The Conet Project - numbers stations (1 Viewer)

[theoootini]

i came across this recently.

totally 'mazing. anyone else heard this stuff?

The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations is a four-CD set of recordings of numbers stations, mysterious shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin believed to be operated by government agencies to communicate with spies "in the field". The collection was released by England's Irdial-Discs record label in 1997, based on the work of numbers station enthusiast Akin Fernandez.[1]
The Conet Project has since become somewhat of a cult sensation and counts many musicians and filmmakers among its fans, including Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, Melvins collaborator David Scott Stone, Boards of Canada, The Besnard Lakes, former Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton, and director Cameron Crowe. Samples from the collection have been used in numerous films and albums, including Crowe's film Vanilla Sky, Porcupine Tree's Stupid Dream album, and Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album, the latter of which was an issue of legal dispute; Jeff Tweedy did not seek permission to use the Conet sample and Irdial sued for copyright infringement. The incident sparked debate about who exactly owns copyright concerning recordings of numbers station transmissions, but Tweedy ultimately decided to avoid taking the matter to court, agreeing to pay Irdial royalties and reimburse its legal fees.[2] The Besnard Lakes have also used recordings from numbers stations throughout their album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse and frontman Jace Lasek is said to be a fan of The Conet Project.
In keeping with its 'Free Music Philosophy',[3] the Irdial-Discs label has made the entire collection available for download in MP3 form (along with a PDF version of the included booklet) on its website completely free of charge and encourages fans to freely distribute it on file sharing networks.
The project's name comes from a mishearing of the Czech word konec, or "end," which marks the end of transmissions on the Czech numbers station.

 

[Franco]

Stuff about it in Lost i believe. The island is actually Wilco's rehearsal space.

 

[theoootini]

i can't stop listening!!

 

[Lungs]

Yup, it's pretty fascinating and creepy stuff. I think Stereolab sampled some of it, I can't remember which song though.

Seiben. Seiben. Neun. Acht. Seiben. Seiben.

 

[gen_a]

yeah, i remember travelling around europe and asia yonks ago. had a 9 band radio that could pick up loads of frequencies, came across this stuff - totally hypnotic.

the project itself was released as a set of cds, think you may be able to find some of the stuff on ubuweb.

 

[Froog]

comments are funny:

Reviewer: Old Man Medicine -

- May 4, 2008
Subject: This is awesome
Leave it on while you sleep. Induce the finest nightmares available.

 

[chutneyfarmer]

think this whole thing is up on archive.org somewhere.

EDIT: Just saw the link in the first post. As you were people....

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Check out tcp d1 6 the lincolnshire poacher mi5 irdial

 

[JunoG]

check out Poor Places on Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot..

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

bump for strange and interesting things,came across these numbers stations during the week,they really are fascinating.gonna download this evening.

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[spookeeeye]

I love these numbers stations. Creepy but fascinating.