Baptist Goth and Maria come together in the early hours for an early bird special with sacred music, organ drones, folk, and choral work.. 
 
https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird-show-maria-somerville/episodes/early-bird-show-maria-somerville-29th-august-2023

The Early Bird Show w/ Maria Somerville & Baptist Goth 290823

For this exclusive mix for (EE) Radio, Ege Şahin was interested in the commonalities between non-western traditional music and experimental sonic explorations from around the world, through which folk, religious music, noise, avant-garde jazz, and various field recording practices emerge as a collage of devotion and sacrifice.

Sound, Sacrifice, and Explorations of Devotion in Anatolia — Mix by Ege Şahin

tracks in a row that feel to me like the way time stretches to accommodate the company of an/other/s 

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like hours lost in the light of a loved one

Early this year, we reviewed Nour Sokhon's Beirut Birds, which Richard Allen found to be "teeming with urgency, ... an example of an album released at exactly the right time." Another recent record, Beyond All Borderlines, is an evocative collaboration fusing Sokhon's field recordings and electronics with piano improvisations from Montreal's Stefan Christoff, released on Ruptured. Late last year, that label released Yara Asmar's engrossing Stuttering Music, and we've been deeply impressed by their ongoing output, with some very exciting releases on the horizon. For this joint mix, regular mix contributor Christoff joins Ruptured label owner Ziad Nawfal to select and mix various songs with field recording contributions by Sokhon. The accompanying artwork is by Mexico City based artist Margarita Barros, who also created the cover art for Beyond All Borderlines. Happy Listening.

Read more including an interview with Ziad and Nour and a complete tracklist, at www.acloserlisten.com

Ziad Nawfal, Nour Sokhon and Stefan Christoff presents Signals and connection

FIRST TWO HOUR RECORDED FOOTAGE AT GLOBAL DANCE SUSPENSE AT BAR40
DEROZAN DJ-ING BETWEEN LIVE PERFORMANCES BY PING-EN HUNG & NDNMK SOLUTIONS
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GLOBAL DANCE SUSPENSE 20250405 STRANDED FM: LIVE RECAP W/ PING-EN HUNG & NDNMK SOLUTIONS

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Meredith Monk - Conclusion 
Ultan O'Brien - Secret House in Fintra Beg
Nour Sokhon - Here birds come close
Morgan Buckley - Heavy Traffic
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Jin Yerei - ritual de arquímedes (sonntag cura edit) 
Soula Birbili - To Psomi Einai Sto Trapezi (The Bread Is On The Table)
Draama-Helmi - Niinku Nixon 
Mahmoud Darwish - Except from Take Care of the Stags, Father
Yara Asmar - Jumana 
Muslimgauze - RMX tape 13 B4 
Majazz Land Day Compilation - In the Land في الأرض 
THE NARRATOR & M//A - i believe
Nettle - Grit (DJ/Rupture & Jenny Jones Remix)
(spn) - regular

Monde Magique: L/MA0RI invite EDÓS (26.04.25)

A monthly selection of alternative and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by radio host and music producer Ziad Nawfal. Featuring new and older tracks, live sessions, exclusive demos and more, from up-and-coming artists as well as established ones.
“This mix, Qulubuna, is named after a track I composed for the Zilzal: Sonic Ceremony compilation. Qulubuna means “our hearts” in Arabic, and it reflects the whirlwind of emotions I’ve been experiencing over the past year and a half, watching the violence escalate—and continue to escalate—from afar. Through sound, I try to process the grief, helplessness, and longing that come with bearing witness from a distance.”
Guest link https://www.instagram.com/noursokhon/
Nour Sokhon is a Lebanese artist based in Berlin, Germany, whose work explores diverse methods of artistic research, including interviews, field recordings, and site-specific interventions. Her findings are translated into sound/music compositions, performances, interactive installations, and moving image work. 
Sokhon completed her Master's degree in Sound for the Moving Image at the Glasgow School of Art in 2017. In 2019, she received the Emerging Artist Prize at Sursock Museum, Lebanon for her piece Revisiting: Hold Your Breath. In 2020, she was awarded the Sound Art scholarship by Lower Saxony and the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig.
Her debut solo album, Beirut Birds, was released in 2024. 


Ruptured Music • Guest Mix by Nour Sokhon w/ Ziad Nawfal (06.05.2025)

In this conversation editor-in-chief Irene de Craen talks with visual artist, educator and independent researcher Milena Bonilla about her work on the herbarium of Rosa Luxemburg and the many connections to epistemologies anathema to capitalism as well as historic and present-day struggles. Throughout her work, Bonilla has researched how the dismissal of the spiritual and other meanings of plants have caused a lot of violence in the world. Taking Luxemburg as an example, we examine how listening to plants and elements that are considered silent in western thinking, is both an act of resistance as well as care. 

References and further reading:
-	The book: https://san-serriffe.com/product/milena-bonilla-the-hour-before-sunset/
-	The exhibition: https://www.galeriamunicipaldoporto.pt/en/media/videos/a-hora-antes-do-por-do-sol/ 
-	Milena Bonilla’s website: https://milenabonilla.info/
-	John Bellamy Foster, Marx’s Ecology. Materialism and Nature. New York: Mothly Review Press, 2000. Freely available here: http://digamo.free.fr/marxecolo.pdf 
-	Charlotte Grace, ‘Blanqui and the Barricade, the Cosmos and the Commune’, The Funambulist, 34 https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/the-paris-commune-and-the-world/blanqui-and-the-barricade-the-cosmos-and-the-commune

#18 Dissident Botany. On Barricades and Rosa Luxemburg’s Herbarium – with Milena Bonilla

Phantasmagoria: Sainte Marina invite Mulo - 06/06/2025

aural dance suspense @ Radio WORM w/ Derozan + Luke Cohlen 12-06-2025

Ireland raised, EDÓS will carry some noisy samples from the north in digital/metal/seed form. Inspired by the nests built both by feathered and six-legged creatures, he will share recent rummages in jazz/post-punk from the wooden roost in the park.

ZENITH w/ EDÓS @ Kiosk Radio 29.06.2025

https://auralconduct.info ⟲ https://auralconduct.bandcamp.com 
lukecohlen (at) gmail (dot) com

aural dance suspense @ Radio WORM w/ Derozan + Luke Cohlen 12-06-2025

Luke Cohlen

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