Reclusive DJ Mike Mallard (Luke Askew) hosts a radio show whose on-air soundscapes of unusual music, sprinkled with poetic narration, has developed a mystique among his young counterculture audience of listeners that is entranced enough by this mystery to seek him out in person. The enigmatic aura is furthered with Mallard's broadcast emanating from a secluded farmhouse. This successful gimmick was dreamed up by his producer Alec Braverman (Eli Rill) to develop a following of listeners, yet the brooding disc jockey has tired of the gimmicks and continues to explore artistic purity on the airwaves, while receiving pressure from his boss to play more conventional, commercial music.