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Building Bridges on Radio Relativa

this edition of framework: afield has been produced in croatia by regular contributor manja ristić >> https://frameworkradio.net/2023/07/853-2023-07-09/

producer’s notes:

dear listeners,

I am always very inspired and happy to contribute to Framework afield. This time, I decided to offer a slightly unusual episode! The mix of conceptual, ambient, improv, and field recording works by some of the most incredible musical minds out there, a kind of alchemical soup in which I am searching for music within music.

This time I came up with a little experiment: juxtaposing a sound piece, “Kuda plovi ovaj brod? Where is this ship sailing”, with the magnificent works of others, by building an emotional palimpsest of moments and places in which all sound works were made, but most of all, by building a mutual content from the psychological material embedded in chosen works. It is a “soundtrack” for a sound piece, made around a very important topic – marine noise pollution and its effects on living systems in the South Adriatic’s littoral belt.

On top of that, I believe the brilliance of sound and music is hidden in all those emotional aspects that make us human. Love, joy, grief, despair, a constant search for knowledge and meaning; intimate existence far beyond quasi-intellectual aestheticisation and fake appropriations, as well as more radical deviations such as mutual hurt and destruction of others, beings, and environments.

Try to listen, as we are all submerged under the surface of the seas and rivers, trapped in the atrocious noise of the Anthropocene.

manja ristić 2023.06

[artist  /  release  /  track  /  url  /  label]

Éliane Radigue – Naldjorlak – 03 Naldjorlak (Los Angeles, 2020) (excerpt)
https://saltern.bandcamp.com/album/naldjorlak
Saltern

Manja Ristić – Kuda plovi ovaj brod? Where is this ship sailing?
https://manjaristic.bandcamp.com/album/kuda-plovi-ovaj-brod-where-is-this-ship-sailing
self-release

PINKCOURTESYPHONE – All Intensive Purposes – 05 crushing softness
https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/all-intensive-purposes
Room40

Aleksandar Škorić – spring rituals – 02 fatima
https://aleksandarsk0ric.bandcamp.com/album/spring-rituals
self-release

Verónica Cerrotta – Camadas verticales – 01 Camadas verticales
https://sellopostal.bandcamp.com/album/camadas-verticales
Sello Postal

PINKCOURTESYPHONE – All Intensive Purposes – 06 comfortable predictability
https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/all-intensive-purposes
Room40

Seasonal Diary I – Radical Tenderness – 01 Ned Milligan – Two Woods
https://objectsandsounds.bandcamp.com/album/seasonal-diary-i-radical-tenderness
objects & sounds

Zhe Pechorin – Boundary Lessons – 06 B3. My Sunsets
https://etangbrulant.bandcamp.com/album/boundary-lessons
Etang Brulant

Manja Ristić – tailless tarantella lifted its head – 05 Mostar
https://manjaristic.bandcamp.com/album/tailless-tarantella-lifted-its-head
self-release

Manja Ristić – The Return of Medea – 05 The River Kelvin
https://manjaristic.bandcamp.com/album/the-return-of-medea
self-release

李劍鴻 Li Jianhong & 文智湧 Wen Zhiyong & 鄧博宇 Deng Boyu – 歲寒三友 Les Trois Amis de l’hiver – 01 進入河谷的第二束光 The Second Light Shining into the
https://wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/album/les-trois-amis-de-lhiver
WV Sorcerer Productions 巫唱片

PINKCOURTESYPHONE – All Intensive Purposes – 04 out of an abundance
https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/all-intensive-purposes
Room40

framework:afield

#853:  framework: afield [manja ristić]

In the debut episode of "Building Bridges," we explore the electronic music scenes of Eastern and Central Europe and the post-Soviet states. The show features a diverse lineup of producers from cities like Kyiv, Moscow, Tbilisi, and Prague, among others, highlighting the wide range of sounds emerging from these regions. As listeners, we navigate soundscapes shaped by a complex historical context, personal experiences, and the profound impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Gacha Bakradze - Boredom
Hoavi - Memoryscape
Emer - Marine
Ursula Sereghy - Kolibřík
Etnobotanika - Najstarsze Drzewo Świata
Bartosz Kruczynski & Poly Chain - Xenolalia
Hanna Svirska - Vesnianka
Stefana Fratila - Earth
Igor Yalivec - Mirages
mir vnoutri - tuesday song
Heinali - Kyiv Eternal
Daniel Szlajnda feat. Resina - Rebirth
Nikolaienko - Ambianta I
rouge-ah - Для Даши (MENT Session)

Radio Relativa: Building Bridges, March 2024

My name is Manja Ristić, and you are listening to the Framework radio International Women’s Day special.

> https://frameworkradio.net/2024/03/880-2024-03-10/

In this edition you will hear sounds and creators from South Africa, Marocco, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Iran, China, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Columbia; Spain, Greece, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia; from UK, Australia, USA, Germany, Italy, and Ireland; with aporee sounds of morning prayer in Ramallah, and bird’s song from Jerusalem – I am taking you for a journey around the Globe presenting the real sonic history of the world, the one told by girls and women. From place to place and from heart to heart, these voices hold the space together, storytelling from the shadows of oppression and discrimination, with wounds inflicted by systematic neglect, poverty, and wars – these authors speak the truth and nothing but the truth.

I am deeply humbled to present works by fierce creators, researchers, mothers, activists, freedom fighters, tribal elders, and one famous nun, life-long expats, and former sex workers; extraordinary versatility, and contemporaneity of their sound, being their common denominator, is what will mark this International Women’s Day Framework mix.

[ artist – release – track ]

Zayaan Khan – Ephesus at Fajr
Li Yilei – Pillow, Mantra and Trance
aporee.maps – Birds of Jerusalem, April 7th 2012
Kei Watanabe – Whisperings – 03 A whole in my heart
Elyse Tabet – seaside – 06 Sequel – live to tell (with Nadine Makarem)
Maria Papadomanolaki aka Dalot – Departures – 11 Unknown Parks, Unknown Cities
Concepción Huerta – The Earth Has Memory – 02 The Crack is Illuminated
Ana María Romano G. – A mundanear que el mundo se va a acabar
Chantelle Gray – On the lower frequencies, I dream
Eruption Duo – Eruption 20 Years – 07 Worms
Hara Alonso – Notions of Hope – 02 Notion 2
Maryam Sirvan and Hadi Bastani – trans.placed – 01 trans.placed
Assoc. Lalla Rkia Ali o Hmad (Timgharin N’Tiznit) – Salamou Alaykoum ⵚⴰⵍⴰⵎoⵓ ⵄⵍⴰⵢⴽoⵓⵎ
Ester Kärkkäinen aka Himukalt – the gun in her mouth
Robertina Šebjanič – Aqua Atmo Adriatic, 10 meters deep
Cynthia Zaven – Untuned 
Gail Priest – elbejée – aötebe 
Manja Ristić – tailless tarantella lifted its head – Vrnik 
Marija Balubdžić Umbra – Derealized – 05 B1 Sreda
Belinda Blignaut and Jacques van Zyl – Mud Rites
aporee.maps – morning prayer in Ramallah
Katharina Schmidt – Another Year – 02 september. the first sweater of the fall
Beatriz Ferreyra – UFO Forest + – 04 Vivencias def
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru – Jerusalem – 01 Famine Disaster 1974
Manja Ristić – Bunur Bridge, Neretva River – hydrophone
Florconvenas – Donde hundimos nuestros nombres – 01 Para detonar
Stella Veloce – Saturday 
Natalia Beylis & Eimear Reidy – She Came Through the Window to Stand by the Door – 03 Encircled in Moss
Meghan Judge – heterodyne relations – gaia intrudes
Talulah Lotus – Horrorphone 
Manja Ristić – rain from the bag in the big forest
Youmna Saba – Ritha’
Pheobe riley Law – cove – 01 cove
Verónica Cerrotta – Camadas verticales – 01 Camadas verticals
Jasna Veličković – Shadow Study #4A
Ava Rasti – Apranik Records – Eight Night
aporee.maps / Birds of Jerusalem – April 7th 2012

Framework IWD 2024 —— Manja Ristić

In the second episode of "Building Bridges," we go deeper into the flourishing electronic scenes of Eastern and Central Europe, along with the entire post-Soviet region. It's music that opens up the complex layers of a region through sound—a space where historical context shapes the present, and every sound tells a story.

X.Y.R. - deep kisses
Adaa Zagorodnya - Beznazva Persha
[field recordings]
Gacha Bakradze - Echoes Of Silence
Frunk29 - Izolenta Win
Perila - Fallin Into Space
Piper Spray & Lena Tsibizova - Georgian Doc
buttechno - n-amen
aheloy! - fortB
Rezo Glonti - In Red Weather
Martyna Basta - Slowly Forgetting, Barely Remembering
Ptaki - Słoneczny pył
OL - Benz
Pejzaż - Barwa III
noorj - Even Lower
Aleksandra Słyż - MG III
Pimpon - i’ve made it to another station
Dasha Rush - Light and Dust
Shakali - Aluilla
Symposium Musicum - Anonymous
Adela Mede - Na Jar Sa Všetko Roztopí 
Aliaksandr Yasinski - Happiness

Radio Relativa: Building Bridges, April 2024

This episode of "Building Bridges" features a diverse mix of music from across Eastern and Central Europe. This selection includes tracks from Ukraine, Georgia, Bulgaria, Finland, Russia, and further afield, underscoring the bold and inventive spirit flourishing throughout these regions.

Tracklist:

Magda Drozd & Nicola Genovese - Poised
Igor Dyachenko - depth camera
Flaty - NEWS
Marja Ahti - In Ictu Oculi
Evitceles - Skin Deep
Lemta Toro - KAPITAŁKA 0 FT. ZAUMNE
orfin - tuman
Ani Zakareishvili - At First
Lucie Páchová - Na terase
Kalione, DJ MA GILLA - Empy Rean
eolet, gassenengel - Just Thinking Out Loud
HVL - Collgen Live Chords
Zaumne - Sorcières (feat. YL Hooi)
Manja Ristić - full moon trembles on the surface of the creek
Liis Ring - after-image III: lifevest
[field recordings]
Пурпурный Дядя - Leave Yourself, Follow Another
xtclvr - purple flavour w/ indy
oqbqbo - Ama Divers
Kalione - Bilocation
Islaja - Teresa's Song

Radio Relativa: Building Bridges, May 2024

This special "Building Bridges" episode turns the spotlight on shoegaze, a genre that conjures up hazy summer days and nights. We’ll trace the genre’s footprints in Eastern and Central Europe and show how its distinct sound has evolved over the past 30 years.

Pinkshinyultrablast – Wish We Were
Plastica – Devochka
Blankenberge – When
The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa – Squarewave
Haiku Garden – Dawn Chorus
Bizarre - Any Day 
Pree Tone & dj. flugvél og geimskip – Hamskipti
Pia Fraus - How Fast Can You Love (Rerecorded)
Bez - Nigdy na zawsze
Whyyes - Tam Daleko
Faience Knife - It Feels Like I Start Over Again
Kwiaty - Koniec Wakacji
eli's ladder - Burning Circle
Kairon; IRSE! - Tzar Morei

Radio Relativa: Building Bridges – Shoegaze Special, June 2024

This episode marks the end point of the season, offering yet another selection of ambient and experimental music from Eastern and Central Europe. Over the past few episodes, we've discovered an eclectic lineup of scenes and artists, each episode expanding our musical map. It's been a season rich with new finds that have hopefully resonated with you as much as they have with me.

Thank you to everyone who has listened and to Radio Relativa for giving me the platform and the support. The show will take a break, looking to return next year with new music and ideas. See you soon!

Tomáš Niesner - Chladná Voda
Nenúhîr - Imaginal Discs
Beqa Ungiadze - Პიროსის Გამარჯვება [Pyrrhic Victory]
dx2ov - Interzona
Raphael Rogiński - Šilinis Viržis (feat. Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė)
Tuulikki Bartosik - Crossing over Forest, Laho Lake, South Estonia
Svitlana Nianio & Tom James Scott - Embers
Olli Aarni - Kimaltava lätäkkö
meta.brother - Ночи
Luurel Varas - Nocturn
Pavel Milyakov & Yana Pavlova - Strong-willed
Dynasonic - DUBN
HVL - Window Sill
FMSAO - Controlled Affair feat. AL-90
Moyosh - Leaf sweeper
Forlate - unreleased

Radio Relativa: Building Bridges, July 2024

1.	Dubiya mint ‘Aliyen – Excavated Shellac – An Alternate History – 51 El Khar (Mauritania)
2.	ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross – 09 Why Am I Alive Now
3.	Francisco López – Silent Trains – Korea – 01 Guryegu to Seoul
4.	Umbra – Derealized – 03 A3 Clown And His Reasons
5.	Rakotondrasoa and Manjakaray – Excavated Shellac – An Alternate History – 85 Rakoto O! (Madagascar)
6.	Concepción Huerta – The Earth Has Memory – 05 The Sacredness – Minerals & Rhizome
7.	Pinkcourtesyphone – Arise in Sinking Feelings – 05 notes on vacuuming
8.	Hara Alonso – Notions of Hope – 07 Notion 7
9.	Atsuko Hatano – Cells #5 – 05 Prelude to Foghorn
10.	Joseph Kudirka – Music Box Music – 10 Galileo 1
11.	San Salvador – Excavated Shellac – An Alternate History – 84 Narciso Ku Matadi (Congo)
12.	Mir – WM – 01 Bozur
13.	Youmna Saba – Ritha' 
14.	Nesa Azadikhah – Exhaustion EP – 03 End Of My Mind
15.	I broke the vase – Τα Αθηναϊκά – 03 I haven't met you yet
16.	Kamizdat – Solidarity Fund · Hydro – 14 Lena Ortega – Dandelion
17.	Mark Vernon – Dramaturgy of Decay – Pouring from Hollow to Empty
18.	Sawako – Sounds – 05 
19.	Marija Lončar & JuVeЛири – The Music of the Secret Society that Owns Belgrade – Volume 5 – 04 Vir (Requiem за Југославију)
20.	Kei Watanabe – Whisperings – 05 Mermaid Bones
21.	Sufjan Stevens – Reflections – 04 Mnemosyne
22.	Joan d'Arc & the Salvation Army – Cœur-Age – 02 Carnage
23.	Monks of the Maru Monastery at Lhasa – Excavated Shellac – An Alternate History – 72 Tse-Chu Cho-Pa (The Offering on the Tenth) (Tibet, China)
24.	Abby Lee Tee – Hollow Trunks
25.	Talulah Lotus – The Robots
26.	Joseph Kudirka – Music Box Music – 11 Galileo 2
27.	Savvas Metaxas – Folk tales and the rain – SIDE 2
28.	FRANCE JOBIN + YAMIL REZC – Un día en México – 01 La Reforma
29.	Manja Ristić – Giovanni Di Domenico – Alinea – 04 Fantasmi Appiccicosi
30.	TAPAN – High Road
31.	tiny tiny press – TEXTURES of TOKYO vol. 01 – 13 Kindergarden
32.	Salim Abdullah – Excavated Shellac – An Alternate History – 50 Kwaherini (Tanzania)

RADIO.D59B / PONOCNI PROGRAM #50 w/ DJ Brka Feat Manja Ristić

Happy to share with you the framework — afield, I made to try to grasp the whirlwind of January 2025. Hope you will enjoy it.

"Please note: beginning in the 47th minute, this mix features a near-silent field recording. It was made during the recent student protests in Belgrade and is a snippet of 100,000 people observing a 15-minute moment of silence for the victims of the Novi Sad train station tragedy. Please do not adjust your sound." 

Something old and something new, for the robust beginning of 2025. This mix features sounds from people I admire deeply and soundscapes I consider sentient. It starts with the beavers of Upper Austria working around their creek lodge and ends with 100,000 people protesting in Belgrade.

Artists contributing to this mix are —

Abby Lee Tee, Jez Riley French, Natasha Barrett, William Basinski & Richard Chartier, francisco lópez, Alex Briand & Eyden Zhao, Fletina,  Wadada Leo Smith, Arlo’s  Sounds of Norfolk, florconvenas, Ahmed Essyad, Igor Stangliczky, & Manja Ristić.

Framework afield —— Manja Ristić

“Building Bridges” starts its second season with ambient and experimental music sounds from Eastern and Central Europe. Each artist here approaches electronic sound differently, creating music that feels both rooted in place and reaching outward.

Tracklist:

Manja Ristić & Tomáš Šenkyřík - Vstal
Orian Arrachart - there was an organ in the room
Wojciech Rusin - Carpathian Stone Spinners
Rezo Glonti - Many Days
Perila - air two air
A.Fruit - Irida
Misha Sultan - Heart
Wacław Zimpel & Michiyo Yagi - The Blue Clad One
Sophia Zhuravkova - Tranquility garden
Martyyna - Sunshine Girls (feat. Oliver Torr)
Mala Herba - Wiły feat. Aleksandra Słyż
Cucina Povera - Demetra
Lénok - 01010000 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110100 01100101 01100010 01100001
Svitlana Nianio - Episode III 
Maria Teriaeva - Out of Bounce
Yana Pavlova - Song to Siren

Radio Relativa: Building Bridges, March 2025

Croatian National Radio Third Program —— The Music and Vice Versa brings together a series / in four episodes / of works by sound artist Manja Ristić, who lives and works on the island of Korčula.

She has selected the works for this occasion and accompanied them with notes. The fourth and final episode of the series gathers in a specially created mixtape excerpts from four collaborative albums in which Manja collaborates with Tomaš Šenkyrik (Vstal), then in Trio with Joana Guerra and Veronica Cerrotta (Slani pejzaži), with Patrick Tubin McGinley aka murmer (The Scaffold), and a joint exploration of Adriatic soundscapes with Slovenian artist Robertina Šebjanič (Hidden Adriatic).

Editor Iva Lovrec Štefanović

Image photo credit > Jelena Vidmar Kružić


Radio Relativa: Building Bridges, March 2025

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