Radioland weaves its own, highly individual mesh of electronics, including blizzards of analogue, antique futurist percussive patterns, rewired melodies, processed versions of sounds recently discovered in space by NASA, short and longwave radio samples, including snatches of R&B and hip-hop, whose synthetic tones find their ancestry in Kraftwerk, hurricanes of modulated electronics, vocoders ebbing and throbbing; it’s like the detritus of 40 light years of electropop all colliding at once. However, Vigroux and Bourne come from a background in improvisation that enables them to master all these forces unleashed, occasionally dropping back into periods of near-silence, Stockhausen-esque moments of eerie free floating, in which all that’s audible is the sound of the universe breathing. From this suspension, a voice like an ancient synthpop soothsayer intones the words: “Ferne, Ferne… Radiosterne.”

The result is a meditation on Radio-Activity that does not exceed it but expands on it, draws out its implications, marvels out how far we have travelled in sound since 1975, and how far ahead of our time Kraftwerk were. Radioland is a unique electronic experience; to listen to it is to immerse yourself in a kind of awe.

The LP edition is packaged in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with a CD included. The CD release is packaged in a hardback 20-page book. Both versions include liner notes by David Stubbs, author of Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany, and photographs and images from the project. The album cover artwork is taken from the video work of Antoine Schmitt, creator of the captivating visuals that are a vital component of the Radioland performance.

Limited edition black vinyl gatefold LP + CD (1000 copies) – BAY 102V

Limited edition hardback book/CD (2000 copies) – BAY 102CD

BAY 102E