Leicester Emergent Arts Radio

This episode of Distraction Therapy moves through ambient music, fractured rhythms and recovered electronic futures. Is nostalgia a retreat from the present, or a way of finding possibilities that modern culture has abandoned? wp.me/pgoFdc-4II

What happens when love, silence and memory pass through satellites, cities, rituals and synthetic voices? This week’s Distraction Therapy explores Japanese pop, rock and electronic music as feeling is rearranged by technology wp.me/pgoFdc-4ID

A music-only Headspace Mix of ambient drift, fractured electronics and machine rhythms. What memories surface when explanation falls away? Can obsolete sounds still suggest new futures? And where does the music end and your inner landscape begin? radiolear.uk/?p=4029

This is a test of XPoster. radiolear.uk (9248811)

There are lots of people moaning about the @dcms proposals in the Media Green Paper, so how can we put together our responses in a way that makes a difference? Join @bettermediauk for a discussion 4pm Wednesday via zoom.

Something to listen to this evening…

Wonderful work from the radio lab of Disquiet Listening. On air now in Leicester, Loughborough and Rugby. Back on Saturday evening as well. Listen back via the Radio Lear website as well

Disquiet Listening: Tunis on Radio Lear. A live radio laboratory connecting experimental music, radio art and independent culture from Tunisia. 19th & 20th June 7pm–10pm (UTC+1). Listen on DAB across Leicester, Loughborough and Rugby radiolear.uk/disquiet-liste…

What stories linger at the edge of a path? Join Radio Lear’s Sound Scavenge & Weird Walk on Saturday 20th June, 10am, meeting at Evington Library. Explore sound, myth, memory and place through listening, walking and shared discovery. No experience needed. radiolear.uk

What stories might be hidden in the sounds of everyday places? Join Radio Lear's Sound Scavenge & Weird Walk in Evington on 20th June. Bring your curiosity, listen closely, and help uncover local myths, memories, and overlooked stories radiolear.uk/listening-for-…

What changes when a familiar path is heard rather than seen? Radio Lear’s first Weird Walks-inspired episode begins with a music-led journey through field sound, folk memory and the strange atmospheres of everyday places radiolear.uk/the-first-path…

Could a regular online space help community media practitioners share practical ideas on AI, storytelling, platform access and Foundational Media? Community Media Exchange starts Wed 17 June, 4.00pm BST, then fortnightly wp.me/pfzAIZ-452

What happens when a room is held open for people to speak, listen and try something aloud? Radio Lear shares voices from Word at Attenborough Arts: poetry, atmosphere and the practice of attention in an open-mic space radiolear.uk/listening-to-t…

Radio Lear is seeking sound artists, musicians, writers and producers working with experimental sound, field recording, folklore, atmosphere and creative audio. Broadcast on DAB across Leicester, Loughborough and Rugby, and online radiolear.uk/radio-lear-cal…

Could your skills in listening, writing, photography, events or community work help capture local voices at Riverside Festival with Evington Echo, Soar Sound and Decentered Media? evingtonecho.uk/volunteer-as-a…

Could you help tell the stories that matter in Evington? Evington Echo is looking for Community Reporters to write, interview, photograph and share local voices. No publishing experience needed. Transferable skills welcome evingtonecho.uk/volunteer-with…

I'll be at Bishop Street Chapel Cafe in Leicester on Thursday morning. Looking forward to chatting about community-focussed media 🙂

Could your experience in community media, journalism, podcasting, oral history, events or public engagement help Soar Sound gather local voices at Riverside Festival? Experienced volunteers are invited to support our Castle Gardens presence wp.me/pfBDiz-Pq

Could you build experience as a local community reporter while helping Soar Sound gather Leicester’s voices at Riverside Festival? Decentered Media is inviting experienced volunteers with skills in media, events, heritage or public engagement wp.me/pfzAIZ-443