It was January, 1996 on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. The musician in question was looking to catch a ride with a local vessel to the neighboring islands. There was one shrimping vessel in port that day, and its captain Jimmy willing to take disheveled hippies on board. He spoke some fragmented English, the boat set sail that evening. This album is dedicated to the idea of Jimmy the high-wire shrimper. Misplaced nautical charts, trade winds, shortwave miscommunication, midnight whispers, amorxxx. Alien8 Recordings reissued Radio Amor in 2007 (originally released on Mille Plateaux in 2002) in order to maintain the availability of the work of one of the label's most important artists. The recording had been out of print for two years, out of grasp of Hecker's growing legions of admirers. Radio Amor is a key release in Hecker's discography, bridging his output between Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again (2001), My Love Is Rotten to the Core (2002) and Mirages (2004). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.