Sampling

Marianne Halter and Mario Marchisella are interested in disturbing the familiar in a way which makes one question everyday perspectives. The landscape of the moor is invaded by the songs of birds who imitate mechanical and electronic sounds as a strategy to survive and adapt to their surroundings.

Canina delivers a track filled with the sounds of what Bogotá means to her, capturing the essence of a renewed cultural wave of communities occupying the city. // Canina presenta un track con los sonidos de Bogotá, capturando a una ola de comunidades que ocupan la ciudad.

A wild mix of flavors, from limbo and madness, melancholy and fervor, as well as a self-deprecating humor. Watch a list of independent music videos from post-war-struck Kosovo.

Field recordings and sampling are at the center of this short essay in which performer and music producer Jana Saleh explains why her inability to use recordings of Beirut’s momentous events has led her to think differently about musical composition.