Podcast: Play in new window
Stories straight from our Audiocraft listening party! If you missed the midnight garden gathering, here is the first instalment of nocturnal tales we made for our Sydney relaunch event “Spend a night with All The Best”. Four pieces from contributors who just can’t sleep, all for different reasons, and want you to lie awake with them.
This episode is part one of our listening party stories, more next week.
‘Es la una de la mañana’ by Sam Loy
Sam probably spends too long pondering his existence, going over moments from his life to judge what kind of person he is. He definitely should be sleeping…
Sam Loy is the radio brains behind the fantastic podcast Human/Ordinary, you can check it out here: http://humanordinary.com/
Supervising Producer: Jess Bineth
Original music by Kent Sutherland, and ‘Gasolina’ by Daddy Yankee
Special thanks: Ramon Martinez-Mendoza
‘Awake’ by Merran Winchester, with Andy Nichols
Merran and Andy are about to begin a new adventure. It’s like nothing they’ve done before. And though it brings them great joy, it also brings up a lot of questions about the great unknown.
Music: Isaac Verhaeghe – ‘Tomorrow’
‘Lucy, wake-up’ by Britta Jorgensen
Lucy and Jackson are a 20-something couple living in a sunny share house in Thornbury, Melbourne. By day, Lucy is a florist and Jackson is an artist and musician. At night, their relationship takes on a different tone…
Supervising producer: Bec Fary
Music: ‘The Telling’ by Blue Dot Sessions
‘Unbelonging’ by Magan Magan and Bec Fary
Magan Magan is a Melbournian poet. In this piece, he wanders dark streets, finds inspiration for his writing, and reads three poems: ‘The Thin Line of Loneliness’, ‘Waking Up At Night’ and ‘Moon Street’. Editing and sound design by Bec Fary.
Bec and Magan first met at last year’s National Young Writers’ Festival, where they collaborated on an audio version of ‘Moon Street’.
Supervising producer: Bec Fary
Music: ‘On a Rotating Sphere’ and ‘Aftersexwindowpaneglow’ by Joseph, ‘Toxick Spill’ by Ad Serpentae, ‘The Perpetual Dream Machine’ by The Icarus Descent, ‘Benen Värka’ by Bisamratta
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A big thank you to Audiocraft for presenting this event, and 107 Projects in Redfern for having us!
Executive Producer: Selena Shannon
Vic state coordinator: Bethany Atkinson-Quinton
SYN production manager: Beth Gibson
Community Coordinator: Chloe Gillespie
Host: Jessica Hamilton
Episode Compiler: Tegan Nicholls
Image by flickr creative commons user meg