Norient Playlist 11/23: Cairo
Immerse yourself in a collection of genres from Cairo’s dynamic music scene, where talented producers and singers showcase their interesting voices. Including artists from the TIMEZONES episode Cairo.
Immerse yourself in a collection of genres from Cairo’s dynamic music scene, where talented producers and singers showcase their interesting voices. Including artists from the TIMEZONES episode Cairo.
How can old technologies be reactivated? In her work at Klangmoorschopfe 2023, the sound artist Ioana Vreme Moser lets the supposedly obsolete fluidics interact with current electronic components to develop a more sustainable future. Listen to her vision in this short podcas
Inspired by Gilles Aubry’s video essay «Atlantic Ragagar», our author reflects on the relationship between water, body, voice, and language. Bulut calls for a critical approach towards voice and language, and a practice of listening with others.
Episode 16 of the «TIMEZONES» podcast series hosts three composers, musicians, and DJs of various backgrounds and music styles to shed light on the Egyptian music industry.
«Ohrwurm» or «Earworm» – usually used to describe a song torturously stuck in your head. But what about those of us who yearn for this? All I do is listen to one song over and over again, for weeks on end. Is this a happily welcomed, disassociated kind of relief from reality
In this essay, the diasporan writer Shayan reflects on the sounds of the Iranian revolutions, from the delicate stories of his family’s past to the brutal videos circulating in the aftermath of the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini in September 2022.
Improvising with machines. Listen to an audio essay featuring Brenna Murphy and Birch Cooper from the duo MSHR, in which they discuss their sound installation at Klangmoorschopfe 2023 based on a cybernetic feedback system.
A selection of recent releases from Kampala’s prospering underground music scene, including artists from the corresponding TIMEZONES episode.
An introductory note to the third edition of Norient City Sounds moored in Delhi, India. This collection tunes into a polyphony of voices, songs, sounds, and stories that reimagine and «unconceal» the many worlds and characters constituting the capital’s «sonicities».
A story-telling session that renders Rashid Jahan’s short story, «Dilli Ki Sair» (A journey through Delhi), into a sound work. Written in 1932, the narration relocates it to a contemporary context where the times have changed, yet also not.