Out of the static

 "I've been fascinated by shortwave radio since a young age - way before the internet - the appeal of being able to hear transmissions from any where in the world was always intriguing. Sadly it's been in decline for a number of years now, you often don't hear many stations these days.

That was the inspiration for this piece, preserving some of the original recording overlaid with signal loss and degradation. I've used the recording as the only sound source, it has been processed with a grain sampler in Hollyhock 5 and I've also used Cataract, Polygon (Glitchmachines) and Shaperbox 2 (Cableguys) and various delays and reverbs to create glitchy, cut-up type effects."

Composition by Andy Lyon.

Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave