what we immerse ourselves in

review04.12.2019

Chaos reigns

Marcela Lucatelli. © Caroline Bittencourt

Madness and humour coexisted on stage as Marcela Lucatelli completed her composition studies in Copenhagen with a special work for the occasion – and for the individuals of the world.

By Andrew Mellor

review27.11.2019

Future on repeat

For a festival that prides itself on its all-premieres programming, the 2019 Donaueschinger Musiktage felt more than a little stale.

By James Black
review07.10.2019

The impossible festival

The Young Nordic Music festival, one of the most impossible festivals in the world, is also one of the most enlightening ones.

By James Black
interview16.09.2019

‘The hardest thing is to trust your material’

Daníel Bjarnason’s new piece requires no less than three conductors. A result of the omnipresent Reykjavik school?

By Andrew Mellor

PEER article28.06.2019

The audio paper

From situated practices to affective sound encounters.

By Sanne Krogh Groth & Kristine Samson

Field recording28.06.2019

The all-inclusive soundscape

On the sound in three resorts in Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey.

By Anna Lerchbaumer, Pia Prantl & Andreas Zißler
Sound collage28.06.2019

Voicing up

How women artists of colour working in electronic music in Berlin practice empowerment, survival and resistance.

By Shanti Suki Osman
Field recording28.06.2019

Tuesday, 7 Feb. 2017, 11:12 p.m., Admiralty, Hong Kong Island

Field recordings from explorations of Hong Kong.

By Andrin Uetz

audio paper28.06.2019

Only dogs walk as if they knew where they’re going

© Ludwig Berger & Florian Fischer

Retracing an audio walk to the empty city centre of Braunschweig, Germany.

By Ludwig Berger & Florian Fischer

Sound collage28.06.2019

Vogelsang

A contemplation into an abandoned Soviet military base 60 kilometres north of Berlin that once housed nuclear weapons.

By Peter Cusack
interview03.06.2019

‘I really wanted to write a pop love song’

Polish composer Marta Śniady is set to finish her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. Recently, her works have embraced video and pop music.

By James Black
interview03.04.2019

‘I need to believe it myself’

Ragnhild May works in a chameleon-like way. James Black takes her to yoga class in this final interview with young ‘composer/performers’.

By James Black