Label: World Service

100部限定、メチャクチャ素晴らしいラジオ放送コラージュ!!ロンドンを拠点に活動、主に人間によるパフォーマンスとマルチメディアとの間に生まれる相互作用を探求する作曲家兼美術家Neil Luck。氏が長年魅了されてきたラジオ放送を題材に、2014~2023年までに録り溜めた様々なアーカイブ録音を使用し組み上げた作品[Radio Archive]。アーカイブを単なる個人的な記録の保存では無く、絶えず発展し続ける実践や作品のスナップショットと捉え構築、結果どこか面白おかしくも秀逸な録音物として完成させています。











"This small archive is a glimpse of a body of work made between 2014-2023 for, on, or with radio. I’ve been fascinated by broadcast radio since the earliest stages of working as a musician. I’m grateful to have been given many opportunities to make radio shows in a variety of different contexts, and over the years have produced hours of work for the medium. Most of this has happened in London, with UK-based collaborators.

There is of course a real beauty in the ephemerality of the broadcast - it disappears (literally) into the ether once transmitted - and I love and respect this dimension of radio. This archive then is not so much an act of personal preservation, but rather an attempt to present a snapshot of a continually developing practice and body of work, and perhaps most importantly to capture an impression of a small community of friends and collaborators who have helped to articulate a contribution to what I think is a vital, and idiosyncratic subculture of experimental sound work.

All of the tracks are of course, removed from their original contexts. It would have felt cumbersome to try and fill in these contextual gaps for each, and so by and large, I haven’t. I suggest enjoying this archive more as a dislocated, hypnagogic constellation of moments. The earlier material generally plays on commercial and mainstream radio tropes, later works engage more with the material aspects of radio sound and the almost telepathic nature of medium itself. Other clips highlight the possibility of the live broadcast as a window onto vérité moments of encounter.

None of this work would have been possible without the support of a multitude of artist collaborators, producers, and technicians. Extra special thanks goes to Ed Baxter and Milo Thesiger-Meacham at Resonance FM and Resonance Extra. My first ever radio show was made for Resonance (in I think, 2008), and they’ve continued to be deeply valued supporters of my work since. Many of the tracks here were captured in Resonance FM’s old Borough studio space in South London; a bright yellow room tucked away behind the high street, home to a constant stream of London’s most idiosyncratic musicians and artists. It was truly one of my favourite places to visit anywhere in the world for over a decade." - Neil Luck