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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
