Welcome to the first edition of my monthly gathering of sonic worlds and oddities that I have enjoyed throughout the month.
๐ ๐๐ข ๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐จ is not strictly bound to a medium, trend or linear idea of time. You may (re)discover new music, thoughts and methods. I encourage you to send me music, readings or other media you are enjoying or working on. I am curious!
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ – ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ (๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ)
Dornika’s work is heavily influenced by her activism, tackling issues of body autonomy, sexism, inequality and mental health. This is just a teaser and I am really looking forward to all the good things that will happen in 2024!
๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ – ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ช๐จ (๐๐, 2023)
Over the last few years I have been following Friedemann Dupelius’ radio features and sound papers on various German radio stations and other platforms. Somehow his recent release Rhenus Aeternus on Barnt’s label Magazine did not pass through the algorithmic structures of my social media feed and I just stumbled upon it via Zweikommasieben Magazin. Transcendente Momente der Trance I would call it in German. You get the idea.
๐พ๐พ๐ – ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐ก๐ก ๐ฟ๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ (๐๐๐ญ, 2024)
I caught a glimpse of them on a 3024 compilation a few years ago, RAโs The Art of DJing put them back on my radar and it was such a multi-dimensional and thoughtful read.
‘๐๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ 1970๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ 2000’
๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ – ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ (๐๐, 2012) Juan Mendez’ has not only contributed musically to the electronic music landscape that has defined Berlin for more than 10 years. His visual language and arrangements for Sandwell District, the cosmos around it, had a great influence on my innocent twenty-something on how to communicate music with visual aesthetics.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐จ – ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ (๐๐, 2022)
An ongoing journey towards self-acceptance – fuelled by the sound of urgency. Perhaps not the best soundtrack for reading. But this LP made me think of ๐๐ก๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฏ๐๐ก๐รบ๐’s book ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐ค ๐๐จ๐๐ช๐ง๐ค, where she explores issues of authenticity, appropriation and commodification, debates between indigenous and Chican@ authors and the development of identities that are simultaneously ethnic and transcultural.
๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ – ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐, ๐๐ฉ๐ (๐๐, 1970) Some evenings on these dark and cold days I just zone out to this youtube upload of Eliane Radigue’s minimalist drones and take a bath in slowly modulated sound waves. I spent two weeks alone with a three year old, going through the ups and downs of morning and evening routines, which can be quite intense at times.
๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ – ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ (๐๐, 2024) Beautiful and eerie soundscapes. Nothing to add.
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