NOIES MUSIK
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gespräch mit ored recordings: constructing contemporaneity

Das Label Ored Recordings, 2013 von Bulat Khalilov und Timur Kodzoko gegründet, dokumentiert und bewahrt traditionelle und posttraditionelle Musik des Nordkaukasus. Nach ausgiebigem Schaffen im Gründungsort Nalchik ließen beide ihre Heimat, das ehemalige Zirkassien¹, zurück, um in Düsseldorf ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Roberto Beseler Maxwell lud sie in die Neue Musik Zentrale in Essen auf ein Gespräch über ihre Flucht, das Leben in Deutschland und Zukunftsperspektiven ein.

Mai 2025

Screenshot of a live performance documentation video showing a concert by Tsukver Mamedova, Rubaba Kurbanova and Zulfiya Valieva. © Elizaveta Wdowina, ORED Recordings 2020

em guide impossible possibilities: the difficult paths of pakistani regional music. interview with daniyal ahmed of honiunhoni label

Daniyal Ahmed is a musician, ethnomusicologist, music enthusiast and founder of the honiunhoni label from Karachi based in Pakistan. The label started as a blog gathering recordings of regional classical music from Pakistan, but quickly evolved into a full-fledged platform for publishing and promoting local artists. Bulat Khalilov met Ahmed for an interview.

April 2025

em guide a düsseldorf-based label exploring local sounds, music from other regions and histories of forgotten scenes

In this article Ored Recording's Bulat Khalilov interviews Stefan Schneider, a prominent figure in the contemporary Düsseldorf scene. Although this statement may sound clichéd, it accurately reflects the musician’s extensive experience.

Januar 2025

em guide ored recordings: punk ethnography and the sounds of the north caucasus

Founded in 2013 by Bulat Khalilov and Timur Kodzoko, Ored Recordings is a pioneering label dedicated to documenting and preserving the traditional and post-traditional music of the North Caucasus.

Juli 2024