The story of X-Ray Audio: What would you risk for the sake of music? | Stephen Coates | TEDxKraków

Stephen presents an incredible story of bootleg technology, Cold War culture and human endeavour with images and sounds drawn from the X-Ray Audio project. Find out more at Stephen is a composer and music producer. He came across the subject of the X-Ray recordings when travelling to Russia to perform as The Real Tuesday Weld. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, he is particularly interested in the interaction between music and culture. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at