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Every physical interaction leaves traces. In the fifth episode of «Sonic Vignettes», Salomé Voegelin reflects upon the grain of the voice as an irreducible trace of human contact and why it is it is endangered by AI cleaning language.

Some people think they know what Italian music is, until you really start to ask. An introduction to the Norient special «Sonic Traces: From Italy».

This text is a literary remix of Enrico Prampolini’s «The Aesthetic of the Machine and Mechanical Introspection in Art» (1922), considered a key text to understand the so-called second wave of Futurism, also referred to as «futurismo degli anni venti».

In this short memoir, an excerpt from a longer version originally published (in Italian and English) on his website, London-based Sicilian visual artist and musician Seb Patane reflects on what it meant to be a young Italian fascinated with British subcultures.

Philosopher and scholar Federico Campagna reflects on the cultural and anthropological context of late Baroque music in 1700s Europe and Italy, and explores the intersections between art, philosophy, and religion in the time of Italian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Through the intersections of new music styles, dedicated clubs, and unprecedented economic progress, the Italian LGBTQIA+ community found a mental and physical space that was free from the social and political pressure of post-WWII Italian society.

London-based Italian writer Marco Mancassola reflects on his personal relationship with the oeuvre of renowned Sicilian art pop musician Franco Battiato.

Drawing from his first-hand experience with sound installations and AI-assisted music composition, musician and philosopher Lorenzo Brusci, founder of MUSICO, offers a multimedia techno-poetic essay on the history and current status of machine-assisted musicking.