Radio Garden: Spin the globe and listen to radio stations from across the world

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Radio Garden is a Transnational Radio Knowledge Platform traveling online exhibition designed by Amsterdam-based Studio Moniker and developed by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. It’s a project that aims to connect people worldwide through shared experiences.

“From its very beginning, radio signals have crossed borders,” the site says. “Radio makers and listeners have imagined both connecting with distant cultures, as well as re-connecting with people from ‘home’ from thousands of miles away — or using local community radio to make and enrich new homes.”

The site’s Live function lets you zip around the world and sample different cultures’ stations with the click of a button while also demonstrating how shared some of our musical tastes really are. Each green dot on its map represents a new location, and therefore a different station. In the case of major locations like Amsterdam, Argentina, Nairobi, Paris, and so on, the site will let you choose from several stations in the area. Skipping around Europe, there are plenty of catchy electronica beats that offered something akin to a late night in New York City. Other continents, like South America and Africa, are far sparser in terms of available stations. The music there, however, provided a much-needed break in pace with less bump-and-grind and more melody.

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