A podcast by Khamoosh Participating members: Golnoosh Heshmati, Khorshid Parsi, Maryam Fazeli, Maryam Ramezankhani, pantea, Ramin Mahmoudi, Saghar Afzalnia Produced by Norient Featuring: Fatemeh, Sadra Amouei, Phaaroos, Shirine Moasser, Khamoosh Artistic Editor: Abhishek Mathur Project Management: Abhishek Mathur Outreach/Press: Janina Neustupny Video Trailer: Carroll Omuom Additional Images: Amirhossein Heshmati Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück,...
Jul 31, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 22
A podcast by Aho Ssan Produced by Norient Featuring: François Bonnet, Jessica Ekomane, KMRU Artistic Editor: Abhishek Mathur Project Management: Abhishek Mathur Outreach/Press: Janina Neustupny Video Trailer: Karrl Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere
Feb 26, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 21
A podcast by Luisa Uribe in collaboration with Tembe Laboratorio Sonoro Produced by Norient Featuring: Mav Nuhels, Ezmeralda, dj +1, Ana María Romano, Iphi Artistic Editor: Abhishek Mathur Project Management: Abhishek Mathur Outreach/Press: Janina Neustupny Video Trailer: Carroll Omuom Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere
Jan 15, 2025•19 min•Season 1Ep. 20
A podcast by Ali Gul Pir Featuring: Babar Mangi, Sarah Waquar, Shehzad Ghias, Gul Muhammad Bonus Talk by Rafay Mahmood, featuring Bilal Ali Recorded at BigFoot Studios Artistic Editor: Suvani Suri Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Trailer: Karrl Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere Copy Editing: Kathrin Hadeler...
Jan 31, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 19
A podcast by LinhHafornow in collaboration with tomes (Tobias Paramore) Featuring: Nhung Nguyen, Ho Tram Anh, Hoang Thu Thuy Bonus Talk by Elise Luong Artistic Editor: Suvani Suri Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Trailer: Karrl Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere Copy Editing: Kathrin Hadeler
Dec 27, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 18
This episode looks into artistic ruptures and subjectivities in Lima, Perú, forged during a period of authoritarianism, economic recession, and widespread social hopelessness. A podcast by Ale Hop Featuring: Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa, Wicho García, Fabiola Bazo, Domingo de Ramos, Wilder Gonzales Agreda, Frau Diamanda, Javi Vargas Sotomayor Original music by Fil Uno (cello), Ale Hop (electronics) Bonus Talk by Alonso Almenara, featuring Luis Alvarado Artistic Editor: Suvani Suri Project Management: Ha...
Nov 29, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 17
This episode hosts three Egyptian composers, musicians, and DJs of various backgrounds and music styles. It sheds a light on actors in the music industry and tries to understand the music scene from a first-hand perspective. An immersive sonic experience of the city of Cairo. A podcast by Fair Soliman Featuring: Rama, Nancy Mounir, El Waili Bonus Talk by Adham Zidan Assistant Producer: Nouran Hatem Mix: Ismael Hosny Artistic Editor: Abhishek Mathur Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Traile...
Oct 25, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 16
This episode offers insight into the uncompressed music scene in Kampala, Uganda. It looks into the evolution of (underground) club culture and shows how house parties contributed so much to create the roots of feeling safe and a support system in the music community. It further discusses the importance of the Nyege Nyege label and festival that has gained massive international attention lately. A podcast by Turkana Featuring: Authentically Plastic, DJ Flo, Martin Kanja, Nsasi, Rey Sapienz Bonus...
Sep 27, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 15
This episode features four testimonials from Ukrainian artists. They were recorded during the summer of 2022, a few months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The statements are candid monologues about music, dignity, and life during the darkest of times. The four artists speak about their visions of freedom and fear, their feelings about the future, and the influence of this war on their lives and their music; the situations they are facing and the choices they are making. What happened to thei...
Dec 29, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 14
This episode examines how practices among friends help build networks to strengthen the explorations and works of artists while collectively building survival skills. The backdrop for this episode is the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, a very rich and complex city where mainstream spaces, venues, and cultural centers are playing a less than helpful role in the artistic scenes. It’s all about profit and not about culture, as producer Ailin Grad aka Aylu explains. A podcast by Ailin Grad aka Ay...
Nov 24, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This episode explores the creation of art during the political struggle that has shaped Sri Lanka and its capital Colombo since the start of 2022. The episode shares the perspective of artists and musicians who either lived permanently or temporarily around the Gota Go Gama camp, one of the central sites of the protest. A podcast by Isuru Kumarasinghe and Devana Senanayake Featuring: King Ratnam, Anu Madhubhashinie, Dinupa Kodagoda, Ajith Kumarasiri, and Namini Panchala Bonus Talk by Janik Sitta...
Oct 27, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Conceived in the wake of Hungary’s latest parliamentary elections in April 2022 which reinforced the Orbán government’s grip on power for an unknown number of years, this episode aims to delve into the city’s independent (i.e. non-government funded) arts and music scene. A podcast by Lucia Udvardyová, sound design by Máté Elod Janky Featuring: Gáspár Miklós Tamás, Marci Bíró, Nándor Hevesi aka Ivan Buharov, Andi Soós, Gábor Kovács aka Új Bála, and Lilla Lőrinc Artistic Editor: Abhishek Matur Pro...
Sep 29, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This episode features a group of artists from the Gaza Strip, a territory suffering from the Israeli blockade established in 2007. This podcast episode reflects the digital reality of being together as a people and thus sheds light on the enormous challenges of working as a Palestinian artist today. Featuring: Rehaf Al Batniji, Salman Nawati, Mahmoud Al Shaer A podcast by Alia Rayyan and Alaa Barghouthi Artistic Editor: Abhishek Matur Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka...
Mar 31, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This episode explores the stories and sounds of Mount Makiling, located 80 kilometres South of the Philippine capital of Manila. Makiling is the sacred site of local legends, the setting for numerous classical works of literature, and a pilgrimage destination for many mystics. And it is the home of many artists and arts students. Featuring: Datu Arellano, Donna Cher dela Cruz, Dennis Gupa, Karlene Moreno Hayworth, Reagan Romero Maiquez A podcast by meLê yamomo and Nono Pardalis Artistic Editor: ...
Feb 24, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This episode is produced by the Bangladeshi artist duo BLKBX and delves into Dhaka’s arts scenes. It features the city’s transformation towards digitization and the ramifications for artists living and working in the metropole. Featuring: Sounak Das, Shadwaan Chowdhury, Nazifa Raidah, Muttaki Mahmud A podcast by BLKBX Artistic Editor: Suvani Suri Project Management: Hannes Liechti Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere...
Jan 27, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This episode portrays the diverse music scenes of Montreal. Producer Esther Bourdages traces their global connections and historical roots and explores the effects of gentrification on the city’s cultural life. Featuring: Adam Basanta, Mili Hong, Silvano mercado Vilches, Joseph Sannicandro, Kimihiro Yasaka A podcast by Esther Bourdages Bonus Talk: Stefan Christoff Artistic Editor: Svetlana Maraš Project Management: Hannes Liechti Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mast...
Dec 30, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
This episode reflects on the current uncertainties experienced in Beirut and how they have influenced creative processes. The city of Beirut is a space that is constantly transforming. From the violent conflicts of the recent past to the social uncertainty of the present, Beirut has become synonymous with precariousness. Featuring: Chaza Charafeddine, Muriel N. Kahwagi, Sharif Sehnaoui, Rana Eid A podcast by Rana Eid and Nadim Mishlawi Bonus Talk: Nesrine Khodr, featuring Mhamad Safa Artistic Ed...
Nov 25, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Behind the picture-postcard landscapes and the stereotypical images of carnival, beaches, and beautiful women lies an enigmatic and broken city: Rio de Janeiro. Rio’s musical and creative identity, such as samba and carnival, seems to be ever transforming and flirting with traditional forms, yet at the same time, those forms have a history of struggle, intimately connected to Afro-Brazilian musical and religious expressions. In a challenging historical moment of crisis, a pandemic and political ...
Oct 28, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 5
There is an unspoken blueprint in the Bay Area arts and music communities allowing artists an organic crossover between practices and languages. A hybridizing of mediums that arises from spaces of deep experimentation. From the Bay Area’s openness and curiosity to the limitations of physical spaces to work and gather in – leading to the creation of multipurpose spaces that host artists across visual art, performance, and music, thus resulting in crossovers. A podcast featuring 8ulentina, Nadia S...
Sep 30, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In the third episode of Timezones four contemporary artists with a connection to the city of Delhi reflect upon their diverse and evolving practices. Heeding into the COVID pandemic, they share observations and open spaces of thought where new meanings and speculative realities are constantly being formed, un-formed and re-formed. The composition interweaves these conversations into fragments of found sound, musical renditions and sonic textures, contemplating the ever-shifting edges of truth. F...
Dec 03, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 3
An electro-acoustic composition based on the interviews with the three artists Mara Micciche, Branko Džinović and Vukašin Đelić, my close friends and collaborators, who have never met each other. They live in three different cities - Šabac, Belgrade, Zurich. Their stories as well as their sounds, intertwine throughout the piece modified and accompanied by the sounds of my own, all of them creating an ensemble of voices, sounds and musical fragments deriving from diverse set of musical practices ...
Nov 05, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In recent years, small-scale studios in Nairobi have begun producing music locally, and some of their output reaches millions of listeners in Kenya, or create buzz and noise in international niche music scenes. Their producers and musicians are turning old hierarchies upside down, often calling for social and political reforms. But they’re also facing a lot of resistance. Director, idea, interviews: Thomas Burkhalter Music: Thomas Burkhalter, Daniel Jakob Additional Samples: Joseph Kamaru, Boutr...
Oct 13, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 1
