How artists deal with the practice that some call «time-travel» and others «audiotopia».

  • Screenshot from: «[Black MIDI] MIDITrail - Touhou 6: Last Brutal Sister Flandre Scarlet 1 Million», uploaded to YouTube.
    Black MIDI as a High-Density Remix Skill
    Blog Post by Stefan Schultze
    In this blog post, you will explore the intricacies of Black MIDI, focusing on how dense note structures can reveal hidden patterns and how «blackers» aim to find the «sweet spot» where melody remains discernible.
  • Screenshot from: «HD Touhou EoSD Extra No Deaths Flandre», uploaded to YouTube.
    The Aesthetic Qualities of Black MIDI and Its Relationship with a Distinct Community
    Blog Post by Stefan Schultze
    In this blog post, you will discover how Black MIDI aligns with the Touhou gaming community through remixes and shared aesthetics. Read about how the challenging note structures in Black MIDI mirror the complexity of bullet hell games.
  • Mirath:Music outdoor sound exhibition at the sculpture park of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman, Jordan (photo: Taher Otaibi/Goethe-Institut Jordanien, 23.10.2021).
    Amorphous Arab
    Short Essay by Majd Shidiac
    Can one pursue the past through reimagining the present? Veteran musician Yacoub Abu Ghosh and sound experimentalist Rehab Hazgui talk to Norient about merging tradition with recent techniques at the «Mirath:Music Sound Exhibition», a project by the Goethe-Institut.
  • DJ Balli at the Biblioteca dell’Archiginnasio in Bologna (photo: B. & C. Achermann; additional design by Marina Benetti).
    The Aesthetic of the Drum Machine and Mechanical Introspection in the Club
    Remix by Riccardo Balli
    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».