what we immerse ourselves in

interview16.09.2019

‘The hardest thing is to trust your material’

Daníel Bjarnason. © Saga Sig

Next month, the LA Philharmonic will celebrate its centennial birthday with a new piece by Daníel Bjarnason that requires no less than three conductors. Is it fair to talk of a quintessentially Icelandic school in today’s classical music scene? Yes and no, he says.

By Andrew Mellor

PEER article28.06.2019

The audio paper

The current practice of the new format of the audio paper as well as its brief history.

By Sanne Krogh Groth & Kristine Samson
Field recording28.06.2019

The all-inclusive soundscape

On the sound in three resorts in Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey.

By Anna Lerchbaumer, Pia Prantl & Andreas Zißler
Sound collage28.06.2019

Voicing up

How women artists of colour working in electronic music in Berlin practice empowerment, survival and resistance.

By Shanti Suki Osman

Field recording28.06.2019

Tuesday, 7 Feb. 2017, 11:12 p.m., Admiralty, Hong Kong Island

Field recordings from explorations of Hong Kong.

audio paper28.06.2019

Only dogs walk as if they knew where they’re going

Retracing an audio walk to the empty city centre of Braunschweig, Germany.

By Ludwig Berger & Florian Fischer
Sound collage28.06.2019

Vogelsang

A contemplation into an abandoned Soviet military base 60 kilometres north of Berlin that once housed nuclear weapons.

By Peter Cusack
interview03.06.2019

‘I really wanted to write a pop love song’

Polish composer Marta Śniady is set to finish her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. Recently, her works have embraced video and pop music.

By James Black

interview03.04.2019

‘I need to believe it myself’

Ragnhild May. © Hajime Kato

As a performer, Ragnhild May has a chameleon-like way of creating characters that makes it possible to adapt her works to different situations. James Black invites her to a yoga class in this final interview with young ‘composer/performers’.

interview25.02.2019

So, this is where it all ends

In Bára Gísladóttir’s view, the apocalypse is a given. James Black goes bowling with the captivatingly introvert, yet apocalyptic, Icelandic composer/performer.

By James Black
interview09.01.2019

‘It’s almost like I can feel the whole world’

James Black goes climbing with Marcela Lucatelli in this first of three interviews with young composer/performers.

By James Black
reportage27.12.2018

Deep in the Norwegian forest

Norwegian composer Knut Olaf Sunde radically challenged traditional concert practices with a 13-hour immersive performance.

By Rose Dodd