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Bull Ring in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England

British vintage postcard, mailed in 1910

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Many years ago we made a radio sitcom called KLOKWERK that was broadcast on Resonance FM just over 10 years ago. The story is premised on the idea 'what if a famous German electronic band operated a railway station in the West-Midlands in the UK'. The band run the railway station in Whitchurch, a real market-town in Shropshire. Many of the stories are built around real-world locations in that town, and based on Giles' knowledge of Whitchurch from his time growing-up there. Here are some images from a recent trip to the town. Do you recognise any of these locations in KLOKWERK?

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Richard realised that today marks almost 10 years to the day that we started working on OMNISPACE!

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OMNISPACE episode 5 is going out later today on Resonance FM - 6pm bst! Tune in here: https://www.resonancefm.com.

We've also uploaded a few of our sound effects from the show to freesound.org. It's mostly different alarms made using ChucK (https://chuck.cs.princeton.edu) at the moment, but others might be added soon. Check out our page: freesound.org/people/theprinternet.

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Next week we're talking to COSS (Centre for Outer Space Studies) about OMNISPACE! We're doing a short sketch followed by a Q & A about the show. Join in-person at the UCL Anthropology building, or online on Zoom. Come along and ask us your questions!

Wednesday, May 3rd, 7 till 9pm

14 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW

Meet the OMNISPACE directors: dramatic scene and Q & A

The new dramatic scene written for this event will provide background to Giles and Richard’s intentions during their writing process; and, w

Listen to OMNISPACE on our bandcamp: theprinternet.bandcamp.com

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OMNISPACE, by The Printernet

6 track album

Check out OMNISPACE on our bandcamp page!

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OMNISPACE is up on our bandcamp page NOW if you want to listen to the series again. Check it out!

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STARRING: 

Roberta Bellekom

Beth Bramich

Melissa Collier

Comfort Fabian

Araz Farra

David Hounslow

Adwoa-Alexsis Mintah

Amelia Montague-Cook

Matthew Robins

OMNISPACE is produced with the support of an Arts Council England Project Grant.

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Thank you so much for listening! The debut run of OMNISPACE on @resonancefm is finished but if you've missed it you can catch up on the whole series on the Resonance FM Mixcloud. Go to the 'Replay' tab on the website and search 'omnispace'. The series is also being repeated later this month starting Sunday 15th January, 10:30 - 11pm, and Wednesday 18th January, 2:30 - 3am, running weekly for six weeks. See you there! #omnispace #printernet #shuttle #spaceshuttle #jumbojet #bussardramjet #outerspace #comedy #radiocomedy #scificomedy #satire #europa #resonancefm (at Resonance 104.4fm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnKfe8NIkwD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Meet the brilliant voice actors bringing OMNISPACE to life: Introducing our fabulous cast! Roberta Bellekom Beth Bramich Melissa Collier Comfort Fabian Araz Farra David Hounslow Adwoa-Alexsis Mintah Amelia Montague-Cook Matthew Robins Tune in to Resonance FM (resonancefm.com) on the 26th December at 5:30 pm for OMNISPACE - Episode One! OMNISPACE is produced with the support of an Arts Council England Project Grant.

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OMNISPACE HAS A LAUNCH DATE! The edit is complete and the series is going out on @resonancefm during the Xmas week! The broadcast dates are: 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st December - all during the 5:30 till 6pm slot. Check out: https://www.resonancefm.com/schedule for details! You can listen online at resonancefm.com, or 104.4 FM in the central London area, and DAB radio in the Greater London area. Thank you all for your patience and support over the past years whilst we've been making this. It means a lot! G&R xx #resonancefm #audiositcom #radio #radiocomedy #omnispace #theprinternet #scifi #sciencefiction #avid #avidprotools #protools #bussardramjet #bussardcollector https://www.instagram.com/p/CmZCczhosf2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The final polish is being done to OMNISPACE! Here is Richard admiring the nearly complete edit. - #omnispace #theprinternet #protools #radiocomedy #comedy #radioscifi #scifi #scifiart https://www.instagram.com/p/ClmVVBxIdLC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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We were making ourselves feel super dizzy yesterday whilst designing the sound for a very special OMNISPACE scene! We won't give too much away (no spoilers!) but we had loads of fun turning a recording of some honey-making equipment into a piece of twenty-second century space training equipment! We are getting close to finishing! - OMNISPACE is being produced with the support of an Arts Council England Project Grant. @aceagrams - The image shows Richard looking ill and disorientated on the left, whilst listening to a new sound effect through headphones playing from a laptop on a desk to the right. - #omnispace #printernet #ThePrinternet #OuterSpace #avid #ProTools #RadioComedy #RedDwarf #StarTrek #BussardRamjet #RadioDrama #AudioEditing #radio https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch10e6IsjGB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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OMNISPACE update! We're slowly getting closer to having omnispace ready for broadcast! @dickknittington did an incredible job assembling the edit (~two and a half hours of show content cut from hours upon hours of different takes). All the while @gilesbunch was off swanning around in sunny Deutschland (swipe across for photographic evidence!). Now Giles is back and we're shaping the episodes into something we hope you'll enjoy. Image 1 shows a laptop running Pro Tools with the OMNISPACE edit on the display. To the left is a Mars chocolate bar mug and on the wall behind the laptop are an assortment of various space mission patches. Image 2 is an image of Giles wearing a straw hat in front of a seedy club with a pair of chickens held under cartoon drawn-on arms. #omnispace #printernet #ThePrinternet #OuterSpace #ProTools #SpaceTravel #BussardRamjet #RadioComedy #radio #comedy #SciFi #ScienceFiction (hier: Outer Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfwz-LoodNe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The assembly for OMNISPACE is done! We're now making the scenes come to life with sound effects, ambience, music, and some of that production sparkle to immerse the listener in the experience of our characters. Thank you everyone for sticking with us during this long process, we're looking forward to sharing it with you all once it is ready! The image shows Richard about to bite into a bread roll whilst we are listening to a rough-cut of OMNISPACE on a laptop. #omnispace #theprinternet #printernet #radio #radioplay #radiocomedy #avid #avidprotools #protools #spacecomedy #reddwarf #startrek #outerspace #spacetravel (hier: Outer Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdWELvoMhp9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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We're editing! Over the past weeks we've been getting stuck into the massive OMNISPACE edit. It's wicked hearing everyone's performances again and stitching them all together. Thank you for being so patient with us, and a massive shout-out to @comfortisfab @robbie_bellekom @matthewjamesrobins @1mundanemoth @adwoaalexsis @collier3797 @artbyarazig @bethsaha #davidhounslow for your amazing performances. And Thank you @footprintsinbutter for your brilliant recommendations on our script that pushed us to shape the story into something better! - Images 1 and 3 show Richard at work on the edit and image 2 shows the ProTools project open on the laptop. - #omnispace #printernet #ThePrinternet #ProTools #editing #radio #PodcastEditing #comedy #RadioComedy #AudioEditing #OuterSpace #BussardRamjet (at Harringay) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS7HR5VIMgc/?utm_medium=tumblr

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We're getting hyped for the massive edit now that recording is all wrapped! Here we are after the final day of recording on Saturday in front of the beautiful print that @beckyfprice and @dickknittington made many years ago. - OMNISPACE is being produced with the support of an Arts Council England Project Grant. @aceagrams - #omnispace #ThePrinternet #RadioPlay #RadioDrama #RadioComedy #comedy #RedDwarf #BussardRamjet #screenprinting #StarTrek #scifi #ScienceFiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CRXLv9PFSMu/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On Saturday we recorded the final parts for OMNISPACE with Araz Farra and Beth Bramich! It's all recorded, we can't believe it! Araz is the voice of the OMNISPACE advert and automated application process which kicks off the whole adventure in episode 1, and Beth voices Patrice, a character who is always hanging around in the server room for some reason.

Photo 1 shows Araz recording their part with Richard directing. Photo 2 shows Beth recording their part with Giles monitoring the recording.

OMNISPACE is being produced with the support of an Arts Council England Project Grant. @aceagrams