VERNON AND BURNS

Congratulations and thanks to Mark Vernon and Barry Burns for pulling off an amazing week of FM broadcasting.

RADIOPHRENIA, a temporary FM art radio station, was an unforgettable event, broadcasting 24 hours a day from the Glasgow Center for Contemporary Art.

Vernon and Burns have a long history of creating boundary-pushing sound events.  Here's one example from 2012:  Vernon and Burns' "Children of Toasted Cheese."

'RADIOPHRENIA' in THE WIRE #374

Issue #374 of The Wire has a nice article about the upcoming Radiophrenia broadcast in Scotland.

Mark Vernon explains the motivation behind behind the temporary FM art radio station, broadcasting live during April:

 "I really like the possibility of accidental listeners spinning through the dial and coming across something completely unexpected. Podcasts and webcasts are all well and good, but people have to deliberately listen to them. Of course there are existing art radio stations like Resonance FM and Sound Art Radio, which are great and I contribute to their broadcasts quite often. But I thought it's about time that Scotland had something similar and this just might be the first stage in that."

 Radiophrenia broadcasts between 13 - 19 April from Glasgow's CCA.