A Liquid Breakfast for the Ears

July 24, 2011 1:08 AM

Fluid Radio stream experimental frequencies into the ether. Channel 2 is especially worth a listen, flowing forth a fairly constant warm wash of haunting melancholy and mellow fruitiness in post folk and post rock form. The reviews on the site appear to be written by an offspring of Monty Cantsin and Rrose Sélavy: I don't know what they're saying, but the reading of them brings zen-like quietude.
posted by titus-g (13 comments total)

Did you mean aether?
posted by twoleftfeet at 4:21 AM on July 24, 2011

Much though I laughed at the pretentious wankery of the near-greyed out images on the home page (I assume this is deliberate and not a rendering error at my end) I have to say I'm loving the sound of Channel 2. Mournful acoustic mind's ear-bendery that works perfectly with the view of frigid summer rain currently washing over the Alps outside my window...
posted by protorp at 4:53 AM on July 24, 2011

Slightly different mythology, I was meaning the ether with Debussy in it :D

c.f.
posted by titus-g at 5:41 AM on July 24, 2011

Mournful acoustic mind's ear-bendery that works perfectly with the view of frigid summer rain currently washing over the Alps outside my window...

Yes. Pretentious wankery. I'm having exactly the same thought.
posted by rain at 5:59 AM on July 24, 2011

Score!
posted by protorp at 6:32 AM on July 24, 2011

cool
posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar at 6:59 AM on July 24, 2011

Channel 2 is really quite excellent! Thank you for posting this, titus-g.
posted by fake at 7:12 AM on July 24, 2011

If you're wondering who is the one person that rated channel one with a 5.. it's me
posted by 3mendo at 9:08 AM on July 24, 2011

(just realized i only rated one track so far... there goes the afternoon)
posted by 3mendo at 9:11 AM on July 24, 2011

And I just discovered that Monty Cantsin and Karen Eliot have never had fpps.
posted by idiopath at 11:27 AM on July 24, 2011

Part way into a 2nd day at work now, still listening to Channel 2. To be as unequivocal and antiflippant as possible - this is a gem of a webradio station; thank you very much for the post.

I've had the enjoyably weird experience twice now that the stream has glitched into skipping, or slowed down distortion, and it's taken me a good few seconds longer than it would with most music to realise that it's not a deliberate effect.
posted by protorp at 2:05 AM on July 25, 2011

Good stuff, thanks. (LOVE Sharon Van Etten) (Anybody got a good stream saving player? I used to use QCD, but stream saving hasn't been working for me lately ...)
posted by mrgrimm at 9:23 AM on July 26, 2011

ding ding ding: Screamer Radio
posted by mrgrimm at 10:20 AM on July 26, 2011