Why do people in Karachi yell rather than talk and how does the sound of Dakar or Luanda affect music production?

  • Sound Walk by Anna Khvyl, Rotterdam 2023 (photo: Ran Perry).
    We Listen, but Other Agents Are Always Listening Back
    Introduction by Philipp Rhensius, Katía Truijen
    When talking about listening in the broadest sense, listeners are usually at the center of attention. In this dialogic essay, Rewire Festival’s context curator Katía Truijen and Norient’s editor Philipp Rhensius what happens when the sound listens back.
  • The wake of morning, perhaps (photo: Chris Downer).
    Hearing Out a Window
    Short Essay by Majd Shidiac
    Voices in crowded urban terrains, the sonic shock of fighter jets. Some music can evoke ideas of the life it is made in – and create relationships. Read an essay by Majd Shidiac.
  • The view from the window of Bonus Talk moderator and producer Elise Luong in Hanoi, Vietnam (photo: Elise Luong).
    Hanoi Undercurrents
    Podcast by LinhHafornow
    «TIMEZONES» – Episode 18. This edition travels to the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and dives into its flows of diverse sounds, noises, and artistic practices.
  • Intensities of the listening sensate (image: Upendra Vadadi).
    Listening to a Chimera
    Introduction by Suvani Suri
    An introductory note to the third edition of Norient City Sounds moored in Delhi, India. This collection tunes into a polyphony of voices, songs, sounds, and stories that reimagine and «unconceal» the many worlds and characters constituting the capital’s «sonicities».