When Sound Becomes Body and Struggle
»Bodies of Sound« gathers reflections from women and non-binary individuals on sound as experience, strategy, and resistance. This book should be read by anyone interested in sound as something beyond just music.
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»Bodies of Sound« gathers reflections from women and non-binary individuals on sound as experience, strategy, and resistance. This book should be read by anyone interested in sound as something beyond just music.
The surprises keep lining up in your ears with Xenia Xamanek’s new hybrid work on repeat.
Sól Ey and Ryosuke Kiyasu both confronted the boundaries of sound with uncompromising dedication, demonstrating that sound art is not just about playing – but about transformation.
A world so distant from the inferno of Roskilde that one can hardly see where the ends meet. But they do, that night at Roskilde.
It is hard not to feel almost physically exhilarated by the album’s intense contrasts between presence and destruction.
On half of the tracks Hammerstrøm demonstrates that he is capable of creating truly beautiful music.
They have a bivouac, a couple of churches and a cultural festival – in northern Norway, Kirkenes, people are prepared if the worst happens.
How comforting, after so much menial self-investigation, to finally be told exactly what it is that you need.
This is an album as happy to shout as it is to slither.
»The small crackling beep-sounds from the satellites’ resonance also became music.«
There is something charmingly awkward about Shibuya’s pop-infused, overdramatic compositions and the android voice’s sticky kawaii factor.
Although the many contrasts made for a rather epic concert, they also left me feeling somewhat conflicted.
If I woke up in a golden bed with a crowd of strangers around me, I would love to listen to the same soundtrack as Jeppe.
Music is to me the subcutaneous holy matter. Finding each other in ourselves and ourselves in each other.
How much of the original purpose can – and should – be removed from the equation for a release in album format to make sense?
»A necessary album for anyone unafraid of the dark.«
»With a few simple means, Blaume’s debut emerges as a welcome harbinger of spring.«
Music for me is: inevitable.
With repeated listens, everything begins to make sense. Sonne’s coolly understated voice is the glue that binds the entire soundscape together.
Music for me is a highway hotel. Open 24 hours a day. There are no receptionists, and you are not given keys
»'Dråberne 5, 7, 8, and 11' is a seductive, inspiring, and downright sumptuous experiment in which the love between the two artists can be felt in every tone.«
At Warsaw Autumn, they are not only focused on sounds. The Polish festival aims to influence reality with new names and ideas.
»Nigma Enigma« will speak to those who can relate to the spiritual and philosophical questions Miniawy raises.
The somewhat mixed experience of the evening’s program does not change the fact that Organ Sound Art Festival is an atmospheric, ambitious festival that dares to take risks.
»Liebe« is one of those performances one feels grateful to have experienced.