PLAYLIST FOR THE EXHIBITION
The exhibition "Soundsources. Everything is Music!" focuses on the dynamics between the environment, sound, people and music. The exhibits show how different soundscapes or soundscapes are assembled and how people interact with these soundscapes, assign meaning to sounds or react to them musically.
A central question of the exhibition is also how people individually perceive sounds and music. All people have their own personal listening biographies, which play a decisive role in determining which sounds we perceive as music, which types of music or soundscapes we find pleasant or tend to reject.
New sounds are always categorised by the brain on the basis of previous auditory experiences. This can vary subjectively. It is therefore not possible to find a formula to determine who finds which sounds and music pleasant and why. After all, every person collects very different acoustic impressions in the course of their life.
During the duration of the exhibition, we will regularly publish new playlists with audio biographies on our website to show how differently our auditory perception can be shaped. The curators of the playlists will select 10 pieces that were particularly important to them personally and/or influenced their own listening perception.
Click here for the current playlist.
- PLAYLIST #1 / Vanessa von Gliszcyznski
Vanessa von Gliszcyznski, main curator of the exhibition Soundsources and curator of the Southeast Asia collection at the Weltkulturen Museum, will start with this selection.
Listening biography Vanessa von Gliszczynski
“I have been fascinated by music and sound from an early age, so I finally decided to study musicology / ethnomusicology. So far, I have been able to familiarise myself with a wide variety of musical styles and soundscapes. From pop and rock to traditional music from Southeast and East Asia, classical and contemporary music and the soundscapes of megacities like Jakarta. For me, sound and music are important points of orientation and ways of getting to know cultures (and languages) better. This versatility is reflected in my own listening biography, which I have organised chronologically, even if it cannot cover all facets.“
Playlist
1. Antonio Vivaldi - Frühling, 1. Satz aus „Die vier Jahreszeiten“
2. The Beatles - Let it be
3. Fettes Brot - Geld abheben
4. Modest Mussorgsky - Das große Tor von Kiew aus Bilder einer Ausstellung
5. Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra - Goshoraku
6. Keluarga Karawitan Surakarta - Kebo Giro
7. François Bayle - Trois andantes
8. Sheila on 7 - Saat aku lanjut usia
9. Queen - The Miracle
10. Koji Yamaguchi - Mangestu no yoru
Click here for the Spotify-playlist. - Playlist #2 / Eva Raabe
We continue with Eva Raabe, former director of the Weltkulturen Museum.
"As both my parents had completed a musical education before their time in the teaching profession, I grew up with classical music. When my father stood in for the organist in our church, I was allowed to go up to the organ loft as a small child. I often went to the opera when I was at school. For me, music is an art that can convey stories and history in a very emotional way. The slowly approaching disaster, expressed through the musical imitation of a western locomotive, or the hard life of whalers in the 19th century, wildly presented in song, perhaps make it understandable why I was fascinated by folk and film music even as a teenager. My student years and my first years at work (1977 - 1990) were actually the time when I listened to music most intensively. There was an enormous variety in rock and pop. Looking back, I can say that songs with strong, well set lyrics, such as those by Kate Bush or Annie Lennox, have always especially appealed to me. That's why at the end of my listening biography there is once again an old master of language set to music, namely Heinrich Schütz, who pleads for peace in a time characterised by the cruel 30 Years' War. His music seems as relevant to me just as much today as it did then."
1. Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 'Voi che sapate' Aria of Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro
3. Do not forsake me, oh, my darling - Original soundtrack High Noon, sung by Tex Ritter
4. The Dubliners - Greenland Whale Fishery
5. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
6. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
7. The Smiths - A rush and push and the land is ours (album: Strangeways, here we come)
8. Eurythmics - Here comes the rain again (album: Touch)
9. Not drowning, Waving - The Kiap song (album: Tabaran)
10. Heinrich Schütz - Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich (SWV 372)
Click here for the Spotify-playlist. - PLAYLIST #3 / Gerhard Müller-Hornbach
Next up is Gerhard Müller-Hornbach. The composer, conductor, educator and music mediator curated a listening room for the "Sound Scape" exhibition on the subject of environmental sounds in contemporary music. Here he presents a personal listening biography.
"I was fascinated and inspired by the world of sound from an early age! So it was only logical that I became a musician. Right from a young age, I was always curious to explore what was still unknown to me and I soon set out to create my own sound worlds: I became a composer. From the very beginning, my interest extended to all kinds of musical styles and genres. I was particularly passionate about music from other cultures and the different world view and world experience associated with it. As a result, my own compositions always contain traces of this exploration of the "foreign". In my playlist there are some highlights of my horizon of experience, but by no means all facets are illuminated!"
Trackliste
1. Maurice Ravel „Chansons madécasses“
2. Olivier Messiaen „Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps“
3. The Beatles „A Day in the Life“
4. Bernd Alois Zimmermann „Stille und Umkehr“
5. Franz Schubert „Streichquintett C-Dur“
6. Alban Berg „Violinkonzert“
7. Johannes Brahms Trio Es-Dur op. 40
8. Igor Stravinsky „Le Sacre du Printemps“
9. Mísia „Noite“
10. Gerhard Müller-Hornbach „Fünf Gesänge der Schirin“
Click here for the YouTube-Playlist - PLAYLIST #4 / Nursalim Yadi Anugerah
Next is the playlist of Nursalim Yadi Anugerah. The composer and multi-instrumentalist contributed the work Lawing to the exhibition , in which he deals with the traditional mouth organ Kadedek and deforestation in West Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. Together with his teacher Abang Bunau, he visited the museum in May 2024 and performed Lawing live. Here he brings together some of the sounds and music that have shaped him. You can read a report on Bunau and Yadi's stay in Frankfurt here.
"When I was seven years old, I was fascinated by a cassette tape of Iwan Fals and his band (you can find it in the first song) with very strange sound and powerful lyrics about social and political issues during the New Order regime of Indonesia - which is unusual for my age to adore this style - and brought the desire to learn guitar. During high school, I joined a student theatre group as music director and composer. Since then, it has been an amazing moment for me to learn and immerse myself in a lot of possibilities and ways to listen, play and make music with the theatre play based on Indonesian social and political issues and adapt them to the local contexts. This brought me to learn more about the locality - traditional identity in the local music - by learning it through the cultural heritage from maestros and archives during my university studies. In this phase I learn and listen to different music: from the most minimal to the most progressive, complex or even popular. I can't cover them all in this playlist. I have compiled some music, past and present, that is important, inspiring and (or) related to my practices as an artist and human being. I hope you enjoy it!"
1. Iwan Fals & Swami - Kuda Lumping
2. Terry Riley - A rainbow in Curved Air
3. Êde People - Ai Rei
4. Tipung Jawe’ and Singers of Desa Datah Diaan - Dayung Kiaan
5. Thongchan Sornchai - Khaen Solo compilation
6. Pauline Oliveros - Horse Sing from Cloud; Rattlesnake Mountain
7. Maurice Ravel - String Quartet No. 1
8. Julia Wolfe & Bang on a Can All-Starts - Reeling
9. Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler - Wa
10. Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern - Utp_
11. Kaija Saariaho - Laterna Magica
12. Nursalim Yadi Anugerah - Doa dari Tanah (with Rewild project)
Click here for the YouTube-Playlist. - PLAYLIST #5 / Alain Lecante
In the next part of our series, we present Alain Lecante's playlist. The music producer runs the music label Mangrove Productions in Nouméa, New Caledonia. One of the songs he produced was Taaru by the band Bwanjep, which can be heard in the exhibition "Sound Sources. Everything is Music!" In his playlist, he provides an introduction to his oeuvre and Kaneka music. You can read more about the background to Kaneka music and the Kaneka movement in the interview with Alain Lecante in issue 10 of Weltkulturen News.
1 . CADA - Marip O’n
CADA is a group from Hienghène, a very prolific town, which has given a lot of artists to Kaneka music. This track has a strong message about the bush fires that are destroying our forests. A video clip was filmed around Hienghène and in a waterfall. (Link)
2. EDOU – Alozaue
EDOU is an icon from the island of Lifou in New Caledonia, a long-time part of the Mangrove record label and one of its most successful artists. And he is also an ambassador of Kanak culture and Kaneka music. This song was originally a lullaby and is now a classic.
3. HURERE - Gärhon
HURERE is another group from Hienghène, on the east coast of New Caledonia, and this song was first recorded in 1994. This is the 2018 version, which brings more strength to this track.
4. GUREJELE - Waipeipegu
GUREJELE, from the island of Maré, released three albums and separated in 2001. But the popularity of their songs is still intact around the Pacific (most streamed kanak artist on the Mangrove label for the last few years), as some of their songs are now classics in the Melanesian region. This song was a huge hit and has had a few covers by other artists
5. HYARISON - Souan
HYARISON, also from Hienghène, is the new generation of Kaneka artists and has lately become very popular in the country. Very strong positive lyrics and well-crafted melodies are his trademark. He is also a part of the band Cada.
6. SADRO – La ke inu?
Originally from the island of Maré, SADRO is part of this "new wave" of Kaneka bands that deliver the beautiful melodies and harmonies that make up the famous "Nengone" sound that everybody in the country knows. Nengone is both the name of Maré and its language.
7. YELO - Atem
Probably the most beautiful song of recent years. Singing about his mother who died a few years ago, the leader of YELO, from the island of Maré, has managed to get everyone to understand the lyrics without knowing the Nengone language!
The video is also worth watching to see how beautiful this island is. (Link)
8. BWANJEP - Dalik
BWANJEP are the "veterans" of Kaneka music, they were the first to introduce the traditional rhythms and percussions into Kaneka music. They are from a village outside Hienghène in the mountains and this track is inspired by the "mystical" feelings out there!
9. SUMAELE – Goremohangai
Also from Maré, SUMAELE is a family band formed by brothers and their wives singing those amazing harmonies.
This song is talking about their clan and their tribal customary chiefdom.
10. VAMALEY – Thai vi kaneka
VAMALEY, like BWANJEP, are "veterans" of Kaneka music and are known for their famous harmonica sound. This song was the first Kaneka hit in 1993 and this version is part of a live album recorded in Paris.
Click here for the Spotify-Playlist.
More information: If you are also interested, you can take a sound tour on YouTube through our bilingual newspaper WELTKULTUREN NEWS!
