Episode 12 of the «Timezones» podcast series explores the creation of art during the political struggle that has shaped Sri Lanka and its capital Colombo since the start of 2022.
From K-pop to reggaeton, from afrobeats, mahraganat to hyperpop. Music researcher and Norient founder Thomas Burkhalter guides us through new sounds of the world. Enjoy the playlist of this mixtape, produced for Swiss national radio SRF3.
Making field recordings is like tapping into an alien world. For our writer, it feels less like experiencing, more like becoming time itself.
Episode 11 of the «Timezones» podcast series delves into Budapest’s independent arts and music scene in the wake of the latest Hungarian parliamentary elections in April 2022.
In this sonic fiction, our writer depicts the Moroccan avant garde band Nass El Ghiwane as straying birds in search of a different life.
Listen to this playlist with a selection of tracks from the city’s underground producers.
Listen to this playlist of artists from Beirut. This selection features new and older releases by musicians across musical genres.
An introductory text to the Online Special «Norient City Sounds: Beirut». Special curator and writer Rayya Badran asks: what are the sounds of the aftermath of a collapse?
Lebanese artist Farah Awada was recording and filming in Beirut during its most turbulent events and most silent times. Her short video synthesizes these moments in a montage that avoids linear narration.
In this essay, artist Joe Namy discusses the culture of car sound-systems which exists in Beirut and across the world to delve deeper into the meaning of bass and its role in community life.
Ten music videos that can give you a sense of the breadth of musical genres coming from Beirut, Lebanon and the diaspora today. The selection focuses on productions made from 2020 to 2022, all of which explore personal or political matters.
