A conversation with the Delhi-based ensemble Chaar Yaar / Faqiri Quartet about the ensemble, language, translation, Sufi poetry, listening to histories, and songs of love, joy, and collectivity in times of divisiveness.
What happens when a Muscovite electronic producer meets Circassian folk musicians? What rules are needed for intercultural cooperation between individuals?
Audio Essay by Philipp Rhensius, Andi OttoHow does wood sound? This is one of the questions in Andi Otto’s interactive sound installation at Klangmoorschope 2023. Listen to an audio essay in which he discusses his way of relating to the environment with sound.
Essay by Franziska BuhreWoher kommt die Motivation, ein Festival für Musik aus Iran und der iranischen Diaspora zu organisieren? In diesem Text erinnert sich Klangteppich-Festivalmacherin Franziska Buhre an eine prägende Reise nach New Orleans im Jahre 2016.
Video Essay by Gilles Aubry, Zouheir AtbaneA film without images documenting the authors’ research in Tafraout, Morocco, a village where Paul Bowles recorded an ahwash music performance in 1959. In exchange with local musicians, the two artists engage in listening sessions and sonic experiments.