LEARNING TO LISTEN #4 | English

with TROPICAL DIASPORA (DJ GARRINCHA, DJ DR. SÓCRATES) moderated by
MAX JORGE HINDERER CRUZ DJ and producer GArRinchA (São Paulo, but
Berlin-based since the 1990s) and cultural researcher DJ Dr.
Sócrates founded the event platform and record label Tropical
Diaspora in 2008. Tropical Diaspora Records produces vinyl records
and views production as a means of empowerment, as a way of
supporting artists and raising awareness of past and present
stories of the African and neocultural diaspora – imposed by
enslavement, economic causes, and the flight from war and poverty.
DJ GArRinchA and DJ Dr. Sócrates will present some of the label’s
productions and talk about the founding of the label, which itself
is in a state of diaspora. Learning to Listen is a podcast format
that explores different forms of listening – both listening and not
listening – and the knowledge that can be drawn from them. The
focus is on learning and unlearning to listen and engaging with
internalized mindsets. The main aim of Learning to Listen is to
initiate didactic processes intended to help us understand why
certain sounds, songs, and narratives are heard and others are not,
and to interweave auditory events with anti/decolonial education.
The individual episodes are conceived as heterogeneous audio
essays; the invited guests have free rein over their concept and
realization. Language: English Available at Apple Podcasts,
Soundcloud and Spotify With contributions by ABEOKUTA, BANDO,
DOCTOR NATIVO, EL SANTO GOLPE, EL V AND THE GARDENHOUSE, FORRÓ DE
CABEÇA, GEKAH, HÖRÖYÁ, LA DAME BLANCHE, LA FANFARIA DEL CAPITAN, LA
RUEDA, LOS MADE IN BARCELONA, OGUNHÊ, RAPADURA, RENATO GAMA, REGIS
MORENO, RIOSENTÍ, SKA MARIA PASTORA, SUPER SPANISH COMBO,
TRANSILVANIANS Production and Audio Design Learning to Listen: KENO
MESCHER