book launch 9 December – 19h30 (doors 19h) – free Elena Biserna : Going Out – Walking, Listening, Soundmaking Going Out explores the relationship between walking, listening, and soundmaking in the arts – from the first soundwalks and itinerant performances in the 1960s to today’s manifold ambulatory projects. The book consists of an extensive essay by Elena Biserna followed by an anthology of 51 historical and contemporary contributions in the form of documentation, essays, interviews, manifestos, scores, narratives and reflections. The launch will celebrate this publication with interventions by Anna Raimondo and BNA-BBOT, and a concert by David Helbich on synthesizers. For the occasion, the book will be sold with special launch-reduction! [read more]
Second Sundays #36 11 December – start at 16h (doors 15h30) Performensk: Nikolay Karabinovich + Aliens In December, Second Sundays teams up with Performensk Festival and hosts the artist Nikolay Karabinovich and artist duo Aliens (Marika Krasina and Anton Kryvulia), for a double-listening session, showing a wide palette of musical influences presented by the artists. Second Sundays is a monthly series. Each session a new guest is invited to share an insight into their own listening, playing and speaking about a selection of sound and music that is important to their thinking or practice. More infos about Performensk Festival => [removed] [read more]
release Oscillation ::: Public Address Q-O2 / umland editions is pleased to present 3 split releases of live recordings from our festival Oscillation ::: Public Address that took place in April and May this year. The recordings captured six of the many beautiful performances that made up our first return to a live public festival after two years of radio only. Relive the moment or hear what you missed over at the umland bandcamp page. Issue 1: Enrico Malatesta & Attila Faravelli / Kate Carr Issue 2: Aymeric de Tapol / BMB con. Issue 3: Jasmine Guffond / Peter Kutin & Stan Maris [Bandcamp] [more info]
listen QOOOOOOOOOO2 @ LYL Radio: Hildegard Westerkamp This episode focusses on German Canadian composer Hildegard Westerkamp, featuring a new piece: “The Soundscape Speaks – Soundwalking Revisited”, commissioned by BEAST FEaST 2021 and presented at Q-O2’s Festival Oscillation ::: Public Address, on 30th of April 2022, at Decoratelier in Brussels. [listen here]