A playlist for listening whilst on trains, planes and automobiles. Travelling from steady slow synthesizers, to poetry with a flowing beat, ending with a physical sonic dreamscape. Image: Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller, 1960s
A selection of sonic explorations linking time and space, from the acoustic to electronic. We travel from Brazil to Africa, in movement, connection and deep rooted compositions. Image: Sthenjwa Luthuli, Life Lesson, 2020
A soundscape of sonic diversity, following song lines and travelling through traditions in the form of folk, chanting and communal beats. Image: Berta Blanca T.Ivanow, Cante Jondo, 2020
Strong unapologetic rhythms with heat from artists including Grace Jones and Asa Moto - body music to move to with freedom, humour and power. Image: Robert Irwin, Faust, 2015
Contemplating the tension between Silence. Voice. Sound. Noise. A playlist which focuses on abstraction and dialogue. The space in between - where ideas gather fluidly, without constraint. Image: Laura Letinsky, Hardly More Than Ever, 2003
Underground connections surface with the heat. Classic sounds of psychedelia meet a new wave of experimental melodic electronica. A breather, return to happiness, joy, freedom and growth. Image credit: Judy Chicago, Orange Atmospheres, 1969
We salute Spring with a spirited playlist Including the groovy freedom of disco beats, motivating pop, and the poetic resilient sounds of female experimental artists Image Credit: Takis, Ballet Magnetique, 1961
A playlist focusing on the theme of Fortitude. Sonic pieces that reflect upon resilience, accepting and discovering your own powers. Image Credit: 'Arête de poisson’ Charlotte Perriand, 1933
A focus on ‘the space in between’ - electronica for the transitory moments. Image credit: Wolfgang Tillmans, Äther, 2001
Exploring Femininities in the plural - strength, power, vulnerability, and everything in between. Image Credit: Roots, Frida Kahlo, 1943
Transportive sounds that speak of a higher frequency, reflecting on the year that’s been. Image Credit: Paula Gerbase
Bringing together conceptual music composed in unusual ways, and inspired by concrete poetry, the artists featured in this playlist use sound as a primary tool, creating textual experimental works which challenge sound beyond music. Image: Cover Artwork, Women in Concrete Poetry: 1959-1979
Music to move to with joy. Image Credit: Merce Cunningham in the studio by James Klosty
With the guidance of some of our dearest friends and collaborators, we look to the African continent and its rich heritage of sound. Sounds of celebration. Sounds of joy. Sounds of defiance. Sounds of Resistance. Image: Foire Internationale de Dakar
A meditative playlist focusing on themes of lightness, fluidity and layering. Inspired by Gerbase Skins - a capsule of modular featherweight knits. Image: Laura Jane Coulson
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