Norient City Sounds (NCS) is a multimedia series of virtual exhibitions and digital publications. It explores and communicates the musics and sounds of cities around the world. Each edition of NCS is presented as a so-called Special on Norient. It consists of podcasts, photo series, shorter and longer articles, virtual soundwalks, audiovisual artworks (snaps), annotated music videos, topical playlists (video and/or music), and more. NCS puts the focus on cities, as a space that generates and shapes music and sound, but also alters and sometimes even precludes them. NCS allows for a virtual trip to a city in times where physical and individual traveling is increasingly complex and thrown into question.

  • Norient City Sounds Nairobi: DIN
    Norient City Sounds: Nairobi
    Raphael Kariuki, Kamwangi Njue

    In this first Norient City Sounds Online Special, we focus on Nairobi, Kenya, at a time when political and social pressures are rising in tandem with the cost of things and the noise of the approaching elections in Summer 2022.

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    Norient City Sounds: Beirut
    Rayya Badran

    The second Norient City Sounds Online Special travels to Beirut, Lebanon, a city that continues to witness an aggravating financial and economic crisis in the midst of prolonged political and social unrest.

  • NCS Delhi Artwork A Format NEW
    Norient City Sounds: Delhi
    Suvani Suri

    The third edition of the Norient City Sounds series is moored in Delhi, India, as it tunes in to a polyphony of voices, songs, sounds, and narratives that reimagine and unconceal the various worlds and characters constituting the capital’s sonicities.

  • NCS Bogotá Artwork (A-Format)
    Norient City Sounds: Bogotá
    Luisa Fernanda Uribe

    The fourth edition of Norient City Sounds dives into Bogotá’s diverse, creative struggles. NCS Bogotá explores the city’s margins, revealing contradictions through varied genres, backgrounds, and influences // La cuarta edición de Norient City Sounds se sumerge en la diversidad creativa y las luchas de Bogotá. NCS Bogotá explora los márgenes de la ciudad, revelando contradicciones a través de una mezcla de géneros, contextos e influencias.

  • Jakarta Whispers
    Norient City Sounds: Jakarta
    Gisela Swaragita

    The fifth edition of Norient City Sounds is an invitation to taste a bit of noisy Jakarta, the city everyone loves to hate. This online publication introduces you to the tapestry of jumbled urban «sound pollution» under which the resilient whispers of artists and cultural activists thrive. Coexisting in a harmonious chaos, these faces are those who shape the heartbeat of the city. Featuring diverse contributors, the project offers a perspective on Jakarta’s independent music scenes, its hidden corners, and stories of those navigating life in this sprawling megapolitan. Discover essays, playlists, short films, photo series, and a podcast collectively paint «Jakarta Keras» – the city’s loud, unyielding whispers.