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Norient is a platform for the sound of the world: For contemporary music, quality journalism, cutting-edge research, and events such as the Norient Festival.

https://norient.com Norient is an audio-visual gallery and a community (of practice) for the sound of the world: For contemporary music, quality journalism, cutting-edge research, projects and events like the Norient Film Festival (NFF). Norient conceives music, sound, and noise as seismographs of our time, facilitates space and place for thinkers and artists from currently fifty countries to tell

new and different stories of the now and tomorrow. The goal is to support (sub)cultural diversity, broaden horizons, and open up dialogue across people, continents, and disciplines. The Norient Space «The Now in Sound» tells new stories about the world through audio-visual exhibitions, academic and journalistic articles, podcasts, photography, video, film, experimental formats, curated collections, specials and the Norient Sound Series. It is an online magazine for the future, a meta platform to support other thinkers, artists, journals, and media, and a researcher’s space for ethnographic data and bachelor, master’s and PhD theses. Topics range from electronic music in South Africa, rap in Pakistan, punk in Bolivia, free improvisation in Lebanon, Neue Musik to field recordings from landscapes, villages and cities, to reflections of diverse topics like the universality of music, noise-cancelling headphones, exoticism, or post-colonialism. Norient Place includes the biannual Norient Film Festival NFF and its satellites, lectures, performances, or concerts, curated and co-curated with the community of practice. Norient worked with: e.g. ZKM Karlsruhe, Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, CTM Festival Berlin, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Keleketla! Library Johannesburg, 100Copies Music Space Cairo, Rough Trade East London, Rewire Festival The Hague, Base Milano, H3K Basel, Wiener Festwochen, Zentrum Paul Klee Bern, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Theaterspektakel Zürich, EPFL Lausanne, Bad Bonn Kilbi Düdingen, Castelgrande Bellinzona, Klang – Moor – Schopfe Gais. The Norient Shop offers publications and releases. And the planned Norient Lab experiments with new formats and practices on how to perform music and sound research in the future.

«In 2002, Norient was an attack on Orientalism and Exoticism. It was about opening up to contemporary music and expressions from the non-Western world. Now it is about creating a true community of thinkers and artists.»

Thomas Burkhalter, Founder and Director of Norient

Please enjoy our «overground» and «middleground» sections of the Norient Space for free, and become a member to explore curated collections, dig deep in the «underground», and join our ride and vision: The creation of a sustainable platform and strong media content from across the globe.

12/05/2026

❤️‍🔥📗NORIENT RECOMMENDS: FURTHER LISTENING

On the occasion ’s 15th edition, and Rewire present «Further Listening: On Adventurous Music and Sound»

🌀 check our bio link. 🔗

Bringing together artists, researchers, writers, and organisers, the book explores infrastructures for adventurous music, evolving listening practices, exchanges across geographies and generations, and speculative approaches to sound. Among the myriad of voices is also a contribution by Norient editor Philipp Rhensius from the latest Norient Book «Home is Where the Heart Strives».

07/05/2026

«If you cannot distinguish between something AI generated and a real artist, it doesn't mean AI is good, it means your skills as a listener have degraded.» Luca Massolin 8mm Records

is “a mecca for record collectors,” as the New York Times once wrote. The independent label, record store, and distribution platform is based at .

In the new Norient TIMEZONES podcast episode, Luca Massolin from and Pedro Melo Segurado from talk about Fiasco as a community-driven space where neighbourhoods, artists, and shared connections coexist and grow.

👉🏽Full episode in the bio link🎙️

𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝒁𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒐
𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔: 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆
🎙episode 23 by
🎵 featuring Alexandre Soares, Gustavo Costa , Luca Massolin , Paula Lopes , and Pedro Melo Segurado

✍ artistic editor and project manager:
📣 Outreach:
⁠🎚mastering:
🗣️ jingle voiceover: Nana
💫 jingle mix:
📹 trailer:
📸 photography by
🎨 snap design:
🛠initiated and produced by

🗓 published 04/2026
🤝Support and purchase on for 6 EUR
🎧Available on , applepodcast, and other streaming platforms.

03/05/2026

𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒑 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔
𝒄𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆
𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆
𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆

An exerpt of the poem Music is Language Without Signification by Tillmann Severin, who writes poetry and prose.

📒𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 🇴‌🇺‌🇹‌ 🇳‌🇴‌🇼‌
💬edited by .liechti
💻 featuring essays, poems, articles, artworks, photos and sound pieces by 85 contributors from 38 countries
📚 book and cover design by Maria Uthe and Arief Wibisono
📸 cover photo by
🎬communication by
🖊️copy editing by Tash Siddiqui and Meredith Slifkin
🗓 published 06/2025 at Norient Books
📦available in the Norient Shop, Bandcamp and BigCartel EUR 29.–

23/04/2026

𝐅𝐀𝐓𝚰𝐌𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓

In Leila Bencharnia’s performance 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒂 𝑼 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒃 (Fatima and the Dust), sound is not simply something we hear – it is something that is woven, touched, remembered, and transmitted. Read an essay about what happens when listening becomes a tactile and imaginative act.

🔗 norient.com/fatima-zahra-lakrissa/textile-intelligences

📒𝑫𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔

a digital publication by and
💻 written by
💬 edited by and
💬 edited & curated by &

💻 essays, audio pieces and conversations by

Ahmed Essyad @leila.rufus

() &
🎨 snap design by
💬 copy edited by Tash Siddiqui

🎬 outreach and trailer by
🔗content publishing
🤝collaboration partners: .worm
💸co-funded by and
🗓 published 03/2026

📸 Leila Bencharnia by Piotr Niepsuj

22/04/2026

▶️ 🎤 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄: 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒: 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃, 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄

This 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝒁𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺 episode by Sandra Pereira aka Narsadia listens through the ears of sound artists, experimental musicians, and electroacoustic composers, collectives, and curators, as well as cultural spaces and communities that keep them going.

𖣘 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆: 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔: 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𖣘 Link in bio.

ℹ️ 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝒁𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺 is more than a podcast: with these experimental audio collages we aim to create a new format of sonic storytelling. The podcast series asks: what does living and working in culture and the arts involve in different countries, cities, and contexts today?

🎙episode 23 by
🎵 featuring Alexandre Soares, Gustavo Costa , Luca Massolin , Paula Lopes , and Pedro Melo Segurado

✍ artistic editor and project manager:
📣 Outreach:
⁠🎚mastering:
🗣️ jingle voiceover: Nana
💫 jingle mix:
📹 trailer:
📸 photography by and Alexandra Côrte-Real
🎨 snap design:
🛠initiated and produced by

🗓 published 04/2026
🤝Support and purchase on for 6 EUR
🎧Available on , , and other streaming platforms.

TheNowInSound

14/04/2026

ᯓ 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐰 ᯓ

Hip hop has always been closely connected to the place it is made. For the German rappers Ebow, Apsilon, and Nashi44, this place is not defined by national narratives but post-migrant experiences. They create communities for empowerment and solidarity.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤

🔗 norient.com/redefining-german-identity

Read about German rap as part of the new Norient anthology
🔗norient.com/books/home-is-where-the-heart-strives

✍️ essay by Penelope Braune .penny

feat. the Berlin-based rappers .mp3

📒𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔
💬edited by .liechti
💻 featuring essays, poems, articles, artworks, photos and sound pieces by 85 contributors from 38 countries
📚 book and cover design by Maria Uthe and Arief Wibisono
📸 cover photo by
🎬communication by
🖊️copy editing by Tash Siddiqui and Meredith Slifkin
🗓 published 06/2025 at Norient Books
📦available in the Norient Shop, Bandcamp and BigCartel EUR 29.–

apsilon nashi44

13/04/2026

𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒: 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐇𝐈

Norient City Sounds Series is moored in Delhi, India as ir tunes into a polyphony of voices, songs, sounds, and narratives that reimagine and unconceal the various worlds and characters constituting the capital’s sonicities.

A collection of sound pieces, texts, films, photo-essays, conversations, graphic artworks, and more, curated by , a Delhi-based artist and researcher.

🗺️ Start your discovery: norient.com/delhi-sensate

✨ featuring sumangaladamodaran , Devana Kalita, .natasha .rt .nayana

👾 project team

🌀 edited by
🗓 published 09/2023

⁠✨ supported by ⁠ by .ch

listeningcultures thenowinsound delhi norient thenowinsound

07/04/2026

🌀𝚰𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍

What does it mean to be unfaithful in music? Listening to a conversation with composer Ahmed Essyad, our author  reflects on why breaking loyalties may be a necessary condition for musical truth.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤.

🔗 norient.com/tim-rutherford-johnson/defence-treason

📒𝑫𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔

a digital publication by and

💻 written by
💬 edited by and
💬 edited & curated by &

💻 essays, audio pieces and conversations by

Ahmed Essyad @leila.rufus

() ,&
🎨 snap design by
💬 copy edited by Tash Siddiqui

🎬 outreach and trailer by
🔗content publishing
🤝collaboration partners: .worm
💸co-funded by and
🗓 published 03/2026

26/03/2026

🎤 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐇𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐘𝐀𝐃

At Ultima 2025, the festival’s director Heloisa Amaral and curator and editor Katía Truijen held a conversation with composer Ahmed Essyad. Listen to the full talk (in English and French) here.

🔗 soundcloud.com/norient/conversation-with-ahmed-essyad

📒𝑫𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔

a digital publication by and

💻 recorded by .worm

💻 written by Ahmed Essyad & Heloisa Amaral

💬 edited & curated by &

💻 essays, audio pieces and conversations by

Ahmed Essyad @leila.rufus

() &
🎨 snap design by
💬 copy edited by Tash Siddiqui

🎬 outreach and trailer by
🔗content publishing
🤝collaboration partners:
💸co-funded by and
🗓 published 03/2026

25/03/2026

𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 – 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭

𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆. 𝐁𝐚𝐳𝐞

Ten years after recording their collaborative album 𝑩𝑹𝑼 in Cape Town,Swiss and South African musicians and Isaac Mutant reconnect: How do their inner and outer worlds resonate in their songs, and where do they stand today? Jump on a video call with two friends in the new Norient book.

🔥Link in bio

𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐳𝐞 is a musician and poet based in Bern, Switzerland. He has a keen eye for human behavior and analyzes his feelings and the melancholy of Swiss everyday life as a solo artist and as a member of several projects such as , Boys on Pills, or his duo .

𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 is known for his sharp lyricism in Afrikaans. He’s been a notorious voice in the South African rap scene. The longtime member of the hip hop crew Dookoom now performs solo or with his new group Kapzella.

✍🏼Transcription of the conversation by

🎨 snap design by .slzr

𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔

💬 edited by .liechti

💻 featuring essays, poems, articles, artworks, photos and sound pieces by 85 contributors from 38 countries

📚 book and cover design by Maria Uthe and Arief Wibisono

📸 cover photo by

🎬communication by

🖊️copy editing by Tash Siddiqui and Meredith Slifkin

🗓 published 06/2025 at Norient Books

📦available in the Norient Shop, Bandcamp and BigCartel EUR 29.–

ℹ️ This conversation was recorded by Baze and Isaac Mutant in November 2024. Transcribed and edited by Janina Neustupny .

24/03/2026

ᯓ👂🏽𝐋𝚰𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝚰𝐍𝐆 𝚰𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋 ᯓ

Before archives fix meaning, frequencies move. An opening conversation for the new Norient publication on listening, sonic pluralism, and the politics of what is heard – and what remains unheard.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤

🔗 norient.com/katia-truijen/listening-not-neutral

📒𝑫𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔

a digital publication by and

💻 written by &

💻 essays, audio pieces and conversations by

Ahmed Essyad @leila.rufus

() &
🎨 snap design by
💬 copy edited by Tash Siddiqui

🎬 outreach and trailer by
🔗content publishing
🤝collaboration partners: .worm
💸co-funded by and
🗓 published 03/2026

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