erase_Raise

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erase_Raise
erase_Raise

A sound collage excerpted from an audio-visual game that the artist is designing in an attempt to reconstruct erased narratives from school history textbooks across India and facilitate a discussion on censored histories.

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Undercurrents of a Home

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Undercurrents of a Home
Undercurrents of a Home

Kashmiri artist/writer Anis Wani renders his conversations with musician Ahmad Parvez and visual artist Malik Irtiza into graphic panels that talk about silences, listening, music, acoustic memories, growing up in a contested territory, and the violence of «city sounds».

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Quote: Anis Wani
Photo: Anis Wani
Sound: Ahmad Parvez

~ of many movements and thresholds ~

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~ of many movements and thresholds ~
~ of many movements and thresholds ~

This piece time travels through the author’s experiences of his years spent in Delhi, India, floating in and out of conversations, encounters, perceptions, and memories of the city through mentors and friends who shaped the author’s practice in sound and listening.

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Misfits in the Mix

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Misfits in the Mix
Misfits in the Mix

This compact nonstop compilation by DJ Karma showcases rap and R&B music by artists primarily from Nepal, Tibet, Nagaland, Sikkim, and other regions of the Northeast of India, currently residing in the city of Delhi.

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Sound: UNB, Jinn, Tnammy, Adesh Rayapa aka DJ Karma

New Delhi at 33.33 RPM

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New Delhi at 33.33 RPM
New Delhi at 33.33 RPM

Walking around the city of Delhi, India with archivist and record-collector Nishant Mittal (Digging in India) and making a pitstop at Ghalib’s tomb as he shares anecdotes from his record collections.

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Sound: Yeh Na Thi Hamari Qismat, Begum Akhtar (Digging in India Archives)

When Creativity Meets Chaos

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When Creativity Meets Chaos
When Creativity Meets Chaos

Episode 15 of the «TIMEZONES» podcast series offers insight into the uncompressed underground music scene in Kampala, Uganda, shaped by many inspiring and upcoming artists.

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Quote: DJ Flo
Design: Šejma Fere
Photo: Turkana
Remix: Turkana

Accompanied by Physics

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Accompanied by Physics
Accompanied by Physics

How does wood sound? This is one of the questions in Andi Otto’s interactive sound installation at Klangmoorschope 2023. Listen to an audio essay in which he discusses his way of relating to the environment with sound.

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Quote: Andi Otto
Photo: Klang Moor Schopfe

5 Video Clips from Istanbul Underground

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5 Video Clips from Istanbul Underground
5 Video Clips from Istanbul Underground

Istanbul: the bridge between West and East. This list is curated to show another side of the most populated Turkish city, the one that doesn’t make the headlines. Enjoy a diverse selection of music from bone-crushing metal to piercing rap.

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Sound: pembe, Parya x Rinxlaya, Kaptan Kadavra, sorrynobody

Apocalypse Nowish

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Apocalypse Doomish
Apocalypse Nowish

In their sound installation for Klang Moor Schopfe, the collective Zaira Oram explores the notion of the apocalypse. Listen to an audio essay featuring the collective’s initiators Francesca Ceccherini and Eleonora Stassi.

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Quote: Zaira Oram
Photo: Klang Moor Schopfe

Norient Playlist 9/23: Delhi

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Norient Playlist 9/23: Delhi
Norient Playlist 9/23: Delhi

When our playlist curator began performing, the Delhi indie scene consisted of not more than a handful of women who dared to write and perform music in a largely male-dominated space. The handful grew over the years. This playlist pays tribute to the womxn of Indie Delhi.

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Sound: The Manta Sidhu Ensemble

Hide, Don’t Show

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Hide, Don’t Show
Hide, Don’t Show

Challenging the perception of its listeners is at the core vision of the collective Encor Studio. Listen to an audio essay in which they discuss their site-specific installation «Adsum» which creates moments of pure presence.

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Quote: Encor Studio
Photo: Klang Moor Schopfe