On the 8th ‘Unarcheology Radio’ mix of field recordings of birds from Venezuela, together with recordings from airplanes from all over the sky. Among these birds, all of which recorded in Venezuela by the ornithologist Jean-Claude Roché in the early 70’s, the common Potoo take its name from its haunting call, a mournful series of…
The 7th ‘Unarcheology Radio’ mix presents field recordings of wolves howling in Europe and Canada together with American steam locomotives, now extinct. Of all members of the genus Canis, the wolf is most specialized for cooperative game hunting as demonstrated by its physical adaptations to tackling large prey, its more social nature, and its highly…
The 6th ‘Unarcheology Radio’ mix presents sounds of anthills, wood burning and wind distorting microphones from various parts of the world. Image: Antique illustration of a portion of the nest of the red ant of family Formicidae
The desert spirits can do amazing and incredible things. Even in the daytime their voices can sometimes be heard, or there is a clash of arms, a roll of drums or the sound of different musical instruments. For these reasons, travelers go in large numbers and stay close to one another.—Marco Polo (1295) The 5th…
The 4th ‘Unarcheology Radio’ mix presents field recordings of lava from different volcanoes around the world mixed together with sounds of lynxes. A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On…
This ‘Unarcheology Radio’ mix presents a selection of Frogs from all over the world mixed together with ancient Japanese temple bells, dating from 8th and 17th century. Frogs and toads produce a rich variety of sounds, calls, and songs during their courtship and mating rituals. The callers, usually males, make stereotyped sounds in order to…
This ‘Unarcheology Radio’ mix presents an imaginary soundscape made of sounds of crickets, cicadas and dragonflies from all over the world, coexisting with ultrasounds from bats, here transposed to audible frequencies. From the montage emerges an illogical ecosystem of sounds normally found very distant from each other and from us, both on a geographic map…
“Rasų Radijas” presents a new monthly show by “Sodas 2123” residents called – “Unarcheology Radio” hosted by Demetrio Castellucci. The first radio gallery appearance is a playlist compiled from whale sounds recorded in different parts of the world. It will air on the 3rd of August at 8PM. Tracklist and a text compiled by Demetrio…
