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This XMTR (Transmitter) Radio Hour hands the reins over to film maker and sound artist Ian Nesbitt from Radio Commons, on online platform of sonic interventions seeking to practice solidarity by building collective agency. It is an assembly of audio works structured as an online archipelago. The show features a selection of sound pieces from several of these mythical islands, all connected by the watery themes works from a new sonic island « Counterflows » This show brings together exempts of the following works: Thread by Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, Dark Sloshing by Sonia Levy and Lucy A. Sames, Sonic Rituals by Alifiyah Imani, An Ear to River – Counterflows by Blanc Sceol, Solemn Debt by Akka (Shareeka Helaluddin), Cockles of my Heart by Breakwater (Youngsook Choi and Taey Iohe). 1. Thread by Komarine Romdenh-Romluchttps://radiocommons.org/transmission/thread/2. Dark Sloshing – Traffic into Crayfish by Sonia Levy and Lucy A. Sameshttps://radiocommons.org/transmission/dark-sloshing/3. Sonic Rituals by Alifiyah Imani https://radiocommons.org/transmission/sonic-rituals/4. An Ear to River – Counterflows by Blanc Sceolhttps://radiocommons.org/transmission/an-ear-to-river-counterflows/5. Solemn Debt by Akka (Shareeka Helaluddin)https://radiocommons.org/transmission/solemn-debt/ 6. Cockles of my Heart Breakwater (Youngsook Choi and Taey Iohe)https://radiocommons.org/transmission/cockels-of-my-heart/

This XMTR (Transmitter) Radio Hour features a selection of short audio works that have been submitted to XMTR over the past year by both new and seasoned audio makers from around the world. Works featured are: The Magic of Waves by Eve Marie Bouche, I’d Rather be Swimming by Clair Urbahn, Smugglers Song by Mary Hooper, Knife, Fork, Keys by Hye Young Sin, The Human Jukebox by Stella Sims, Application Declined by Alice Foxall, We Will not Stop, We Will Not Rest by Melanie Marich and Sajina Shrestha, Jim, Human Waste Expert by Patrick McNameeKing, Crush Tango by Eloïse Bertil and Times Square–42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal by Tom Sayers

This XMTR (Transmitter) Radio Hour is a retrospective conversation about the inception and outcomes of sound art and sonic storytelling festivals Sono Electro and XMTR Audio Arts Festival that took place in St Leonards on Sea in September. James Wilkie from Sono Electro and Lucia Scazzocchio from XMTR talk to Isobel Anderson - host of Girls Twiddling Knobs, about how the worked together on the festival(s), the learnings from behind the scenes and their ambitions for the future - could St Leonards on Sea become a sonic destination? This is a candid conversation about collaboration, curation and working with and within an established creative community, with clips and and extracts from artists and performances featured at the festival. You can access the track list from this show and full audio works on xmtr.fm/festival. Tracklist: Anam Cara - Ear to the Ground - Dan 'you are tuning in to the Lido graveyard'Limbo Tapes - Radio Limbo Live at XMTR FestivalBlanc Sceol - Orbit Meditation Stellaria Media (Lucida Guy and Alice Armstrong) Blue HeartBen Philipps - Home SoundsBen Chennett - A Choir for Hastings and St LeonardsMarcia Farquar - The Lido Jem Finer - Pinball Machine Phil Smith - ZwischenzeitWill Gore + Esme Curtis - Invisible Cities, ArgiaEd Baxter + Anthony Moore - Life SentenceJem Finer - Pinball Machine Blanc Sceol - Orbit Meditation