Snaps

An audio documentary by writer, researcher, and listener R. Talitha Samuel, as they report from sites of protest and worship in the capital city of India to make audible the voices and desires of Dalit Christians in the country.

This piece was composed using sounds collected by the author over time: field recordings, domestic appliances, machines, audio journals, decibel levels, notes, and tones that Gaurav weaves into the soundtrack of the city of Delhi, India, which he calls home.

How does the practice of women walking at midnight shape alternative ways of listening, intimately and associatively? Mallika Taneja shares a durational recording of a recent walk, inviting listeners to sense a night in New Delhi, India, as they journey alongside.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.