The Creative Europe-supported SHAPE platform for innovative music and audiovisual art is announcing its 2019 list of artists. The artist selection for the platform’s fifth year traditionally places a number of audiovisual projects and sound artists alongside musical acts that range from post-grime and techno to free improvisation and acousmatic music. SHAPE is also happy … Continue reading SHAPE platform announces 2019 list of artists →

On November 2, Skaņu Mežs and SHAPE platform will present a performance by Lifecutter at GAIDA festival in Lithuania. LIFECUTTER’s music is a conscious effort to put aside and avoid the customary and well-established track structures, especially those usually used in songwriting. He uses different types of sound synthesis and an array of stomp boxes … Continue reading Skaņu Mežs and SHAPE present Lifectutter at GAIDA festival →

Watch an interview with TESA band after their performance within MTN NYEGE NYEGE festival’s SHAPE platform showcase in Uganda.

Listen to an hour-long show, devoted to one of the two coordinating SHAPE festivals – Riga, Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs – and its upcoming 16th edition which happens on October 12 and 13 with an introductory event on October 6. The show has been produced for the London-based radio station Resonance FM. Hosted by Rihards Endriksons, … Continue reading Resonance FM show on Skaņu Mežs festival →

Listen to a new 30-minute mix by experimental electronic music producer Martins Rokis a.k.a. N1L, broadcast by the London-based radio station Resonance FM ahead of his upcoming performance at Skaņu Mežs festival in Riga, Latvia on October 6. N1L is the solo moniker of Martins Rokis, the sound artist and producer from Riga, currently based … Continue reading N1L mix for Resonance FM →