April 27, 2007

News | Shortwave Sound Snippets |

I bet I'm not alone in acquiring my taste for sounds from distant places as a kid playing around with a shortwave radio. Shrouded in no other context than the electromagnetic sound of the Sun, words and music from who-knew-where tickled my ten-year-old brain--and probably helped turn me into the hopeless cultural relativist I am today.

Actually, I don't have to bet I'm not the only one. Musician and shortwave enthusiast Myke Weiskopf has blogged about it and recently released an album based on his love of "music and/or musical noise intercepted via shortwave radio."

The following are links to some Asian entries I found on his soundblog:

Chinese Opera
Japanese Flute Music and Old Man Pop
Chinese Guqin (zither)