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 shopsh: circassian vocal tradition of zhiu
As the sun rises on 21 May, marking the Day of Remembrance for the Circassian Genocide, we invite you to listen beyond the silence that often surrounds the wounds of colonialism. In the following article, Bulat Khalilov, co-founder of Ored Recordings – a label dedicated to traditional and post-traditional music from the North Caucasus – reflects on a paradox within Circassian music today: how a culture with rich vocal traditions has, in a sense, sidelined its most distinctive feature, the polyphonic vocal technique of zhiu?
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.
