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Airing on May 24th 10:30 CEST
In Between
Genre: Art Radio, Electroacoustic music
Duration: 15 min
"This fixed media radio artwork is a sonic investigation into the chaotic density of our globalized soundscape. Structured as a non-linear radio transmission, the piece explores how cultural identities and personal expression struggle to emerge through the 'white noise' of the modern world.

The composition layers industrial drones with vintage American advertisements, creating a consumerist backdrop that is soon disrupted by fragments of a Macedonian radio broadcast. In the midst of this sonic collision, a live piano theme—the composer’s personal voice—briefly surfaces, only to be violently interrupted by a renewed surge of chaotic interference.

The piece functions as a 'radio-collage' of a world in constant friction. It eventually finds its resolution by drifting away from the artificial signals and into the organic 'silence' of a natural field recording from a park. This final transition marks a return to the physical world, suggesting that clarity can only be found when we disconnect from the global broadcast and reconnect with our immediate environment."

Featuring:

Wiktor Mastela

Wiktor Mastela is a graduate of the Department of Music Studies in Athens (NKUoA), majoring in Music Technology. He also holds a Master’s Degree in the “Music Technology and Contemporary Practices” program of the same Department. He is a graduate of the Music School of Ilion and has also graduated from a Polish School in Athens. As a sound engineer, he has helped in supporting numerous events of the University of Athens (EKPA) as well, as many concerts. For several years now, he has been an external collaborator of the Music and Acoustic Technology Laboratory (LabMat), of the Department of Music Studies of the University of Athens, where he undertakes diverse artistic and academic projects. In addition, he is an active musician and ‘creator’ who compose music in several music idioms. This is evident through his participation in various musical bands and of course his compositions.

22-24 May 2026 - 48hours of Radio Art