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Sarj Lynch

Sarj Lynch is a Berlin-based social entrepreneur focused on community organizing, communications and music. They are the co-founder and director of aequa, a community for social equity. Studies in journalism and internet law led to a career spanning technology, education, human resources, gastronomy, coaching and event management, with many jobs in-between. In music, they have played the roles of radio host, DJ, promoter, publicity director, critic and nerd.

As of September 2020

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  • Chapter 3: Sound is a Matter of the Imagination | Cosmic Awakening

    If truth is stranger than fiction, why shouldn’t music be stranger than science fiction? Sounds manipulate space and time, unlock new dimensions and open wormholes in parallel universes. In this respect, sonic fiction does the same as fantasy literature: It distorts the present and creates space for alternative worlds. With quotes from works by J. G. Ballard, Jimmy Carter, Becky Chambers, Kodwo Eshun, Ursula K. Le Guin, Daniel Oberhaus, Sun Ra, Holger Schulze, David Tudor, Whitney Wei.
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  • Chapter 2: How Loud is the Sun? | Cosmic Awakening

    In the approach to Jupiter, the sun can be heard singing. But apart from the soundscapes on neighboring planets or in black holes, according to probability theory there is also extraterrestrial music. Science fiction literature has made it possible to understand how it might sound: a cacophony of smells or a symphony of free energy flows. With quotes from works by Isaac Asimov, Octavia E. Butler, Becky Chambers, Edward George, Stanislav Lem, Andi Petculescu, Sun Ra.
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  • Chapter 1: In Space No One Can Hear You Scream | Cosmic Awakening

    The slogan used to advertise Ridley Scott’s science fiction film “Alien” is nothing more than a statement of fact: In space, no one can hear you scream. But isn’t the idea of sound everywhere in space, which is permeated to the last corner by cosmic background radiation, like an echo of the Big Bang? With quotes from works by Isaac Asimov, Jimmy Carter, Samuel R. Delany, Donna Haraway, N.K. Jemisin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Stanisław Lem, Sun Ra, Arkadi and Boris Strugazki.
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  • Shaping Dance Floors, Locally | On Music

    With Sedef Adasi, Gîn Bali, Ramin Büttner, Maurice Neugebauer, Ulrike Schell English original version Podcast, August 2022
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  • Stories from the Mud | Wassermusik: Mississippi

    With Swamp Dogg, Donald Harrison, Leyla McCalla, Logan Schutts English original version Podcast, July 2022
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  • Sounds from the Swamps | Wassermusik: Mississippi

    With Swamp Dogg, Donald Harrison, Leyla McCalla, Logan Schutts English original version Podcast, July 2022
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  • Nightingala | On Music

    With David Rothenberg and Tina Roeske English original version Podcast, April 2022
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  • How to Do Things with Sound | On Music

    With Giada Dalla Bontà and Holger Schulze English original version Podcast
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  • Living Space | On Music

    With Michael E. Veal English original version Podcast, March 2022
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  • Politics of the Dance Floor: Sustainability | On Music

    Community organizer Sarj Lynch hosts the second episode of the Politics of the Dance Floor podcast and discusses sustainability in club culture with Camille Barton, Avril Ceballos and Konstanze Meyer. English original version Podcast, October 2020
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