Hearing Out a Window

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Hearing Out a Window
Hearing Out a Window

Voices in crowded urban terrains, the sonic shock of fighter jets. Some music can evoke ideas of the life it is made in – and create relationships. Read an essay by Majd Shidiac.

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Design: Anja Kaiser, Jim Kühnel

Sonic Literacy: On Listening as Care

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Sonic Literacy – On Listening as Care
Sonic Literacy: On Listening as Care

In her work as educator, the artist Antye Greie-Ripatti aka AGF aims to integrate «listening as an art practice» into school curriculums. In this essay, she reflects on teaching children the skill of listening to build environmental sensibility.

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Design: Anja Kühnel, Jim Kaiser

Re-Animating Things With Sound

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Re-Animating Things With Sound
Re-Animating Things With Sound

What is real in recorded reality? While listening to the music of Lucie Páchová and Paweł Kułczyński, our author speculates on their use of field recordings of seemingly natural sound sources. Read a new essay from the «Sonic Worlding» column.

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Norient Playlist 03/24: Bratislava

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Norient Playlist 03/24: Bratislava
Norient Playlist 03/24: Bratislava

A scalpel cut of the Bratislava music scene. Subtle ambient, through the legendary Bratislava electroacoustic studio, emotional anti-pop, reinterpretations of folk, and dirty modular synth improvisations.

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Design: Kai Oh

5 Videos from Moldova: Pluriversal Identity

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5 Videos From Moldova: Pluriversal Identity
5 Videos from Moldova: Pluriversal Identity

In this video list, Moldova-based DJ Borș reflects on the identitarian limbo and relativity of her post-imperialist reality, asking: How are we using music to create multiple directions for our diverse existences?

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Design: Maria Uthe

Raging Affirmations

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Raging Affirmations
Raging Affirmations

In her sound piece, artist and educator Shanti Suki Osman explores the sonority of rage. Listen to a new episode of the «Sonic Worlding» column, which asks how one’s positionality is created by the people who listen.

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Norient Playlist 02/24: Karachi

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Norient Playlist 02/24: Karachi
Norient Playlist 02/24: Karachi

With this playlist you get a flavor of what Karachi music used to be and what it is now. A selection by Pakistani rapper and comedian Ali Gul Pir, including artists from the TIMEZONES episode on Karachi, Pakistan.

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Design: Kai Oh
Sound: Adil Omar, SNKM, Talal Qureshi

Chaotic Karachi: Expressions for Sanity

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Chaotic Karachi: Expressions for Sanity
Chaotic Karachi: Expressions for Sanity

Episode 19 of the «TIMEZONES» podcast series gives you a feel of what it’s like to be an artist in Karachi, Pakistan. A city of a million plus dreams, hopes, and problems. According to Ali Gul Pir, the most misunderstood place in the world.

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Quote: Shehzad Ghias
Design: Šejma Fere

Norient Playlist 01/24: Hanoi

Norient Playlist 01/24: Hanoi.
Norient Playlist 01/24: Hanoi
Norient Playlist 01/24: Hanoi

A selection of sounds from the community of music makers and sound artists from Vietnam and also from the Vietnamese diaspora community, including artists from the TIMEZONES episode on Hanoi.

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Design: Kai Oh
Sound: Trần Uy Đức

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