em guide eiko ishibashi: “i don’t believe that music can solve anything. but i can’t ignore the world when i’m making music.”
The music of Eiko Ishibashi has been with me for years—ghosting between reality zones, ducking genre tags, slipping through jazz, noise, pop, and scores like it’s nothing. Her soundtracks alone (“Drive My Car”, “Evil Does Not Exist”) prove she can sketch out entire emotional landscapes with just a breath of melody or a single recurring texture. But it’s her solo work that keeps pulling me back—always a little sideways, a little out of reach.
em guide listening bars in budapest. traditionen, orte und tipps zum musikhören.
In Japan entstanden Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts Listening Bars – Räume, in denen kollektiv und konzentriert Musik gehört werden kann. Die ungarische Autorin Borbala Kovacs begab sich auf die Suche, wo man sich heute in Budapest voll aufs Musikhören konzentrieren kann. Dabei ist auch gleich ein kleiner Guide für Musikbars in Budapest entstanden!
gedanken über klangintensität: as loud as possible
In noise music, extreme volume is an effective means of involving listeners with their entire bodies. Pedro A. Ramírez examines how musicians use volume artistically and what role the sound carrier plays in this process. Ramírez uses personal experiences, interviews and theoretical approaches.
