The Radiophonic Travel Agency

The Arb is a year-long field recording and printmaking project by Rebecca Goldberg, created at Nichols Arboretum at the University of Michigan. Each season, Goldberg placed nearby organic materials on cyanotype paper for a fifteen-minute exposure while recording from ground level, capturing the ambient soundscape as the print developed. Once the exposure was complete, she washed the cyanotype in the waters of the Huron River, merging the print with its environment.By repeating this process every three months, over the course of a year, Goldberg sought to trace the Arboretum’s evolving character. Through changes in light, texture, and tone, and its shifting sonic atmospheres, The Arb represents a dialogue between natural rhythms and artistic intervention, offering a layered portrait of place through time.Location sounds and images: Rebecca Goldberg.​Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.Follow us on Instagram and discover more here: https://li.sten.to/TheRTA.If you would like to submit recordings to be considered for a Travel Agency journey then please get in touch: hello@radiophonictravel.agency

A journey from the South to the North of the UK via the National Cycle Network. Visiting the cities of Bristol, London, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh, pedal power and two wheels will transport you through rural, urban, modern and historical landscapes.Location Sounds & Images: Ella Kay, Dan Pollard, Boris and Ilia Rogatchevski, Laura Rogatchevskaia, Elliot Rea, Lottie SimpsonThe Radiophonic Travel Agency, a free to use resource brought to you by The Radiophonic Institute​Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.Follow us on Instagram and discover more here: https://li.sten.to/TheRTA.If you would like to submit recordings to be considered for a Travel Agency journey then please get in touch: hello@radiophonictravel.agency

The chaotic soundscape of Mexico City, home to 22.5 million people. Listen out for the tamale and sweet potato vendors, the regular explosions of cohete fireworks and children setting of firecrackers. Hear the musical traditions of the Mariachis, the organ grinders and the Catholic church or escape to the fringes of the city to the Pyramids of Teotihuacan and the mountains of the Desierto de los Leones.Location Sounds & Images: Dan PollardThe Radiophonic Travel Agency, a free to use resource brought to you by The Radiophonic Institute​Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.Follow us on Instagram and discover more here: https://li.sten.to/TheRTA.If you would like to submit recordings to be considered for a Travel Agency journey then please get in touch: hello@radiophonictravel.agency

Follow the incredible 3,000 mile migration of the Monarch Butterfly. From the Canadian shores of the Great Lakes through the US, taking in the coastline of Virginia, an urban park in Texas, then on to the forested mountains of Mexico.Location Sounds & Images: Rob MackayLivestream recordings: Rob Mackay via Soundcamp & Locus SonusThanks to:Point Pelee National ParkCoastal Virginia Wildlife ObservatoryPhil Hardberger Park ConservancyButterflies & Their People ArboristsUNESCO Monarch Butterfly ReserveBIOM - Biosphere SoundscapesSoundcampLocus SonusThe Radiophonic Travel Agency, a free to use resource brought to you by The Radiophonic Institute ​Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.Follow us on Instagram and discover more here: https://li.sten.to/TheRTA.If you would like to submit recordings to be considered for a Travel Agency journey then please get in touch: hello@radiophonictravel.agency

Have you ever wanted to be in several places at once? With this journey you can visit eight different locations in the seaside town of Margate simultaneously. The recordings were collected from key spots chosen for their sonic footprint or importance to the town and were all captured at the same time – 1pm on a Friday afternoon.Waves overlap with train station announcements while native birdsong and incidental chatter mirror the hallucinatory sounds of the arcades. The field recordings – each one 30 minutes in duration – were played back simultaneously with the public invited to mix their own soundscape. Created in collaboration with Margate Radio. Recorded live at the grassroots venue Where Else?.Produced by Paul Camo and Tim Garratt.Location sounds by Chris Cholmondeley, Jack Goldstein, Clementine Blue, Melinda Bronstein, Chase Coley, Tim Garratt, Paul Camo and Buddy Peace.Location images: Nigel Chadwick, Pam Fray, Chris Whippet, Acabashi, Derek Bennett, John Myres, No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.The Radiophonic Travel Agency, a free to use resource brought to you by The Radiophonic Institute​Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. Freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new ways.Follow us on Instagram and discover more here: https://li.sten.to/TheRTA.If you would like to submit recordings to be considered for a Travel Agency journey then please get in touch: hello@radiophonictravel.agency

The Maunsell Forts were constructed in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War. Their imposing and somewhat alien shape – tall platforms balancing atop legs jutting out from the sea – is reminiscent of the Martian Tripods from “The War of the Worlds”. Following their decommission, in the 1950s, some of the forts were squatted and used for broadcasting pirate radio. One even became a micronation called The Principality of Sealand. This journey documents a family trip to Whitstable, Kent. You can hear them exploring the town, beachfront and harbour before boarding the Vulcan and setting out on a boat trip to the forts at Red Sands. The Radiophonic Travel Agency, a free to use resource brought to you by The Radiophonic Institute ​Walk, run, swim, drive, float, ride, fly, wheel and meander around the world as we transport you to places near and far, using only the magic of sound. freed from guidebooks and narration and with only your imagination as companion, listen to the world in joyous new waysLocation Sounds & Images: Ilia Rogatchevski. Special thanks to Whitstable Boat Trips.Follow us on Instagram and discover more here: https://li.sten.to/TheRTA.If you would like to submit recordings to be considered for a Travel Agency journey then please get in touch: hello@radiophonictravel.agency