On 19 September 2021, the »Decolonial Frequencies« Festival, curated by meLê yamomo, will open at the Theater Ballhaus Naunynstrasse. Familiar…
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[Sound Bite] Static and Philippine Martial Law
By Teilhard Paradela The sound and sight of static marks the memory of many Filipinos who witnessed the live broadcast…
»Interferences Live« at the Museum for Communication-Berlin
Come listen to/watch Interferences: Live at the Museum für Kommunikation Berlin on 15 September. meLê yamomo’s »Interferenzen: Koloniales Scheitern im Radio«, premiered on Deutschlandfunk Kultur…
[Sound Bite] “Sa Kabukiran” – Early Recording of Cebuano Composed Music
by Jose Buenconsejo At the beginning of the twentieth century, the utilization of the musicians in the still-foreign-owned music industry was…
The Persistent Refrain of Colonial Archival Logic / Sounding Out the Jaap Kunst Collection
DeCoSEAS project leaders meLê yamomo and Barbara Titus published a joint article about the complexities of curating colonial sound archives…
[Sound Bite] Ensounding Nation and Empires: Sonic Traces of Nineteenth- Century Philippine Military Musicians
In the nineteenth-century Philippines, the colonial military bands provided the musical soundscape in the different cities. Due to problems with…
Sesi Viral #1 Biennale Jogja: “Representation and Othering”
Monday, 30 August 2021, at 19.00hours Jakarta Time meLê yamomo will be joining the Sesi Viral Biennale Jogja focusing on…
The Sonic Entanglements Podcast is now up!
We are excited to announce that the Sonic Entanglements Podcast is now online. This series examines the history of sound in Southeast…
“Death of the One Who Knows” at the Riga Pasaules Film Festival
After having been selected for the Festival du Film de Voyage et d’Aventures Vecues and the Royal Anthropological Institute Film…
The DeCoSEAS website is now live!
The website of the Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives (DeCoSEAS) has been launched! Meet the DeCoSEAS collaborators and institutional partners,…