Currently around the world, life has changed significantly. Due to the Covid-19 virus pandemic, daily life as we knew it has grinded to a near halt. Billions are in quarantine, advised or unallowed to leave their homes except when absolutely necessary. This limited mobility has caused dramatic shifts from limiting pollution to record surges in …
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For the third year in a row, RE:VIVE and Rewire will collaborate on a world premiere. This year we’ve invited Antenes (Lori Napoleon) to expand her unique modular rig of rewired communication switchboards. She will present the world premiere of Telegraph Music, a unique live performance that explores the intertwined histories of electronic music and …
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 …
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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As we sit on trains, wait for a bus, or walk down the street we encounter strangers who will always and forever remain a mystery. From time to time there’s a connection, a glimpse into someone’s world and on very rare occasions something more occurs. Yet still, the idea that a face in the crowd …
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The British Library is renowned for their extensive collection of field recordings. We’re happy to share with you 3GB of archival feild recordings from the UK and around the world freely provided by the British Library and Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Grab these incredible sounds here.
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 provided by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. All sounds and films licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA license. Grab the sample pack here.
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 …
Here at RE:VIVE we’re super lucky to have access to the incredible ethnographic music collections of the Tropenmuseum, held by The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. This collection, lovingly referred to in-house as the KIT collection spans decades of ethnomusicology from around the world with recordings made by some of the foremost ethnomusicologists. When …
You know that roommate who is really loud in the mornings and you think, “How on earth can anyone make so much noise?” Ever record it and play it back to them so that they know exactly what kind of racket that 3-egg omelet and green smoothie breakfast makes? Of course not, that’s crazy. But …