We do not encounter nature more often than in our own neighborhood: large-scale parks, re-naturalised industrial plants, mighty street trees, species-rich backyards, community gardens and the sound of singing birds […]
RE:VIVE works in a pretty simple way. We take a theme, curate a bunch of archival material around that theme, give that material to artists and encourage them to gain […]
The kick is always the hardest part. It drives, it directs, it moves, it calls out not be heard by ears but by the gut and the heart. Paradoxically, the […]
The British Library is renowned for their extensive collection of field recordings. We’re happy to share with you 5GB of archival feild recordings from the UK and around the world […]
Serving as the basis for our V/A – 010 release with Fog Mountain Records, you can now have access to over 5GB of free archival films and sounds of Rotterdam […]
Do you even archive? is a regular column where we’ll talk to labels and artists about their archiving, cataloguing and preservation practices. We all know the images of someone’s Brooklyn […]
The sounds of a city can say a lot. From clattering Busy markets, to silent sleepy villages, bells of a Catholic church, calls to prayer from a mosque, birds or […]
The concept of music designed specifically as a background feature in the environment was pioneered by Muzak Inc. in the fifties, and has since come to be known generically by […]
Let’s take a step back to your friend’s parents’ basement to a day when your Commodore 64 was the life blood flowing through your adolescent veins. Those 8 and 16 […]
In this edition of “There’s more to the story” we dig into the historical context behind Know V.A.’s Damrak contribution, “Nieuwmarkt” a 20 minute sprawling journey that documents and is […]
