martiensgohome – I really should have seen through the airwaves
The inspiration for this piece came from the idea of treating the radiowaves as a living environment, a complex landscape just waiting to be explored. Applying field-recording methods to the shortwave signals of the radio highlights its various sceneries, and its diverse inhabitants. From radio amateurs to state propaganda, and from entertainers to religious freaks, all types of discourses can be found here competing for attention. Surrounding these voices is an equally fascinating ocean of electronic sounds : magnetic storms, carrier waves, interferences, radio-jamming, hum and buzz. The aether is an infinite synthesizer. The natural tones and human-made noises of the airwaves represent an inexhaustible source of sound material and inspiration.
This piece has been composed with the help of the scordinator, a computer program devised by martiensgohome during a residency in the Q-O2 workspace in 2023. The program generates a graphic score for multiple musicians to follow, suggesting dynamics, entry points and pauses for each performer. Designed for live performance as well as for decision making in the studio, it is both a game and a tool. It reconciles conducting and improvisation insofar as it doesn’t tell the musician what to play, or how, but lets him make creative choices within a timeframe.
martiensgohome is a radio-art collective based in Brussels and has been active on the air since 1996. They operate every week on Radio Campus 92.1 FM where they produce a one hour-long improvised show, using field-recordings, electronics, objects and guitar. They also perform live whenever possible, preferably in special settings, composing site-specific interventions or playing unconventional venues.
Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker – La Lega (featuring Coro delle Mondine di Bentivoglio) Cloé du Trèfle – Electrons Libres (fwb, fr) Half Asleep – The Sun (is a blood disorder) (fwb) Silvana Estrada – Casa Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – How Long Do I Have To Wait For You Nattali Rize – This Sound Hollie Cook – Together Koffee – Pressure Stefflon Don ft. Beam – Money Grip Chocolate Remix – Abanico y Antifaz Aili – Shindara (be) Julia, Doctr – Now You Can Fly Haiku Hands – Kicks
Nour – Garali Eh (Monsieur 7awli’s Heart On The Floor edit) (fwb) Bab L’Bluz – AmmA Keida – Stand For Something Jorja Smith & Stormzy – Let Me Down (Shy FX remix) Sara Lugo & Protoje – Really Like You (Umberto Echo Dubmix) Nattali Rize – Rebel Frequency Jaz Elise – For You Alika, Soom T – Dub Mariachi Reinel Bakole – Healing Exhaustion (fwb) Stefflon Don & Spice – Clockwork Hoodcelebrityy – Signs (cover) Shelly Sony – Man Down (cover) Coffee – Defend
avec Mathilde et Annie, co-programmatrices pour le Nova et Vortex. Half Asleep – The Sun (is a blood disorder) (fwb) Cloé du Trèfle – Electrons Libres (fr, fwb) Sheila Chandra – Konnokol al dente
Annkrist – Les Mots de l’Amour (fr) Iliona – Ça n’existe pas (fwb, fr) Feist & Ben Gibbard – Train Song Yehaiyahan & High Tone – Oh Why Uzi Freyja – Love is Unfair Rico Nasty – Teethsucker (Yea3x) Rebecca Black – Trust Brooke Candy – POGO Lana Lubany – Alive in Hell Elyanna – Al Sham Boy Harsher – Pain (The Soft Moon remix) Noporn – Baile de Peruas DLG Ft Ivy Queen – Quimbara (Club clean – Haz remixer) Nemahsis – I Borrow Happiness from Tomorrow
