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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.
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Welcome to the Radiophonic Travel Agency, brought to you by The Radiophonic Institute.
Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.
There are many more sonic journeys, visit www.radiophonicinstitute.com
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This field recording project sprang out of the Soundscapes class offered in the Spring of 2025 at the University of Texas at San Antonio (taught by Justin Boyd, Assistant Professor in New Media and Sculpture, Art and Art History). As part of the curriculum students were asked to propose ideas around what San Antonio sounds like. Being a large city, they decided to split the recordings into three zones: The Outer Ring is based around Highway Loop 1604, The Middle Ring is based around Loop 410 and the Inner Ring is the downtown/near downtown area. The sounds you hear represent the students' travels within the city and provide a personal snapshot of San Antonio in the spring.
Location sounds and images by Kayla Byrd, Jaila Castro, Ruby Coker, Alma Cuellar Vazquez, Isabelle Davis, Sep Garcia, Elroy Kay, Nina Lemire, Bryce Mcgowan, Andrew Mendoza, Carmen Montoya, Alyssa Narvaez, Aniyah Nick, Aaron Olivarez, Noah Pitman, Kendell Price, A’Isha Walker and Laurel Westphal. Mixed by Justin Boyd and Charlotte Irakunda.
Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.
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The Arb is a year-long field recording and printmaking project by Rebecca Goldberg, created at Nichols Arboretum at the University of Michigan.
Each season, Goldberg placed nearby organic materials on cyanotype paper for a fifteen-minute exposure while recording from ground level, capturing the ambient soundscape as the print developed. Once the exposure was complete, she washed the cyanotype in the waters of the Huron River, merging the print with its environment.
By repeating this process every three months, over the course of a year, Goldberg sought to trace the Arboretum’s evolving character. Through changes in light, texture, and tone, and its shifting sonic atmospheres, The Arb represents a dialogue between natural rhythms and artistic intervention, offering a layered portrait of place through time.
Location sounds and images: Rebecca Goldberg.
Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.
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A journey from the South to the North of the UK via the National Cycle Network. Visiting the cities of Bristol, London, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh, pedal power and two wheels will transport you through rural, urban, modern and historical landscapes.
Location Sounds & Images: Ella Kay, Dan Pollard, Boris and Ilia Rogatchevski, Laura Rogatchevskaia, Elliot Rea, Lottie Simpson
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.
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The chaotic soundscape of Mexico City, home to 22.5 million people. Listen out for the tamale and sweet potato vendors, the regular explosions of cohete fireworks and children setting of firecrackers. Hear the musical traditions of the Mariachis, the organ grinders and the Catholic church or escape to the fringes of the city to the Pyramids of Teotihuacan and the mountains of the Desierto de los Leones.
Location Sounds & Images: Dan Pollard
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.
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Follow the incredible 3,000 mile migration of the Monarch Butterfly. From the Canadian shores of the Great Lakes through the US, taking in the coastline of Virginia, an urban park in Texas, then on to the forested mountains of Mexico.
Location Sounds & Images: Rob Mackay
Livestream recordings: Rob Mackay via Soundcamp & Locus Sonus
Thanks to:
Point Pelee National Park
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory
Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy
Butterflies & Their People Arborists
UNESCO Monarch Butterfly Reserve
BIOM - Biosphere Soundscapes
Soundcamp
Locus Sonus
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.
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Have you ever wanted to be in several places at once? With this journey you can visit eight different locations in the seaside town of Margate simultaneously. The recordings were collected from key spots chosen for their sonic footprint or importance to the town and were all captured at the same time – 1pm on a Friday afternoon.
Waves overlap with train station announcements while native birdsong and incidental chatter mirror the hallucinatory sounds of the arcades. The field recordings – each one 30 minutes in duration – were played back simultaneously with the public invited to mix their own soundscape. Created in collaboration with Margate Radio. Recorded live at the grassroots venue Where Else?.
Produced by Paul Camo Roberts and Tim Garratt.
Location sounds by Chris Cholmondeley, Jack Goldstein, Clementine Blue, Melinda Bronstein, Chase Coley, Tim Garratt, Paul Camo and Buddy Peace.
Location images: Nigel Chadwick, Pam Fray, Chris Whippet, Acabashi, Derek Bennett, John Myres, No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.
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The Maunsell Forts were constructed in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War. Their imposing and somewhat alien shape – tall platforms balancing atop legs jutting out from the sea – is reminiscent of the Martian Tripods from “The War of the Worlds”. Following their decommission, in the 1950s, some of the forts were squatted and used for broadcasting pirate radio. One even became a micronation called The Principality of Sealand. This journey documents a family trip to Whitstable, Kent. You can hear them exploring the town, beachfront and harbour before boarding the Vulcan and setting out on a boat trip to the forts at Red Sands.
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Location Sounds & Images: Ilia Rogatchevski. Special thanks to Whitstable Boat Trips.
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Taking place in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Highland Clearances saw people from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland forced from their homes. Whole communities had to seek opportunities elsewhere. The clearances were sometimes violent, with houses being burned down, and led to famine, displacement and mass emigration.
This fictional journey, based on a script by Kenneth Murray, travels through time. We hear Scotland from the 1700s to the present day from the point of view of different characters. The journey connects contemporary and historical social challenges, specifically what the writer calls “disposable places”, which existed for working class people during the clearances and still do today. The award winning sound designer Ella Kay interprets Murray’s script. Hear blacksmiths and farm animals, waulking songs and Gaelic psalms alongside voices and hubbub under the Hielanman's Umbrella.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Dramaturg - Kirsty Housley
Writer - Kenneth Murray
Sound Design - Ella Kay
The recording “Wool Waulking Display at the inaugural Outlander Day at Highland Folk Museum” (Newtonmore, 2015) appears courtesy of Steve McLeish and Outlandish Journeys. “Gaelic psalms at Back Free Church” (Isle Of Lewis, 2003) was produced by
Calum Martin and appears courtesy of Leum Music. Samples of dialogue are derived from “The Western Isles” (1941, dir. Terence Egan Bishop) and appear courtesy of the British Council film archive under a CC BY-NC 3.0 licence.
Journey Images from: Old House of Belford, The Smithy, Kinlochewe, Ross-Shire, Market Cross, Aberdeen, At the Head of Aberdeen Docks, The Bridge at Connel Ferry, The Crinan Canal - Argyll, The Day's work begins, sheep grazing, St Saviour's Church, Ballater, Glenmuick Chapel, Ballater, The Chancel, Rosslyn Chapel, Ships in Granton Harbour, The MacKinnon Collection. Acquired jointly with the National Library of Scotland with assistance from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scottish Government and Art Fund. Scotland market 1700 - British Library Archive C.128.k.10 69, Inverness 2024 - Image by Wolfgang Claussen Pixabay, Glasgow Bridge 1890-1900 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Ian Cylkowski, Unsplash, David Brooks - Abandoned Croft - Unsplash.
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Immerse yourself in the aquatic soundscapes of the UK’s freshwater ponds. Below the seemingly tranquil surface you’ll find a world of strange, rhythmic and often alien sounds. Hear the underwater home of plants and creatures including hornwort, water mint, lilies, tadpoles, waterboatmen, pond snails and frogs.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds & Images: Action Pyramid (Tom Fisher)
Additional extract from the album Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond by Action Pyramid and Jack Greenhalgh
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A cruise aboard The MV Britannia from Southampton, UK to Bridgetown, Barbados. Hear the sounds of luggage being loaded, explore the decks and accommodation, descend to the engine room and experience a stormy night on this transatlantic voyage.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds: Aaron Ibanez
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From a plantation in the Dominican Republic, join this banana’s journey as it hears the pickers, packers, machines, trucks, cargo ships, fridges, ripening gas processes and supermarket staff that bring us our fruit.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds: Aaron Ibanez
Location Images: Andres Miolan, Joseph Lynn
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Experience three different perspectives of the 38 mile Coventry Canal. First by walking the towpath before taking to the water aboard a kayak and then continuing your journey on a narrowboat.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds and Images: Ludic Rooms
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Travel to Paris and board a plane to the Croatian city. Wander the streets visiting restaurants, the Homeland War Museum, the Old Port, the Assumption Cathedral and take a boat trip on the Adriatic Sea.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds and Images: Amble Skuse
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Once harvested in the fields of Kent, an apple begins its journey through graders, infrared camera boxes, washing, drying and bagging machines before being transported and eventually bought in Borough Market, London.
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Location Sounds: Mike Collins (Apple Farm), Dan Pollard (Borough Market)
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From the bustling atmosphere of Pony Sales at Bealieu Road, a cider festival in Burley, a point to point race and market day in Lymington to peaceful walks along Ober Water, Blackwater and the stillness of a woodland morning. Discover the wide variety of life in the New forest.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds and Images: Clive Brooks
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Part of the Zollverein Industrial Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Essen, Germany. Travel a kilometer below ground and explore the 120km network of subterranean tunnels, discovering the people and machinery contained within its depths.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds: Lorenzo Dal Ri
Location Images: Zeche Zollverin Archive
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Take a walk around Sand Island, part of the Midway Atoll chain of islands in the north Pacific. An important strategic military location in WW2 and now home to 60-70 percent of the world’s Laysan Albatross population.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds and Images: David Mellor
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Explore the streets, restaurants, cafes, markets and traditional music of the ancient Moroccan port city.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds and Images: Amble Skuse
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Walk beside the 12 foot puppet of the 10 year old Syrian refugee Little Amal as she travels through Turkey, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands and France before crossing the English channel to the UK, meeting 2 million people in the process.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
Location Sounds: The Walk Productions
Journey Images: The Walk Productions, David Levene, Wouter Vellekoop
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A seven and a half mile walk in the Northwest fjords of Iceland up to the 1447 foot cliff of Heidnakinn and the largest seabird colony in the North Atlantic, home to species including Fulmars, Auks and Kittiwakes.
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Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways
All Sounds and Words: Martin P Eccles
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