Signal Line
Late-night radio, field recordings and listening notes from a small studio by the water. A new transmission every Thursday.
New this week
Tide Charts, Pt. 4
Fifty-eight minutes recorded at the turn of the tide —
ambient, dub, and two field takes from the north pier.
Listen
- 01 This Week's Transmission Tide Charts, Pt. 4 — 58 minutes, tracklist below.
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The Full Archive Every past broadcast, grouped by season.
Seasons run from autumn through to spring. Each entry keeps its original tracklist and the short weather note written on the night it aired.
- 03 Field Recordings Harbour, forest and rain, all recorded on foot.
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Sleep Frequencies A slow, four-hour loop for the small hours.
Low tones, no voices, no breaks. It is mastered quietly on purpose — best at a volume where you can still hear the room around you.
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The Sunday Note One letter, one record, once a week.
Sent on Sunday morning: one record worth your time, what to listen for in it, and where it was made. Nothing else, and never twice in a week.
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Show Notes & Tracklists Every track, in order, with credits.
Published the morning after each broadcast, with label and pressing detail where it exists, and a line on why each record was chosen.
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Listening Guides Where to start with a difficult record.
Short guides for records that reward patience — which track to play first, which to leave until later, and what the room should sound like.
Studio
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Scoring & Sound Design Original music for film, exhibitions and rooms.
Small-format work, mostly: a short film, a gallery space, a single room that needs weather of its own. Commissions are taken two at a time.
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Guest Mixes Open to selectors with a clear idea.
Send a fifteen-minute sample and one sentence on the shape of the mix. Selected guests get a full hour and their own show notes.
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Studio Inbox Notes, requests and dedications.
Read on Fridays, answered in the order they arrive. Requests for a specific record are welcome — include the year if you happen to know it.
Tide Charts, Pt. 4
Recorded across the turn of the tide, so the first half runs slower than the second. Two field takes are left unprocessed.
- 01Halva Mörk — Low Water
- 02Ité Roan — Pier Lights (Dub)
- 03Field take — North Pier, 04:12
- 04Ossian Vey — Blue Hour Rework
- 05Marta Lune — Return Signal
The complete tracklist and credits are posted the morning after the broadcast.
Notes from the walk
Everything is captured on foot with a single stereo pair, one take, no overdubs. Nothing is cleaned up beyond a level pass, which is why the wind stays in. Recordings are dated and kept with the route that made them.