gespräch mit roby saavedra: the only way out is to build the alternative
After using big streaming platforms and social media, Roby Saavedra found that the algorithms did not extend his listening habits, but in fact rather limited them. Therefore, he started programming his own online platforms to share and recommend music, based on community and coincidence. Borbála Kovács met the designer and producer for a talk about the challenges of building alternatives, genres and his favorite BPM.
em guide subcultures vs. sculptures: a quick glimpse into skopje’s local music scene
Amidst the folding maps of history, there are certain cities that, when mentioned, we may find ourselves thinking of endless processes of destruction and renewal. Such is the case with Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. And no, I am not talking only about the fake neo-classicism facades and monuments that had become the dominant landscape of the city in the past decade. I am also talking about plagues, floods, earthquakes, and the solidarity that rebuilt the city after each of these catastrophes. I believe that any art scene that has emerged from such circumstances, must inevitably be built on the same principles – constant rebirth based on free will and mutualism. Coming from, and being a part of Skopje’s music scene for the past 15 years, I will try and give a quick glimpse into its history and the emergence of its present day streams.
em guide southernests: radiolibre. free communication infrastructures from colombia
In this series by 3/4 magazine, Argentina-based curator, researcher and sound artist Florencia Curci introduces us to artists and creators who, through their diverse activities, bring communities together to educate, create and express themselves within the cultural and political landscape of South America. Drawing from this intensive engagement with sound and archival practices, Florencia researches tools for community-building. These gatherings act as nests of friendship that give rise to actions that build foundations for better futures, resisting the monoculture of the present.
gespräch mit muhlheimer zòngtage: raus aus der komfortzone “krach”
Zum zweiten Mal finden in diesem November die Muhlheimer Zòngtage statt. Zwei Tage lang gibt es wieder Konzerte im Makroscope, zu hören ist Geräuschiges, Folkiges, Perkussives, Droniges und Tanzbares. Kurator Felix Möser erzählt NOIES, was ein Zòng ist, was die politische Mitte und der künstlerische Mainstream gemeinsam haben, und warum Krach und Pop zusammengehören.
em guide toolkit: triglav
Weil Synthesizer von Buchla oder Serge Modular teuer sind, fing Márton Bertók aka. Triglav an, günstigere modulare Systeme umzubauen und zu erweitern, bis sie für ihn passten. Mittlerweile kann sich der Budapester Musiker auch Instrumentenbauer nennen. Im Gespräch mit dem ungarischen Magazin MMN erzählt er, was einen guten Synthesizer ausmacht und warum er keine Lust hat, langweilige Konzerte zu geben.
noies chimären jasmina al-qaisi: cuchicheo* with nicole l’huillier
Jasmina met with Nicole L'Huillier in her studio in Berlin. All the utterances that they shared together are mixed in a co-writing process readable, visible and audible in the following article. The wires, silicones and conductors whistle various versions of world-sensing. While grasping, they lose frequencies and they melt the difference between emitting and receiving between devices and themselves.
gespräch mit makroscope
Nach Jahren des Lebens und Arbeitens in Zwischennutzungen entschied sich 2018 eine Gruppe von Künstler:innen, ein Haus inmitten der Innenstadt von Mülheim an der Ruhr zu kaufen: das Makroscope. Nach zweieinhalb Jahren Renovierung erstrahlt das Haus nun in neuem Glanz. Wir haben den einzigen festangestellten Mitarbeiter Felix Möser getroffen und ihn gefragt, was das Makroscope ausmacht. Ein Bericht von Hanna Fink.
tina tonagel verliebt in lötkolben
Was haben Sie denn bloß mit meiner Tochter gemacht? Das Einzige, was die sich zu Weihnachten wünscht, ist ein Lötkolben!