Living and Diving Into the Electrecord Abyss - Batiscaf Radio

Published

December 17, 2014

We are living in a present copiously infused with moments of the past. We are immersed in nostalgia. We swim in virtual media that play around names like Instagram, but throw aging filters on immediate realities. Or on forums that programmatically gather communities who archive memory.

Batiscaf Radio was founded because the world shifted in that direction. And because the archives of Romanian (pop) culture are buried deep into the ground, with no obvious marks where one can pay a tribute. The Batiscaf podcasts do not come as chronological or neatly arranged archives, but as sporadic moments of Romanian music history that used to function in parallel with the preset paths of official culture.

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Tracklist

  • Corneliu Dan Georgescu

    Model mioritic (fragment) /// 1982, Electrecord

  • Percussion Ensemble of the Gh. Dima Conservatory Of Cluj-Napoca

    Protomuzica (fragment) /// 1987, Electrecord

  • Mărioara Muț

    Nu-i motru că știu cînta (fragment) /// 1997, Network Medien

  • Accent

    Cîinele enot /// 2007, TVR Media (Original studio recordings from 1980-1985)

  • Mihaela Runceanu

    Cocori /// 1976, unreleased

  • Richard Oschanitzky

    Călușarii /// 1970, Electrecord

  • Savoy

    Răspuns cu iubire /// 1977, Electrecord

  • Perpetuum Mobile

    Cînd vine primăvara /// 1975, Electrecord

  • Kisfalussy Bálint

    Későre jár /// 1975, Electrecord

  • Phoenix

    Pseudo-Morgana /// 1972, Electrecord

  • Adrian Enescu

    Sfîntul Danubiu /// 1977, Electrecord

  • Mircea Florian

    Harap Alb de Spîn rătăcit în fîntînă /// 1977, Electrecord

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