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produced and hosted by patrick mcginley·Hosted by Patrick McGinley·13 episodes

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phonography ::: field recording ::: the art of sound-hunting ::: open your ears and listen

Why listen

framework radio is a long-running sound-art radio show hosted and produced by Patrick McGinley, built around field recordings, phonography, and experimental listening. Each hour feels like a curated expedition through places, textures, voices, weather, machines, animals, and electroacoustic work from artists around the world. It is ideal for listeners who love ambient music, sound design, acoustic ecology, or audio that asks you to slow down and hear ordinary environments differently.

Episodes

59 min
Jul 20, 2026
2026.07.19 [mort drew]

this week's edition of framework:afield has been produced in london by mort drew for soundcamp cooperative. producer's notes: Reveil (2014—) is a collective production by streamers at listening points around the earth. Starting on the morning of Saturday 2 May 2026 in South London near the Greenwich Meridian, the broadcast […]

Jul 13, 2026Episode 980
2026.07.12

ok, we're traveling, so this is short. these sounds are great; enjoy them! we're in the great state of maine today, enjoying seaside views and summer beverages. soon we'll be picking up copies of the new murmer cd, mill:liminal, in boston. we played it already, but maybe we'll play it again. happy summer!

Jul 6, 2026Episode 979
2026.07.05 [substak]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in greece by kostas staikos, aka substak. producer's notes: About the mix An immersive journey across shifting environments, from volatile weather to quiet domestic spaces and subterranean soundscapes. Substak Substak's background in ambient and other genres informs his approach to phonography and deep listening. […]

Jun 29, 2026Episode 978
2026.06.26

the heat has hit estonia at last, so sounds from a swaying cornfield feel appropriate, and annie dodson delivers. thailand, i would imagine, was also quite warm at the time cm von hausswolff & chandra shukla's sounds were recorded, but the weather for maría bulla & juan bermúdez's walks through ithaca, new […]

Jun 22, 2026Episode 977
2026.06.21 [mark vernon]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in scotland by regular contributor mark vernon. producer's notes: Mark Vernon - Call Back Carousel: Voyage en Grèce An audio time-travelogue. A found-sound road trip. A vicarious vacation. At the heart of this piece is a reel-to-reel tape discovered at a Brussels flea market […]

Jun 15, 2026Episode 976
2026.06.14

a few weeks ago we acknowledged the passing of another great artist from our community, the canadian electroacoustic composer chantal dumas, who passed away in montreal on may 17th. we announced then that we'd be airing a full memorial edition for her in the coming weeks; that plan is hopefully […]

Jun 8, 2026Episode 975
2026.06.07 [monika pich]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced by polish artist monika pich with recordings made in morocco. producer's notes: Morocco on My Way/Field recordings/monikapich A mix of my field recordings captured between December 2025 and January 2026 in Morocco. You will hear soundscapes from different locations, where the characteristic sounds […]

Jun 1, 2026Episode 974
2026.05.31

this week, long hypnotic slowly-developing tracks from jonáš gruska (composed from sounds recorded surreptitiously inside a japanese pachinko parlor), freight cell (a side project of scottish artist fletina, focusing specifically on abstract, repetitive dronescapes), and brad rose (constructed from sounds produced by an interactive installation with autumn leaves). and a […]

May 25, 2026Episode 973
2026.05.24 [paul beaudion]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in estonia, with recordings made in india, by paul beaudoin. for more of his work see https://paulbeaudoin.net. producer's notes: These sounds were recorded while I was an artist-in-residence at the Alice Boner Institute in Varanasi. I begin at Assi Ghat, the southernmost ghat […]

May 18, 2026Episode 972
2026.05.17

i've always tried to keep framework radio and murmer as independent projects, and i've always attempted to avoid the trap of using framework to overly-promote my own artistic activities. but guess what? i have a new album out! and it's made from field recordings! i get to play my own […]

59 min
May 11, 2026Episode 971
2026.05.10 [marcos fernandes]

this week we conclude for this year our look back at some classic editions of framework:afield, never before online and not heard since their initial broadcasts almost 20 years ago. this week, an edition produced by japanese native longtime u.s. resident musician, marcos fernandes. titled ready for the revolution, it […]

May 4, 2026Episode 970
2026.05.03

i will keep it brief here, as i'm in an airport, flying back home from LOM's wonderful field recording meetup 2026 in bratislava, where i was able to spend time with daniel kordik, izabela dłużyk, tomáš šenkyřík, jonáš gruska ( mr. LOM himself), and many others. i gave a talk on […]

59 min
Apr 13, 2026Episode 969
2026.04.12

this is a good one, with sounds of everyday parisien life by roberto vodanović čopor; polish nature with gentle instrumental accompaniment by izabela dłużyk (who i'm looking forward to meeting at the LOM meetup as well); sounds of the four basic elements inspired by the ancient greeks by patrick quinn […]

59 min
Apr 7, 2026Episode 968
2026.04.05 [bernhard gál]

this week we continue our look back at some classic editions of framework:afield, never before online and not heard since their initial broadcasts almost 20 years ago. next up, an edition produced in vienna austria by bernhard gál; it originally aired on august 23rd, 2006. for more of bernhard's work […]

59 min
Mar 30, 2026Episode 967
2026.03.29

this week: an exploration or the aural relationships between the lacandon people of chiapas, mexico and the birds of their jungle; heavily processed sounds of horses, whispering twigs and ice on a frozen lake; field recordings from the rockefeller prairie in kansas paired with instrumental improvisations; and sounds of and […]