Snaps

Internet connection troubles took Addis Abeba based musician Ethiopian Records several weeks to finish his video selection for Norient. «It was not easy finding videos after 2013 – some are older», he wrote us and here is what he finally digged out.

Norient keeps searching for new sounds and puts together a regularly selection from Soundcloud. Enjoy or skip through tracks from upcoming and well-known artists from a wide variety of places. And read what some artists wrote about their tracks.

Als «Hypergamelan» bezeichnet die koreanische Komponistin Unsuk Chin ihr «Doppelkonzert für Klavier, Schlagzeug und Ensemble». Ein Gespräch mit Chin.

Was ist Europa? Mitä on Eurooppa? Cos’è l’Europa? L’Europe c’est quoi? What is Europe? This is a good and confusing question. I actually have no idea anymore, so I started digging into popular music videos.

With her new solo show artist Anna Raimondo is exploring the relational horizon of voice and its linguistic and political implications. An interview about her project, the idea of resonance and feminism.

A brief insight into some really amazing videos and sounds from the past few years out of the small kingdom Bhutan in South Asia, compiled by Ed Linton, owner of the small internet record label Avant-Garbe Records.

Naples-born singer Meg has chosen five video clips from Italy for our series. Her selection shows: Italy is the place to be for electronic music. And: electronic music can't live without strong imageries.

Bernard Clarke combines contemporary music, history, Zeitfragen and politics to intense radio art pieces. He is angry about an often heard comment: «This is too heavy for the listener».