Text by Neshy Denton Live music is often, and now rather indefinitely, associated with the experience of seeing instruments handled by a musician in the
Text by CLOT Magazine The first batch of artists for L.E.V. Festival Gijón has just been revealed. With the support of Gijón’s Town Council and
Interview by Maria Orciuoli In the seminal 1968 Artforum essay ‘Systems Esthetics,’ [1] Jack Burnham proposed a view of art as a tool that extends
Text by CLOT Magazine At the ICA in London, Geumhyung Jeong’s Under Construction presented, from September to December 2024, a world where the boundaries between humans and machines are
Interview by Neshy Denton Tristes Tropiques was Andrew Pekler’s first album to catch my attention. It felt like a mosaic of gurgling substance, pouring meaning
Text by Irem Erkin As the boundaries of art continue to expand, the LEV Festival symbolises the fusion of technology and creativity. Renowned for its
Text by Natalie Mariko Lights down. Two figures carrying gun cases walk to the centre. A screen flashes nightmarish behind, landscapes morphing cataclysmic as sounds
Text by Mila Azimonti What if audio essays had the power to transport and transform us? What if they could carry us through shifting temporalities,
Text by CLOT Magazine Sunday School and CLOT Magazine launch their first in a run of exciting collaborative events, with a very ~noisy~ Christmas party
Text by Eleni Maragkou A great club night or live set is often defined by its storytelling and worldbuilding, which are not merely sonic but
Interview by Christopher Michael Reading Italo Calvino’s essay Cybernetics or Ghosts is an eerily prescient experience. In the essay, Calvino boldly asserts that, in the
Text by Ludovica Bulciolu The land retreats, the water beneath her, turquoise and blue, as if an enormous sky had cried from the surrounding rocks
Text by Kristen Roos These are some of the qualities that identify what Americans call ‘smart software´- a new breed of music software designed to
Text by Irem Erkin Braga, a city that fuses contemporary vibrancy with deep historical roots, serves as the perfect backdrop for the Semibreve Festival. Walking
Text by CLOT Magazine Soft as Snow‘s new single, pierced., from their intimate third full-length album Metal.wet (Beacon Sound, 2024) debuts with a visually arresting
Interview by Meritxell Rosell Rafael Anton Irisarri has emerged as a leading figure in experimental and ambient music, crafting intricate sonic worlds where emotion and
Text by CLOT Magazine SEMIBREVE, the Portuguese festival, is back from 24 to 27 this October for its 14th edition. Working with venues and open
Text by Joe Banks Pulsing sub-bass audio suggests associations with the most primal anthropomorphic element in music – the rhythms of the human heart, with
Text by CLOT Magazine The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is committed to embracing new technologies to expand the possibilities of existing
From the visceral heart of London’s punk, noise, experimental, and DIY scenes, a unique biannual event series has emerged with force this year. Just days away from its third iteration (and the second in London), Sunday School, conceived by Dom Stevenson (aka YAWS), is set to return on August 26th at the iconic New River Studios in North London. The lineup packs a fierce array of bands and live acts featuring heavy hitters like Russell Haswell and Autumns, among many others.
