of an LP or cassette: the first side contains conversations and interviews; the second – uninterrupted compositions made by or featuring our interviewees. Brought to you by The Radiophonic Institute.

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  • Sound Of The Year Awards 2025-26

    Sound Of The Year Awards 2025-26
    Jun 18 2026
    From everyday sounds to extraordinary noises, from the sounds of conflict to those of animals and an environment increasingly under pressure, the Sound of the Year Awards (SOTYA) is an annual celebration of sound in all its forms and complexities.Now in its sixth year, we looked to celebrate the social, political and environmental sounds from around the world. With submissions from over 50 countries, the entries this year represented some of the most engaging recordings from across our changing environmental and social landscapes. Join SOTYA co-producer Ilia Rogatchevski as he guides you through the shortlisted, highly commended and winning sounds from this year’s awards. Nineteen submissions, along with the artists’ voice notes, have been sequenced to evoke a journey from the southernmost recording location (Madagascar) to the northernmost (Svalbard). The order logic adheres to the recording location, not necessarily the nationality or domicile of the recordist which, if different, is recorded after the forward slash. In order of appearance:Georgie Styles & Laura Misch - A Lemur’s Song (Madagascar/UK)This submission is a compilation of sections of the soundscape used in the radio documentary A Lemur's Song, a 2 Degrees West Production for BBC Radio 4 'Illuminated'Rafael Diogo - Batwa Tribe, The Pygmies of the Impenetrable Forest (Uganda/UK)Obed Fiobetauw - Noise Pollution in Pauy Village (West Papua)SPECIAL MENTION, In partnership with the EarthSonic FundMarkus Rumbino - Alikine Ane Pesek (West Papua/Indonesia)HIGHLY COMMENDEDErick Villegas - Yachak Cleansing Ritual (Ecuador)Tom Fisher aka Action Pyramid - Treehopper Songs Inside a Plant Stem (Colombia/UK)RUNNER UPSejal Pawar - Jingrwai Lawbei (The Whistling Names) (India)HIGHLY COMMENDEDShaahin Peymani - Threshold (Iran/Germany)RUNNER UPJulio César Palacio - IDF Israel Checkpoint Between Bethlehem and Jerusalem(Palestine-Israel border/Spain) *ExplicitBoyi Bai - New Year in the Prohibition Zone (China/UK)Hee Ju Im (2bpencil) - Sound of Daenam Broadcast (South Korea)HIGHLY COMMENDEDAlberto Rangel - EC-ELQ 1991 (Spain)Sol Archer and Giulia Zabarella - Tawny Pipit (Italy/Netherlands)Read about the Tawny Pipit project hereFelice Sciorilli - Tiny Worlds (Italy)Victoriia Kralko - 20 Places Left at the Field of Honor (Ukraine/Czechia)MUELLER-DIVJAK (Jeanette Mueller & Paul Divjak) - The Sound of Data (Austria)The Sound of Datais part of Mueller-Divjak’s arts-based research project Sensing Living Systems (2023-2027). Funded by the Austrian Science FundSPECIAL MENTIONIrene Trejo aka Merma Suelo - Winters in Ruhleben (Germany)Stijn Demeulenaere - C-Power Windfarm, March 2026 (Belgium)Read more about the Sounding Lines project here.Mathias Arrignon - Songs of the Bearded Seals (Svalbard/UK)SOTYA 25-26 WINNER | WebsiteThis edition of the awards were judged by Rana Eid, Will René, Anton Spice, Karen Sutton, Neil Spencer Bruce and Matthew Herbert. Reflecting on her experience of judging the awards, Rana Eid said: “What was particularly interesting this year was how many artists seemed preoccupied with capturing the sounds of the unseen and the unknown. Perhaps this was a way of confronting — and even embracing — the dark times the world is going through.”Produced and presented by Ilia Rogatchevski. The lead producer for the Sound of the Year Awards is Isabella Pierce. Both projects are brought to you by the Radiophonic Institute, the creative director of which is Matthew Herbert. A special thanks to our sponsor this year, Teenage Engineering who provided us with this year’s prize CM-15 microphone. For more sounds from this and previous year go to soundoftheyearawards.com or follow us @sound_awards. Thank you to everyone who submitted their sounds. We’ll see you again next year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Margate At One

    Margate At One
    Nov 28 2024

    In October 2024, the Radiophonic Institute partnered with Margate Radio to deliver a live broadcast that brought the sounds of Margate into focus. Eight locations were chosen for their sonic footprint and importance to the town. They were all captured at the same time – at 1pm on a Friday afternoon. The recordings were played back simultaneously the following week with the public invited to mix their own soundscape. This was followed by an improvised performance by Moon Zero and Melinda Bronstein who remixed the original recordings. This podcast features excerpts from both versions of the piece, which will be preceded by an interview with Margate Radio’s Paul Camo and Tim Garratt.


    Location sounds by Chris Cholmondeley, Jack Goldstein, Clementine Blue, Melinda Bronstein, Chase Coley, Tim Garratt, Paul Camo and Buddy Peace. Location images by Ilia Rogatchevski.

    Produced by Ilia Rogatchevski for the Radiophonic Institute.


    Listen to Margate Radio: https://margateradio.co.uk

    Listen to the Travel Agency version: https://li.sten.to/rtamargateatone

    Tracklist:


    Interview with Paul Camo and Tim Garratt

    Margate At 1 (excerpt)

    Margate At 1.5 - Moon Zero ft Melinda Bronstein (excerpt)

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    46 mins
  • Scotland Before & After the Highland Clearances

    Scotland Before & After the Highland Clearances
    Oct 31 2024

    Taking place in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Highland Clearances saw people from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland forced from their homes, with whole communities having to seek opportunities elsewhere. These events were sometimes violent and led to famine, displacement and mass emigration.


    The Scottish writer and campaigner Kenneth Murray, along with the dramaturg Kirsty Housley, produced a script for a Radiophonic Travel Agency episode that explored this period in history through the prism of a fictional sound journey. The award-winning composer Ella Kay produced the sound design based on their script.


    Travelling through time, we hear Scotland from the 1700s to the present day from the perspectives of different characters. With sounds ranging from blacksmiths and farm animals to waulking songs and Gaelic psalms, this episode allows anyone from across the world to visit Scotland before and after the Highland Clearances.


    The journey is preceded by interviews with Murray and Kay, where we discuss their respective creative practices and approaches to this unusual time-travelling brief.


    Dramaturg - Kirsty Housley

    Writer - Kenneth Murray

    Sound Design - Ella Kay


    The recording “Wool Waulking Display at the inaugural Outlander Day at Highland Folk Museum” (Newtonmore, 2015) appears courtesy of Steve McLeish and Outlandish Journeys. “Gaelic psalms at Back Free Church” (Isle Of Lewis, 2003) was produced by

    Calum Martin and appears courtesy of Leum Music. Samples of dialogue are derived from “The Western Isles” (1941, dir. Terence Egan Bishop) and appear courtesy of the British Council film archive under a CC BY-NC 3.0 licence. Images courtesy of The MacKinnon Collection at the National Library of Scotland and David Brooks at Unsplash.


    Co-produced by Ilia Rogatchevski and Louis Gillespie for the Radiophonic Institute.


    Tracklist:


    Calum Martin - Gaelic psalms at Back Free Church, Isle Of Lewis

    Interview with Kenneth Murray

    Steve McLeish - Wool Waulking Display at the inaugural Outlander Day at Highland Folk Museum

    Interview with Ella Kay

    Fictional Sound Journey, Scotland Before & After The Highland Clearances

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    50 mins
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