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	The first release on rx:tx by the Signal Territory project (Pact Systems/Random Logic) is a conceptual one and dating originally in 1997, when it was produced as part of the documenta X exhibition in Kassel, Germany for the “radio meets documenta” project, sponsored jointly by documenta and HR (hessische rudnfunk). The work is the result of the electromagnetic spectrum research done during documenta X at the Makrolab (http://makrolab.ljudmila.org) and of the interim “makrolab reports” done for the local HR station in Kassel. The composition is produced entirely with SIGINT (signals intelligence) material to the last beat, with the original Akai sample files present on sector V., together with large portions of the broadcast telecommunications traffic flowing openly through one of the atlantic ocean region satellites and HF trunk, broadcast, service and amateur networks. The material on sector V. is released to be reused by anyone abiding to general GPL rules for further work, analysis and reflection. The work starts with a quote from the text “The radio of the future” (in german) by the Russian avant-garde poet Velimir Khlebnikov, whose work is instrumental in understanding the underlying logic and conceptual background of the Makrolab project but also Projekt Atol in general, and continues through different sectors which are mainly defined by rhythmical changes. It could be described as a landscape of signals and sounds, a time- framing operation and archiving of electromagnetic and signal moments, which would otherwise be lost in the eternity of the spectral rules, abiding to somehow very strict laws of physics. The release was initially produced in the Hoerspiel studios at the HR headquarters in Frankfurt in August 1997 and broadcast in October 97 over the german radio networks. The work started with Signal Territory I, continues in many live events of the Wardenclyffe (together with Raster/Noton) and Signal-Sever! performance series and a further release Signal Territory: Signal-Sever! is planned to be released in the beginning of 2003.