Beyond the North-West Asian Subcontinent: New Ways of Curating Musicking

Beyond the North-West Asian Subcontinent: New Ways of Curating Musicking
Beyond the North-West Asian Subcontinent: New Ways of Curating Musicking
Beyond the North-West Asian Subcontinent: New Ways of Curating Musicking

Eurological ways of curating music tend to ignore their own social and aesthetic contexts. In his essay, the composer Sandeep Bhagwati asks for more wakefulness in choosing that acknowledges the pluralities of musics today.

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Zara Mujthaba – Music and Tourism in the Maldives

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Zara Mujthaba – Music and Tourism in the Maldives
Zara Mujthaba – Music and Tourism in the Maldives

Maldivian singer, producer, and artist Zara Mujthaba shares insights into her musical journey and life on Thulusdhoo island, her involvement with the influential Maldivian collective Dinba Family, and her perspective on the evolving tourism industry in the Maldives.

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Design: Pamuditha Zen Anjana

The Sun Faces Off With the Moon

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The Sun Faces Off With the Moon
The Sun Faces Off With the Moon

In this forest sounds crawl, samples drift, and bodies feel woven to infinity. Read a sonic fiction by the writer and artist Anne Lesley Selcer, an excerpt taken from their in-progress novel CLUB SPACE.

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Yakawrath – Life Is a Sine Wave

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Yakawrath – Life Is a Sine Wave
Yakawrath – Life Is a Sine Wave

In the debut episode of «Long Take: Life as an Artist», Yakawrath, aka Fira, an experimental psytrance musician and a 2D/3D artist from the Maldives, opens up about his journey as an underground artist in Malé City.

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Quote: Yakawrath
Design: Pamuditha Zen Anjana

Gatekeeping Without a Gate

Gatekeeping without a Gate
Gatekeeping Without a Gate
Gatekeeping Without a Gate

How to run an independent web platform without being too much of a «gatekeeper»? AQNB co-founder and editor about the platform’s struggle to archive a depicted scene by entering a cycle of mutual influence rather than (mis-)using curatorial power to make top-down statements.

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Norient Playlist 09/24: Bogotá

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Norient Playlist 09/24: Bogotá
Norient Playlist 09/24: Bogotá

A playlist that offers a deep dive into the sounds shaping Bogotá’s alternative scenes. An effort to highlight the independent and creative labels and artists constantly evolving amid struggles for the production and commercialization of their music.

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Design: Kai Oh
Sound: Santiago Navas, La Muchacha

The Sounds of Contradiction

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The Sounds of Contradiction
The Sounds of Contradiction

A look at the city’s contrasts that delves into how diverse voices blend resistance and celebration. // Una mirada a los contrastes de la ciudad que explora cómo diversas voces mezclan resistencia y celebración.

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Sound: Biselad

The Decontextualization of the City Through Music and Street Sounds

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The Decontextualization of the City Through Music and Street Sounds
The Decontextualization of the City Through Music and Street Sounds

Rou Rodríguez captures Bogotá’s dynamic street culture, showcasing its fusion of architecture, nature, sounds, and people. // Rou Rodríguez captura la dinámica cultura callejera de Bogotá, mostrando su fusión de arquitectura, naturaleza, sonidos y personas.

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Beyond Boom Bap

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Beyond Boom Bap
Beyond Boom Bap

An exploration of the development of hip hop in the rainy mountains of Bogotá. The essay traces how the genre has followed and then evolved beyond the classicist tradition to make room for other rap subgenres that mirror a diverse city that, as its music, never stops moving.

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Sound: La Etnnia

Un Oasis Voguero en las Montañas

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Un Oasis Voguero en las Montañas
Un Oasis Voguero en las Montañas

La escena Ballroom en Bogotá ha creado una comunidad queer alternativa que fusiona el voguing con géneros locales como el neo-perreo, la guaracha y el merengue, ofreciendo una respuesta provocadora a las violencias sistémicas.

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Más allá del boom bap

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Más allá del boom bap
Más allá del boom bap

Una exploración del desarrollo del hip hop en las montañas lluviosas de Bogotá. El ensayo rastrea cómo el género ha evolucionado más allá de la tradición clasicista para dar cabida a otros subgéneros del rap que reflejan una ciudad diversa que nunca deja de moverse.

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Sound: La Etnnia