XCHANGE is Net Audio & Radio Network project for alternative internet broadcasters and individual audio content providers with the aim to develop it towards the net.broadcasters community.

XCHANGE is providing the context for the content.
XCHANGE aims to develop multidimensional common space with simple interfaces – like mailinglist, within to communicate, discuss and exchange the information.
The developing of the context - unification under a common ground – opens the way how various independent net.audio projects and individuals incorporating with their own activities are creating the content for it.

XCHANGE project started as initiative of E-LAB (Riga).

Xchange idea started with on-line project (in 1997) – monthly Xchange compilations on exchanging and linking-up the real-time audio content within the net. Contributed sound material and links created the content <http://ozone.re-lab.net/xchange>.
 
The Xchange mailing list - information&communication channel for alternative net-broadcasters has started in December 1997.
(Info about Xchange mailinglist is available at <http://xchange.re-lab.net/mailinglist>, malinglist web-archive <http://xchange.re-lab.net/a>).
During the past months there have been many interesting live netcasting experiments carried out within Xchange network; discussions about 'radio' on the net development, published texts, developed X-Open broadcast Channel – space for live net.radio and co-broadcast experiments.

In April 1998 the first Xchange Network printed issue – magazine 'Acoustic.space' is published, about internet audio and radio development.

In 1998 XCHANGE project received the Award of Distinction, PRIX Ars Electronica ’98.

This Award will be the first contribution in establishing the Interfund XU (Xchange Unlimited – Xchange Network in collaboration with Art Servers Unlimited).
XU will be developed as support structure for independent art servers, with the aim to promote creative and artistic (new and undefined) initiatives on the Net and with the priority – net audio – to research the opportunities which offers the acoustic environments.

“By pushing the boundaries of electro-acoustic environments, of acoustic cyberspace, we can maintain a line into the open spaces of the unknown.” /Erik Davis/