radio transmission 21 May – 19h Myriam Van Imschoot Performer, composer and vocalist Myriam Van Imschoot speaks about her recent work, and her fascination for the voice in its most pristine forms. She comments on audio excerpts of some of her performances and [removed]; [more info]
workshop 9, 16, 23 June – 9h45-11h45 Sarah van Lamsweerde, Esther Mugambi & Raoul Carrer – Sore Spot Singing This workshop on the rooftop garden of Q‑O2 is a timely ending of winter hibernation, lockdown and illness. No previous musical or botanical experience is required, but come prepared to get physical and vocal. Workshop in collaboration with GC De Vaarkapoen. [more info] [trailer]
call for recorder flutes / blokfluiten / flûtes à bec Het blokfluitasiel – Lukas De Clerck WANTED – recorders to join the RecorderAsylum! If there is a recorder flute gathering dust in your attic/cellar or in some other dark corner of your home, then the Recorder Asylum is the perfect way to give new life to the instrument. If you want to donate your recorders temporarily or permanently to the BlokfluitAsylum, you can send us a message to make further arrangements: [more info]
call for residences Melismas (voices modulated by Anatolian landscape) A self managed residency with series of sound-walks to listen at a distance to the Azan singing modulated by the rural landscape of Demre (Turkey). [more info]
tape release Mayday Radio Marathon: work on tape by Lazara Rosell Albear + Giovanni Lami / Elisa Ferrari + Olli Aarni / Diana Duta & Julia E Dyck + martiensgohome / Teresa Cos + Planète Concrète / Edyta Jarzab & Pawel Kreis + Penates Oscillation ::: Mayday Radio Marathon took place over 39 hours in May 2020, incidentally during the Covid-19 lockdown. It was broadcast online and on FM radio, in collaboration with several community radio partners. Ten new pieces of the forty-six contributions are brought together for this series of five cassettes. Design by Meeuw. Released as cassettes and as download on Bandcamp.[>more info]
publication The Middle Matter: sound as interstice The Middle Matter is a reader which brings together thoughts on the nature of sound; its substance, specific qualities, and potential – with a specific curiosity to its propensity to occupy the spaces in-between, the instertitial gaps between different spaces, times, cultures, and world views, between the interior body and the exterior space. Contributions by Enrico Malatesta, Séverine Janssen, Tomoko Sauvage & Akio Suzuki, Lila Athanasiadou, Carolyn Chen, Justin Bennett, Brandon LaBelle, Anna Raimondo & Edyta Jarząb, Jennifer Walshe, Gary Schultz, Salomé Voegelin, Marc Matter, Franziska Windisch, David Toop, Pierre Berthet & Rie Nakajima, Mark Fell. Interviews with Jonathan Frigeri, ooooo, Paulo Dantas, Melissa E. Logan, Isabelle Stragliati, Alice Pamuk, Klaas Hübner, Wederik De Backer, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Lucie Vítková. Edited by Caroline Profanter, Henry Andersen & Julia Eckhardt. Design by Ward Heirwegh. [>more info]
publication Eliane Radigue – Intermediary Spaces/Espaces intermédiaires Éliane Radigue is considered one of the most innovative and influential contemporary composers, from her early electronic music through to her acoustic work of the last fifteen years. In the long interview that forms the body of this publication, Éliane Radigue talks about her work, her reflections and underlying research, as well as her historical context. Editor: Julia Eckhardt / French redaction: Benoit Deuxant, Jean-François Caro / English translation and redaction: Eleanor Ivory Weber / Design: Ines Cox [>more info]
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