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  • At Mr. Khan’s workshop as he tinkers with a vintage tape machine (photo: Neelansh Mittra).
    Khan Sa’ab’s Listening Room
    Film by Jayant Manchanda
    A film that transports one to the listening room assembled by Inspector Khan – a retired police officer, fondly called Khan Sa’ab. In this piece, he talks to the author about his special relationship with music, audio gear, and his adventures as a collector.
  • Timezones Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires: Relations Condensed in Practice
    Podcast by Ailín Grad
    TIMEZONES – Episode 13. This edition examines how communities and friendship networks help strengthen artistic explorations among musicians in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires.
  • Timezones Budapest.
    DIY or Die: Budapest Beneath the Surface
    Podcast by Lucia Udvardyová, Máté Elod Janky
    TIMEZONES Episode 11. This episode delves into Budapest’s independent arts and music scene in the wake of the latest Hungarian parliamentary elections in April 2022.
  • A medium that accelerated music piracy: the cassette tape (photo: StockSnap/Pixabay 2015).
    The Crime of Listening to What You Want
    Short Essay by Gisela Swaragita
    As a child, our writer made mixtapes out of recorded radio shows. In this personal essay, she explains how she disobeyed the station’s official music curation.