Engineer and AIR host Elliot Stapleton, photo courtesy of ARTonAIR.org
Engineer and AIR host Elliot Stapleton, photo courtesy of ARTonAIR.org
Elliot Stapleton
Host , Producer , Staff

Elliot Stapleton is a producer/host, audio consultant and engineer for Art International Radio. He specializes in audio support for the unusual and the challenging, including P.S.1 WarmUp and alternative spaces, and is part of the team at the Outpost Artists Resources media center.

Shows and Series by Elliot Stapleton
Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Monday, April 16th, 2012

In this episode silence, quietness and drone will reign supreme. We'll be reminded just how nice it is to lose track of time as we listen to a musicians, such as Richard Skelton, Michael Chapman. and more, who have mastered the art of timelessness.


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Monday, December 26th, 2011

This late 2011 edition features a selection of the best of the best of the strangest. A sampler of new and old featuring recent releases by Mike Shiflet and Pete Swanson, as well as some amazing pieces by Zeena Parkins, Oval, and No-Neck Blues Band.


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Monday, August 8th, 2011

The air conditioner's blasting. The lights start flicking, And worst of all, your record player dips from 33rpm to 25rpm. That's right, you've got the Brown Out Blues. Fortunately this week's Sound the Alarm has assembled some Brown Out Blues.


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Monday, July 4th, 2011

Musician, sound artist, curator, visual artist, and doom-metal guitar master Stephen O'Malley--from such groups as Sunn0))), KTL and Khanate--speaks via phone from his home in Paris to discuss life in Paris, touring, and future plans.


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Monday, June 27th, 2011

Music that can help one cope with the hot, humid, and generally uncomfortable summer weather. There'll be no "It's Too Darn Hot" by Cole Porter. There will be some woozy, half-melted songs that are perfect for your triple-digit temperature ennui.


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Monday, May 23rd, 2011

The guitar, the git-box, the Axe! Host Elliot Stapleton tips his hat to all the six-stringed samurais out there who continually reinvent this amazing instrument with tracks by Bill Orcutt, Derek Bailey, Loren Conners, David Grubbs, and more.


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Monday, May 9th, 2011

Host Elliot Stapleton comes to the conclusion that machines are too cold and calculating to produce amazing music...but why then do they end up producing so much amazing music? Emeralds, Oneohtrix, Point Never, Aki Onda, Stephan Mathieu, and more...


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Kawabata Makoto, leader of Acid Mothers Temple from Japan, spoke with host Elliot Stapleton before his show at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY on April 12, 2011. Among the revelations: in his eyes he is simply playing "old school rock n' roll."


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Monday, April 25th, 2011

In this hour-long mix of music, host Elliot Stapleton shares some tracks that have been perking his ears during spring. The season has brought with it a bundle of heavy, atmospheric tunes by Hype Williams, Sonic Youth, Grouper, Zs and much more.


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Sunday, January 16th, 2011

Clint Simonson's De Stijl records has been releasing some of the most strange and amazing records that you've never heard. The label is "Dedicated to Unearthing Primo Basement Arcana," releasing both new groups from around the globe and as well as re


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Hosted by Elliot Stapleton
Originally aired Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
One of the most interesting young trumpet players performing today, Nate Wooley sits down with host Elliot Stapleton and plays a selection of recent recordings and discusses his evolving approach to playing his...
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