This edition of Framework Radio has been produced in Croatia by regular contributor Manja Ristić. Please note: this mix, beginning in the 47th minute, 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.
Producer’s notes:
Something old and something new, for the robust beginning of 2025.
Having spent two months deeply involved in activism, contributing as much as I could to the student-led protests in Serbia urging for sociocultural reform in a society submerged in the corruptive politics of the autocratic ruling party, my perception of societal dynamics has shifted significantly. Citizen action and civil disobedience have been systematically suppressed by multinational corporate greed and crony capitalist governments, but once awakened, they seem unstoppable. The beginning of 2025 is pushing the Western hemisphere to rethink its core values and confront the darkest pathologies lurking within.
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 it ends with 100,000 people protesting in Belgrade, including a snippet of a 15-minute silence for the victims of the Novi Sad train station tragedy.
The ritual of bonding that will change the world.
Tracklist [artist – album – track]
Abby Lee Tee – At The Beaver Lodge I – 02 Sleet
Jez riley French – Sleeping for Company #2 (radio extract 2)
Natasha Barrett – Reconfiguring the Landscape – 02 Speaking Spaces 2 – Surfaces from Graz
WILLIAM BASINSKI + RICHARD CHARTIER – Aurora Terminalis – 02 Aurora Terminalis (excerpt 2)
francisco lópez – Silent Trains – Korea – 04 Osong to Jeonju
Manja Ristić – hydrophone recording – pond in the middle of nowhere on The Isle of Arran
Alex Briand & Eyden Zhao – Scinár – 04 Sakaki
Fletina – Serrof – 01 Boiling Room
Wadada Leo Smith – Masnavi – A Sonic Meditation and Reflections on Light
Jez riley French – Sleeping for Company #1 (radio extract)
Manja Ristić – The Sea of Sorrow
VA – Arlo’s Sounds of Norfolk – 10 Dark Sines – View From The Tower Mountain in the Rain
florconvenas – Donde hundimos nuestros nombres – 01 Para detonar
Ahmed Essyad – Moroccan Electroacoustic Music 1972-74 – 02 Toubkal (1972) part II
Igor Stangliczky – 猫舌 – 01 Orange Opening
Manja Ristić – Student Protest December 22nd – Slavija Square, Belgrade