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Bern, Switzerland
Joined February 2011
Diederichsen über @melodiesmyhead von @TomBurkhalter + @dejotdejot - mit einem kurzen Rückblick auf Seismographic Sounds. In der @tazgezwitscher
„Die Perspektive vom Rücksitz“ Das Schweizer Bandprojekt Melodies In My Head verbindet mit dem Album "Joy Anger Doubt" das Drama von 80s-Synthpop mit Stimmen aus der ganzen nicht­westlichen Welt @melodiesmyhead taz v. 03.01.2025, S. 15 taz.de/!6057952/
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una semana linda de compartir con ustedes Norient City Sounds Bogotá, acompáñennos el otro miércoles a celebrar y conocer más de los trabajos que hacen parte del especial:
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Thomas Burkhalter ist ein profunder Betrachter der weltweiten Musikszenen. Der Gründer des Berner Festivals @norient arbeitet momentan daran, diese Welten zu verbinden. Jetzt lesen: hauptstadt.be/a/alle-traeume… Text: Marina Bolzli (@Zimlisberg) Bild: Jana Leu
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✨NEW SPECIAL RELEASE! An attempt on sound, aurality, and #ecology in Morocco. In exchange with artists, musicians, and scientists, @earpolitics more-than-sonic approach covers a wide range of practices, including music #archives, #seismology, and industrial #extractivism. 🇲🇦
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RELEASE DAY @ NORIENT BOOKS! 🚀 «Politics of Curatorship: Collective and Affective Interventions» encourages decolonizing approaches to increase #diversity and #equality in #curatorship within the cultural industry. @philrhens Get your copy: norient.com/shop/politics-of…
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In his unedited essay draft, commissioned by the #MaerzMusik festival 2023, the composer #JakobUllmann reflects on how the #mechanicalclock in Western Europe has influenced the composition and making of music. Read an exclusive abstract here: norient.com/jakob-ullmann/in…
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«Begin by simply observing your own breathing. Always be on observer. Gradually allow your breathing to become audible.» Pauline Oliveros #reflectionpartner #norient #maerzmusik #berlinerfestspiele #lessons #sonicmeditations #paulineoliveros norient.com/pauline-oliveros…
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Together with @Norient, Rewire launches online publication All in It Together in response to our Inter/relations context theme, with essays, audio pieces and works of sonic fiction by authors from the Norient + Rewire network. ⁠ 🪢 Explore the special: norient.com/all-in-it-togeth…
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How do artists relate to each other and their environments and how does it affect their music? Explore a Norient and @rewirefestival Online Special as part of Rewire 2023's Inter/relations program. norient.com/all-in-it-togeth…
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Subscribe to the #NorientNewsletter and learn more about our latest projects! ⚡️ norient.com/newsletter +++ 📖#PoliticsOfCuratorship soon published at #NorientBooks +++ 🤝 Norient is reflection partner of the @rewirefestival 2023 in #TheHague +++
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«Even in difficulty, the playfulness and ingenuity of Vietnamese people can turn the uncomfortable and unforeseen into a new playground, adversity into laughter. It reminds us to always look at life with a smile.» Discover 5 Video clips from Vietnam. #GÃY norient.com/gay/5-video-clip…
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My Sound Installation as Alienationist at @CTMFestival is still on! Catch it here: centrumberlin.com/ #alienationist #poetry #spokenword
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Joe Namy is an American-born, London-based artist who often works collaboratively across mediums – in sound, performance, sculpture, and video. #contributor #norientcitysounds #beirut norient.com/joe-namy/defense…
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#BEIRUT ADRIFT: IN DEFENSE OF LOUD MUSIC Come for the ride, stay for the bass. Read Joe Namys #essay on sound car culture in Beirut. #bassculture #norientcitysounds #beirut #bassmusic #soundsystemculture #lebanonrevolution #thenowinsound norient.com/joe-namy/defense…
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Listen to the TIMEZONES S3 | E14 bonus talk – Ukranian artists on international terrain. Staying connected, being heard. 🇺🇦 open.spotify.com/episode/61K…
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🔥Norient Books presents the Berlin book launch of «This Track Contains Politics: The Culture of Sampling in Experimental Electronica» by Hannes Liechti @ @echo_buecher @ Hard Wax Record Store. We’re looking forward to seeing you soon!  #NorientBooks #MusicAnalysis #Sampling
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