No algorithm.
Just peopleon the dial since 2016
Marrow Tide — Vocoder Dreams
Nine people, one frequency
A night, hour by hour
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≈ 40 RECORDS HEARD
Digging
DONETwo of us, a shelf and a pile of promos. What survives goes into the night folder.
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HOUR FIVE OF EIGHT
Live show
ON AIRNothing is pre-recorded. The order is decided between records, out loud.
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128 EPISODES KEPT
Archive
QUEUEDThe night is cut, tagged and posted before anyone goes home.
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3 IN LINE TONIGHT
Requests
OPENSlips arrive all day. The host reads what fits the hour.
The room and the gear
DESK TEMP21°C
HUMIDITY · FOR THE TAPE48%
TAPED TODAY6 H
THE ROOM
STUDIO ONE, LOOKING WEST
f/2.0 · 1/40
THE DESK
LIVE
XONE:96, MIDNIGHT
SIX CHANNELS
TURNTABLES
SL-1210 MK7, PAIR
NEEDLES · MAY
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The desk
Allen & Heath Xone:96 · six channels, never switched off
SINCE 2019
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Microphones
Two Shure SM7B on booms, one RE20 for guests
3 IN THE ROOM
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Turntables
Pair of Technics SL-1210 MK7, needles changed monthly
MK7, PAIR
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Monitors
Yamaha HS8 with a sub the neighbours tolerate
82 DB MAX
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Tape
Revox B77 for the archive hour, still running
1978
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The shelves
4 120 records, catalogued by hand
4 120 LP
SECOND FLOOR, GOLFLENGTEKADE · TWO ROOMS AND A CUPBOARD EVERYTHING BOUGHT SECOND-HAND EXCEPT THE NEEDLES BOOK STUDIO TWO ↗
Kept on air
by listeners
No ad breaks, no sponsored playlists — six friends of the station and a few hundred listeners.
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2019
Record shop
Promos and a crate every Friday
≈ € 90 / MO -
2019
The landlord
Half rent, full patience
≈ € 420 / MO -
2022
Live sessions
Four recorded nights a year
4 NIGHTS / YR -
2021
Keeps us awake
Beans for the night shift
≈ € 40 / MO -
2023
Culture fund
Towards the transmitter
€ 9 000 ONCE -
2020
Distribution
Our tapes on their shelves
2 × A YEAR
us
Two slots are open on the weekly grid. No CV, no showreel — three tracks you would open with and a reason we should hear them.
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Night host
MON—THU 03:00—05:00 · WEEKLY6 APPLIEDOPENCLOSES 30 SEP -
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Morning host
SAT—SUN 06:00—10:00 · WEEKLY3 APPLIEDOPENCLOSES 30 SEP -
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Live sound
FREELANCE · SESSIONS IN THE STUDIOALWAYS OPENROLLINGNO DEADLINE