One hour. Two perspectives. An ongoing exploration of music and the people who shape the way we listen.
Recto / Verso is a monthly radio show curated and hosted by myself for Retreat Radio, an independent Swedish radio station.
Built around the idea that every record has two sides, the show alternates between two complementary formats: a personal electronic music mix, carefully constructed around a particular theme or narrative, and a guest-led programme featuring people who work with music beyond the traditional spotlight.
One month, the Recto side: a musical journey curated and mixed by myself, where electronic music becomes a form of storytelling.
The following month, the Verso side: a carte blanche given to a composer, mastering engineer, music curator, critic or other music professional, invited to share an hour of music that matters to them.
Rather than focusing exclusively on DJs and performers, Recto / Verso explores the wider ecosystem of music-making: the people, ideas, influences and creative processes that shape the sounds we hear.
Each episode is an invitation to listen differently. Sometimes through personal memories and carefully constructed musical narratives; sometimes through the perspectives and selections of artists and professionals whose work deserves to be heard.
One hour. Two faces. Flip it over.
The episodes
Episode 01 — Bedroom Nostalgia
An electronic music mix about adolescence, memory and the music that shaped us
The first episode of Recto / Verso is a personal musical journey through the memories of adolescence.
Bedroom Nostalgia begins with a simple idea: returning to an imaginary version of one’s teenage bedroom, surrounded by old CDs, records, magazines and objects that once helped shape an identity.
Through a carefully constructed electronic music mix, Brice Reiter revisits the music he listened to when he was younger, exploring the strange relationship between musical memories and the passage of time.
Rather than simply revisiting original recordings, the mix brings together edits, remixes, interpolations and altered versions of familiar sounds. Slowed down, reworked or transformed, these tracks become reflections of how memory itself operates: imperfectly, emotionally and sometimes unexpectedly.
Moving between personal storytelling and musical curation, Bedroom Nostalgia is an exploration of the music we carry with us, the places it brings back and the people we once were when we first heard it.
Listen to the episode and read the story behind the mix:
READ THE ARTICLE HERE >> Recto / Verso #1 — Bedroom Nostalgia
Episode 02 — Eímear Noone & Clint Bajakian
The music behind imaginary worlds
For its second episode, Recto / Verso turns its attention to video game music and the extraordinary relationship between sound, memory and imaginary worlds.
Brice Reiter welcomes two acclaimed composers, Eímear Noone and Clint Bajakian, whose work has helped shape the musical identities of numerous video games.
Through a one-hour selection of personally meaningful pieces, accompanied by two individual interviews, the episode explores how music gives fictional worlds their identity, creates emotional connections and allows us to revisit places that never physically existed.
From World of Warcraft and Outlaws to Indiana Jones and Uncharted, the conversation moves between composition, musical influences, orchestration and the lasting emotional power of video game soundtracks.
A programme about the music that stays with us long after the game is over.
Listen to the episode and discover the interviews, selections and tracklists:
READ THE ARTICLE HERE >> Recto / Verso #2 — Eímear Noone & Clint Bajakian
About Brice Reiter
Brice Reiter is an independent music curator, DJ and creative practitioner whose work explores the relationships between music, storytelling, images and memory.
Through his mixes, radio programmes and editorial projects, he develops musical narratives that move across electronic music, soundtracks, experimental sounds and contemporary musical cultures.
With Recto / Verso, he creates a space for both personal musical explorations and conversations with the people who contribute to shaping the sound of our cultural landscape.
Listen to Recto / Verso on Retreat Radio
Recto / Verso is a monthly radio residency broadcast on Retreat Radio, an independent Swedish radio station.
New episodes alternate between Brice Reiter’s own musical productions and guest-led programmes featuring composers and other music professionals.
Explore the episodes above, discover their accompanying interviews and tracklists, and join the journey through the many different ways music can tell stories.
Recto / Verso — One hour. Two faces. Flip it over.