#ARTEETUDE 346 - Detlef Schlich and his Co-Host Sophia carry their exploration of vibration, memory and reception across the Atlantic to Cape Clear Island — Oileán Chléire. The episode also looks ahead to the WAW Keep Clear Tour 2026, beginning at Club Chléire on Wednesday, 12 August, with Schlich and Dirk Schlömer.

Can a place listen? Following The Skin That Listens , Detlef and Sophia carry their exploration of vibration, memory and reception across the Atlantic to Cape Clear Island — Oileán Chléire . An island has no ears, yet it continuously receives: waves, weather, footsteps, languages, stories, warnings and songs. In this episode, Cape Clear becomes a living archive. Its ancient stone markings, oral traditions and maritime signals reveal how places preserve traces even when their original meanings have been partially lost. A former lighthouse once transmitted a warning from the island’s highest cliffs, but mist often prevented the signal from being seen. That contradiction becomes the philosophical centre of the episode: A lighthouse says: Keep clear. A story says: Come closer. The episode also looks ahead to the WAW Keep Clear Tour 2026 , beginning at Club Chléire on Wednesday, 12 August, with Detlef Schlich and Dirk Schlömer—Detlef’s “better WAW half.” WAW reached No. 1 in Neil Quinn’s Cork Playlist last year and No. 2 this year . Their new song, When the Tide Knocks at Your Door , receives its spoken-word premiere in the podcast before being performed musically for the first time on Cape Clear. The closing track by Los Inorgánicos , After the Signal , remains deliberately atmospheric: The listeners receive the words first. The island receives the music. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/exclusive-content