RTM

23/03/2024

🗣️ BLURT: OPEN CALL FOR SONIC EXPERIMENTS IN TEXT

🪅 DEADLINE 26 MARCH / LAST FEW DAYS TO APPlY
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🫨 Blurt is an experimental platform supporting artists to develop text-based works for performance and live-to-air broadcast on RTM.FM. In this testing-site for testing text, TACO! invites artists to consider radio broadcast as an expanded form of publishing. We perform to publish, which is to say, to make public. And our moment of thinking is live on air! ⁠
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💬 TACO! is seeking proposals for sonic experiments in text: aural encounters, vernacular enquiries, conversations, radio plays and other weird waves.⁠
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🌀 TACO! will support four artists or artist groups to develop and test work over a four-week research and development period. This will culminate in Blurt, a public performance series presented at TACO! and broadcast live on RTM.FM.⁠
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📡 Selected artists and artist groups will receive: use of studio and production space over 4 weeks; editorial, curatorial and producer input and support; access to audio tech and equipment; a production budget of £250 per project to cover expenses.⁠
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🔗 Link in bio for more information and how to apply!

25/01/2024

We are pleased to be broadcasting the first iteration of Intimacy - a new regular broadcast show by that presents a range of enquires into sound, audio and listening from across sound based art practices.

Intimacy will broadcast love from at 2pm on Friday 26 Jan, and then every fourth Friday thereafter.

06/11/2023

🔮Join us on 30th November at TACO! for an evening if live performances by and

Tickets are £10 / £14 on the door
Available via link in bio

Doors open 1900

Curated and produced by and

03/11/2023

👼We are graced by the northern soul sounds of , Angel of the. Roth live from 5pm today and available to listen again on RTM 👼

20/10/2023

RTM Joins the global strike for Palestine today, Friday 20th October. Together with artists and other organisations we will be withdrawing our cultural output.

It’s a small gesture against a humanitarian crisis of historic proportions- but we hope by doing so we can encourage you to join us in solidarity and prompt some reflection on what is unfolding.

All shows scheduled to broadcast will be rescheduled

24/09/2023

😍 This larks Francesca and Max from Music To Verb To - gracing the studio with their presence today. Next M2V2 shows airs on the 8th October.

08/09/2023

💫Love and thanks to , and and all that made it along to a wonderful evening at 🩷

👂The performances will be available to listen to again on RTM shortly (👀 in stories)

Live performances to Air coming soon

20/05/2023

On Friday 9th June, TACO presents Well Tempered Synths, an evening of experimental electronic music performances by Pouya Ehsaei (), Bint Mbareh & Raimund Wong ().

The evening is curated by musician and producer Pouya Ehsaei () and takes its title from the 1969 album by Wendy Carlos - Well Tempered Synthesizers.

The evening coincides with Wendy, a film installation by Frances Scott and Chu-Li Shewring, that is a speculative portrait and film fan letter to electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos.

Advanced tickets can be bought on RA - https://ra.co/events/1710253

The evening will be broadcast put on RTM for those who want to listen.

See you there! 🫶

01/04/2023

Every Friday in April, RTM will be hosting an evening of broadcast performances from the studio and the bar with RTM residents and invited guests. Join us next Friday for the first of the series with from 20:00 to 22:00. At 2 Cygnet Square, SE2 9FA.

18/03/2023

NEW RESIDENT ALERT! 👉.esc

Major Arcana is a spoken & music show based around tarot cards, featuring themed playlists based around the attributes of each of the 'picture cards' (major arcana). In the intersection of anthropology, philosophy and some great music, let’s find mutual inspiration and knowledge.

Today at 15:00 - tune in!

13/03/2023

LISTEN BACK LISTEN BACK 👉 on the rtm homepage 👉

"each surface is reflective" is the second episode of dust collector, a show by alex mckenzie] which presents a continuous mix of experimental music, with a focus on recent releases and occasional older pieces.

this episode is named after a track from the new Max] album "disposables", released this month on . it features 20 tracks, including: experimental song ( Max] , , Franciska); delicate, textural pieces ( , Hardworking Families, ); voice and spoken word ( , Ami Yoshida, Havadine Stone, Jim Strong ). mid way through, ' "Variations on a Sewing Machine" (recorded with a contact mic attached to a sewing machine, which subsequently caught fire during the recording process) causes the mix to collapse into harsher noise ( & , .nyc , Ragk), before ending with an excerpt from & Axel Dörner's 2022 release "Döner Kebab".

most of the tracks are available on bandcamp, but if you're struggling to find anything and would like to hear more, please feel free to get in touch! alex mckenzie]

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02/03/2023

Experimental at School is this months episode of Experimental Tunes and Children and presents a range of music made in classes and projects with schools. Music moves through impromptu pop, spacey synth stories, seventies psychedelic folk, canine choral music, and lunchbox drumming circles that are either written, performed or created with primary and secondary school pupils. W/

Today at 13.00 on rtm.fm! 👉tune 👉 in 👉

14/02/2023

On Monday we had new resident recording episode 1 of snack helmet. Going out this Saturday at 11:00 on the rtm airwaves. Ready with some waking up delightful sounds…

going out to the mums and dads
to the people doing the dishes
babies, children, adults
to the thamesmead high risers
to the pets and wild animals
the London foxes
have a snack from the snack helmet
take alot, take two
just checking in, saying hi
records for dancing and relaxing

The studio is looking great btw. 🫶

11/02/2023

tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow - scroll across for the programme for Cashmere broadcasting on RTM tomorrow at 12:00-21:00.

We’re very excited to share a full day of radio from , an experimental community radio station based in Wedding, Berlin. 9 RTM shows are programmed to go out on the Cashmere airwaves at the same time, sharing the sounds of London and the RTM community. Tomorrow’s programming is part of an ongoing creative exchange between & .fm.

09/02/2023

Mind over matter over distance - two radio stations merge for one day to bring you a glimpse of the other side.

RTM X Cashmere is an ongoing creative exchange between two radio stations supporting experimental culture in London and Berlin.

Tune in live on rtm.fm & https://cashmereradio.com/ on Sunday 12th February. 12.00-21.00.

RTM
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m4rine & Clara R S

Cashmere Radio
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poulou
Shelley Tootell

Mark Van Yetter



Hilary Jeffrey

06/02/2023

“i am going to make an attempt to describe what you mean to me" is the first episode of dust collector, a new show on RTM from

the show presents a continuous mix of experimental music, with a focus on recent releases and occasional older pieces.

this episode takes its name from one of my favourite new albums, a collaborative release by and , as part of Voutchkova's DUOS2022 project on . it features 17 varied tracks, including: a collage made from blank cassette tapes from ; field recordings (snow shovelling; swans); spoken word focused pieces (Havadine Stone; Adam Bohman); experimental songs (Taku Sugimoto; ). the longest piece is "What to Expect When Faking Your Own Death", from the , , , and collaborative album, released this January.

most of the tracks are available on bandcamp, but if you're struggling to find anything and would like to hear more, please feel free to get in touch!

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03/02/2023

Almost there with the new RTM studio! & were the first to record this morning in the new space. Opening soon….

02/02/2023

TOMORROW AT 13:00! w/ 👉

The Experimental Tunes and Children show explores DIY instruments! Introducing ambitious labour intensive handmade instruments to circuit bent kids toys, sound making with everyday clutter and crafting orchestras from vegetables. Playing homemade instruments can provide an accessible way into music making as there's no predetermined way to play. Making your own guarantees unique sounds, encourages improvisation, building relationships with materials and embracing the unpredictable!

27/01/2023

TODAY AT 21:00 👉

RTM W/ Bodies UNDR My Garage. By Kisama ()

Bodies UNDR My Garage is bridging dualities, pierces holes and arrests your ears. From industrial, to dreamlike ambient, from gabber to hardcore growls, body and mind will shake and twist.

Tune in on RTM.FM

21/01/2023

LISTEN BACK to the most recent episode of .fm.

For this special episode Future Artefacts shared Sienna Rackall’s 11 minute audio, Before the Now. Sienna’s work was developed over the past 4 months after being selected from worldbuilding workshops for young people (13-18) led by Future Artefacts through HVH arts in August 2022.

Sienna Rackall was awarded this mentorship through HVH arts. HVH ARTS is a registered charity inspiring a generation of young people by offering them a gateway to the arts.

Listen here: rtm.fm/listen/future-artefacts/future-artefacts-15-january-23/

13/01/2023

We are very happy to be joined by new resident on the rtm airwaves this evening at 18:00.

We’ve lost the plot, huddled euphori-dwellers think,
mud under feet, endless, rumble
But at least we can hear the wind through the grasses —

Sounds from the Outside is a monthly sonic assemblage drawing from everywhere, from me to you,
everything for everyone.

Tune in.

09/12/2022

Tomorrow at 13:00 w/ & - an archival grime project run out of Montreal by collector and producer

The shows name draws inspiration from an era when Grime producers and MC’s would press exclusive, white-label dubplates, by spraying metal discs with acetate, and then cutting them with a diamond lathe. This was the only affordable option. Thanks to the Tottenham based cutting studio ‘Music House’, the Grime scene was able to thrive. The acetates were then distributed amongst sound systems, DJ’s, and pirate radio stations such as Rinse FM, Deja Vu FM and Heat FM. Grime was for most listeners an almost entirely non-visual genre during its formative days. This is the result of a lifetime compiling tapes and records.

Photo: ‘Ruff Sqwad’s Ends’ by Peter Beste, 2003.

05/12/2022

Listen back to RTM w/ .

A collage of thoughts and insights on process, practice and performance from guest artists previously featured on the sound and art platform The Thames submarine.

Drawing for me is a receipt of the process of looking
The tea I drink in the morning is not inconsequential at 2 oclock in the afternoon
How do you make a sound installation that lasts a thousand years
The question why don't you answer is like a fundamental question for me all my life
Since I was younger I don't feel comfortable in the collective happiness
I would argue that all sound making to a certain extent is collage
I just can't imagine a time when it would stop for me
A lot of people don't like to revisit their work but i'm sentimental and really nostalgic

01/12/2022

Today at 13:00! Tunes by Children w/ 👉

This episode focuses on music made and performed by children, with a consideration for selecting music that’s led and created by them as much as possible. The majority of tunes are home tape and computer recordings with sounds made with found objects, pots and pans, toys, keyboard demos, out of tune instruments, and synths. Lyrics are largely improvised or drawn out from their artwork and immediate environment. The show moves through genre bending sound collages, a 5 year olds vocoder rap to rock and hip hop expressing personal snack choices, introspective lo-fi folk, moody minimal electronica and punchy vocals from one of Columbia’s smallest cumbia singer.

12/11/2022

TOMORROW AT 21:00 👉

SHOES 05: Mahsa Amini’s Shoes

In the wake of Jina (Mahsa) Amini’s murder at the hands of the Islamic Republic’s morality police on 16 September 2022, SHOES 05 collects sounds from across the subsequent uprising in Iran. With special guest Sanaz Zardosht, we trace rhythms of resistance within early Persian music up to today’s throat-cutting cries for “women, life, freedom”. Protesting feet intermingle with the pre-revolutionary songs our mothers sang. We gather recordings from arrested artists whose contraband songs have become anthems for the uprising. With them, we mourn for the hundreds who have lost their lives, been arrested and tortured in recent months. We listen beyond the nostalgia of pre-revolutionary Iran as it sets the foundation for this fearless generation. Following in the footsteps of their own conviction, we hear a fierce song of transformation in the hope for a future beyond state-controlled violence and oppression.

12/11/2022

09/11/2022

ODD SPIRAL have a new mid-week Wednesday slot on RTM. Tune in from 16:00-18:00 today to hear 2 delectable hours of ambient, IDM, and autumnal moods. 🌀🌀🌀

04/11/2022

NEW RTM RESIDENT 👉

This Saturday at 18:00 we welcome The Thames Submarine to the RTM airwaves for a new monthly radio show.

The Thames Submarine began in 2020 as a platform for work that uses sound as an integral or evocative element, working across disciplines of music, art, film, sculpture, sound art and architecture. So far it has featured artists such as Ellen Fullman, Guy Sherwin, Claire Rousay, Maria Chavez, Gala Porras Kim and Athanasios Argianas amongst others and by juxtaposing work with extended informal conversation it hopes to offer new aspects on material, practice and performance.

03/11/2022

HYPER CREW👉 This episode reflects on the desires, frustrations and ecstasies of childhood. From the trials of being small and navigating a world made for adults and the injustice of being forced to go to bed to the joy of watching your favourite morning cartoons and losing yourself on a sugar bender. Tunes will travel through pico-pop to improvised tantrum infused noisy punk, hyper jazzy cut and paste electronic pop and genre bending cheer punk.

Today at 13:00 GMT 💦

27/10/2022

Look! The first happy people in the new RTM studio at Cygnet Square. 🎈

We’re very excited to finally be opening our doors to you all in the new year. TACO! HQ includes a gallery, cafe/bar and the new home of RTM.fm. You can find us at 2 Cygnet Square, SE2 9FA.

We look forward to seeing you soon 👀