sound, listening, audio technology
director at Sonic Field
and momoto studio
eme isaza is an artist, writer, and researcher based in Medellín, working with sound as a threshold between inner experience and shared space. Director of Sonic Field research and editorial platform and the LISTENING.md program on algorithmic acoulogy. Researcher at The New Centre for Research & Practice. Does production, mixing, and mastering work at Momoto Studio.
eme isaza is an artist, writer, and researcher based in Medellín, working with sound as a threshold between inner experience and shared space. Across art, writing, and research, listening becomes a way to examine how technology shapes culture.
Current work takes shape through Sonic Field, the listening community and archive eme co-founded and now edits, and Sonic Field Labs, its experimental research unit. Both support editorial and computational systems for studying how machines hear, generate, and organize sound. This work is also informed by ongoing transdisciplinary study at The New Centre for Research & Practice. Here, listening is both material and method, attending to particle and planet across multiple timescales while joining artistic practice to a critical reading of the systems that now listen back.
More than eighteen years of composition, audio production, publishing, and collective work inform this practice. Music is released as eme / Miguel Isaza and eme Zzz, with production and collaboration extending through Momoto Studio. Earlier work includes co-founding Designing Sound, Éter Lab, and the Auditum listening festival, alongside thirteen years as an audio and music technology editor at Hispasonic.
eme isaza es artista, escritorx e investigadorx radicadx en Medellín. Su trabajo artístico entiende el sonido como un umbral entre la experiencia interior y el espacio compartido. Dirige sistemas alrededor del sonido y usa la escucha para examinar cómo la tecnología da forma a la cultura.
Su trabajo actual toma forma en Sonic Field, la comunidad y archivo de escucha que cofundó y cuya edición dirige hoy, y Sonic Field Labs, su unidad de investigación experimental. Allí desarrolla sistemas editoriales y computacionales para estudiar cómo las máquinas escuchan, generan y organizan el sonido. Este trabajo también se nutre de estudios transdisciplinares en The New Centre for Research & Practice. Aquí, la escucha es materia y método: atiende a la partícula y al planeta a través de múltiples escalas temporales, y une la práctica artística con una lectura crítica de los sistemas que ahora también escuchan.
Su práctica reúne más de dieciocho años de composición, producción de audio, edición y trabajo colectivo. Publica música como eme / Miguel Isaza y eme Zzz, y trabaja desde Momoto Studio. Antes cofundó Designing Sound, Éter Lab y el festival de escucha Auditum, además de ejercer durante trece años como editorx de tecnología de audio y música en Hispasonic.
Conversation / live event.
Droning synthesizer derived from blockchain data.
Xynth is a droning synthesizer inspired by Cyclonopedia’s Xyn, summoned as a geotechnical monster derived from blockchain data. Bitcoin’s mempool, ETH gas, and Solana network activity lead oscillation, modulation, harmonic distortion, reverb, and filtering parameters. The goal is not data sonification, but sonic revelation of demonic forces underneath networks.
Xynth es un sintetizador dronante inspirado en la Xyn de Cyclonopedia, conjurado como monstruo geotécnico derivado de datos de blockchain. El mempool de Bitcoin, el gas de ETH y la actividad de la red Solana lideran parámetros de oscilación, modulación, distorsión armónica, reverb y filtrado. El objetivo no es la sonificación de datos, sino la revelación sonora de fuerzas demoníacas bajo las redes.
Post-digital mystical exercise using a generative synthesizer built inside the browser to create an audiovisual space of retreat from navigation data.
Post-digital mystical exercise using a generative synthesizer built inside the browser to create an audiovisual space of retreat from navigation data such as network latency, battery status, cursor acceleration, and time. The project seeks an apophatic religiosity from the cyborg, holographic, data-based condition. Here mediation results in digital plasticity that translates into a listening and visualization space oriented toward a cyber-mystical encounter. A way to keep sacred silence alive inside the robot. The Bandcamp version gathers different hours, moments, and configurations of the algorithm on the same computer. It can be heard in a continuous 20-minute sweep in which different layers of the mutantexture generated by the temple mutate. A generative version is also available that can run in any browser.
Ejercicio de mística post-digital que utiliza un sintetizador generativo creado dentro del navegador para crear un espacio de recogimiento audiovisual a partir de datos de navegación como latencia de red, estado de carga de batería, aceleración del cursor y hora. El proyecto busca una religiosidad apofática desde la condición ciborg, holográfica y basada en datos. Aquí la mediación resulta en plasticidad digital que se traduce en un espacio de escucha y visualización orientado a un encuentro ciber-místico. Una forma de mantener vivo el sacro silencio dentro del robot. La versión disponible en Bandcamp reúne diferentes horas, momentos y configuraciones del algoritmo en la misma computadora. Puede escucharse en un barrido continuo de 20 minutos en el que van mutando diferentes capas de la mutantextura que el templo genera. Igualmente está disponible una versión generativa que puede funcionar en cualquier navegador.
Meditations attending nature as synthetic and microsonic structure.
In chinkay, rinri attends to nature as a synthetic, changing, molecular, microsonic structure, inspired by plant surfaces. It integrates zampoña, ronroco, gaita chonta, singing bowl, eurorack systems, distortions, and signal degraders. It is vernacular lowercase, butterfly ambient, moss drone, granular synthesis auscultated between the swamp and the eucalyptus.
En chinkay, rinri atiende a la naturaleza como estructura sintética, cambiante y molecular, microsónica, inspirada en las superficies de las plantas. Integra zampoña, ronroco, gaita chonta, cuenco, sistemas eurorack, distorsiones y degradadores de señal. Es lowercase veredal, ambient de mariposas, drone para el musgo, síntesis granular auscultada entre el pantano y el eucalipto.
Singles released as eme Zzz through 2025.
NANAY's third release: the bullet-gunpowder acousmatic event as sonic metaphysics.
Our sonic demonology research group presents the third installment of its inquiries into the hidden sonic metaphysics of popular culture. Applying elemental processing to a single recording of gunpowder or bullet —without revealing which— microsonic material is extracted via noise gate, infra-editing, and exaggerated granular synthesis.
Nuestro grupo de investigación en demonología sónica presenta la tercera entrega de sus indagaciones en la metafísica sónica oculta de la cultura popular. Aplicando procesamiento elemental a una única grabación de pólvora o bala —sin revelar cuál—, se extrae material microsónico mediante puerta de ruido, infra edición y granular exagerado.
45-minute sonic meditation inspired by the lunar cycle.
rinri continues her exploration of the Gong alongside the modular synthesizer. In luna, the composer draws inspiration from the lunar cycle to create a sonic spiral serving as a listening offering. A meditation of over 45 minutes where the ch’ixi sustains silence and noise, fundamental frequency and harmonic fractality, metallurgy and circuitry. The work functions circularly, intended to be played in a loop.
rinri continúa su exploración de la Gong junto a la sintetizadora modular. En luna, la compositora se inspira en el ciclo lunar para crear una espiral sónica que sirve de pagamento de escucha. Una meditación de más de 45 minutos donde lo ch’ixi sostiene el silencio y el ruido, la frecuencia fundamental y la fractalidad armónica, metalurgia y circuitería. La obra funciona de forma circular, pensada para reproducirse en bucle.
NANAY's second work: the bichota as an acousmatic creature and sonic engendering.
The collective NANAY continues its sonic demonology exploration by studying the bichota as an acousmatic creature. 5 pieces using timestretching, sonic cloning, infra-editing, and spectral processing to reveal the angelical in the core of sonic fire. Each piece includes replicable instructions and processes.
La colectiva NANAY continúa su exploración de la demonología sónica estudiando a la bichota como criatura acusmática. 5 piezas que usan timestretching, clonación sónica, infra edición y procesamiento espectral para revelar lo angelical en el núcleo del fuego sónico. Cada pieza incluye instrucciones y procesos replicables.
Song released as eme Zzz on August 30, 2024.
eme Zzz single documenting the project’s pop, vocal, and songwriting line.
Single de eme Zzz que documenta la línea pop, vocal y de songwriting del proyecto.
eme Zzz EP released on June 21, 2024.
eme Zzz EP created with Alejandro and released by momoto. Tracks: 8, nada, m, bn, opio.
EP de eme Zzz creado junto a Alejandro y publicado por momoto. Canciones: 8, nada, m, bn, opio.
Song released as eme Zzz on February 29, 2024.
eme Zzz single within the songwriting, voice, and popular production line.
Single de eme Zzz dentro de la línea de songwriting, voz y producción popular.
Song released as eme Zzz on January 18, 2024.
eme Zzz single within the catalog of songs, voice, and popular production.
Single de eme Zzz dentro del catálogo de canciones, voz y producción popular.
Sonic demonology triptych studying darkness through listening.
aputería is a triptych constituting the first essay of the sonic demonology group NANAY. It uses reproducible sampling, microsound, and drone techniques on compositions by Octavio Mesa, Parabellum, and Darío Gómez. Each piece extracts diluted echoes, black noise, and immortalized grain clouds, accompanied by a replicable map-text.
aputería es un tríptico que constituye el primer ensayo del grupo de demonología sónica NANAY. Emplea técnicas reproducibles de sampling, microsonido y drone sobre composiciones de Octavio Mesa, Parabellum y Darío Gómez. Cada pieza extrae ecos diluidos, ruido negro y nubes de granos inmortalizados, acompañadas de un texto que funciona como mapa replicable.
A track released as gomita58 in August 2024.
Sonic meditation crossing gong and sine waves as digital sacrality.
rinri brings a meditation serving as a portal to the primordial space of sonic silence. With O + , the composer explores digital sonic sacrality by crossing the gong (O) and sine waves (). The ch’ixi appears as a cosmological formula: the universe is void and noise, waves in silence, cyclical time and transfinitude. A delivery of a single moment, a single space, a sadhana.
rinri trae una meditación que sirve de portal al espacio primigenio del silencio sonoro. Con O + , la compositora explora la sacralidad sónica digital cruzando el gong (O) y las ondas sinusoidales (). Lo ch’ixi aparece como fórmula cosmológica: el universo es vacío y ruido, ondas en el silencio, tiempo cíclico y transfinitud. Una entrega de un solo momento, un solo espacio, una sadhana.
Song released as eme Zzz on December 14, 2023.
eme Zzz single connecting songwriting, local memory, and vocal production.
Single de eme Zzz que conecta songwriting, memoria local y producción vocal.
Song released as eme Zzz on November 24, 2023.
eme Zzz single within a pop, vocal, and songwriting practice.
Single de eme Zzz dentro de su práctica pop/vocal y de composición de canciones.
Artwork presented at MAMM.
Exploration of alternative sonic temporalities.
Exploración de temporalidades sonoras alternativas.
eme Zzz album released in 2021.
Early eme Zzz release between songwriting, voice, and alternative composition. Tracks: polen, vapor, sinfín, cieno, polenn, inflexión, sietecueros, conticinio.
Registro temprano del proyecto eme Zzz entre canción, voz y composición alternativa. Canciones: polen, vapor, sinfín, cieno, polenn, inflexión, sietecueros, conticinio.
Participation in the 'Audiosfera' exhibition at the Reina Sofía Museum.
Exhibition curated by Francisco López that covers the historical void in experimental sound creation (1980-2020). Presented without images or objects, focused purely on deep listening.
Exposición comisariada por Francisco López que cubre el vacío histórico en la creación sonora experimental (1980-2020). Presentada sin imágenes ni objetos, enfocada puramente en la escucha profunda.
A processed live improvisation offered as a shared listening space during the 2020 lockdown.
A ten-track release by Roedor in the Monofónicos catalogue.
Contribution to the final eilean rec. compilation, bringing together 109 artists across 82 tracks.
Artwork presented at the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (MAMM).
Research and sonic artwork presented at MAMM.
Investigación y obra sonora presentada en el MAMM.
A piece dedicated to listeners at the close of a decade, with artwork by Kathiuska and mastering at Momoto.
A six-track release by Roedor on ÉTER, built around the image of noise held in orbit.
Audio-reactive light installation created with DesFase for the #Fotosíntesis festival at Parque Explora.
Audio-reactive light installation created with DesFase –aka Negra AV, audiovisual duo by electronic artists Felipe Hernandez and Mauricio Suaza– for the #Fotosíntesis festival at Exploratorio del Parque Explora, based and centered on vibration as an elementary function and genesis of an oscillating universe of light, sound, and matter, expressed in wave and particle to suggest its own architecture.
“Perhaps light was a sonic flame, a delicate vibration of the luciferous ether”
A dialogue where the ether functions as a common zone, in which luminiscence and sonority react to each other in a synesthetic dynamic, pointing to the full spectrum of the cosmos. This, in turn, folds its geometry into the fundamental forms of point, line, and plane, representing the materialization of elemental vibrations in diverse dimensions.
Can luminosity resonate? Can sound fluoresce? Could we consider vibration as arché or fundamental principle of all that exists?
Credits: eme isaza – Concept David Sc – Design · Production Pedro Arbelaez – Design · Production Ross – Concept · Audiovisual design
Instalación lumínica audioreactiva creada junto a DesFase –aka Negra AV, dúo audiovisual de los artistas electrónicos Felipe Hernandez y Mauricio Suaza–, para el festival #Fotosíntesis del Exploratorio del Parque Explora, basada y centrada en la vibración como función elemental y génesis de un universo oscilante de luz, sonido y materia, que se expresa en onda y partícula para sugerir una arquitectura propia.
“Tal vez la luz fuera una llama sonora, una delicada vibración del éter lucífero”
Un diálogo donde el éter funciona como zona común, en el que luminiscencia y sonoridad reaccionan entre sí en una dinámica sinestésica, apuntando al espectro completo del cosmos. Éste, a su vez, repliega su geometría en las formas fundamentales del punto, la línea y el plano, que representan la materialización de las vibraciones elementales en diversas dimensiones.
¿Puede la luminosidad resonar? ¿Puede el sonido fluorescer? ¿Podríamos considerar la vibración como arché o principio fundamental de todo cuanto existe?
Créditos: eme isaza – Concept David Sc – Design · Production Pedro Arbelaez – Design · Production Ross – Concept · Audiovisual design
Listening festival: Concerts, installations, talks, and laboratories.
Curatorial direction and management of the ‘Semana de la Escucha’ in Medellín. A diverse event including concerts by Jorge Haro, installations by Leonel Vásquez, talks with France Jobin, and experimental laboratories. Focused on listening as a form of consciousness and resistance.
Curaduría y gestión de la Semana de la Escucha en Medellín. Un evento diverso que incluyó conciertos de Jorge Haro, instalaciones de Leonel Vásquez, charlas con France Jobin, y laboratorios experimentales. Enfoque en la escucha como forma de conciencia y resistencia.
6-channel and 3-screen installation about the Darién jungle.
Audiovisual and ecological exploration that contrasts the micro and macro scales of life in the jungle. The insect as a universe in miniature against the vastness of the territory.
Exploración audiovisual y ecológica que contrasta las escalas micro y macro de la vida en la selva. El insecto como universo en miniatura frente a la vastedad del territorio.
Sonic arts exhibition exploring the state between sleep and wakefulness.
Curatorial project by sound artist Miguel Isaza. An exhibition that gathered 10 sound works by national artists, thought as a hybrid space where works coexist as a single spatial composition.
Curaduría del artista sonoro Miguel Isaza. Una exposición que reunió 10 obras sonoras de artistas nacionales, pensada como un espacio híbrido donde las obras coexisten como una sola composición espacial.
A ten-track release by Roedor in the Monofónicos catalogue.
Sound piece commissioned for the 'Sublevar' audiovisual installation.
Based on field recordings and digital micro-supports. Proposes an intermediate state where sound appears as oscillation and latency. Dedicated to utopia and resistance.
Basada en grabaciones de campo y microsoportes digitales. Propone un estado intermedio donde el sonido aparece como oscilación y latencia. Dedicada a la utopía y la resistencia.
Installation in the '4x10: New Explorations in Time' exhibition (MAMM).
Version of the Subscendencia piece focused on listening as a speculative dimension and sound as malleable time.
Versión de la pieza Subscendencia enfocada en la escucha como dimensión especulativa y el sonido como tiempo maleable.
Sound installation in Parco della Musica, Rome.
Piece that explores the equanimity of the hour and the second. Uses sonic matter as a cosmological element, granulating time in milliseconds and sine waves.
Pieza que explora la ecuanimidad de la hora y el segundo. Usa la materia sónica como elemento cosmológico, granulando el tiempo en milisegundos y ondas sinusoidales.
Sonic process in public space using hidden speakers.
Installation based on reproducing sine waves and instruments in hidden areas of the city, reflecting on silence as an active possibility in the urban political weave.
Instalación basada en reproducir ondas sinusoidales e instrumentos en zonas ocultas de la ciudad, reflexionando sobre el silencio como posibilidad activa en la trama política urbana.
Work by Camilo Tamayo, eme Isaza and Rossana Uribe evoking expansions of conscious perception through audiovisual explorations of matter.
A work by Camilo Tamayo, eme Isaza and Rossana Uribe that evokes, through explorations and audiovisual distortions of matter, expansions of conscious perception, inquiring into the interaction of matter and the immaterial to thus harbor a multiplicity of spectral manifestations of color, forms of objects, and frequencies of sound. Through the use of metaphors and poetic wordplay, a cinematographic narrative is woven that portrays sonic and pictorial chimeras, seeking a conscious expansion in our consideration of reality, the powers of perception, and the manifestations of energy.
The work was presented for the first time as part of the exhibition as an Ethereal Stand at Bodega Central during MedellínDesignWeek 2017, along with other projects and pieces from the laboratory. In the same year, during the Semana de la Escucha, it was presented in a multiple projection format as part of the festival’s closing event, together with other international and national artists at the Parque Explora Auditorium.
Es una obra creada por Camilo Tamayo, eme Isaza y Rossana Uribe que evoca, mediante exploraciones y distorsiones audiovisuales de la materia, expansiones de la percepción consciente, indagando en la interacción de la materia y lo inmaterial para albergar así una multiplicidad de manifestaciones espectrales del color, formas de los objetos y frecuencias del sonido. Mediante el empleo de metáforas y juegos poéticos de la palabra, se entreteje una narrativa cinematográfica que retrata quimeras sónicas y pictóricas, buscando una expansión consciente en nuestra consideración de la realidad, las potencias de la percepción y las manifestaciones de la energía.
La obra se presentó por primera vez como parte de la exposición a modo de Stand Etéreo en la Bodega Central de MedellínDesignWeek 2017, junto con otros proyectos y piezas del laboratorio. En el mismo año, durante la Semana de la Escucha, se presentó en un formato de proyección múltiple como parte del evento de clausura del festival, junto con otros artistas internacionales y nacionales en el Auditorio del Parque Explora.
A temporary exhibition at LAB3 inviting immersion in the natural rhythms of the jungle.
A temporary exhibition at LAB3 that invites you to immerse yourself in natural rhythms, to become part of them; listening and contemplating the nuances of the jungle. Created with Pedro Arbeláez, Rossana Uribe and Jaime Zapata, under the direction of David Escallón.
Until March 12 - LAB3 at MAMM
With the support of Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín and Fundación Sofía Pérez de Soto.
In alliance with Ministerio de Cultura, Universidad de Antioquia, Ibermuseos and Éter Lab.
Una exposición temporal en el LAB3, que invita a sumergirse en los ritmos naturales, hacer parte de ellos; escuchando y contemplando los matices de la selva. Creada junto a Pedro Arbeláez, Rossana Uribe y Jaime Zapata, bajo dirección de David Escallón.
Hasta el 12 de Marzo - LAB3 del MAMM
Con el apoyo de Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín y Fundación Sofía Pérez de Soto.
En alianza con Ministerio de Cultura, Universidad de Antioquia, Ibermuseos y Éter Lab.
Mixed arts project in the urban space of Barrio Sinaí.
Creation from the everyday fictions of residents, standing between theater and visual arts.
Creación a partir de ficciones cotidianas de residentes, entre el teatro y las artes visuales.
Jury for the 'Inner Soundscape' open call by VacuaMoenia (Italy).
Selection of works representing the ‘inner form of matter’ and soundscapes imperceptible to the naked ear.
Selección de obras que representan la ‘forma interior de la materia’ y paisajes sonoros imperceptibles al oído desnudo.
Macondo: four compositions drawing on magical realism, field recordings, found objects, and electronic sound, released by LINE.
An album composed from recordings made in Italy, including the Liminaria residency, exploring listening and illusory appearances.
Lightless sound artwork presented at Flora ars+natura.
Based on the idea of microcosm, composed of two pieces created from micro-sonic scans of the Darién jungle and sonic drifts of the ALEPH project.
Basada en la idea de microcosmos, compuesta por dos obras creadas a partir de escaneos microsonoros de la selva del Darién y derivas sonoras del proyecto ALEPH.
A week dedicated to exploring listening across different events and spaces in Medellín.
Held at MAMM, Exploratorio and Botanical Garden. Included a Sonology Panel, Deep Listening workshops, concerts and installations.
Realizado en MAMM, Exploratorio y Jardín Botánico. Incluyó un Panel de Sonología, talleres de Escucha Profunda, conciertos e instalaciones.
A ten-track release by Roedor in the Monofónicos catalogue.
Multi-channel installation with hidden speakers in the Botanical Garden.
Recordings of insects and designed sounds mixed in the real environment, encouraging visitors to look for invisible acoustic creatures.
Grabaciones de insectos y sonidos diseñados mezclados en el entorno real, alentando a los visitantes a buscar criaturas acústicas invisibles.
Acoustic installation at Liminaria 2016 (Italy).
Developed during a residency in the Fortore region. Convergence of real and synthetic insects in a cybernetic dimension of listening.
Desarrollado durante una residencia en la región de Fortore. Convergencia de insectos reales y sintéticos en una dimensión cibernética de escucha.
A composition made in Medellín from field recordings and found objects, released by Ediciones Éter.
Three pieces built from recordings in and around Montevideo's Metropolitan Cathedral, including its resonant organ.
A composition transforming recordings made at Iguazú Falls in 2015, released by Galaverna.
An album combining an old Yamaha keyboard with field recordings and found objects from Medellín, released by White Paddy Mountain.
Event cycle covering sound art and listening in post-digital times.
Developed between LAB3 @ MAMM and Éter Lab. Study and experimentation group focusing on sonic art practices.
Desarrollado entre LAB3 @ MAMM y Éter Lab. Grupo de estudio y experimentación en prácticas artísticas sonoras.
Multi-channel sound art exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín.
Selection of 12 works by international artists (such as France Jobin, Yann Novak, David Vélez) presented in the MAMM listening room.
Selección de 12 obras de artistas internacionales (como France Jobin, Yann Novak, David Vélez) presentada en la sala de escucha del MAMM.
Five pieces made from recordings in Antioquia, found objects, flute, and harmonica, exploring Raimon Panikkar's notion of tempiternity.
A single-piece release by Isz in the Ediciones Éter catalogue.
A two-track release by Isz, published through La Nevera de Luciérnagas.
Six pieces combining field recordings, instruments, and found objects, composed in Medellín during 2013–2014.
The second album by lü, composed by Alejandro Henao and Miguel Isaza.
A live sound piece created at Medellín's Museum of Modern Art for the curatorial programme Sentir la guerra.
Two collaborative pieces by Miguel Isaza and mise_en_scene, released through Impulsive Habitat.
An album combining field recordings, sine waves, and acoustic instruments, inspired by Dōgen's concept of time and existence.
A single-piece release by Isz, published through Impulsive Habitat.
Sound art and experimental music record label.
Curatorial direction and publication of more than 30 releases by local and international artists aimed at sonic experimentation.
Curaduría y publicación de más de 30 lanzamientos con artistas locales e internacionales, enfocados en la experimentación sonora.
Concert and acousmatic installation in Arví Park.
Translation of sound into physical and material space, allowing an immersion into different ways of conceiving the natural territory.
Traducción del sonido en espacio físico y material, permitiendo una inmersión en diferentes formas de concebir el territorio natural.
Four pieces by Arpa, originally issued on CD by Outside and later re-released through Monofónicos.
Four pieces by Arpa conceived as a tribute to meditation and silence.
Ten electronic pieces combining Colombian field recordings, microsound, and processed instruments to explore timbre.
A composition by Lü, the duo of Alejandro Henao and Miguel Isaza, combining field recordings with acoustic and electronic instruments.
Audiovisual piece mixing various stages of enlightenment presented at Plazarte gallery in Medellín, Colombia.
“There can be fear, shadow, compassion, solitude, illumination, detachment, confusion, tranquility, and thought. And yet, the mind remains simple, empty, at peace.”
Three pieces created by Miguel Isaza from field recordings of places in Antioquia and instruments of the Andean region processed to create spaces of introspective exploration.
The complete work was presented as an audiovisual installation in August 2013 at Plazarte gallery in Medellín, Antioquia.
Sound pieces published at ÉTER Lab.
«Puede haber miedo, sombra, compasión, soledad, iluminación, desprendimiento, confusión, tranquilidad y pensamiento. Y aún así, la mente permanece simple, vacía, en paz.»
Tres piezas creadas por Miguel Isaza a partir de grabaciones de campo de lugares de Antioquia e instrumentos de la región andina procesados para crear espacios de exploración introspectiva.
La obra completa fue presentada como una instalación audiovisual en Agosto de 2013 en la galería Plazarte en Medellín, Antioquia.
Sound pieces published at ÉTER Lab.
Multi-channel installation created from CPU sounds.
Sounds curated from a computer (air, contact, EM fields). Composition that manifests a sonic environment between the organic and the synthetic.
Sonidos extraídos de una computadora (aire, contacto, campos EM). Composición que manifiesta un ambiente sónico entre lo orgánico y lo sintético.
Microsound studies of objects and soundscapes recorded in Medellín, originally released on CD by Outside.
A collaborative piece by Miguel Isaza and Darren McClure, released through Impulsive Habitat.
A ten-track release by Roedor in the Monofónicos catalogue.
Five pieces by Arpa combining sine waves with processed charango, pan flutes, and harmonica.
A single-piece release by Isz in the Audiotalaia catalogue, with artwork by Santiago Merino.
Series of generative images developed around the idea of microsound visualization for the project Atomic Valley.
Series of generative images developed around the idea of microsound visualization for the project Atomic Valley (2011-2013), integrating TouchDesigner particle systems and geometrical forms, altered and combined with manipulated sonograms.
Serie de imágenes generativas desarrolladas en torno a la visualización del microsonido para el proyecto Atomic Valley (2011-2013). Integra sistemas de partículas y formas geométricas de TouchDesigner, alterados y combinados con sonogramas manipulados.
Three pieces shaped by a study of movement in urban spaces, using processed city recordings and geometric forms.
Eight compositions by Santiago Merino and Miguel Isaza, released as Merino & Rat through Monofónicos.
A three-track release by Arpa in the Ediciones Éter catalogue.
Expansive listening community and archive articulating news, interviews, reflections, and collaborations.
Articulates news, interviews, reflections, and collaborations in an expansive listening community. Role: co-founder and current editor-in-chief.
Articula noticias, entrevistas, reflexiones y todo tipo de colaboraciones en una comunidad expansiva de escucha. Rol: cofundadorx y editorx en jefe actual.
Framework released under Sonic Field Labs.
Released 2026-08-09 under Sonic Field Labs.
Multimodal listening system and prompt library for agentic workflows.
AKOÚŌ is a multimodal listening system and prompt library for agentic workflows. It serves as a portable skill layer for AI agents, allowing them to perform accountable, structured sonic inquiry. It keeps dimensions distinct through explicit listening modes and a strictly enforced JSON claim taxonomy.
AKOÚŌ es un sistema multimodal de escucha y biblioteca de prompts para flujos de trabajo agenticos. Sirve como capa de habilidades portátiles para agentes de IA, permitiéndoles realizar indagaciones sónicas estructuradas y responsables. Mantiene dimensiones distintas a través de modos de escucha explícitos y una taxonomía de claims JSON estrictamente aplicada.
Open framework for studying how algorithms generate, imitate, distort, classify, and listen to soundscapes.
Algophony explores algorithmic listening, examining the interplay between artificial systems and sonic environments.
Algophony explora la escucha algorítmica y examina la interacción entre los sistemas artificiales y los entornos sonoros.
Audio-language benchmark.
Situated sonification system.
Microsound laboratory.
Part of The Listening Stack, the open tools for listening, re-listening, sonic memory, and cultivation.
Research program for algorithmic acoulogy and computational listening.
LISTENING.md brings together For Centaur Ears, an algorithmic listening manifesto, The Listening Stack, an audio-model benchmark, and an open reference for studying how people and computational agents listen together and to each other.
LISTENING.md reúne For Centaur Ears, un manifiesto de escucha algorítmica, The Listening Stack, un benchmark de modelos de audio y una referencia abierta para investigar cómo personas y agentes computacionales escuchan juntas y entre sí.
Sonic matter protocol.
Agentic listening gateway.
Part of The Listening Stack, the open tools for listening, re-listening, sonic memory, and cultivation.
Synthetic vocal instrument for contemplative listening.
A tool designed for deep listening and meditation through synthetic voices.
Una herramienta para la escucha profunda y la meditación a través de voces sintéticas.
Local-first audio instrument for recording, looping, transforming, and generating layered sound.
Intelligent audio workspace combining prompt-driven sound design, generative AI orchestration, and spectral analysis.
Entorno de trabajo de audio que combina diseño sonoro mediante instrucciones de texto, orquestación de IA generativa y análisis espectral.
Experimental research unit in sound, technology, and sonic culture.
Sonic Field Labs is the experimental research unit of Sonic Field, dedicated to sound, listening, audio technologies, and sonic culture. It operates at the intersection of acoustics, acousmatics, signal processing, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, computer audio, and listening studies. aleph::ch’ixi serves as its development, conceptualization, and research platform.
Sonic Field Labs es la unidad de investigación experimental de Sonic Field, dedicada al sonido, la escucha, las tecnologías de audio y la cultura sónica. Opera en la intersección de acústica, acusmática, procesamiento de señales, cibernética, inteligencia artificial, audio computacional y estudios de escucha. aleph::ch’ixi sirve como plataforma de desarrollo, conceptualización e investigación.
Open tools for listening, re-listening, sonic memory, and cultivation.
The Listening Stack connects Oída, GERM, Akousmata, AKOÚŌ, and Earworm as interoperable layers for listening, cultivating, remembering, and re-listening to sound. It is an open, local-first architecture in active development for carrying evidence, provenance, lineage, and context across agentic audio workflows.
The Listening Stack conecta Oída, GERM, Akousmata, AKOÚŌ y Earworm como capas interoperables para escuchar, cultivar, recordar y reescuchar sonido. Es una arquitectura abierta, local-first y en desarrollo activo para mantener evidencia, procedencia, linaje y contexto a través de flujos de audio agénticos.
Oída, GERM, Akousmata, AKOÚŌ, and Earworm (2026). Each component has its own entry in #systems where a description exists.
Oída, GERM, Akousmata, AKOÚŌ y Earworm (2026).
Artistic-research cycle that served as the development, conceptualization, and research platform for Sonic Field Labs.
aleph::ch’ixi served as the development, conceptualization, and research platform behind Sonic Field Labs. Its releases and live works — Jornada Glaciar, Concierto Un momento, Concierto Drone — are listed in sound.
Open repository of skills for agentic workflows based on Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui's ideas and theories.
The skill set functions as a decolonial, pre-post-capitalist Abya Yala-based series of instructions and conditions for agents to develop ecological, epistemological, and thinking processes. Role: systems.
El conjunto de habilidades funciona como una serie de instrucciones y condiciones decoloniales, pre-post-capitalistas y basadas en el Abya Yala para que los agentes desarrollen procesos ecológicos y epistemológicos. Rol: sistemas.
Experimental repository in progress, focused on resources for setting up Fates and Pi with OpenClaw.
Includes a custom dashboard and several scripts and docs for configuring agents, enabling controls, inputs, outputs, and OLED screen workflows. Role: systems.
Incluye un dashboard personalizado, scripts y documentos para configurar agentes, habilitar controles, entradas, salidas y flujos de pantalla OLED. Rol: sistemas.
Experimental journal laboratory for researching ethics, ecology, and spirituality in contemporary cybernetics.
Experimental journal laboratory for researching ethics, ecology, and spirituality in contemporary cybernetics. Role: Founder, director.
Laboratorio editorial sobre ética, ecología y espiritualidad en la cibernética contemporánea. Rol: Fundadorx, directorx.
Platform dedicated to expanding the aesthetic and political possibilities of listening.
Developed with ÉTER Lab and Parque Explora. Includes the annual ‘Semana de la Escucha’ festival and itinerant events dedicated to sound, silence, and noise.
Desarrollado con ÉTER Lab y Parque Explora. Incluye el festival anual ‘Semana de la Escucha’ y eventos itinerantes dedicados al sonido, el silencio y el ruido.
Audiovisual laboratory dedicated to the open exploration of image, sound and technology.
Dedicated to open exploration through installations, concerts, publications, and city events. Role: co-founder and director (2012-2022).
Dedicado a la exploración abierta a través de instalaciones, conciertos, publicaciones y eventos de ciudad. Rol: Co-fundadorx y directorx (2012-2022).
Platform for the study and practice of sound design in cinema and video games.
Platform that integrates interviews, reviews, technical articles, and resources around interactive and audiovisual sound design. Role: founder and director (2008-2010).
Plataforma que integra entrevistas, reseñas, artículos técnicos y recursos en torno al diseño sonoro interactivo y audiovisual. Rol: Fundadorx y directorx (2008-2010).
Website and record label oriented toward sharing local electronic music.
Website and record label oriented toward sharing local electronic music in Medellín. Role: co-founder and co-director (2008-2010).
Sitio web y sello discográfico orientado a compartir música electrónica local en Medellín. Rol: Co-fundadorx y co-directorx (2008-2010).
Algorithmic listening manifesto published through LISTENING.md.
Part of LISTENING.md, the research program for algorithmic acoulogy and computational listening.
Maya B. Kronic. Traducido junto a Senza Flores.
Published at clotmag.com.
Published at clotmag.com.
Published at clotmag.com.
Published at clotmag.com.
Published at clotmag.com.
Published at clotmag.com.
Interviews on experimental music and audiovisual practice. — 6 conversations.
Entrevistas sobre música experimental y práctica audiovisual. (6 entrevistas.)
Interviews on experimental music and audiovisual practice. (6 interviews.)
Published at hispasonic.com.
Serie de 13 artículos sobre nociones y procesos del diseño sonoro.
Published at hispasonic.com.
Published at hispasonic.com.
Published at sonicfield.org.
Published at designingsound.org.
Published at designingsound.org.
Published at designingsound.org.
Published at sonicfield.org.
Conversations on microsound. — 14 conversations.
Conversaciones sobre microsound. (14 entrevistas.)
Conversations on microsound. (14 interviews.)
Conversations on field recording and environmental listening. — 16 conversations.
Conversaciones sobre grabación de campo y escucha ambiental. (16 entrevistas.)
Conversations on field recording and environmental listening. (16 interviews.)
Designing Sound interviews on the craft of sound for moving images. — 25 conversations.
Entrevistas para Designing Sound sobre el oficio sonoro en la imagen en movimiento. (25 entrevistas.)
Designing Sound interviews on the craft of sound for moving images. (25 interviews.)
Interviews with game-audio teams and directors. — 16 conversations.
Interviews with game-audio teams and directors. (16 interviews.)
Entrevistas con equipos y directorxs de audio para videojuegos. (16 entrevistas.)
Published at cosiampira.com.
Published at cosiampira.com.
Published at sonicfield.org.
Lawrence English
Éliane Radigue
Beatrice Ferrar y Leandro Pisano
David Toop
Palais Sinclaire