Dear Subscriber! Audio Pervert presents The Counter-Intuitive! July 2023 the old Audio Pervert website counted 5.14 million page views by visitors from 84 countries. The website had also reached a structural limit, unable to grow any further or provide new engagement to the readers. Called " the counter intuitive " the new website is 100% open source + you can also support me...

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Tikopia is a tiny volcanic island in the south-western stretch of the Pacific Ocean. The P-shaped landmass is part of the Melanesian state (Solomon Islands) yet culturally Polynesian. Tikopians (approximately 1400) inhabit the tiny landmass (5 square kilometers) so far from any neighbors that they were literally forced to become self- sufficient in almost everything. 20 villages nestled within an ecosystem visibly fragile...

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"I was born and brought up in Bhopal.. academically a Policy Maker, Communication Designer, and Filmmaker.. studied at NIT Bhopal and the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. For the past 6 years, I have been working as an indie audio-visual composer, academic and writer.. dwelling in film, animation, space design, soundscape ecology and communication design." A Bhaskar Rao, a.k.a Mustard Lake, is an...

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The collection and analysis of data, has rapidly changed the way economies operate. The emerging order, within this globally connected society based on rapid information exchange, begins to reveal a new form of capitalism - surveillance capitalism. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft (the big 5) now dominate the majority of the internet. Shoshana Zuboff's book 'Surveillance Capitalism' is a dark and veritable discourse,...

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Since 2013, The Blackout Festival [xprmntl subcultr] has featured a wide spectrum of emerging subcultures. Oscillating between India and Switzerland, over time Blackout Festival transformed into a multifaceted affair, yet always embodying openness, spontaneity and opportunity - for all the stakeholders. Shazeb Sheik is one of the few Indian curators who can defy (subvert) the trappings of profit, visibility and corporate coercion. Instead...

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Good singers and even super talented ones are voted out of Indian Idol every episode. The same happens on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Dil Hai Hindustani, Super Singer etc etc. The economy of big-budget entertainment based on competing talent, suspense, hopes, sacrifice, tears and awe is humongous! Across mainstream media, online and social media, these massively popular shows indeed generate winners, even...

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SEED version 2 Stepping into the "experience and transition". Founded in 2022, SEED is a new direction that combines ecology, music and autonomy, for young artists and innovators from India. Pragmatic, open-source learning and knowledge. Intergenerational and poly-cultural, planting seeds and new ideas, for a "prepared future". Modular in nature, choose one or all disciplines, the learning curve is based on your curiosity,...

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Valencia city has a tradition for many things local and indie (punk, electronica, noise, rap, flamenco etc) and novel start-ups, pointing to new ventures, design and products. In 2018, Jorge and Claudia, alumni of Universitat Politècnica de València envisioned NANO, Modular Synthesizers. Initially fostered by Lanzadera (a spanish institution for start-ups), Jorge and Claudia have succeeded in creating a range of modular devices,...

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The idea that you could listen to music or continuous sound while meditating is common. The practice probably goes back to 'seeing' meditation as a means of relaxation or distressing. The practices and aesthetics of this experience seem to diverge, mutate and converge. The role of sound in the world of healing arts. New practitioners invoke for new experiences, creating new relations, which...

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