distant transmissions

"Distant transmissions flicker and fade, there's a drift on the signal, a ghost in the phase."I've had that phrase on my blog profile for a long time. I've used different parts of it as titles for my series of 'shortwave' mixes(drift on the signal, ghost in the phase, flicker & fade).With this mix I've completely tapped out that slogan because the new mix is called "distant transmissions."I'm not really sure exactly how I came up with that line. I remember going through shortwave terms looking for a title for the first shortwave mix & I came across the phrase "drift on the signal". I liked the sound of that & used it for the first mix. Somewhere along the line I also read the term "ghost in the phase" & then just combined those two with other terms to come up with that short phrase which I liked because it's as close as I'm ever going to get to writing a lyric of any sort.This mix, like the others, makes use of the wonderful shortwave recordings of Myke Weiskopf. Check out his blog here... for lots of streaming audio & downloadable goodies. I've done 5 mixes featuring Myke's work & none of them would have been possible without his documentary series. Huge thanks to Myke for all his fine recordings. Check out the ShortWaveMusic Facebook page too.T R A C K L I S T :00:00 Ionoscatter_Unmodulated_Signal_And_Meteor_Whistles_6-2-58 00:30 Radio Bulgaria(stretched & normal) 01:33 Max Richter - Infra 04:30 Benoît Pioulard - Passenger 05:20 offthesky - frozen fountain 07:20 upward arrows - ^^^^ 08:55 Family Radio International 09:30 ??? - Traveling Light 13:50 The Humble Bee - 07 jan 2010 16:30 Christian Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto - kuni 18:20 Freescha - baby Maker 19:50 Daizok - Shoreline VII 24:15 Radio Morocco 26:20 Area C - Map of circular thought 29:10 Juv - til 29:42 Max Richter - Journey 5 30:45 Inversz - Home End 35:10 Myke Weiskopf - You're Up, You're There, You're D 37:40 Christian Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amorph 43:22 end