Microtone

Microtone Arranger of music and music-like audio on KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley since 2010

My first show of 2025 was the biggest event I’ve ever helped produce — a celebration of life for Michael Henning , know...
01/10/2025

My first show of 2025 was the biggest event I’ve ever helped produce — a celebration of life for Michael Henning , known on as DJ Megasoup, and in our vast music community as a beloved friend, collaborator, listener, explorer, mentor, connector. Known to me as my partner, my love, my everydayperson whose presence will linger forever like all our favorite songs. 🎶🎵

It’s been days since the memorial and I’m still too dazed to process everything from this transcendent night. I didn’t take many pictures, leaving audiovisual documentation to others’ eyes and ears as I soaked in all I could in the moment.

Credits shared with so many who made this perfect evening possible: .weasel .e.r.o.c.h.a.r.i.s.m.a and others who are not on IG or do not allow themselves to be tagged.

And thank YOU, all who were there in body and in spirit. I felt the strength and compassion of our community, and embrace renewed faith in the restorative power of music. ❤️‍🩹💗💙🩵🩶🤍

p.s. Lovely commemorative keepsake postcards sent by mail to any who DM w/ your mailing address 💌

I’m nervous and totally not ready for my next live KALX show on Tuesday, 24 Dec 2024 from 9:30 AM to Noon, Pacific Time....
12/22/2024

I’m nervous and totally not ready for my next live KALX show on Tuesday, 24 Dec 2024 from 9:30 AM to Noon, Pacific Time. After 15 weeks away, 13 weeks since Michael passed, it’s going to take me a bit to feel my way back around the board.

Three months feels like a stretch to be off air, but it’s a blip relative to the lifetime it may take to process grief. Like most of my other radio shows, I’m going to be figuring it out on the fly. In that sense, this next show and probably all my shows hereafter are Megasoup tributes in my own way — freeform explorations that showcase the art of the playlist, and the DJ as archivist, curator, exhibitor, sonic docent, dose administrator of most precisely measured musical medicine.

First pic: Soft Landing at the Alembic last night to pull me through Solstice ruminations.
Second and third pic: Just a small fraction of Michael’s musical legacy I’ve been sorting and processing, including taped airchecks from his first stints at and — college radio lifer to the end. 📻📡🌌

In Chinese, a 知音 is an intimate friend, a soul mate, one who listens closely to your tones and resonates in perfect harm...
10/21/2024

In Chinese, a 知音 is an intimate friend, a soul mate, one who listens closely to your tones and resonates in perfect harmony. Michael Henning, a.k.a. DJ Megasoup on , was that friend for so many of us. I am honored to have been his partner, riding tandem on the same wavelength for ten beautiful years.

Michael first made an impression on me at , when he approached me in the world music section. That was often my haven after crappy days in grad school and maybe he sensed my need for random kindness. We met more properly via mutual friend in 2014, and a few months later, I heard him DJ as and something magical was sparked that eve…

Back then, I was on KALX as the Native Disinformant and serving as DJ training co-director. Before pre-recorded archives, we had to schedule reluctant trainees in graveyard shifts, or cover those shifts ourselves. Between my own scheduled shows and unfilled training shifts, I ended up doing 89 radio shifts that year. Michael was actually the DJ at the board, with me in sleepy but rapt attendance, for about a dozen of those shifts. If he wasn’t in the studio with me, he was out there listening live to nearly every single one of my shows. We never stopped wooing each other by playlists, which, y’know, happened to sound awesome when broadcast for all to share. 💓

In 2017, I became Microtone, and he re-joined KALX as Megasoup, bringing a wealth of experience from his years at Amoeba, as a musician, a sonic traveler and curator, a chattering archive of knowledge. Michael taught me to love with open heart and mind, to engage in community, to listen to the tones between the tones - in music, in sound, in emotional expression and spaces internal. We both came to KALX having done freeform college radio as undergrads, adamant in championing diversity, experimentation, and exploration. He really pushed me to hone the art of DJing, and also supported so many efforts to make our radio station and music communities better.

Michael leaves a legacy that we’ll be processing for generations to come. Please keep your ears open and stay tuned — we will not hear the last of Megasoup for a long, long time.

EAST COAST - I’m headed your way! I’m packing my bags and getting ready to travel to the DC area and southern Maryland f...
09/13/2024

EAST COAST - I’m headed your way! I’m packing my bags and getting ready to travel to the DC area and southern Maryland for my first cross-state DJ gig! Professor Krystyn Moon (History & American Studies, U of ) and I will be reprising a talk and musical set we did in SF Chinatown during the pandemic — but this time in person at St. Mary’s College of Maryland for a 🌕 Moon Festival 🪩 event presented by the college’s Asian Studies Series.

We’d love to see you in the audience next Thursday 9/19, 4:45 to 6:30 PM Eastern Time!

Never would I have imagined that college radio and my seemingly esoteric interests through undergrad and graduate studies would have led to gigs like this. I’m just thrilled for this opportunity to expand horizons, for the audience and for myself, in this fun and festive way. Looking forward to new meets, eats, and beats! 🎑🥮💃🏻

About to do my LAST SHOW… before going on break for a couple months. Taking over at 9:30 AM Pacific Time until noon!Also...
09/10/2024

About to do my LAST SHOW… before going on break for a couple months. Taking over at 9:30 AM Pacific Time until noon!

Also, we’re recruiting UC students to join this campus radio station! Deets on our recruitment fliers and on our website!

📻 KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley
🔊 KALX.Berkeley.edu

Quiet halls and shiny floors the day before fall semester classes begin at UC Berkeley. Let’s go!Microtone on at 9:30 AM...
08/27/2024

Quiet halls and shiny floors the day before fall semester classes begin at UC Berkeley. Let’s go!

Microtone on at 9:30 AM to noon
📻 KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley
🔊 KALX.Berkeley.edu

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Hey, it’s been a bit, and I’m here at and ready to play some tunes for you! On at 9:30 AM at 90.7 FM KALX Berkeley and ...
07/23/2024

Hey, it’s been a bit, and I’m here at and ready to play some tunes for you! On at 9:30 AM at 90.7 FM KALX Berkeley and streaming live online at kalx.berkeley.edu

Microtone is out this Tuesday, and a most splendid sub has been arranged for your listening pleasure. Tune in to this m...
07/09/2024

Microtone is out this Tuesday, and a most splendid sub has been arranged for your listening pleasure. Tune in to this morning from 9:30 AM to noon on KALX Berkeley 90.7 FM! 📻

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TUNES happening SOON on 90.7 FM BerkeleyKALX.berkeley.eduMicrotone on air from 9:30AM to NOON
07/02/2024

TUNES happening SOON on
90.7 FM Berkeley
KALX.berkeley.edu

Microtone on air from 9:30AM to NOON

All the coolest kits tune in to 📻Microtone on air 9:30 AM to noon90.7 FM BerkeleyKALX.Berkeley.edu🐈‍⬛ and
06/25/2024

All the coolest kits tune in to 📻
Microtone on air 9:30 AM to noon
90.7 FM Berkeley
KALX.Berkeley.edu
🐈‍⬛

and

Shifting from weekend party vibes 😎 to office work ambiance 🤓 this morning on 9:30 AM to noon📻 KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley🔊 k...
06/18/2024

Shifting from weekend party vibes 😎 to office work ambiance 🤓 this morning on
9:30 AM to noon

📻 KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley
🔊 kalx.berkeley.edu for our live stream

What are you doing Friday night?? I’m going to be in SF Chinatown chomping on some ART BITES, a Chinatown Art Block Part...
06/14/2024

What are you doing Friday night?? I’m going to be in SF Chinatown chomping on some ART BITES, a Chinatown Art Block Party presented by with . Come check out the action on Grant Street tomorrow from 5:30 to 9 pm! It’s going to be an evening of eclectic performances, music, and pop-up art by and and I’ll be playing some tunes throughout. Stroll on by and say hi!

Tunes for kittens and all the cool cats on a hot Tuesday morning, 9:30 am to noon on 📻 KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley🔊 kalx.Berke...
06/11/2024

Tunes for kittens and all the cool cats on a hot Tuesday morning, 9:30 am to noon on

📻 KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley
🔊 kalx.Berkeley.edu

I brought just one record from my personal collection today - the soundtrack to Snoopy Come Home, to be played in tribut...
05/28/2024

I brought just one record from my personal collection today - the soundtrack to Snoopy Come Home, to be played in tribute of Richard Sherman who just passed away. Everything else comes from the KALX library — I gotta lot to catch up on having been gone for a couple weeks!

On 9:30 AM to noon Pacific Time
90.7 FM
KALX.berkeley.edu

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KALX is so grateful to all our wonderful donors who showed up during the last couple week of our spring fundraiser! 🙌👏🫶 ...
04/30/2024

KALX is so grateful to all our wonderful donors who showed up during the last couple week of our spring fundraiser! 🙌👏🫶 Y’all make it possible for us to return to our regularly IRregular, eclectic, freeform programming for another year! I’ll be back to do a “normal” show this morning, Tuesday at 9:30 AM until noon, and wow do I have a lot of new music to catch up on!!

📻 KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley
🔊 kalx.berkeley.edu

and

Microtone appreciates all our fabulous KALX donors during our spring fundraiser!! There was SO MUCH going on during ‘s ...
04/27/2024

Microtone appreciates all our fabulous KALX donors during our spring fundraiser!! There was SO MUCH going on during ‘s Wednesday fundraiser show that I’m afraid we missed one that day, so were naming a kitten after him instead, as I’ve been doing for my Tuesday 4/23 donors.

So last but not least, thank you to —
DAVID, a regal marmalade tabby whose idea of a good time is relaxing to tuuuunes on the radio

and

DECOY GALLERINA, who requested to name her kittens FREE.PALESTINE+NO.MORE.MURDER.OF.INDIGENOUS.WOMEN. Name says it all.

Post 7 of 7. Catch y’all on the radio next week for more on-air thanks!

Microtone appreciates all our fabulous KALX donors during our spring fundraiser!! There was SO MUCH going on during ‘s ...
04/26/2024

Microtone appreciates all our fabulous KALX donors during our spring fundraiser!! There was SO MUCH going on during ‘s Wednesday fundraiser show that I’m afraid we missed one that day, so were naming a kitten after him instead, as I’ve been doing for my Tuesday 4/23 donors.

So last but not least, thank you to —

DAVID, a regal marmalade tabby whose idea of a good time is relaxing to tuuuunes on the radio

and

DECOY GALLERINA, who requested to name her kittens FREE.PALESTINE+NO.MORE.MURDER.OF.INDIGENOUS.WOMEN. Name says it all.

Post 7 of 7. Catch y’all on the radio next week for more on-air thanks!!

Microtone is here to appreciate all the wonderful KALX donors who pitched in during her 4/23fundraiser show, including (...
04/26/2024

Microtone is here to appreciate all the wonderful KALX donors who pitched in during her 4/23
fundraiser show, including (Post 6 of 7) —

ANONYMOUS, a tightly-wound brown tabby who is going to make you work to win their trust, and it’s going to be so gratifying when that happens
ANONYMOUS, a quiet tortie who likes to burrow under the couch cover so WATCH OUT before you sit on that little moving lump
RADIOZILLA!, the orange tabby kitten named after the East Asian modern and popular music show at Ann Arbor where Microtone got her start! 😻🫶

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Lights on! I’m on at 9:30 AM Pacific Time this Tuesday morning on @kalxradio 90.7 FM Berkeley and streaming online at KALX.Berkeley.edu

Microtone has arranged another splendid sub for you this Tuesday morning. Please tune in for @kalxcontrolissues on at 9:30 AM after this fascinating feature on Cal’s Older Wiser Learners 🦉group now on Berkeley Brainwaves! @kalxradio 90.7 FM Berkeley KALX.Berkeley.edu #ucberkeley and #listenersupportedradio #freeformradio #campusmedia #collegeradio #olderwiserlearners

It’s Day 2 of the @kalxradio spring fundraiser, and yes, earlier I accidentally posted a vid of my foster kittens reenacting the in-studio antics of Tiger Lily and Sparklemotion’s fabulous Tuesday afternoon show. 😹 We’re having fun listening to KALX all week and into the next! Fundraiser lasts through April 24th, and I’ll be taking my turn on the air next Tuesday and Wednesday. I’ll post more later. Back to socializing the kittens with the tunes and voices on the radio… 📻 90.7 FM Berkeley 💸 KALX.Berkeley.edu/donate

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