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New Geographies: Music in the Networked World

New Geographies: Music in the Networked World

2026-09-23
20:30:00 - 22:00:00
TBA - postpost Sanlitun, Beijing

Music has always emerged from and travelled between cities, cultures, scenes and generations. David Byrne argues in How Music Works that the environments in which music is created shape the music itself. That where, how and with whom music is made influences what it becomes. But today, artists and audiences increasingly exist within overlapping physical and digital spaces, where influence, discovery and community are no longer defined solely by geography. A young listener might encounter music through a “mythical reel pull” on social media. First from an Instagram creator exploring every musical genre in the world: a 30-second clip of Brazilian artist Chico Buarque from 1971. Next through a bedroom DJ mixing Sade and BabyTron, then a clip of an unnamed person from the Philippines performing indigenous melodies on violin, before a generative AI “hopecore” video soundtracked by Instupendo’s Comfort Chain. As music becomes increasingly accessible, it also becomes increasingly detached from the contexts that created it, often condensed into short-format packages - at the same time as many legacy music publications have closed or reduced their output. How does our relationship with music change when discovery becomes constant, but context becomes fragmented? For artists, this landscape creates both challenges and possibilities. Digital networks allow new communities, collaborations and forms of influence to emerge across borders, while platforms and algorithms increasingly shape how music is discovered, understood and shared. New Geographies brings together three artists, Ouri, Bby Eco and Bloodz Boi, to explore how artists from different contexts create and connect within this shifting musical environment. How scenes form beyond physical locations, how global influences become personal, and how music moves between private listening experiences and collective physical encounters.