On January 17, DUPOBS collaborated with Synaptic Sandwich to celebrate the birthday of art during CITR Radio’s 24 Hours of Radio Art. The three-hour performance – podcast on CITR – begins with twenty minutes or so of Tokyo commuter-train ambience, and a sci-fi monologue of dubious quality. Gradually, the ambient soundtrack is overlaid with synthetic noise, somewhat reminiscent of the highway scene from Andrei Tarkovky’s Solaris. Then DUPOBS and Synaptic Sandwich pull out all the stops for perhaps an hour of atmospheric, inspired chaos – somewhere between Violent Onsen Geisha, Plunderphonics, and the weirder moments of Skinny Puppy. The final hour or so is perhaps less inspired, but also has its moments. Here’s what part of the event looked like:

DUPOBS would like to thank Synaptic Sandwich for the opportunity to play live on air, CITR for hosting this excellent event, and our international online friends for their encouragement. Please enjoy the podcast.