Around this enormous, ancient country in five music videos, Iran’s vibrant creative scene thrives despite censorship and oppression. Western music is frowned upon, dancing and women singing in public are illegal, and yet musicians reach the exiled diaspora via the internet.
Yaadt doesn’t need an invitation. It talks to everything around you. In the new episode of the Sonic Worlding column, our writer enters a poetic dialogue with the new music style born in Cape Town that exceeds the borders of the sounds it’s composed of.
Chile’s new generation of musicians and producers bring a variety and richness in the ways of making music, presenting an interesting statement to the internet global scene.
Peso Pluma, IAMTRA$H, Mabe Fratti? On this mixtape, Mexican and «Mexican» artists face each other who will probably never be friends in real life.
Speaking truth through poetry, a devotion to challenging stereotypes and life-affirming beats. Watch a list of videos from the depths of the lively music scenes in Honduras.
In diesem Text reflektiert die in Deutschland lebende, lurische Sängerin Pardis Zarghampour ihr Verhältnis zur Kultur der Luren, einer indigenen iranischen Volksgruppe. Insbesondere die Musik spielt in der Kulturvermittlung eine bedeutende Rolle.
Music that hits you so strong that you stop what you were doing, transporting you to an otherworld. In this essay, our writer ponders this alternative space she finds when listening to specific tracks.
For emamouse, the curator of the April playlist, selected music that is rich with images of spinning and going to another dimension. From dreamy soundscapes to sudden bursts of noise and techno-influenced beats.
Artificial Intelligence turns emotive on a Swiss underground radio dataset and gives up in peace – collective curatorial practices winning over. A collaborative radio feature on various artists, programmers, and scientists from the Swiss (musical) underground.
When talking about listening in the broadest sense, listeners are usually at the center of attention. In this dialogic essay, Rewire’s context curator Katía Truijen and Norient’s editor Philipp Rhensius what happens when the sound listens back.
