In the mid-1970s, sound artist Max Neuhaus came up with a creative use of NPR's Round Robin phone loop. Using this system (which allowed different affiliate stations to broadcast programs airing in other towns), he connected the phone-in banks of five stations, encouraged listeners to call in and whistle, and then looped these five cities of whistlers through a phase-shifter.
The result was a 2-hr long broadcast of a creepy, meandering, experimental soundscape that could have easily been mistaken as a takeover of earth's communications systems by alien overlords.
Listen to a sample snippet of the broadcast [MP3]
Watch a video about the project here (click on "A Look Behind the Scenes at Radio Net's Realization Process"), or read up on it here.
via Music Thing
Oh man.... what do I have to do to hear the entire two hours?
Posted by: Hell's Donut House | March 27, 2007 at 07:33 PM
It's on Ubuweb and fits on 2 cds or an ipod.
Posted by: bartelby | March 28, 2007 at 01:08 PM
Ah!! Thanks, Bartelby!
Posted by: Hell's Donut House | March 28, 2007 at 11:21 PM
Sounds like some of that good old
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Posted by: Taylor Jessen | March 05, 2012 at 07:14 PM