a sonic rendering/interpretation of the following short story excerpt, using harmonium, piano soundboard, large rusty metal box, analog am and fm radio signals, electro acoustic synthesis and processing

"“Max was pondering the important issue of how petrogylphs differed from hieroglyphs when
the radio halted its roll at the very far end of the electronic dial. After a brief silence,
the weak signal transmitted indistinct sounds, like whispers,
intermingled with an odd chanting that faded in and out
like a spectral dirge.

Intrigued by this strange combination, and hoping for a broadcast of a lonely Indian powwow,
Max turned up the volume, but the higher it went, the softer the voice and chant became, going silent.

There was no apparent signal, but the radio scan was still stopped,
locked in on something.” from “The Night Wire” by H.F. Arnold 1926
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More on this 259th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Signals Lost: Summon up a horror story in sound” — at:

disquiet.com/0259

The text that inspired this is from the book Lost Signals, from by Perpetual Publishing out of San Antonio, Texas. More details on the book at:

perpetualpublishing.com/product/lost-signals/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

disquiet.com/junto

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