- Field Recording
- Collage
- Noise Rock
- Arts & Culture
- Pop
- Informative
- Playful
- Sincere
- Celebratory
Sounding the Beautiful Game is a sonic research project which investigates the many sounds associated with the game of Football, blending hour-long sound collages taking in everything from fan choirs and well known anthems, to recordings from the further reaches and lesser known corners of the football world.
The shows collage songs and music alongside field recordings, interviews, sound bites, documentary excerpts, poetry, sound walks and features with various experts and football lovers.
STBG aims to touch on the many facets and niches of the game, from the fervour of fan culture, to football’s huge political and societal impact amongst communities all across the globe, celebrating the inspiring positivity and diversity football can bring to the world while confronting some of the hugely problematic issues which are part of the sport.
Running each week for 5 weeks during the European Championship finals on Fridays 19:30-20:30 CEST
Listen at cashmereradio.com or in Berlin on FM 88.7 and in Potsdam on FM 90,7
Playlist
Arnaud Coutancier - Field Recording - Children playing football on a Napoli's Piazza Plebiscito with town traffic behind.Football’s greatest - Pele (2010) - Documentary excerpt
Felix Blume - Field Recording - Amazon Basin, indigenous village with birds, crickets, waterfall hum, children playing football far away.
Gabber Eleganza - Total Football
Cruyff: The Total Footballer - Documentary Excerpt
Sommit Sports - Most Electrifying Chants In Football
Alexandra Scott - Pressure is Privilege
Urkki69 - Field Recording - Football tournament Indoors, Girls shouting in Finnish.
Football’s Greatest Rivalries - Boca Juniors vs River Plate - Documentary excerpt
Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno - Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait / Mogwai - 7.25
Sporting Witness - Victory for South Africa: The Africa Cup of Nations 1996 - Phil Masinga and Mark Fish speak to Will Yates.
Martin Sadoux - Field Recording - Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, children playing football in the street.
Carine ASMR - Can I win promotion with South Shields FC?
Albanian fans sing as team qualifies for Euro 24
Primal Scream - The Big Man and the Scream Team Meet the Barmy Army Uptown
The John Barnes Story (1990) - Documentary excerpt
Tender Sounds - Field Recording - Intersection Traffic After A Footbal Cup Final in Galtasi Greece
The Lillies - And David Seaman Will Be Very Disappointed With That
Denmark 2 Germany 0 - Euro 1992 Final - Commentary in Danish
100,000 People welcome the Greek football team at Panatheniac stadium, Athens, Greece, 2004
Trudy McCaffery talks about the 1971 women’s world cup.
Ultras and Fan Troubles at Slovenian Derby - NK Maribor vs Olimpija Ljubljana
Germany vs Hungary 1954 - Fritz Walter commentates
Machinefabriek & Soccer Committee - Magpie
Liam O’Hare - Why Celtic Ultras support anti-racist causes
Ajax and Heracles stand and clap for first minute of game in anti-racist statement
UEFA anti racism resolution
Darren Lewis speaks about racism in football
Sham 69 - If the Kids are United
Romania 1 - England 0 - 1998 - Commentary in Romanian language
Gheorghe Hagi Tribute Match - Arena Națională - Bucharest - Commentary in Romanian language
COPA90 - The Billionaire That F**cked With The Wrong Ultras
Antonio Rüdiger Talks
Dennis Bergkamp - Top 10 Greatest Goals
Ireland win on Penalties - Jackie Charlton speaks
Hibernian Fans - Sunshine on Leith for Ron Gordon at Easter Road, Hibernian