Andreas Glauser from Brainhall Art Productions in Zürich continues his series of presentations with a portrait of Phonophon from Frankfurt am Main. Given the diversity of concerts they have organised, Andreas’s program might as well serve as an overview of the wild variety of sub genres and styles and expressions that exist in the margins of contemporary music.

The Brainhall programs have a fix broadcast hour and time, it is every Thursday at 20:00-21:00BerlinTime.

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[rec.phonophon] is a compilation accompanying the concert series Phonophon which is now in its 5th year of existence. It is curated by the Verein zur Förderung von Phonographie und experimenteller Musik (society for the advancement of phonography an experimental music) in Frankfurt/ Main.

More than fifty concerts with local, national and international artists have been organised since the series started.

Concerning musical styles there are no limits – here’s a random selection of genres and self-descriptions

isochromatic drone application

post-rock

minimal ex-stasi techno

sound poetry

noise-scapers

radio play

elektronika

magickal frequencies

percussionist sound sculptor

dark ambient

turntables

disco zombie

pop

field recordings

modified devices

co-articulation collective

soundscapes

antihumanistic music

laptop sound

The compilation is the documentation of a successful experiment, a homage to the multitude of contemporary experimental music and the promise to keep organising a wild series of concerts in the Rhein-Main area. Forty tracks give the listener the chance to go on a trip through a diverse and ever expanding sound universe.

For broadcast hours please check our schedule.