"Opera" (1987) by FANATIC
A long-form musical work, composed of such operatic elements as arias and choral presentations. But a FANATIC opera is not a traditional opera. Imagine a dense bassey, enveloping fabric of industrial sounds with patterns of whispering, non-narrative singing, utterances, jingling keys, seagulls' cries, boat horns, and the passionate statements of Jon Rose's home-made violin-like instruments. A fascinating meditation for radio!

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.

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