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    Beirut in the Belly of the WhaleJad Atoui
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    Jad Atoui’s sound piece is a composition rife with electromagnetic frequencies, hums, and other machine sounds which continue to envelop the city of Beirut and its sleepless residents.

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    Soothing ApocalypseGisela Swaragita
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    The Indonesian summer is very hot. It’s when our writer shelters at home listening to music, only to realize that the state between slumber and consciousness can not be as innocent as it used to be.

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    Norient Playlist 08/22: DurhamDebt Stalker
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    Listen to this playlist of artists from Durham and their current releases. This selection by Durham-based artist Debt Stalker is a collection of tracks that compliment both the physical terrain of the city and the ever-changing DIY electronic music scene in the region.

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    Under Clear Starry NightsMartyn Pepperell
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    Listening to live music outside can be a life changing experience. For our author, it set nothing less than the pathway of his life.

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    Norient Playlist 07/22: Montevideo Pobvio
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    Listen to this playlist of artists from Montevideo and their current releases. With his selection of talented artists, Montevideo-based music producer and DJ Pobvio attempts to show the diversity of the Uruguay underground music scene.

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    Norient Playlist 06/22: New York Geng PTP
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    Listen to this playlist of artists from New York and their current releases. It’s a selection of things that NYC-born and based sound practitioner Geng PTP has been returning to, over and over again.

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    Origin Is Not a Shallow Part of IdentityAgata Pyzik
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    With the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, our Poland-based writer realized that much of her favorite experimental music that was considered Russian is actually from Ukraine. Did she unwittingly practice «musical imperialism»?

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    Diaspora Comes HomeErum Naqvi
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    A round-up of the cosmopolitan classical musical culture in Iran. Starting with music scholars of the Qajar era (1796–1925) and ending with the global music scene of the 21st century, from both the diaspora and from home.

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