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The Oregon Episode: Big Summit Prairie--Eclipse Fest, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, White River Wilderness

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Welcome back to Threshold Shift, a Resident Sound Artist Series on KBOO 90.7 FM. The recordings on Threshold Shift are collected and contributed by sound professionals, scientists, and student-citizens in the field. We have attempted to leave these field recordings as ra... Read more

Plugged In on 09/01/17

Airs at: Fri, 09/01/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 09/02/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Plugged In
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Island Lake and Sheboygan Marsh State Wildlife Area

Airs at: Fri, 09/01/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Humans hear the world before we ever see it. This is as true in utero as it is when we navigate the dark. Every place on earth makes a multitude of sounds, and each collection of these is a soundscape, an ecological record of what is, or was, present at a given place and... Read more

Our Final Episode...

Airs at: Thu, 08/31/2017 at 7:00pm - Fri, 09/01/2017 at 12:00am
Well... We are now here, where we begin to move on to another aspect of life's journey.  After 11 years of being on the air, this moment is entirely bittersweet.  We want to thank all of you for the love sent towards the show, and the work we've done.  This 5-hour episode i... Read more

Threshold Shift

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Hear the Earth You're Missing Threshold Shift is a collection of field recordings created and contributed by sound professionals, scientists, and student-citizens from across the globe. Why do we record? By many accounts, there is less than 2% of the Earth that is free ... Read more

Morphosis in Blue, 1997 by Heriberto Montes de Oca

Airs at: Fri, 08/25/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 08/26/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
  Following the investigation of American-Mexican border musician Heriberto Montes de Oca (Aristeo), a pioneer in the area.   Tuesday I met with his son Aristeo Montes de Oca in Eugene at a parking lot, who gave me unedited material from his dad: twelve tapes and a box full... Read more

Mamiffer

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Tonight on A Different Nature, music from Seattle noise band MAMIFFER. Mamiffer was started a decade ago by Faith Coloccia, and consists mostly of her and Aaron Turner, who plays in the post-metal band Isis. Mamiffer has collaborated with everyone from Portland' noise artis... Read more

Our 10th (and final!) annual Michael Jackson tribute show!!!

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 8:00pm - Fri, 08/25/2017 at 12:00am
It has been a long journey honoring the teacher.  We remember the time (pun intended) we first had the idea to honor Michael in an episode dedicated to him, and it was thought of as a silly idea.  As we tend to focus on jazz (in particular) and less popular artists on our s... Read more

Post Total Ecliptical Soundscapes

Airs at: Tue, 08/22/2017 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
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Episode 236: From Yazoo to Jesu

Airs at: Sun, 08/20/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Back To The Egg
I was excited going in, maybe not as excited coming out. Nonetheless, there are some great songs in here, particularly the new Downtown Boys and the Aesop Rock / Homeboy Sandman tracks. I did get a phonecall from someone raving about the Mascaras track, and I got to write o... Read more