framework radio
produced and hosted by patrick mcginley
phonography, phonography, field recording, the art of sound-hunting. open your ears and listen. more info at https://frameworkradio.net. support us at https://www.patreon.com/frameworkradio, or https://flattr.com/podcast/frameworkradio. 1 hour approx., updated weekly.
#920: 2025.02.16
a few new names this week, as we discover the work of amby downs (the nom de micro of australian artist tahlia palmer), the two finnish artists kati roover and j. koho, and suffolk-based artist matthew shenton (aka there are no birds here). also a new work from vanessa rossetto […]
#919: 2025.02.09 [manja ristić]
this edition has been produced in croatia by regular contributor manja ristić. please note: this mix, beginning in the 47th minute, features a near-silent field recording. it was made during the recent student protests in belgrade, and is a snippet of 100,000 people observing a 15-minute moment of silence for […]
#918: 2025.02.02 [miguel a. garcía]
this week's edition features two memorials: we listen to the work of basque artist miguel a. garcía, who passed away in january, as well as a piece by mark gorney, in memory of his brother douglas gorney, a san francisco-based artist and framework listener, who passed away in november. these [...]
#917: 2025.01.27 [john banister]
this edition of framework:afield, entitled the world is waiting for the sunrise, has been produced in the united states by john banister. producer's notes:
Several years ago I got my hands on a cassette tape collection from the 1980s that included spoken correspondence and interviews among my extended family members. [...]
#916: 2025.01.19
cheryl e. leonard's 'antarctica: music from the ice' on other minds; new work by john hudak on the great sirr.ecords; elsa justel's latest on empreintes digitales; first time on the show for czech artist uœrhe; recent listener-chosen favorites from the aporee soundmaps , and a framework introduction recorded by john banister.
#915: 2024.12.22
we finish off the year with a contemplative edition, featuring both new names and old familiars. we haven't heard what andy graydon's been getting up to in quite a while, so this new one (in collaboration with luke martin) on leo okagawa's zappak label caught our attention. we're also always curious […]
#914: 2024.12.15 [richard bentley]
this edition of framework:afield, entitled hermitage, has been produced in the uk by richard bentley using recordings he made in spain. producer's notes:
When I am not running my manageably small ‘sound-for-wellbeing’ business A Noisy Silence, I work in an acute hospital, listening to patients, many of whom are very […]
#913: 2024.12.08
we are slowly approaching the end of our broadcast year: #914 will be our last edition of framework:afield for the year (produced in the uk by richard bentley, with sounds gathered in spain), and #915, a regular edition, will be our last show until after the holidays. we'll be back […}
#912: 2024.12.01 [william denton]
this edition of framework:afield has been produced in canada by librarian, artist and licensed private investigator william denton. it is based on selections from listening to art, his publication of field recordings of visual art. producer's notes:
For the 02 December 2024 edition of Patrick McGinley’s wonderful radio show framework […]
#911: 2024.11.24
several self-released works this one, one a second sampling of sounds from uk-based filipino artist makhun, who we first heard on the show just back in september. another by french artist bruno bernard, making his first appearance on our airwaves. also an upcoming release by jez riley french on […]
#910: 2024.11.17 [emmanuel mieville]
this edition of framework:afield, entitled travelog to asia, has been produced in france by emmanuel mieville. producer's notes:
This «carnet de voyage sonore», sonic diary in English, is more than a documentary outcome of my numerous travels in Asia. It’s a heartfelt project yielded by my trips who always merge […]
#909: 2024.11.10
we like exploring "alternative" takes on field recording, it helps us push the boundaries of where this show can go, and this week crys cole helps us in that endeavor with her work making conversation, which is a performed work composed to recreate the memory of certain nocturnal sonic environments […]
#908: 2024.11.03 [claude schryer]
this edition of framework:afield, entitled science as story, has been produced in canada by claude schryer, and features conversations with his daughter, scientist clara schryer.
Composer and podcaster Claude Schryer is a regular contributor to afield. This is time he offers us the final episode of the 5th season of [...]
#907: 2024.10.27
we've been trying to figure out for a while how to approach this compilation, harkening critters, put out by forms of minutiae as a download and TRIPLE-cd, because it's huge, and it's good. in the end we just fit as many of it's great tracks as we could into a [...]
#906: 2024.10.20 [blanc sceol]
this edition of framework:afield, entitled an ear to river ~ counterflows, has been produced in the uk by blanc sceol. producers' notes:
This sound piece asks us to listen with the Channelsea River, a recovering waterway in East London, and home to London’s largest combined sewage outfall, historically discharging 16,000 million [...]
#905: 2024.10.13
many self-released works this week, all available on bandcamp: another new one from framework-favorite manja ristić (we can't keep up!), this time in collaboration with also-framework-favorite mark vernon. a second appearance for california-based chinese-born artist ni zheng (see edition #827 for the previous one). one of many recent works by [...]
#904: 2024.10.06 [robert cunningham]
this edition of framework:afield has been produced in the united states by robert cunningham, aka cunningly. producer's notes:
Parts of Mexico, the United States, and Canada experienced a total solar eclipse on 8th April 2024. During a total solar eclipse it's very easy to get caught-up in the moment. That [...]
#903: 2024.09.29
autumn has solidly set in here locally; we've lit the first fire of the season, and the ground is carpeted with leaves. the sounds in this edition are somehow suitable to this estonian atmosphere, although geographically they spread much further: japan, south america, the united states, even greenland. we're pleased [...]
#902: 2024.09.22 [joseph young]
this edition of framework:afield has been produced by joseph young in the united kingdom using recordings made in the west of ireland. producer's notes:
listening to the wind conjures a landscape in sound inspired by the work of Tim Robinson (1935-2020). Robinson was an artist, writer and cartographer, originally from [...]
#901: 2024.09.15
estelle schorpp, mahkun, svetlana maraš, illusion of safety, sounds from the aporee maps by felicity ford, udo noll, thirdsilence, jacopo casasola, and taavi suisalu, and an intro recorded in estonia by your host, patrick tubin mcginley. image: illusion of safety, 'float', full spectrum, 2024.
#900! 2024.07.28
well folks, with the last show of the season we hit another landmark: 900 editions of framework radio! edition #001 aired on the 14th of june, 2002, live from resonancefm's original denmark street studios in london, with my young and inexperienced self and my slightly more capable co-host joel stern [...]
#899: 2024.07.21 [jeph jerman]
this week we conclude our look back at some early classic editions of framework:afield with one produced in cottonwood, arizona in the u.s. by jeph jerman (also sometimes known as handsto). it was first broadcast on the 30th of june, 2006. all the recordings featured were, at the time, unreleased material.
#898: 2024.07.14
featuring kevin miller, the solo work of melissa pons, renata roman, gaël segalen, and francisco meirino, while we finally got a first submission into the program from mark gorney, and began the program with a framework intro recorded for us by steve barsotti.
#897: 2024.07.07 [cedric peyronnet]
this week we continue our look back at some early classic editions of framework:afield with an edition produced in france by cedric peyronnet, aka toy.bizarre, and first broadcast on the 16th of june, 2006. for more of cedric's current work, see ingeos.org.
#896: 2024.06.30
we've been wanting to get to this sholto dobie release for a while, nice sounds from our (relative) neighbor in lithuania. also an album we missed last year from blanc sceol, new sounds from the mexican duo bosque vacio, as well as sounds from brazil, china, the united states, iceland and france.
#895: 2024.06.23 [bill thompson]
this week we continue our look back at some early classic editions of framework:afield with an edition produced in scotland by american sound artist bill thompson, and first broadcast on the 2nd of june, 2006. bill's program was constructed exclusively from field recordings taken from old phonograph records.
#894: 2024.06.16
this edition is full of personal favorites - gruenrekorder, jim haynes, bird & renoult, KMRU, the aporee maps…
from the intensity of shattering glass and cicadas to the vibrations of super high frequency radio waves, lambs' tails and 13.8 billion years... these sounds come from and go to lots of places.
#893: 2024.06.09 [felicity ford]
this week we continue our look back at some early framework:afield classics, as we revisit our second edition of the series, produced in the uk by artist, author, podcaster, knitter, and longtime friend of the program, felicity ford, aka felix, first aired on the 19th of may 2006
#892: 2024.06.02
the hectic summer months have begun at framework HQ - local projects, travels, gardening work, and the endless attempt to construct proper window screens, all culminating in the need for some soothing sounds. we think this collection of artists have provided the elixir - insects, frogs and quiet tones from pablo diserens [...]
#891: 2024.05.26 [ben owen]
this week we continue our look back at some early framework:afield classics, as we revisit our first ever "official" bimonthly edition of the series, produced in new york city by artist, publisher and printer ben owen, and first broadcast on the 5th of may, 2006. it is comprised of recordings [...]
#890: 2024.05.19
m larsen-bakk splices together reports from single days of his life in his cut journal series; andrea ermke live-edits her recordings from minidisc to 1/4" tape; david vélez composed with the sounds of cooking and growing plants; bill vine composes and performs works for clarinet quintet in response to [...]
#889: 2024.05.12 [andrew jacques]
this week we begin looking back at some classic editions of framework:afield - first up is our original pilot episode for the series, produced in london in 2006 by andrew jacques, and featuring a mix of sounds by italian composer walter marchetti. for more of andrew's work visit https://soundcloud.com/a-d-jacques.
#888: 2024.05.05
several new discoveries this week: andy fray, lola de la mata, p.u.m.a., bad groupy (although the work of this duo's component parts, jeff surak and kris kuldkepp, is familiar to our airwaves)… these sounds were matched up with a very familiar name, kate carr, and one who's been with us just once before, overdriven dreams.
#887: 2024.04.28 [michael northam]
this edition of framework:afield, entitled whisper to dragons, was produced in the united states, using recordings made in south asia, by michael northam. producer's notes: a document produced by Michael Northam putting together in order to digest his 2022-23 chapter of life in south Asia. [...]
#886: 2024.04.21
the 'mɜː.məˈreɪ.ʃən | pərˈfɔr.mɪŋ pleɪs' compilation (works by felicity mangan, jenny berger myhre, jez riley french and phoebe riley law), manja ristić, e. jason gibbs, and fletina; sounds from the aporee maps by slavek kwi, peter cusack, diane barbé & selu herraiz, and sala; and a framework introduction recorded in japan by christopher olson (aka standard grey).
#885: 2024.04.14 [sawako kato]
this week we mourned the passing of another great artist and great friend of the program, sawako kato, who died on march 31st in tokyo at the far, far too young age of 47. sawako's work first appeared in framework edition #002, in june 2002 and then joined us in london [...]
#884: 2024.04.07
masayuki imanishi, marlo de lara, francisco lopez, and madeleine cocolas; sounds from the aporee maps by piotrek zyla, sem zeeman, diane barbé & selu herraiz, capture, and maciej janasik; and a framework introduction recorded for us in mexico by barry cullen.
#883: 2024.03.31 [steven sherrill]
The latest framework:afield episode, "Septet at the Threshold," produced by Steven Sherrill, features an event where seven pianos were burned at a gathering of over a hundred people. For additional work, visit stevensherrill.com. The Patreon campaign has 115 patrons, holding steady at 59% of the funding goal.
#882: 2024.03.24
Framework Radio is late due to travels, but offers a new show featuring a collaboration between the host and artist Manja Ristić on the Unfathomless label. Also highlighted are pieces by Alëna Korolëva and three newcomers—Coagulent, Emma Margetson, and Thomas Fleischhauer—with an intro by Paul Mallatratt, and sounds from the Aporee soundmaps. No Patreon progress.
#881: 2024.03.17 [alexandros hadjitimotheou]
This edition of Framework:afield, produced by Alexandros Hadjitimotheou in Greece and named "The Great Black Cormorant Chant," features serene soundscapes recorded at Lake Petres, Amyntaio. Evita Voudouri contributed exclusive artwork for the album. Details of Hadjitimotheou's work can be found online. The Patreon campaign supporting the project reports 114 patrons and is 59% towards its goal.
#880: 2024.03.10 [IWD]
Framework Radio's International Women's Day special, hosted by Manja Ristić, celebrates women from across the globe through their unique sonic histories. Featuring artists from an array of countries, this special includes prayers from Ramallah, birdsong from Jerusalem, and a diverse mix of music and sounds capturing the narratives of women as creators, activists, and storytellers overcoming oppression and discrimination. The program highlights the works of mothers, freedom fighters, and even a f
#879: 2024.03.03 [steve barsotti]
The Patreon campaign for Framework Radio saw a slight dip in support, now at 113 patrons and 59% towards their funding goal. Featured is Steve Barsotti's production with the Seattle Phonographers Union, which includes recordings from unique Seattle locations, offering distinct acoustics. Some excerpts have been released on LP, with unreleased Georgetown Steamplant material in this edition.
#878: 2024.02.25
Framework Radio's latest edition features a mix of past and future sounds, including Elif Yalvac's 2018 work and Viv Corringham's forthcoming project. The show presents audio from international parking garages and eclectic contributions from the aporee soundmaps, inviting listeners to urge winter's end with their favored soundscapes. No Patreon progress with 115 patrons at 60% goal.
#877: 2024.02.18 [john banister]
The Patreon campaign for Framework Radio reports 115 patrons and is 60% towards its goal. The latest edition, titled 'Til the World Will Sing Again,' produced by John Banister in the U.S., features 1970s tape recordings of his uncle Bryan and sister Junelle singing hymns and playing piano, with clips of Bryan explaining the performances.
#876: 2024.02.11
Framework Radio's Patreon remains at 60% of its goal, unchanged for over a year, urging listeners to support with as little as 1€ monthly. This edition presents artists like Carrie DeCunzo and Ian Wellman, alongside vinyl split-releases themed on wolf recordings, and diverse field recordings ranging from waterfall sounds to urban collages.
#875: 2024.02.04 [terence lloren]
The Patreon campaign for Framework Radio has seen a slight decline with 113 patrons, now 59% towards their funding goal. This edition, "Sound Bath Sessions," produced in Hong Kong by Terence Lloren, documents over 100 sound baths with aims to grow across Asia. The project blends field recording with wellness, capturing live environmental details alongside the healing sound art of local practitioners. Lloren encourages experiencing live sound baths for their full effect, while supporting the loca
#874: 2024.01.28
Framework Radio begins 2024 with regular broadcasts following tributes to the late Phill Niblock. The episode features artists like Adela Mede, Mike Vernusky, and Beatriz Ferreyra, and explores the aporee soundmaps. The Patreon campaign remains steady with 117 patrons. The show continues to blend various recordings, including a special introduction by Mykel Boyd.
#873: 2024.01.21 [phill niblock]
this edition of framework:afield is the second of two shows in memory of the great composer phill niblock, who sadly passed away on january 8th of this year at the age of 90. this is a rebroadcast of a show recorded with phill live in the resonancefm studios in london on the 5th of february, 2007. here again are a few words i wrote for last week's show, which can be heard at https://frameworkradio.net/2024/01/872-2024-01-14/:
i first met phill here in estonia in 2006 during an art festival in th
#872: 2024.01.14 [phill niblock]
we lost another giant this week - phill niblock, long-time friend and supporter of the program, passed away on monday, january 8th 2024 at the age of 90.
i first met phill here in estonia in 2006 during an art festival in the small village of mooste, and friendship was immediately kindled. this was nothing unusual - phill traveled copiously, and had friends in every corner, and kept in touch with all of us. he had a way of making every one of his friendships feel special, and was somehow able to
#871: 2023.12.17
well folks, we've made it to the end of another year - this is framework's last edition for 2023; we'll be back with edition #872 in the second week of january. in the meantime there are 43 other shows from this year (perhaps you missed one?) up on the framework website, and 4 editions of framework:seasonal published this year on our bandcamp page - plenty of listening to tide you over during our winter break. and as it's the season of giving - perhaps this is a good time to pick up a copy of on
#870: 2023.12.10 [dave phillips]
this episode has been produced by dave phillips and is entitled solos/amazon mutations. for more info see amazoniarevisited.com. producer's notes:
These radio programs emerged as the fruit of the creative residency that brought together four sound artists - Thelmo Cristovam (BR), EdBrass (BR), Rodrigo Ramos (BR) and Dave Phillips (Switzerland), from the sound material captured in 2006 by Thelmo Cristovam and in 2011 by Dave Phillips, both in the Amazon rainforest. The sound records of 2006, digi
#869: 2023.12.03
this is a special edition dedicated to a close listen to our latest issue of framework:seasonal, issue #15, autumn 2023. we are very excited about this issue, featuring new amazing works by four great artists, all of whom have been consistent contributors to the program, but are appearing on a framework editions release for the first time: leslie keffer (usa), standard grey (canada/japan), alexandra spence (australia), and post doom romance (usa). this wraps up a year in which we managed to rele
#868: 2023.11.26 [manja ristić & mark vernon]
this edition of framework:afield is a collaboration between regular contributors manja ristić and mark vernon. for more information see their websites at https://manjaristic.blogspot.com/ and http://meagreresource.com/. producer's notes:
The artistic practice of both Manja and Mark has been deeply immersed in the sonic strata of space and the imaginary narratives that emerge from it. A dedication to the culture of memory, the sounding of lost voices and an unorthodox approach to re-composing the
#867: 2023.11.19
first, an announcement: framework:seasonal issue #15, autumn 2023 has been released! featuring new unpublished works by leslie keffer, standard grey, alexandra spence, and post doom romance, now available for streaming and purchase from our bandcamp page:
https://frameworkeditions.bandcamp.com/album/framework-seasonal-issue-15-autumn-2023
we think this one sounds really good, and we're very excited to present it to you, as we achieve our goal of releasing 4 issues this year. we are very proud of
#866: 2023.11.12 [rodrigo ramos]
this edition of framework:afield is the 3rd in a series of 4 entitled amazonia revisited, airing over the second half of 2023. this episode has been produced in brazil by rodrigo ramos and is entitled the strong wind will blow our houses down - kéro, kéro, kéro. for more info see amazoniarevisited.com. producer's notes:
These radio programs emerged as the fruit of the creative residency that brought together four sound artists – Thelmo Cristovam (BR), EdBrass (BR), Rodrigo Ramos (BR) and Dave Ph
#865: 2023.11.05
we are very excited to announce that we are making the final preparations for our last issue of framework:seasonal or the year, issue #15, autumn 2023. we set out to actually release 4 issues this year, one for each season, which seemed to make sense, given the series' name, but we've never managed it before, and frankly, we may never manage it again. but once, at the very least! and what a strong finish it is - we are extremely excited about issue #15, which features 4 absolutely stunning new w
#864: 2023.10.29 [claude schryer]
this edition has been produced in ottowa, canada by claude schryer, and is a compendium of the first half of this year's episodes of his conscient podcast (4th season). for more information see https://www.conscient.ca/. producer's notes:
This 127th episode of the conscient podcast marks the halfway point of season 4, which, as you might recall, is called Sounding Modernity and explores what modernity might sound like, how it affects us and what we can do about it..
#863: 2023.10.22
two new discoveries this week, along with two old favorites - we finally got to michael allen z prime's bioelectrical music, his 3 disc (plus one bluray) retrospective of 30 years of work with the bioelectric signals of plants and mushrooms, plus the latest work from longtime contributor s. grey/standard grey/christopher olson, a series of geofon recordings at home in nara, japan. these sounds accompanied the wonderful works of lucie vitková, who documented material interactions and improvisatio
#862: 2023.10.15 [meira asher]
this edition has been produced by israeli-irish artist and activist meira asher, and was originally part of her 22 hour program sonic voyage of resistance for the radio art zone project, which aired in luxembourg in september 2022.
please note: this program has been scheduled to air at this time since june of this year, long before the events of october 7th and their aftermath. producer's notes:
From October 7 2023 onwards the entire world has seen one brutal example of life in Palestine/Israel.
#861: 2023.10.08
lots of mixed works in this edition - bipolar explorer's guitars, thollem & jacek chmiel's improvisational instruments, daina dieva's electronic drones - but all use field recordings somewhere in the mix, so here they are, along with jana winderen's underwater sounds and listener-chosen favorites from the aporee soundmaps, from slovakia, spain, south korea and greece. this all began with a framework introduction recorded for us in zenikow, germany by jo.
#860: 2023.10.01 [edbrass brasil]
this edition of framework:afield is the second of a series of four entitled amazonia revisited, airing over the second half of 2023. this episode has been produced in by edbrass brasil and is entitled water memory. for more information see https://amazoniarevisited.com. producer’s notes:
These radio programs emerged as the fruit of the creative residency that brought together four sound artists – Thelmo Cristovam (BR), EdBrass (BR), Rodrigo Ramos (BR) and Dave Phillips (Switzerland), from the so
#859: 2023.09.24 [steve roden]
this special edition is our second week in tribute to steve roden, who passed away on september 6th at the age of 59. we are listening to a selection of his works spanning a period between 1993 and 2020, both under his own name and as in be tween noise, including the track he contributed to our very first release on framework editions in 2009, the 4-disc compilation framework250. we began the show with a special framework introduction recorded in his memory by steve peters. links to the releases
#858: 2023.09.17 [steve roden]
steve roden passed away on september 6th, 2023. we are dedicating two shows to him: this first one, a repeat of the edition of framework:afield he produced for us back in 2008, and a second one next week which is a mix of our own favorite steve roden / in be tween noise works. here are a few words i wrote last week about his passing:
a few days ago, we lost another artist who has been incredibly important to framework radio, and to my personal development as an artist, for years, or rather decad
#857: 2023.09.10
this show, edition #857, our first show back after our summer break, showcases the tracks from our latest edition of framework:seasonal, issue #14, summer 2023. new exclusive works by yen-ting hsu, steve peters, pablo diserens, and nula.cc were accompanied by recent listener-chosen favorites from the aporee soundmaps and a framework introduction recorded in mexico by barry cullen. if you like what you hear, please check out the release on our bandcamp page:
https://frameworkeditions.bandcamp.com
#856: 2023.07.30
here we are, folks - our last edition before our annual summer break; and with this one comes an announcement, as we release our third issue of framework:seasonal for 2023! we vowed to release 4 issues this year, a goal we have never before achieved, and so far we're on target. issue #14, summer 2023 includes new and exclusive works from yen-ting hsu, steve peters, pablo diserens, & nula.cc. we will listen to all of the contributions in the first few shows after the break, but in the meantime yo
#855: 2023.07.23 [post doom romance]
this edition has been produced in finland by post doom romance. for more of their work see www.postdoomromance.com. producer's notes:
framework presents post doom romance "fragments/archipelago" a 60 minute collage of field recordings from the Finnish archipelago. These recordings were made at the AARK Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo Finland as part of a larger project titled "glimmers on the archipelago" to be released in early 2024 in book/audio form.
#854: 2023.07.16
i'm going to keep this verty short, as, full disclosure, i'm 2 hours away from pushing bags and children out the door to begin a two week family journey to the united states. shows for the next few weeks are done in advance, and i'll be sweltering in the new england sun (or drowning in the new england rain). this show, we think, sounds great, we hope you enjoy it too.
#853: 2023.07.09 [manja ristić]
this edition of framework:afield has been produced in croatia by regular contributor manja ristić. for more information on her work see https://manjaristic.blogspot.com/. producer's notes:
I am always very inspired and happy to contribute to Framework afield. This time, I decided to offer a slightly unusual episode! The mix of conceptual, ambient, improv, and field recording works by some of the most incredible musical minds out there, a kind of alchemical soup in which I am searching for music
#852: 2023.07.02
the summer is busying up - back at framework HQ now for a two week window between travels, unsure if i'm going to find the time to get a summer issue of framework:seasonal out into the world, but there's still a chance. meanwhile, some releases i've really been looking forward to getting into the show, loren chasse, standard grey, bethan kellough, kate carr, old friends ben owen and alan courtis working together, it's a smorgasbord of great sounds! we're taking a few weeks off from our usual apo
#851: 2023.06.25 [thelmo cristovam]
this edition is the first of a series of four entitled 'amazonia revisited', airing over the second half of 2023 as part of our framework:afield programming. this episode has been produced in brazil by thelmo cristovam and is entitled 'day-night'. for more information see https://amazoniarevisited.com. producer's notes:
These radio programs emerged as the fruit of the creative residency that brought together four sound artists - Thelmo Cristovam (BR), EdBrass (BR), Rodrigo Ramos (BR) and Dave Ph
#850! 2023.06.18
yet another landmark (earmark? soundmark?): edition #850! in the old days every jubilee show came with it's own celebrations, releases, special editions, etc, but they come around so quickly now, and without warning, that we just can't keep up. so no big fanfare for this one, just a few extra exclamation marks, and the vague hope that you appreciate 850 hours of framework radio and hope, as we do, for 850 more.
so on to the show! lo-fi phone-recorded sounds this week from the duo of russ waterho
#849: 2023.06.11 [mark vernon]
Magneto Mori: Brussels is a process-based sound work that investigates the collective memory of Brussels residents, intertwining them with the environmental sounds of the city to weave new and unexpected narratives. It is an exploration of tape recording as a form of memory storage - and the deliberate distressing, eroding and deterioration of present day sounds to disrupt their chronology; historicising the present and fast-forwarding the effects of time. Contrasting and combining these sounds
#848: 2023.06.04
four great new releases this week (one a re-release) from some longtime favorites, one of whom is appearing in the show for the first time. before i relocated to france as a young man, way back in 1996, long before the internet (well, other than album-trading usenet groups), i wrote a letter, yes, on paper, to eric la casa, half of one of my favorite projects at the time, syllyk, asking for advice on finding underground experimental music upon my arrival in paris. this was of course long before
#847: 2023.05.28 [patrick mcginley]
this edition of framework:afield has been has been produced in estonia by your regular host in celebration of the 21st birthdays of framework radio and resonance fm. it features the first ever 20 minutes of framework radio, with mcginley (sounding remarkably young and unfit for radio) and his original co-host joel stern, originally broadcast on june 14, 2002, followed by a 40-minute birthday special recorded at framework HQ in 2020 and aired on resonance fm, but never aired as part of the regula
#846: 2023.05.21
this week we are finally taking a listen to the tracks from our latest edition of framework:seasonal, #13, spring 2023. we love the swirling resonance presented by doug haire, the gritty textures captured by jo montgomerie, the pounding ambiance found by ben link collins, and the rhythmic throb noticed by xiang. and if you like them too, we hope you will consider buying a copy to help support framework radio. the show has been running ad- and sponsor-free for over 20 years, and these compilation