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stopGOstop: field recordings, sound collage, and sound artAuthor: john wanzel
stopGOstop is a podcast that explores the idea that sound recordings can act as sediment an accumulation of recorded cultural material distributed via rss feed, and listened to on headphones. Each episode is a new sonic layer, incorporating field recordings, plunderphonics, and electroacoustic sound, all composed together in one episode or, alternately, presented individually as striations. The podcast has evolved over its existence, started as a field recording podcast in 2012 the first 19 episodes feature binaural and stereo recordings from everyday life. After a brief hiatus, it shifted between field recordings and rebroadcasts of past work for radio. Since episode 30 the podcast has shifted between field recordings, new compositions and sound collages (with an occasional rebroadcast). stopGOstop continually juxtaposes two or three ideas tending to move away from a focused theme, from new-worthy topics, or dependent on interviews of creative types it is a podcast that is Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Music, Performing Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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207: blind spot : S1:EP10 : nautical night
Sunday, 22 March, 2026
Over the past month and a half, I’ve been working on an archive project—digging up and remastering radio work I was involved in from 2004–2006. I’ll be re-releasing select episodes as a part of this podcast. If you are interested, you can follow the progress of the archive here. The first release is Episode 10, one of the more straightforward early shows, where Richard, Philip, and I showed up at the station with bags of records and a computer, mixing around a theme for an hour. Blurb: Field recordings, weathered songs, and distant whale calls drift and collide, forming a sonic choir of ocean life, with sounds real, recorded, fabricated and imaginary. Performed by Richard Holland, Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel. Nautical Night originally aired on August 8, 2004 live to air on WLUW 88.7 Chicago. Blind Spot (2004-2006): a weekly live experimental radio program exploring sound collage, performance, music, improvisation, and field recordings as a broadcast form.
