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Jonny Nash to debut new score for iconic film “Sky Over Holland” at Dekmantel Festival

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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Conceptual Albums Mix 1

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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 inspiration from the corresponding curatorial theme. In effect coercing them to generate conceptual works. Some take this to heart and really try to see the

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Behind the Beat: Huis van Bewaring

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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 kick is also easily neglected. The ear will gravitate to the hook and melody and as a track swings, the kick enters the background. Clichés

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Sample Pack: Schiphol Airport

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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 the term Muzak. The connotations that this term carries are those particularly associated with the kind of material that Muzak Inc. produces – familiar tunes

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There’s more to the story: Know V.A – Nieuwmarkt

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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 inspired by the Nieuwmarkt Metro Riots of 1975. You can read the whole feature here. Damrak and the photographic companion are available now for free

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There’s more to the story: Swarm Intelligence “NDSM Werf”

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One of the best things about working with archival material is the stories that exist around certain sounds, images or videos. Content maybe be king in today’s age but context is the crown. We want to polish that crown. The video for Swarm Intelligence’s “NDSM Werf” showed scenes of ships being launched at the old

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RE:VIVE x SAE Amsterdam Workshop

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We’re back. On May 14 RE:VIVE will team up with the internationally renowned SAE Institute, Amsterdam for a RE:VIVE Workshop around our Amsterdam Sample Pack. Participants will be provided a curated sample pack of 150 archival materials ranging from radio and TV broadcasts to field recordings from the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. Participants

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Sample Pack: Amsterdam

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What does your Amsterdam look like? I mean, we all know what it looks like in photos: bikes, canals, canal houses, red lights, flowers, cute cute etc. But what does it really look like to you? Let’s say you have 1,000 photos of Amsterdam spanning centuries and you have to “mosaically” create your own picture,

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RE:VIVE x RBMA Workshop: Amsterdam

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On February 26 RE:VIVE teamed up with the Red Bull Music Academy Session Amsterdam for a workshop on “experimental sampling” with RE:VIVE alumni, Lakker. For the workshop, RE:VIVE presented the participants with an exclusive sample pack featuring over 120 items from the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision collection. All the material, field recording, radio

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Red Bull Music Academy Experimental Sampling Workshop

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On Febuary 26th, 2016 as part of the Red Bull Music Academy Session in Amsterdam, RE:VIVE is hosting an experimental Sampling Workshop with sampling masterminds Lakker (R&S) at the Amsterdam Red Bull Studios . This workshop will push producers to broaden their sampling methods and production process. By “experimental sampling’ we mean analyzing little pieces

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