Asphyxia: The "Idiote", the Library Wifi and the Suppressed Safe #17 - Acetate - 20th September 2023

Originally commissioned in 2022 as part of **https://radioart.zone/monday-12-september)** tapestry of 22-hour radio productions, this project by **[Daniel R. Wilson](https://miraculousagitations.com)** is re-presented here in episodic form. *Asphyxia* hacks the antagonising systems which thwart and forestall projects (its name also acknowledges the asphyxiating atmosphere of long-form radio when made by a single person. It is a damaged would-be radio documentary exploring the Narnia of restricted access material and gatekept employment.

This instalment contains opportunistic content made during a 'pure volunteering' trespass into an archival recording facility, where a vanishingly rare - possibly unique - acetate record (originally found in a bin) is digitised, cryptically titled Baz Kromagnum. Varying fidelity ensues.

Fittingly, this old record - nominally skiffle - sings of unresponsive culture, failed endeavour, and perseverance, heralding sympathetic elongated remixes, and philos