Sounds Central

With 10k+ archived releases, Sounds Central's proprietor, Paul Paulun, tells a personal history of music and sound art.

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Ambient Channel (6): Stars
A soundtrack for an imaginary film, combining influences from African cultures with elements of avantgarde, harmonising electronics and a vocal language, plus some linguistic leprosy. 44min mix here:

https://t.co/wUKmyUo81w

#paulpaulun #soundscentral

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Wild Thyme Music (5): A Sonic Fantasy

In the media age, imagination has come under attack. However, the interface between the unknown and the self needs to be triggered as a source of inspiration for art and research.

https://t.co/wUKmyUo81w

#paulpaulun #soundscentral

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Ambient Channel (5): Inside

A track based on an abstract drawing, a sublime sonic exploration into deep liquid space, atmospheric minimalism, and library music created under complete creative control. NEW 50-minute mix here:

https://t.co/wUKmyUoFR4

#paulpaulun #soundscentral

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Wild Thyme Music (4): A Sonic Universe

Through the purity of sound, both performers and listeners are meant to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the nature of existence.

https://t.co/wUKmyUoFR4

#ameliacuni #charlemagnepalestine #eleh #wernerdurand #ulihohmann

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Wild Thyme Music (2): A Sonic Exploration

Tuning instruments specifically makes them produce acoustic phenomena such as overtones. 111min with Arnold Dreyblatt, La Monte Young & Terry Jennings.

Listen here: https://t.co/3o4ArcXmjQ

#arnolddreyblatt #lamonteyoung #terryjennings

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Headroom (13): Spiral Ray

Aboard a train through time, moments with Madam Fatal and insights into the Ludwig Question — 21st century chill-out music made between 1970 and 2024.

https://t.co/4qd7qo5O3C

#headroom #paulpaulun #stegiradio

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Headroom (10): Spaced

News from Jupiter and the Third Ear, a place for contemplation, and a cyber shaman making neurons dance – 21st century chill-out music made between 1972 and 2023.

https://t.co/UoXHJCQ7tr

#headroom #paulpaulun #stegiradio

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Headroom (9): Motion

Dancing in Java, an elephant god, dreams coming true, and an escalator to the stars. 21st century chill-out music made between 1969 and 2005.

https://t.co/4Qn6AYYf5m
#headroom #paulpaulun #stegiradio

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Headroom (8): Warped

Memories, mutants, three options, and a lady taking orders. 21st century chill-out music made between 1976 and 2020.

https://t.co/bkP6kyDgIH

#headroom #paulpaulun #stegiradio

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Headroom (7): Between

Shiny errors, a Rubaiyat of love, wisdom from an ancient past and a report from when in flight mode. 21st century chill-out music made between 1970 and 2023.

https://t.co/XsztdakrQU

#headroom #paulpaulun #stegiradio

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In Liminal Spaces

Trance was an important aspect in Angus MacLise’s sound works. The drummer, composer, poet and calligrapher linked Beat culture, NYC's 60s art scene and the hippies. Find the 78min mix here: https://t.co/ZyvGLHGTjG

#angusmaclise #soundscentral #paulpaulun

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idle (2.3): Broken

In idle mode, the Sounds Central archive plays itself. Find module (2.3): Broken at https://t.co/JaNCGdjAgX

#soundscentral #paulpaulun #idle #archive

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Love The Residents (1971-2002)

The Residents anticipated audio piracy and developed groundbreaking multimedia art. 42-min with conceptional thematic compositions and deconstructions of Western popular music.

Listen at https://t.co/JaNCGdjAgX

#theresidents #paulpaulun #archive

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No Way Out (1978-84)

Most artists involved in what critics called no wave in 1978 shared a nihilistic mindset as they explored realms ranging from abrasive noise to mutant disco in New York City. Find the 44-min mix at https://t.co/DGnkMgYKbO

#soundscentral #paulpaulun #pop

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Headroom (4): Granted

A first exploration, looking beyond a wormhole, and finding the tiger’s stripes. 21st century chill-out music made between 1968 and 2020.

Tonight at 1900h EEST on Movement Radio from Athens/Greece.

#headroom #paulpaulun #movementradio

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No Wave Time Warp

Drawing on a wide selection music, Paul Paulun and Joseph Nechvatal discuss aspects of the movement that opposed the commodification of music and art with radical works starting in the late 70s.
https://t.co/SQvaxPxRLD

#nowave

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Kickoff for my new series Headroom with 21st century chill-out music on Movement Radio is tonight at 1900h EEST.

Join the procession, meet a cosmic shepherd and trace some magic. The first episode Moving On features tunes made between 1974 and 2022.

https://t.co/VrkCZuKghD

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When sound became portable with the Walkman in the eighties, the Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine begins to feature NYC’s art scene on tape. 41-minute mix with Gretchen Bender, Jonathan Borofsky, Live Skull, Marjorie Van Halteren, and others.
https://t.co/sgYKCJQBWu

@harvestworks

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Owing to a straightness rooted in punk, new things and personalities get invented everywhere and all the time in West-Germany’s music scene of the eighties. 43-min mix at https://t.co/pcAX4qQQmM
#germany #newwave #paulpaulun

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Henri Chopin was among the first to exploit the true potential of a tape recorder in the 1950s. Many of his audio works are based on radical approaches, such as swallowing microphones. 43-min radio documentary at https://t.co/aL6ECtJE5Z

#henrichopin #lettrism #paulpaulun