Fugues

The Fugues fiction expedition ventures into romcom territory - or maybe anti-romcom? Remember I Adore You began as a TV pilot my writing partner Natasha Schwartz and I wrote years ago. We loved the script so much we adapted it for audio and produced it ourselves with talented musician and actor friends, recording it live. It’s half table read, half audio drama. Based on a true story, we subverted the "will they/won't they" trope to focus on how relationships can become more meaningful after romance ends - a progressive take on male-female relationships and maybe even a blueprint for bridging divides. Yes, it's a departure from normal Fugues content, but don't worry - there's at least one inappropriate neuroscience joke. Please share if the story resonates! CREDITS Written and Directed by Natasha Schwartz and Gabriel Berezin Produced by Gabriel Berezin and Monty Montan [https://montymontan.com/] Sound Design by Gabriel Berezin Recorded by Dylan McKinstry at GreenpointRecordingCollective [https://www.instagram.com/greenpointrecordingcollective/?hl=en] Music by Casual Male [https://casualmaleband.com/], Emily Jackson [https://www.emilyjackson.com/] and Monuments [https://monuments.bandcamp.com/album/brigadune] CAST Joan played by Emily Jackson [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2795916/] Tom played by Tim Lappin [https://casualmaleband.com/] Arthur played by JD Martin [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8066147/] Suzie played by Katie Boland [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092677/] Hannah played by Monty Montan [https://montymontan.com/] Cop played by Dylan Schwartz Kurt played by Goldie Schwartz & Loxley Matthews Narrator (2012 timeline) played by Natasha Schwartz  Narrator (2022 timeline) played by Gabriel Berezin Follow Fugues: Substack [https://fugues.substack.com/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gabe.fugues/]| TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@fuguespodcast] This is a fugues media production. All rights reserved.

The next evolutionary step of free will? This is an excerpt from a series called Audiocorpse. It's inspired by Exquisite Corpse, a game where participants take turns writing or drawing on a sheet of paper, folding it to conceal their contribution, and then passing it to the next player for the next contribution. It became popular in the 1920s when it was adopted as a technique by artists of the Surrealist (Dada) movement to generate collaborative compositions. In Audiocorpse (sponsored by All The Best Radio), the prompt is to create a 3-minute story based on the last 10 seconds of another creator and must include a particular sound cue. The last 10 seconds of my story seeded someone else's, and on and on. You can hear the whole audiocorpse (#2) here [https://allthebestradio.substack.com/p/listen-to-the-results-of-the-audio?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#media-78e7275c-eb86-41d4-aaea-2e345aa4d0c8]. This excerpt was written, mixed and performed by Gabriel Berezin. -- Follow Fugues: Substack [https://fugues.substack.com/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gabe.fugues/]| TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@fuguespodcast] Follow Audicorpse on All The Best Radio [https://allthebestradio.substack.com/]

This teacher and her class are learning all about earth in the 50s.   -- Take a close look at this episode’s thumbnail. This image (cartoonified for the purposes of this post) was the prompt for a recent Fugues submission to Audio Flux. We were challenged to create something in “3-D” audio. In other words, it should make use of spatial audio or stereo to give a sense of the space. Developed, written, and voiced by Gabriel Berezin and CG Foisy. Production, mixing and sound design by Gabriel Berezin. Follow Fugues: Substack [https://fugues.substack.com/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gabe.fugues/]| TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@fuguespodcast] Follow AudioFlux [https://www.audioflux.org/]!

Look I’m not gonna get all gloomcore about the state of things in the world, but it does seem that our appreciation of morality has waned a bit in the last few years. It had me thinking of this one funny (and traumatic) memory from college. Recounting it made me wonder - is it better or worse to have morals? This little tail tale has me reconsidering long held beliefs. (PS - this is basically an audio snuff film, just warning you now, it's...graphic in parts.) -- Written and narrated by Gabriel Berezin. Follow Fugues: Substack [https://fugues.substack.com/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gabe.fugues/]| TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@fuguespodcast]

If you’re going through a breakup right now, stop what you’re doing and listen to this, I think it will help. This is Fugues’ first guest contributor, Mae Nagusky.  She wrote, produced and performed this great piece of audio - it’s a brilliant series of tips to manage painful breakup fugues. Mae releases her podcast in June, 2025. Keep an eye out! -- Follow Fugues: Substack [https://fugues.substack.com/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gabe.fugues/]| TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@fuguespodcast]