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

Taking place in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Highland Clearances saw people from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland forced from their homes. Whole communities had to seek opportunities elsewhere. The clearances were sometimes violent, with houses being burned down, and led to famine, displacement and mass emigration.  This fictional journey, based on a script by Kenneth Murray, travels through time. We hear Scotland from the 1700s to the present day from the point of view of different characters. The journey connects contemporary and historical social challenges, specifically what the writer calls “disposable places”, which existed for working class people during the clearances and still do today. The award winning sound designer Ella Kay interprets Murray’s script. Hear blacksmiths and farm animals, waulking songs and Gaelic psalms alongside voices and hubbub under the Hielanman's Umbrella. 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 waysDramaturg - Kirsty HousleyWriter - Kenneth MurraySound Design - Ella KayThe recording “Wool Waulking Display at the inaugural Outlander Day at Highland Folk Museum” (Newtonmore, 2015) appears courtesy of Steve McLeish and Outlandish Journeys. “Gaelic psalms at Back Free Church” (Isle Of Lewis, 2003) was produced by Calum Martin and appears courtesy of Leum Music. Samples of dialogue are derived from “The Western Isles” (1941, dir. Terence Egan Bishop) and appear courtesy of the British Council film archive under a CC BY-NC 3.0 licence. Journey Images from: Old House of Belford, The Smithy, Kinlochewe, Ross-Shire, Market Cross, Aberdeen, At the Head of Aberdeen Docks, The Bridge at Connel Ferry, The Crinan Canal - Argyll, The Day's work begins, sheep grazing, St Saviour's Church, Ballater, Glenmuick Chapel, Ballater, The Chancel, Rosslyn Chapel, Ships in Granton Harbour, The MacKinnon Collection. Acquired jointly with the National Library of Scotland with assistance from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scottish Government and Art Fund. Scotland market 1700 - British Library Archive C.128.k.10 69, Inverness 2024 - Image by Wolfgang Claussen Pixabay, Glasgow Bridge 1890-1900 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Ian Cylkowski, Unsplash, David Brooks - Abandoned Croft - Unsplash.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

Immerse yourself in the aquatic soundscapes of the UK’s freshwater ponds. Below the seemingly tranquil surface you’ll find a world of strange, rhythmic and often alien sounds. Hear the underwater home of plants and creatures including hornwort, water mint, lilies, tadpoles, waterboatmen, pond snails and frogs.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 Location Sounds & Images: Action Pyramid (Tom Fisher)Additional extract from the album Mardle: Daily Rhythms of a Pond by Action Pyramid and Jack GreenhalghFollow 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