My mind is blown that as I type the letters of this comment I’m using phoenician tech 🤯 thank you for such quality historical storytelling!

In the deserts of Jordan, a city lies hidden for centuries in a valley of rose-red stone...

In this episode, we look at one of the most peculiar stories of civilizational survival to come down to us from the ancient world, the story of the Nabataeans. Find out how these once humble traders rose to become masters of the desert sands, and to defy empires. And discover what happened to finally bring down the empire of Nabataea.

15. The Nabataeans - The Final Days Of Petra

Buried beneath the city streets of the Tunisian capital of Tunis, an ancient city lies forgotten...

In this episode, we look at one of the most dramatic stories to come down to us from the ancient world: the rise and fall of the empire of Carthage. Find out how this city rose out of the Phoenician states of the Eastern Mediterranean, and set out on voyages of discovery and settlement that put them at the centre of the ancient world. And hear how the city of Carthage was destroyed, and its memory nearly wiped from the earth.

SOURCES: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sources-for-17-81369494?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Credits:

Written and produced by Paul Cooper
Sound engineering by Alexey Sibikin

Voice actors:

Michael Hajiantonis
Lachlan Lucas
Alexandra Boulton
Simon Jackson
Tom Marshall-Lee
Chris Harvey,
Nick Denton
Paul Casselle

17. Carthage - Empire Of The Phoenicians

In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...

In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and unlikely stories from medieval history – the story of the Mongol Empire. Find out how this group of nomadic horse riders united the peoples of the Mongolian steppe, and forged them into a truly unique kind of state. Discover how they conquered much of the lands of Eurasia, and brought the distant cultures of China, Persia, the Middle East and Europe into contact. And hear the story of how the world’s largest land empire finally came apart, and left the world as we know it in its wake.

Voice Actors:

Michael Hajiantonis
Henry Stenhouse
Lachlan Lucas
Alexandra Boulton
Simon Jackson
Tom Marshall-Lee
Chris Harvey,
Nick Denton
Amrit Sandhu
Sebastian Balzarolo
Matt Bidulph
Paul Casselle

Readings in Arabic were performed by Oussama Taher.
Readings in Chinese were by Richard Teng.
Readings from the secret history of the Mongols in Mongolian were performed by Uiles

19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 2)

Kim Doeon - melting e 
Merope - Koumu Lil
Lino Capra Vaccina - Antico Adagio
Celia Hollander & Photay - Live at LTMOITDUAT 10.14.23 
Aphex Twin - pretend analog extmix 2b,e2,ru (Manchester 20.09.2019) 
Taikuh Jikang - Tano qansa 
Jorg Kuning - Dripgroove 
Glances - Camber 
Koreless - Deceltica
Jex Opolis - Drive Safe 
Swavé - Sabor
Hugh Masakela - Don't Go Lose It (Crackazat Edit) 
Church Andrews & Matt Davies - Shepherd 
Barker - Percussive Maintenance 
Schuttle - Goo Imprint 
Global Electronic Network - Time Square — No Time 
Selfsame - Selfsame 04b 
Dj Babatr - Chu-Me-Enga 
Gabor Lazar - Event 
Orchestre Kiam - Kamiki (Umoja edit)
SP:MC - Oh My Gosh 
Kirk Barley, Matt Davies  — Verre  
Taikuh Jikang - Frying Daughter 
Bennie Maupin - Ensenada

Extravagant Frequencies on Dublab Radio (1.28.25)

Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Peace in the Valley 
The Ethiopians - I'm Gonna Take Over Now 
Carlton And The Shoes - Love Me Forever 	
The Heptones - Sweet Talking 
John Holt - A Love I Can Feel 
Johnny Osbourne & the Prophets - Keep that Light
U-Roy & Glen Adams - Bangarang (Version)
Pat Kelly - It’s a Good Day 
The Wailing Souls - Fire Coal Man 
christoph el' truento - Pep The Conqueror 
Count Machuki & Sound Dimension - More Scorcha
The Bassies - Things A Come Up To Bump 
The Heptones - Move On (Alternative Extended Mix)
Sugar Minott - Wicke Ah Go Feel It 
Queen Tiney & the Aggrovators - Natty Dread Time Dub 
Tapper Zukie & The Musical Intimidators - Sensimelia Version 
The 4th Street Orchestra - Scientific (Hurting Dubb)
Sugar Minott - In A Rub-A-Dub
Gregory Isaacs - Oh What A Feeling 
The Meditations - Carpenter Rebuild 
Sister Nancy - One Two 
Prince Fatty & Marcia Griffiths - Tell Me Now 
The Revolutionaries - Kunta Kinte Version One
Frankie B - Pressure Me 
Tapper Zukie & Brethren - Rub A Dub A Weh Them Want
Scientist - Beaming 
Scientist - The Mummy’s Shroud 
Big Youth - Hit the Road Jack 
U-Roy - Jah Jah 
Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites - Let Me Down Easy
Sound Dimension - Smiling

Extravagant Frequencies *ROOTS SPECIAL* on Dublab Radio 2.25.25

Trans-Millenia Music

Morning Splendor

In the tropical forests of Central America, vast stone pyramids slowly crumble beneath the trees.

In this episode, we look at one of history's great romantic mysteries: the fall of the Classic Maya Civilization. Find out how this great civilization grew up among environmental conditions that no other civilization has ever contended with, learn about the fatal flaws that lay beneath its surface, and what happened after its final, cataclysmic collapse.

Credits:

Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas

Voice Actors:

Bryan Thsiobi
Jacob Rollinson
Jake Barrett-Mills
Helena Bacon

Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100209
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Fall of Civilizations

3. The Mayan Collapse - Ruins Among the Trees

This is what it sounds like inside my head...

Strings Mixtape 1
Lucinda Chua x Alex Epton – Swan Lake 1
Douglas Dare – Whelm
Alex Epton – Then
Tierra Whack – 4 Wings
John Tavener / Steven Isserlis – The Protecting Veil III
Tayfun Erdem – Overtune
Claude Debussy – Beau Soir
Ravel / Beaux Arts Trio – Piano Trio III
Tirzah – Devotion (feat. Coby Sey)
Mansur Brown x Lucinda Chua – Slow Jam
[Cello interlude]
[Marianna voice memo]
Suokas - Skygger
Oneohtrix Point Never – Manifold
Alex Epton – Emilios Blotto
Lucinda Chua – Meditations On A Place
[Emily voice memo]
Joe Summers x Lucinda Chua x Zoe McPherson – Rooftop Clip
Lucinda Chua – Gentler

interlude : Jennifer Higdon: Piano Trio, Voices, Impressions
[Black Phillip speaks]

Strings Mixtape 2
Bud Powell - Dance of the Infidels
Shabaka Hutchings - What’s the Orbit of Your Navigation?
Wiki - Stairwell Freestyle
Gwilym Gold, Dave Okumu & Dan See - Mode
Skúli Sverrisson & Óskar Guðjónsson - Fragments
Lucinda Chua - Until I Fall [demo]
Ennio Morricone - Intervallo II [from Veruschka]
Dean Blunt - As Long as Ropes Unravel Fake Rolex will Travel
[Eliza Legzdina - Pop-Eye]
Talk Talk - The Rainbow
[Charlie Fox, Lucinda Chua - Wolf Choir]
[Chloë Sevigny in Surface by Michael Cleary]
Lucinda Chua - Feel Something [voice memo]
Ratkiller - Unapologetea Part 1
Arthur Russell - Our Last Night Together
Ricky Eat Acid - This is as Close to Heaven as I Get
Nina Simone - Black is the Colour of my True Love’s Hair
Mansur Brown - Mashita
Lucinda Chua - Contamination for Voice [from Worst Gift]
Krzysztof Penderecki - Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Lucinda Chua - Whatever It Takes [Live at Laylow]
Ratkiller - Unapologetea Part 2
Ennanga Vision - New Sunshine
Benjamin Clementine - Phantom of Aleppoville
Yo Yo Ma - Cello Suite No. 6, Sarabande by Bach
Lucinda Chua - An Avalanche [for Strings]

Strings Mixtape 3
Cooly G - Love Dub
Vesce - Zender 
Lucinda Chua - Feel Something
Slum Village - And I Go
Photay - Outre?
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Bing & Ruth - Put Your Weight Into It

Strings Mixtape 4
Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton - Heron Dance
[Arvo Pärt interview]
Scott Walker - It's Raining Today
Ennio Morricone - Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri
Lucinda Chua - Somebody Who
Oneohtrix Point Never - Explain
Cham Pang - Bella V
Joy O & Ben Vince - Transition 2
Suokas - Subsekvenser
Donald Byrd - Cristo Redentor
[Nina Simone interview]
György Ligeti - Sonatina for Piano, 4 Hands II
Burial - Young Death
Arve Henriksen - Blue Silk [live]
[Frank O'Hara interview]
Yves Tumor - Limerence
CY AN - NOWKNOWING(H)
Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music [excerpt]
Frippertronics on Midnight Special 1979
Pablo's Eye - I Have No Other Compass
Lucinda Chua - Semitones

Strings Mixtape 1 - 4

In the midst of these strange uncertain times, I'd like to bestow a little gift. A moment of stillness. A refuge. This is the 3rd installment of my NODRUMS series. 

Beach Boys - Our Prayer (2012 Smile Sessions Stereo Mix) 
Ian William Craig - Before Meaning Comes 
Photay - Untitled
Edemin - Oh, Lovely Appearance of Death 
Zach Cooper - To 
Yasuaki Shimizu & The Saxophonettes - J.S.バッハ：ゴルトベルク変奏曲 ト長調 (Aria) 
Rahim Alhaj & Souhail Kaspar - Taqsim Maqam Ajam 
The Perry Gardner Orchestra - Sailing By (BBC Shipping Forecast Theme)
Roberto Cacciapaglia - Sonanze: 6th Movement
Stu Pender - Duet 
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  - Morning Prayer 
Mark Isham - Sympathy and Acknowledgment
Deuter - Night Rain 
Forward Kwenda - Mandarendare
Nicholas Britell - Storge 
Michale Harrison - Quest For the Rose: Aeolian Harp
Carlos Niño & Friends - Rhodestargate 
Stephen Scott - Rainbows, I 
Woo - Wallpaper
Kallie Lampel - Wallpaper 
Satoshi Ashikawa - Still Space
Aphex Twin - Z Twig
Phil Moffa - Planetarium Experiment #5
Photay & Yonsei - Untitled 
Photay - Untitled 
The Beatles - Good Night (2018 Mix)

NODRUMS VOL. 3

High up on the craggy peaks of the Urubamba Canyon, a lost city lies wreathed in cloud...

In this episode, we explore the mountains of the Andes, and tell the story of the Inca Empire. Find out how these mountain people built the largest empire in the Western Hemipshere, in one of the toughest terrains on earth. With Inca poetry, Quechuan hymns and authentic Andean instruments, discover the unique culture of the Inca. And find out what happened to bring their society crashing down around them.

Sound engineering: Thomas Ntinas & Alexey Sibikin

Voice actors:

Annie Kelly
Jamie Tanner
Gerald Condlin
Lachlan Lucas
Peter Walters
Jimmy Lai

Original music by Pavlos Kapralos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgAonk4-uVhXXjKSF-Nz1A

Also heard: “Andean illusion” by Kanti Quena (Carlos Saldana) and
"Ollantay" by Leandro Alviña.
Kanti Quena (Carlos Saldana): Quena, Quenacho, Tarkas, Bombo, Charango
Phaxsi Coca (Jeanettte Rojas): Siku Malta, Siku Zanka, Jach'a Siku, Bombo, Chajchas
Ana Maria Ramirez Bautista: Quena
Maya McCourt: Cello
Pavlos Kapralos: Chajchas, Palo de Lluvia

12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud

A history podcast looking at the collapse of a different civilization each episode. What did they have in common? Why did they fall? And what did it feel like to watch it happen?

17. Carthage - Empire Of The Phoenicians

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

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