5 Video Clips from So-Called Canada

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5 Video Clips from So-Called Canada
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Quote: Tanya Tagaq
Design: Amber Goveas
Photo: Monty Sloan/firstpeople.us
Sound: Laura Niguay, A Tribe Called Red feat. Black Bear, Kalolin Johnson feat. Devon Paul and Thunder Herney

And Somewhere I’ve Heard the Screams Before

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And Somewhere I’ve Heard the Screams Before
And Somewhere I’ve Heard the Screams Before

In this essay, the diasporan writer Shayan reflects on the sounds of the Iranian revolutions, from the delicate stories of his family’s past to the brutal videos circulating in the aftermath of the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini in September 2022.

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Sound: Casanora

Cybernetic Improvisation

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Cybernetic Improvisation
Cybernetic Improvisation

Improvising with machines. Listen to an audio essay featuring Brenna Murphy and Birch Cooper from the duo MSHR, in which they discuss their sound installation at Klangmoorschopfe 2023 based on a cybernetic feedback system.

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Photo: KMS 2023

Norient Playlist 10/23: Kampala

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Norient Playlist 10/23: Kampala
Norient Playlist 10/23: Kampala

A selection of recent releases from Kampala’s prospering underground music scene, including artists from the corresponding TIMEZONES episode.

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Sound: Authentically Plastic

Listening to a Chimera

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Listening to a Chimera
Listening to a Chimera

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».

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~ of many movements and thresholds ~

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~ of many movements and thresholds ~
~ of many movements and thresholds ~

This piece time travels through the author’s experiences of his years spent in Delhi, India, floating in and out of conversations, encounters, perceptions, and memories of the city through mentors and friends who shaped the author’s practice in sound and listening.

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When Creativity Meets Chaos

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When Creativity Meets Chaos
When Creativity Meets Chaos

Episode 15 of the «TIMEZONES» podcast series offers insight into the uncompressed underground music scene in Kampala, Uganda, shaped by many inspiring and upcoming artists.

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Quote: DJ Flo
Design: Šejma Fere
Photo: Turkana
Remix: Turkana

Accompanied by Physics

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Accompanied by Physics
Accompanied by Physics

How does wood sound? This is one of the questions in Andi Otto’s interactive sound installation at Klangmoorschope 2023. Listen to an audio essay in which he discusses his way of relating to the environment with sound.

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Quote: Andi Otto
Photo: Klang Moor Schopfe

5 Video Clips from Istanbul Underground

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5 Video Clips from Istanbul Underground
5 Video Clips from Istanbul Underground

Istanbul: the bridge between West and East. This list is curated to show another side of the most populated Turkish city, the one that doesn’t make the headlines. Enjoy a diverse selection of music from bone-crushing metal to piercing rap.

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Sound: pembe, Parya x Rinxlaya, Kaptan Kadavra, sorrynobody

Apocalypse Nowish

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Apocalypse Doomish
Apocalypse Nowish

In their sound installation for Klang Moor Schopfe, the collective Zaira Oram explores the notion of the apocalypse. Listen to an audio essay featuring the collective’s initiators Francesca Ceccherini and Eleonora Stassi.

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Quote: Zaira Oram
Photo: Klang Moor Schopfe

Norient Playlist 9/23: Delhi

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Norient Playlist 9/23: Delhi
Norient Playlist 9/23: Delhi

When our playlist curator began performing, the Delhi indie scene consisted of not more than a handful of women who dared to write and perform music in a largely male-dominated space. The handful grew over the years. This playlist pays tribute to the womxn of Indie Delhi.

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Sound: The Manta Sidhu Ensemble