"Fringe Area" is an analogue tape loop and shortwave radio piece from Basinksi’s album Shortwavemusic created in 1982 in Brooklyn, NY. The recording was featured in the Wave Farm "Short Waves / Long Distance Repository" broadcast project. This Repository is comprised of a selection of works submitted to "Short Waves / Long Distance," a highly-competitive open call for composition exploring the sonics of the shortwave radio spectrum (2-30 mHz), and the experience of long distance listening. Organized by Wave Farm and The North American Shortwave Association, the call was announced in conjunction with the 30th Anniversary of the Winter Shortwave Listener’s Fest and Wave Farm’s 20th Anniversary, both of which were celebrated in 2017.

Tune in for selections from Wave Farm's Transmission Art Archive, a specialized online resource of artists' experiments with the electromagnetic spectrum in form or concept. The resource contains primary materials from early microradio broadcast collaborations among Brooklyn-based artists in the mid-nineties, transmission works created by the hundreds of artists who have participated in Wave Farm projects, broadcasts, and residencies, as well as historical and contemporary projects that comprise the canon of the genre.

Visit the Transmission Art Archive here.