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An Extra Week or two
”For our mid-season break 13-26th April Resonance FM will be running a curated showcase of Resonance Extra's highlights so far this year. Selections by Milo Thesiger-Meacham.
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Field recordings to encourage you outside
”Interspersed within our Extra showcase, look out for some very special field recording broadcasts from the Orkney Islands, Twelve Hours In The Life Of A Fox, and the Wetland Project's Earth Day.
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Willkommen Im Magnetbanduntergrund!
Originally broadcast live on Resonance Extra in 2025, this programme of experimental music from Hamburg features GAJEK, Jan Jelinek & Frank Bretschneider. Independent music productions were banned in the GDR in terms of production, distribution, and sales. However, countless groups such as Der Demokratische Konsum, Zwitschermaschine, Schleim-Keim, and Kein Talent defied these regulations imposed by the workers' and farmers' state. They took it upon themselves to play their (mostly homemade) instruments and recorded their compositions directly onto tape: unorthodox punk met lo-fi experimental rock, stumbling electronics met grinding pop constructions, conceptual minstrelsy met infernal noise.
The publication Magnetizdat DDR, Magnetbanduntergrund DDR 1979–1990 (2023, Verbrecher Verlag) tells the story of this magnetic counterculture. Inspired by this, we will explore the musical subversions of the late GDR in three acts over three days. Curated by Judith Behre and Florian Bräunlich.