Mohamed Rai – Water, Drumming and Silence

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Mohamed Rai – Water, Drumming and Silence
Mohamed Rai – Water, Drumming and Silence

In the third episode of «Long Take: Life as an Artist», Mohamed Rai and his friend Hanan share their perspectives on the challenges of pursuing a career in the Maldives, and about peforming cover songs at resorts.

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Design: Pamuditha Zen Anjana

Beyond the North-West Asian Subcontinent: New Ways of Curating Musicking

Beyond the North-West Asian Subcontinent: New Ways of Curating Musicking
Beyond the North-West Asian Subcontinent: New Ways of Curating Musicking
Beyond the North-West Asian Subcontinent: New Ways of Curating Musicking

Eurological ways of curating music tend to ignore their own social and aesthetic contexts. In his essay, the composer Sandeep Bhagwati asks for more wakefulness in choosing that acknowledges the pluralities of musics today.

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Zara Mujthaba – Music and Tourism in the Maldives

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Zara Mujthaba – Music and Tourism in the Maldives
Zara Mujthaba – Music and Tourism in the Maldives

Maldivian singer, producer, and artist Zara Mujthaba shares insights into her musical journey and life on Thulusdhoo island, her involvement with the influential Maldivian collective Dinba Family, and her perspective on the evolving tourism industry in the Maldives.

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Design: Pamuditha Zen Anjana

The Sun Faces Off With the Moon

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The Sun Faces Off With the Moon
The Sun Faces Off With the Moon

In this forest sounds crawl, samples drift, and bodies feel woven to infinity. Read a sonic fiction by the writer and artist Anne Lesley Selcer, an excerpt taken from their in-progress novel CLUB SPACE.

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Yakawrath – Life Is a Sine Wave

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Yakawrath – Life Is a Sine Wave
Yakawrath – Life Is a Sine Wave

In the debut episode of «Long Take: Life as an Artist», Yakawrath, aka Fira, an experimental psytrance musician and a 2D/3D artist from the Maldives, opens up about his journey as an underground artist in Malé City.

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Design: Pamuditha Zen Anjana

Gatekeeping Without a Gate

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Gatekeeping Without a Gate
Gatekeeping Without a Gate

How to run an independent web platform without being too much of a «gatekeeper»? AQNB co-founder and editor about the platform’s struggle to archive a depicted scene by entering a cycle of mutual influence rather than (mis-)using curatorial power to make top-down statements.

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