The ShortWaveMusic Soundblog was dormant; but Myke Weiskopf is back w/ his shortwave-radio recordings. His “Duelling XMTRs!” — multiple transmitters vying for the same spot on your dial — are transcendent serendipitous audio art; Pentacostal preachers overlap Muslim chants, spy stations compete w/ 3rd world pop.

Duelling XMTRs!: Family Radio vs. V2

“A Spanish five-figure CIA numbers station (‘V2’) was coolly running digits over a Family Radio liturgy in perfect balance.”

Duelling XMTRs! #3 Duelling XMTRs! #3 VOIRI vs. the World

“This has it all: interval signals for VOIRI and BBC, Spanish ham-radio operators, slow Morse code, data squalls, fading, phasing, heterodyne”:

Lotsa mp3s at ShortWaveMusic, from seven-stringed zithers to the Voice of Vietnam, along w/ explanations of “numbers stations” and “data squalls.” Mike has a new CD of his music that samples said SW transmissions. (Just bought my copy today.)

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