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.
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.
In audiovisual art, images tend to distract or enhance the supposed meaning of music. The performance «Modular» by the Argentinian Ensamble Tropi at «In/Out» festival creates a productive dialogue between enhanced dichotomies produced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
While the world is on pause, the music plays on. Listen to a wild Norient mixtape by Chico Dub, curator of the «In/Out Festival», reflecting on the marginalized music scenes in South America affected by the coronavirus.
