At Rewire 2017 RE:VIVE teamed up with producer HOEK (Casmir Geelhoed) and visual artist Dieter Vandoren for a special performance that dug deep into the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision archive culminating in a disarming performance blurring lines between found and stylized sounds. We also joined up with our friends at SAE Institute Amsterdam […]
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First known as the city of Byzantium and then Constantinople, both of which are terms prominently displayed on drum cymbals to this day; Istanbul is a city alive with a blending a crashing cacophony and a delicate sizzle. For this sample pack we gathered field recordings made by Koç University Suna Kıraç Library Digital Collections
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Using the past to inform the present? Look no further than the stage. Centuries old plays and operas continue to grace the world’s most glorious stages with their presence, still marvelling audiences with their timeless mastery that never wavers. Archives and libraries are full of manuscripts documenting these performances, so it’s logical for playwrights, directors,
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After the staggering popularity of our Madagascar, Tahiti, Switzerland an Accordion Sample Pack we decided to dig deeper into some archive collections and came out with 60 songs from around the world, all free and in the public domain for you to sample and enjoy. This sample pack, cleverly titled, Japan, Sicily, Trumpets, Ivory Coast
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In collaboration the world famous Dekmantel Festival, we have invited British artist Jonny Nash will perform live a new score for one of the most iconic Dutch films, Sky Over Holland. This dynamic documentary provides a whirlwind tour of the Netherlands with astonishing views of the Dutch sky that were recorded using a 70mm panoramic
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In collaboration with Amsterdam’s Tropenmuseum and the Research Centre for Material Culture we’re super excited to announce three new RE:VIVE releases from Ash Koosha, Clap! Clap! and Parrish Smith. Each artist was invited to sample the Tropenmuseum’s extensive world music field recording collection and create new, inspired EPs using these sounds. The three artists visited
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To date we’ve done 9 RE:VIVE workshops. For those of you that haven’t been to one they’re epic sprints of forced creativity. Producers of all skill sets and styles come in and are given a sample pack of archival sounds followed by a crash course in sound design. From there everyone is plugged in for
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To celebrate the 1 year anniversary release of Lakker’s 2016 conceptual stand-out, Struggle & Emerge on R&S Records we have released all the original archival films and field recordings exclusively used by the duo to compose the record in one massive sample pack. Struggle & Emerge is an 8 track conceptual LP inspired by the
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Upon entering a medieval gothic church it’s impossible to not feel something bigger than yourself. The experience of directly encountering the past can be overwhelming but for most of us we simply look at it or stand in it. However, for some, like the lucky few who play a Stradivarius they get an opportunity to
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Come join he Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision’s RE:VIVE Initiative and turn the forgotten sounds and images of The Hague into progressive new musical works. Celebrating The Hague and its centuries old history, The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision’s RE:VIVE initiative presents ‘Sample the City’, an extensive workshop programme that gives 15 young producers
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