em guide “our ways of playing exist too” – in conversation with hmot
Stas Shärifullá, also known as HMOT, navigates the acoustic heritage of North Asia and the broader Turkic world through an innovative and grounded engagement with contemporary electronic and avant-garde music. Daphne Xanthopoulou met the artist for an interview.
em guide the pain of not sharing a language
When Adela Mede, Marta Forsberg and Nindya Nareswari met up for this interview in late January, there was relief, happiness and exhaustion in the air: it was the day after their first collaboration, a site-specific music and light piece for CTM festival at the Kuppelhalle, a dome hall in Berlin’s Silent Green.
em guide re-enchanted kingdoms
Folk music is strongly influenced by the region in which it originates: by its nature, its traditions, its craftsmanship. What does Slovakian folk music sound like today, and what perspectives on our globalized world does it offer? Author Michael Papcun presents four contemporary approaches ranging from experimental electronics to drone and metal. It becomes clear that Slovakian folk music is more of a concept than a sound.
