Hanoi Undercurrents

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Hanoi Undercurrents
Hanoi Undercurrents

Episode 18 of the «TIMEZONES» podcast series travels to the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and dives into its diverse sounds, noises, and artistic practices.

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Quote: Nhung Nguyen
Design: Šejma Fere

Norient Playlist 12/23: Lima

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Norient Playlist 12/23: Lima
Norient Playlist 12/23: Lima

A playlist with recently released music from Lima, Perú, covering a wide musical spectrum from psych to electronics to experimental electroacoustic compositions, and more. Including artists from the TIMEZONES episode on Lima.

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Sound: Ale Borea

Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Lima’s Sonic and Poetic Landscapes

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Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Lima’s Sonic and Poetic Landscapes
Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Lima’s Sonic and Poetic Landscapes

Episode 17 of the «TIMEZONES» podcast series looks into artistic ruptures and subjectivities in Lima, Perú, forged during a period of authoritarianism, economic recession, and widespread social hopelessness.

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Quote: Wicho García
Design: Šejma Fere
Photo: Ale Hop
Remix: Ale Hop

Listening with Four Ears

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Listening with Four Ears
Listening with Four Ears

One day, when pregnant, our author listened to a song and began to cry unintentionally. In what ways, she asks herself in a new episode of the Sonic Worlding column, are the romanticization of music and pregnancy connected?

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Design: Ali Sayah

Norient Playlist 11/23: Cairo

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Norient Playlist 11/23: Cairo
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.

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Sound: QOW

Knowing Your Tools

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Knowing Your Tools
Knowing Your Tools

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

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Quote: Ioana Vreme Moser
Photo: Klang Moor Schopfe

Voices Across the Ocean

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Voices Across the Ocean
Voices Across the Ocean

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.

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Quote: Nina Sun Eidsheim (2015), Zeynep Bulut

Here and Now: The Subtle Pressures of Cairo

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Here and Now: The Subtle Pressures of Cairo
Here and Now: The Subtle Pressures of Cairo

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.

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Quote: Nancy Mounir
Design: Šejma Fere

Welcomed Earworms

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Welcomed Earworms
Welcomed Earworms

«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

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Design: Amber Goveas

5 Video Clips from So-Called Canada

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5 Video Clips from So-Called Canada
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Quote: Tanya Tagaq
Design: Amber Goveas
Photo: Monty Sloan/firstpeople.us
Sound: Laura Niguay, A Tribe Called Red feat. Black Bear, Kalolin Johnson feat. Devon Paul and Thunder Herney

And Somewhere I’ve Heard the Screams Before

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And Somewhere I’ve Heard the Screams Before
And Somewhere I’ve Heard the Screams Before

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.

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Sound: Casanora