The Secret Harmony: Recent Episodes

Olivia Bradley-Skill

Bite-sized sound sketches, freeform audio collages, a series of ongoing experiments.

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Released as Olivia 88

https://olivia88.bandcamp.com/track/in-heaven

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Wrestling with the inner demons.

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When you cut up 45s and tape them up again, you can create loops. The stylus (before it gets destroyed) gets stuck on certain bits. Also inspired by Fred Moten's lecture on the Black Outdoors.

Hear full broadcast here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/132519

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Originally broadcasted on October 11, 2021.

Full episode: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/108526

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A meditation made for WFMU in 2020.

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Sometimes it's better to stitch together old scraps rather than build something from scratch.

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Feel like differently in my mind, holding people differently.

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It is finished, done with this episode in strife.

Made from spliced 45s, which were cut up and taped together again, and then placed on the turntable.

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Featured on Long Live the New Sound in 2018

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"Yesterday was the birthplace of today. Today is the birthplace of forever." Music to Wash Dishes By (This is of Course a Metaphor) was originally made for a specialty CD for WFMU's 2018 fundraising drive, and later aired on Constellations. This is an extended version that includes a remix of the original, which I made in 2020. 

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In our new apartment, if you wake up early enough, you can see the sunrise out the window. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on August 31, 2020.

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Everything just builds and builds and builds, and then it just stops.

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A synth and some shimmer.

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Digitally manipulated tape loops from a reel-to-reel.

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And I hereby hand you your radio diploma, congratulations! Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on May 25, 2020.

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Sometimes words fail. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on May 4, 2020.

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All stories have a beginning and an end - now which one of you guys is beginning and which is end? What originally aired on April 27, 2020 is layered with a variety of old sound sketches I found in a folder from 2016.

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Never The Truth. Why? And How? Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on March 30, 2020.

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People who need people are the luckiest people in the world. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on March 23, 2020.

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A kind of a terracotta red. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on February 24, 2020.

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To walk into a room, a dark room, and hear another person screaming. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on February 17, 2020.

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An amuse-bouche, a sound bite. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on February 10, 2020.

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I'm fascinated with the interior life, even though I know you can never know the full story. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on December 9, 2019.

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When's the next chapter? Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on November 11, 2019.

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An excerpt of the three-hour episode of The Secret Harmony called Futurist Folk. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on October 28, 2019.

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Channel surfing. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on October 21, 2019.

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I am repeating. Gloriously repeating. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on October 14, 2019.

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How do I track you? Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on October 7, 2019.

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Beeps, steps, breaths, sputters. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on September 30, 2019.

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A bit of paradise in the garden. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on September 16, 2019.

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A new trance for a new day. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on September 9, 2019.

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The colors will change, but the process is always the same. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on August 30, 2019.

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Oh, god, sorry, sorry, sorry. I have no idea what's going on. His face is blue. Forget about the kids for a while. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on August 23, 2019.

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A space where dreams take thought. Originally aired on WFMU's Radio Ravioli on August 16, 2019.