The initial seed for this project was planted in 2020 when Nicolás Jaar wrote the song “Piedras” for a concert at the Museum of Memory & Human Rights in Santiago, Chile, which commemorates the victims of human rights violations during the military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet between 1973 and 1990. Between 2022-2023 it took on a new form as a radio play entitled 'Archivos de Radio Piedras', which was shared on a dedicated Telegram channel. In 2024, the play was converted into a 24 channel installation at the University Museum of Mexico City (MUAC), where it was exhibited for 5 months.

Piedras 1 and 2 is a collection of the tracks featured within the play, all new music by Jaar, but partly presented within the play as the music of Salinas Hasbún (the name a composite homage to Jaar's grandmothers, Graciela Salinas and Miriam Hasbún).

The play follows two friends mourning the disappearance of Salinas Hasbún, a musician and writer who vanished in the early 2020s. Although they live in a future where technology is advanced, they resort to DIY radio methods because the anonymous group “Las 0cho” has launched a worldwide attack on undersea internet cables, causing a global internet blackout.

The play's central theme revolves around the idea that truths, memories and identities speak from the cracks (“rasgaduras”), or the "in-between" spaces ("en el entre"). This concept is supported by the way much of the narration unfolds - in the liminal spaces between radio frequencies. The instability and transitory nature of a constantly shifting radio dial becomes not just a metaphor but the structure of the play itself. It’s in these moments of noise, static and interference that the deeper revelations of the story emerge. This disjointed, ever-changing medium mirrors the way memory and trauma operate within the play - non-linear, slipping through the gaps, found in fragments or ordinary moments, rather than direct transmissions of “official” historical accounts.

This notion reaches its climax at the end of the narrative, when a text is discovered in which Salinas speaks of finding a new number in a small pond in a cave mentioned in the first episodes of the radio play. This pond, inside the “cochlea of the world”, is seen as a way to introduce real-life randomness to computation. Embodied in the salt lakes of northern Chile, home to the world’s oldest bacteria, this randomness disrupts the rigid order of binary code, paving the way for a transformation of digital life.

Piedras 2 

Radio Chomio (con Eli Wewentxu)

100% Zithertronics straight off the top.
https://leavingrecords.com/zithertronics-mixtape
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instrumentation:
*norns running &'s rpls script:
https://github.com/andr-ew/rpls
*zither
*critter guitari pocket piano + bolsa bass
*trogotronic pulse generator

track 11 features Carlos Niño
photo by Nico Georis

Matthewdavid - 100% Zithertronics

Golden Griffin

from the album HausLive 4, coming out April 29th, 2025:
https://billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/hauslive-4

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Elaine Howley - Hold Me In A New Way

New vinyl LP from prolific musician, composer and artist, Manja Ristić. To be released in June 2025 on Rekem records - more details forthcoming.

Wounded Sky

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Cruise through city lights and midnight highways with this car lofi vibe — a perfect blend of chill beats, ambient textures, and driving rhythm. Whether you're on a solo night drive or relaxing in your parked car, this soundtrack sets the mood for reflection, peace, and aesthetic motion. 🚗✨

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2 MOŻE JEDNAK - MAYBE - HOWEVER

Alice Coltrane - Turiya Sings

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Ocean Bowls
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Sitting Still Within
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Golden Bowls Of Compassion
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Birth of Padma
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Himalayan Bells II

Matthewdavid - 100% Zithertronics

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