Radio Rivendell

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Radio Rivendell
Frequency Live Stream
First air date 2001
Format Internet Radio
Owner
Website www.radiorivendell.com

Radio Rivendell is a non-commercial, non-profit internet radio station dedicated to playing fantasy music.

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Radio Rivendell is an internet radio station dedicated to playing dark ambient, orchestral, neofolk, film score music, video game music, and fantasy music. The station is named after the Elven outpost Rivendell, a fictional realm created by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Streamed 24 hours a day in a variety of formats, the station has been online since 2001. It plays music mainly from the scores of fantasy films such as Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian (film) and Pan's Labyrinth, from soundtracks to computer role-playing games such as Warcraft, Baldur's Gate and Guild Wars, and from composers such as Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer and Jeremy Soule, as well as independent bands and artists who submit their fantasy music to be played online.

Based in Sweden, the station began when Anders Dahlgren (who goes by the moniker "Lord Elrond" online) and his friends wanted ambient music to supplement their role-playing game (RPGs) sessions. At first, they carried various CDs around from house to house, but one day a friend of Dahlgren's suggested he use a Shoutcast Server to broadcast their music over the Internet.[1]

Along with the music is an online discussion forum. Listeners who register for free can post to the forums, rate the music, or vote in the annual "Fantasy Awards".

In 2005, Swedish record label Waerloga Records asked Radio Rivendell to help recruit artists for their dark fantasy compilation CD, A Tribute to Uglakh.

In 2007, the station once again paired with Waerloga to produce the first Radio Rivendell Compilation, an anthology of 16 fantasy tracks composed and performed by notable and lesser known artists in the genre, such as Markus Holler, Abnocto, Sean Beeson, Erdenstern and Helen Trevillion.

In April 2008, the next CD was released. Radio Rivendell Compilation, vol. 2: The Book of War featured 17 tracks tied to a storyline (printed in the accompanying booklet) of a battle between a dark lord and a noble captain. Contributing artists include Unto Ashes, Anabasis, Ataraxia, Za Frûmi, Encryption, and Peter Szwach.

On January 9, 2008, Sci Fi Weekly, the ezine of T.V.'s Sci Fi Channel, named Radio Rivendell its "Site of the Week".[2]

The station is financed mainly by donations and the sale of compilation cds.

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