Show 1082: Spooky Aspic at a Distance by Ergo Phizmiz/Lottie Bowater (Soundart Radio, Devon, UK)
Narrative is in a pretty pickle without the culture of experimental theatricals tossing off their posing pouches and expressing with wild abandon but, today in the studios of Soundart Radio, almost everybody is naked! That’s because devised theatre, in the most magical of spaces – the radiophonic environment – is back! Ghosts! Witchcraft! Savoury jelly! Welcome to the future dramaturgy! May or may not involve contributions from interstellar intelligences.
jelly in space
Produced by Dr Ergo Phizmiz and Lottie Depresstival Bowater with the Soundart Radio MASSIVE
at the “PLAY” devised radio workshops, part of listen–play–experiment with thanks to funding from Devon and Torbay Combined Authority, Devon County Council and UK Shared Prosperity Fund “Essential Skills” programme.
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Show 1083: Music Is Murder by Martin Djorlev (Kanal103)
This episode captures the closing moments of Kanal 103’s marathon broadcast marking 81 years of Macedonian Radio, on 28.12.2025.
After more than 15 hours on air and a never-ending closing live session, the scheduled program slowly dissolved into an open situation. Recorded around 4am, as the night tipped into morning, the studio shifted into a different mode. Using the station computer, Martin Djorlev began mixing live from multiple internet sources, navigating streams, fragments, and digital noise in real time.
What emerged was an unplanned deep drone / ambient mix, imperfect, glitchy, unbalanced, marked by signal cracks and bleed from an old mixer worn down by years of use. Slow and immersive, the sound hovers somewhere between exhaustion and focus. A live navigation through online audio, shaped by the moment, the hour, and the accumulated energy of the broadcast.
Martin Djorlev is a central figure in the new Macedonian music scene. Active across projects, genres, and formats, he plays almost nightly, releases constantly, and moves between live performance, composition, and experimentation. This set reflects that momentum, created without preparation, without pause, as if there were no tomorrow.
Some of his recent music:
https://zhivotni.bandcamp.com
https://ubijdedo.bandcamp.com
https://stotrojka.bandcamp.com
Recorded live at Kanal 103, Skopje.