Italy might be 9,000 km away from South-Korea and yet, K-pop has reached its shores nonetheless. NTS Radio-affiliated Paola Laforgia reflects on the reason behind its popularity both inside and outside of the Peninsula.
Filmmaker Mike Calandra Achode and DJ and music producer Francesco Cucchi recount their first-hand experience with the three attitudes the Italian cultural sector takes on to defend itself from experimentation, diversity, and multicultural avant-gardism.
Milan-based activist, radio DJ, and journalist Sonia Garcia sheds light on the cultural and musical background of her community-healing project (and radio show) SAYRI, a politicized space for queer latinx celebration in the context of Italian clubbing.
This episode of our 2021 video series is a musical conversation between two piano players. The video looks for situations of duality in the spaces around us. In finding each other, the protagonists find new hope for the second year of the pandemic.
In the first episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner meets two keyboard players, Liz Kosack and Christoph Ogiermann, for a shared musical indulgence.
In the second episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner connects with performance artist David Helbich, on electronic instruments, and Koto player Naoko Kikuchi.
In the third episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner invites Oud-playing singer Kamilya Jubran and the composer Oxana Omelchuk, who rocks one of the first portable analog synthesizers.
In the fourth episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner meets two sound-obsessives: Drummer Etienne Nillesen and electronic musician and spoken word artist Elsa M’bala.
At its close, the podcast series «You Are Here!» opens up new perspectives: For the last episode, thirteen musicians, artists, composers, journalists, scholars, and philosophers answer the question «Where are we right now?»
This episode of our 2021 video series is a dinner conversation by the electronic music duo Gabber Modus Operandi, taking place in Denpasar, Indonesia. They talk about Bali, toxic tourism, colonialism, and also some good news around the locals.
The pandemic has been reshaping the experience of life from offline to online. The project «Espaciaro» in Bolivia shown at the «In/Out Festival» attempts to rethink this by exploring new listening narratives, while questioning the ubiquity of social media platforms.
