LLtNS : Long Live the New Sound

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About & Hello

LLtNS is a (podcast) feed where you can listen to unexpected, eclectic, precise, messy and otherwise sounds. The feed is open to contributions from anyone making audio.

In addition to the feed, LLtNS is also a newsletter (substack) and online radio station. We also maintain a discord server for discussing, connecting, sharing thoughts about sound stuff.

LLtNS is freeform and non-commercial, a public-access-style podcast. We encourage amateurs, artists, archivists, producers, and anyone else to contribute episodes as they like. All episodes are presented as they are contributed, without hosts, context, ads or active curation (more on that below).**

The goal is to provide an open space for sound stuff. Whatever that sound stuff may be.

All of this is maintained by Adriene & Stuart.

Listen to the Feed

LLtNS is not a capital “P” Podcast. We do not have hosts or ads or release schedules. We aren’t trying to make money. Episodes come out as they are contributed by sound-makers around the world and that is reflected in the huge variety of audio on the feed. You’ll find everything from a 5-hour soundscape to a 14-second mouth sound.

Ways to listen

The podcast feed (wherever you get your podcasts)
RSS
Random player on our homepage (scroll up!)
The radio livestream of the feed
The radio livestream through the discord server (listen together! With others! If that’s your deal)
Through the internet archive collection
The occasional broadcast outside of the feed (subscribe to the newsletter or join the discord for updates on that)

Find a list of episodes & artists in Episodes.

SEND SOUNDS:**

** IMPORTANT: please read the guidelines before submitting (scroll down).

Artist/Creator Name

Your name (optional)

Title of Sound

Description

Feel free to include any credits or other information about the work here (this could be things like original broadcast info, a description of the work itself, questions for the listener, an addendum to the work, an enticing lead…)

Trigger Warning?

(Please specify why)

Transcript

Link to artist (optional)

Will appear in the episode description)

Link to social media or other place where listeners can contact you about the work

Contact Email (this will not be published publicly, but we need it in case we need to get in touch about your submission).

By submitting work you acknowledge that you either are the owner or have the right to distribute submitted materials, and you have read the general and contribution guidelines.It’s OK for LLtNS to broadcast the work submitted on other radio/podcast/audio outlets beyond the LLtNS feed.

Click to upload or drag and drop your sound here

MP3, WAV

General Guidelines

Please read before submitting:

Any rights remain with the original creator; LLtNS does not own or want to own any of the sounds on the feed
LLtNS will include most contributed work on the feed, livestreams and links in the newsletter. Occasionally we also like to share part or all of the feed with other broadcasters, podcasters, art venues, sound festivals, zines etc.
Anything contributed to LLtNS is also included in the LLtNS internet archive collection. For more information on the internet archive, please visit their website.

This is a non-commercial vehicle. Nobody is making money from this and nobody intends to. This is not a platform. The work is not curated, but it is screened by people.

Minimum time: 3 seconds
Maximum time: 1 hour (If your piece is longer than an hour, please email us and we will try to include it to the feed)
Format: Mp3(!)
Experimental, strange, genre-bending, audio-centric work
Please do not submit music but you may have music within the piece submitted
Please remove any station or host intro/outro unless it is a necessary part of the piece (but do include any credits or information about the original broadcast in the written description)

Be sure to include your name (or artist name, or collective name) and a brief description or information about the work. You are also encouraged to provide a transcript.

You may also include a link to your work online, and social media links. This will appear in the episode description.

We also ask that you include an email address in case we need to contact you about the work, future broadcasts, changes to the feed, etc. - your contact information will not be included in the podcast description unless you want it to. This is just so we can contact you if something goes wrong (or right!)

Contribution Guidelines

We accept contributions from the genre-less, genre-bending sound works, including (but not limited to):

Sound & radio arts
Creative audio storytelling
Acoustic ecology & field recording
ASMR
Creative meditation
Mixtape storytelling
Experimental documentary & interview
Collage & plunderphonics
Field recording & environmental remixes
Soundwalks
Fiction/nonfiction-bending narratives & poetry
Sonic experiments & ambience
Different kinds of sonic crafts
Variations on Ferk
Archival audio works from the past
Remixes of work already on the LLtNS feed
Previously aired work that wants a second chance
Sounds about things that don’t often get broadcast space
Sounds by/for people that don’t often get broadcast space
Other gnarly stuff
… And anything else that we may not have thought to list

Feel free to submit older works, or works that have been/will be aired or published elsewhere. LLtNS is uninterested in being the first or the only venue for any of the sounds in the feed. This includes very old work, so if you are a collector or archivist and have material you’d like people to hear - feel free to contribute!

We Do NOT accept

Hateful works (or things that are malicious or hateful in spirit)
Songs or music that fit into conventional modes of music making
That said, we will accept things that are musical or music inspired & works that include music. But ultimately this is an outlet for non-music creative audio stuff (whatever that might mean). Things that are awkward to describe, might be difficult (or impossible) to monetize, and otherwise don’t have places to go.
Storytelling or talk shows that fit easily into conventional genres of radio/podcast making
We do accept unconventional modes of storytelling and talk shows, as well as pieces that are about things and/or for/by people that are historically underrepresented in dominant broadcast/sound arts spaces.

While the feed is not curatead, we do screen submissions to make sure they meet the contribution guidelines, don’t include hateful or destructive content, and keep with the spirit of LLtNS. Please bear with us as we sort through what that all means.

The LLtNS Irregular Newsletter

The LLtNS irregular newsletter is an irregularly scheduled newsletter about the LLtNS feed. Every episode that passes through the feed will also be highlighted in the newsletter. The purpose of the newsletter is to add a bit of curation to the feed and to keep listening, relistening and highlighting the different episodes. We also offer recommendations for things to listen to outside of the LLtNS feed (and sometimes pair those with episodes).

If there’s an episode you love and want to talk about in the newsletter, get in touch! If you have a suggestion for something outside of LLtNS that you think we should highlight, get in touch!

Who is behind this? (& how to contact us)

The feed is maintained by Adriene & Stuart. We listen to the feed. We make sure the sounds stay available and that the contribution process is as easy as we can make it. Sometimes we send out a newsletter about what’s new, sometimes we tweet about the new sounds @LLtNSound, sometime we're on the LLtNS discord. But the sounds you hear in the feed have been (and are continually being) contributed by people around the world. Find the complete list in Episodes.

You can always email us with questions, concerns or just to chat: longlivethenewsound@gmail.com.

What happens next?

We review each piece before it appears in the feed and will let you know when it appears on the show. Please direct any questions to: longlivethenewsound@gmail.com. If you hear something you want to know more about, check the episode description for information provided by the uploader.

If you want to support any of the work you find on this show, please find the artists directly.

FAQ

How can I find out more about a specific episode or artist on the LLtNS feed?

If they included their real name or links to their website, you can find that in the episode description. If not, you can reach out to us (longlivethenewsound@gmail.com), but no promises that we’ll be able to provide much more than is in the episode description.

Send sounds

Yes, please.

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