Why do we travel? What do we perceive & what do we miss on a journey? In what way do we "consume" places? & What were or are our legacies in these places? And most importantly, how am I perceived as a traveller in my chosen destinations? 
I asked myself these questions frequently during the sound recordings for this collage in the West African countries of Sao Tomé & Principe, Ghana and Guinea Bissau, and thus questioned my previous travel behaviour. The resulting soundscape is closely linked to these questions and I would like to invite the listeners to find their personal answers to these questions.
In this sound collage, a fictitious day was created from almost 13 hours of collected audio material. Places and times overlap. Similar to a DJ set, the various recording sequences merge into one another and were also partially reassembled. 
At numerous points, the listeners are in different places and countries at the same time.  In this way, the borders artificially created by the colonial powers become transparent. These borders, created by ignoring history, language, trade and cultural exchange, hardly matter to most of us, the listeners, because of the colour of our passports. In the reality of the nation states created by the occupiers, they cause conflicts again and again.
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Recorded in 2019/ 2020
Streamed on Radio alHara on May 10th. 2022
Recorded with a ZOOM H4n handheld by Philipp Leisenberg 
Edited & mixed by Philipp Leisenberg

Centers of Resonance #03 - Radio Alhara // 10.05.22

Recorded at 6am at Fusion Festival this June, Centers of Resonance pt.4. I selected field recordings from Bruce Miller, Jean Jenkins, Chareles Duvelle and his favourite labels Sublime Frequencies and @sahelsounds and some unkown artists plus a song by Les Filles de Illighadad and a recording by Matir Gaan by Md After Hussain released on @hivemindrecords Enjoy this acoustic travel across the continents.
Shout-out to the global field recording family & all the fantastic artists, your work is inspiring me so much!

Centers of Resonance #4 - Radio Alhara // FUSION Festival 22

Centers of Resonance - One hour of field recording @radioalhara
In my last episode I choose some of my favourite discoveries which I found during my research for this show and introducing some tracks recorded by the fantastic project The Travelling Archive which is definetly worth checking out!
https://www.thetravellingarchive.org

Centers Of Resonance #5 - Radio AlHara // 09.11.22

Tropical Timewarp is back for their monthly Frequent Flyers with a selection of tunes from all corners of the planet. Expect a journey through space and time ranging from Highlife, Dub & Jazz to Cumbia, music from the Indian subcontinent and brand new releases from the tropical world. 

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Frequent Flyers w/ Tropical Timewarp // 19.08.23

Packed with Dub records from different corners of the world, we have prepared this show to give you a little insight into the diversity of Dub music. A music direction that started in Jamaica in the 70s and without whose groundwork current music productions would probably be very very different. We start the show with early productions from the Caribbean island and travel with you via Nigeria to England and even Germany, talking about artists, labels & musicians. Dub it!

Frequent Flyers w/ Tropical Timewarp & David Riley - Dub Special // 14.10.23

Now in archive:

Frequent Flyers w/ Tropical Timewarp

Specially recorded 2hrs at our season opener at Klunkerkranich last week! Phil Richarde, Bela Patrutzi and Bestmate? on the controls together for a sweet selection of tropical treats from across the globe.

Frequent Flyers w/ Tropical Timewarp // 30.03.24

Bela Patrutzi, David Riley and Phil Richarde on the controls together for a sweet selection of tropical treats from across the globe.

Jazz - Afrofunk - Dub - Highlife - Soukous and beyond...
Vinyl only!

Frequent Flyers w/ Tropical Timewarp & David Riley // 27.04.24

A selection of rare and heavy west african music recorded at BADEHAUS Szimpla Musiksalon - AFROFUNK SPECIAL Mar. 2015 by: Bestmate? and Bela Patrutzi.
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