1) Charo Calvo - 'Bloodline of Flower'

Bloodline of Flower is drawn from poems by Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian poet and filmmaker (1934-1967). She was published and surely read by many Iranians during her lifetime, now a cult figure. Her poetry is one of protest and rebellion, yet it captures everyday experience without any intention of guiding, educating or directing. Her poetry is the portrait of a generation undergoing radical change. In this piece, her verse lines draw songs from wavetables or modulate the breathy tones of a Ney. Only sound remains.

Voice: Carly Wijs
Ney: Arif Erkovan
Text: Forough Farrokhzad

Commissioned for Radiophrenia 2025 with the support of Creative Scotland.

2) Jenny Wicks - 'Home Truths'

The work highlights the temporal decay and archival significance of sampling, uncovering the fragility and persistence of memory through glitch, plunderphonics, and drones. The transformation of sound over time, explores memory and erosion through process. Using obsolete media (minidisc/ CD), loops, and layered field recordings, Home Truths incorporates re-recorded WhatsApp voice messages - modern-day answer machine fragments degraded through repeated transfers on mini-disc. In some instances, these recordings underwent extensive processing, including guitar pedals and vocoders, to craft the central sonic textures and motifs. Traditional musical elements - electric piano, guitars - were layered around this degraded archive of sound, creating harmonic interplay with the spectral echoes of friends, family and found minidisc radio recordings from the early 2000’s.

Special thanks to artist and friend Bel Gilbert Scott.

Commissioned for Radiophrenia 2025 with the support of Creative Scotland.

This monthly program features highlights and commissions from the Glasgow art radio station Radiophrenia.

Presented on an annual basis, Radiophrenia is a temporary art radio station – a two-week exploration into current trends in sound and transmission arts. Broadcasting live across Glasgow, the station promotes radio as an art form, encouraging challenging and radical new approaches to the medium. Each year, the broadcast schedule includes a series of newly commissioned radio works, live shows, pre-recorded features, and a number of Live-to-Air performances. The majority of the program is made up from selections submitted to an international open call for sound art and radio works. Radiophrenia is managed as a co-operative funded through Creative Scotland’s Open Project Funding.