1) Anne Lepère 'MOURAS'

The Mouras guard the earth's hidden secrets. At the mouth of a cave, beneath a monolith, or in the mist of a hot spring, their enchanting presence watches over the entrances to mystical places, gauging the soul of anyone who wishes to enter these sacred sanctuaries.

Adventurous voices set out to encounter these Galician mythological beings, seeking the secrets etched in stone and the magical tales sedimented over millennia.

Will their songs reach the depths of the earth? Will they receive the Mouras' permission to pass?

And will we be able to listen to the secrets that rise through geological layers, echoing as whispers in the hollows of our own bodies?

Commissioned for Radiophrenia 2025 with the support of Creative Scotland.

2) Hannan Jones & Murray Collier - 'A Line Drawn Downwards'

“We are tapping into the invisible currents of the Earth, sending messages through the ether…”

Nikola Tesla, early radio experiments, c. 1900

The ground opens up, we fall inwards, the shifting rubble opens to ineffable depths. A world unseen, but heard into being. The synth becomes the conduit, transmitting in frequencies, straddling the boundaries between organic and artificial sound, guiding the antipodeal line through layered interiors; crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, mantle, and core.

The synthesizer is not an instrument of control but a porous interface navigating the imaginary of the natural datum. Turbulence shapes new forms, inverted waveforms, liminal cocoons, subharmonics and overtones, a cartography of the unexplored. The tunnel wall fractures, revealing not just space, but something beyond the reach of engineered design. A cavernous expanse.

Above, renewal? Or at least, a reckoning?

‘A Line Drawn Downwards’ blurs the space between history, prophecy, and fiction; folded into the
Earth. We bore into the hum of the world and hope something answers.

Recorded at WORM Sound Studio in Rotterdam, this sonic cartography unfolds through the distinct textures of each instrument; Kawai 100F, Syntron Syrinx, Soma Enver, Korg MS20, Korg PS3210, Optigan, Moog Prodigy, ARP 2600, EMS Synthi, Publison DHM89 B2, Yamaha CS100, ARP Odyssey, Roland TB303, Blippoo Box, Juno 60, Organelle, Boss DD7, Paia Proteus, Roland SP404, Roland D50, Yamaha 40M, Yamaha 60M, Phillips Philicorda, and the Fender Rhodes.

A co-commission between Radiophrenia and WORM produced 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.