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Two weeks ago, we were overjoyed celebrating the Special Prize for Music we received from the Federal Office of Culture. Norient founder Thomas Burkhalter accepted the prize, and it got pretty wild between the core team members! 🎉

Photography by Christian Felber
September 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒑-𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒑-𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒑-𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒑. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒕 𝒋𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑵𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒚, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚.

An excerpt of an in-progress novel by E.R. Pulgar

norient.com/er-pulgar/sw...
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🌐 RELEASED TODAY: NORIENT CITY SOUNDS: JAKARTA 🆕

The busy and noisy Jakarta, Indonesia, is a place everyone loves to hate. This sprawling megapolitan of 10.68 million people hosts the fifth edition of the Norient City Sounds series, curated by Gisela Swaragita.

norient.com/jakarta-whis...
August 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Norient and Rewire collaborate again with a digital publication on sonic witnessing, presented in an assembly with artists and thinkers of the 2025 festival edition.

📒𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 norient.com/where-sound-...

#wheresoundbecomeswitness #listening #publication #rewirefestival25
March 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In this episode of our New Podcast „Long Take: Life as an Artist“ we meet Khayam Sanu Sandhi, a singer, songwriter, and producer from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Listen Here: norient.com/thomas-burkh...

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@thomasburkhalter.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
EPISODE 6 OF THE NEW NORIENT PODCAST ✨ LONG TAKE: LIFE AS AN ARTIST. Hip-Hop from the Old and New Bangladesh. norient.com/long-take
With Gold Cube, Paital, and RizwanOnTheBeat. Hosted by @thomasburkhalter.bsky.social #Dhaka #PuranDhaka #QuotaReform
January 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM