RADIO TAPES

Lebanese war tapes, Romani ham operators in Bulgaria, and cryptic radio messages from the dead in Seoul, S. Korea. Cover image is a Verifax collage by Wallace Berman.

TRACKLIST

#1 CW Tapes, Raed Yassin (Discrepant, 2019). Lebanese political speeches; radio and television commercials; news flashes and jingles; local 80s pop music; dubbed Japanese anime songs; propaganda, resistance, and revolutionary party songs; snippets from Ziad Rahbani plays and more.

#2 – Wires of Air, Jeff Guburek (Akashic Records, 2018). Transistor radio (shortwave, AM, FM, LW). Recorded on location in Bulgaria.

#3 – Seoul, Aki Onda (Recital, 2020). A handheld radio in a hotel room in Seoul broadcasts cryptic messages from the late Nam June Paik.