November Music Festival 2023 presents Eigenschwingungen – Forces of Overtones 2 November | 20:30-21:30Verkadefabriek StudioMore information on the November Festival Website. “The composer as commentator, director, performer and researcher. Various disciplines come together in the work of the Filipino-Dutch composer meLê yamomo. Work that has a powerful current value, in… Continue reading
Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives and the University of Amsterdam-Decolonial Dialogues present Interferences: Liminalities of Failures Interferences: Liminalities of Failures tune in to the colonial histories of radio and the decolonial possibilities of listening. Elizabeth Enriquez (University of the Philippines) will open the program with the keynote lecture Appropriation and… Continue reading
Come to the Haus der Kulturen der Welt – Haunani-Kay Trask Hall this Sunday (October 22, 2023) at 5:00pm for a sound performance that listens to the interferences of radio history and colonialism. By sampling recordings of historical radio broadcasts and composing them together with interviews, electronic music, live gamelan… Continue reading
The composer as commentator, director, performer and researcher. Various disciplines come together in the work of the Filipino-Dutch composer meLê yamomo. Work that has a powerful current value, in which yamomo responds to personal subjects such as colonialism. meLê yamomo is the fourth winner of the biennial Open Ear composer… Continue reading
Synthesized Planet. Is it possible to travel with the help of sound? To unknown places? We know, since the sound events of Sun Ra, that sound has a driving energy. It is an energy that can transport us away from all earthly borders to other planets. And when we speak… Continue reading