This hour-long radio artwork unfolds from shortwave recordings, captured and split into stems before being dub-mixed with delay and reverb. Drawing on hauntological ideas — where past signals linger like ghosts on the airwaves — it listens for the spectral traces in transmission and memory. As analog crackle and distant carriers bleed into processed space, the piece invites us to tune not just frequencies but time itself. A meditation on absence and presence broadcast on Radiophrenia’s FM and online dial.
Echoes with/out Origin
Radio art is a form of sound-based storytelling that sits at the intersection of broadcasting, performance and sonic experimentation.
It plays with the unique qualities of radio-its intimacy, immediacy and reach-to create immersive listening experiences.
Unlike traditional radio formats, radio art often blurs the lines between narrative, soundscape and abstraction. It can be live or pre-recorded, structured or improvised, but it always invites the listener to engage in a more active, imaginative way.
Andy Backhouse. A Funny Little Man in Harrogate.
Andrew is a freelance web designer and one of the founders of Harrogate Community Radio. He continues to play an active role at the station and is a self-described wannabe artist who should know better. A funny little man, Andrew remains involved in the Backhouse Marriage Experiment, which launched in 2011.