About Release
CassetteEarth Sounds Now is a collective made up of community activist and musician Stefan Christoff,drummer, composer, scholar, and bandleader Asher Gamedze, music producer Nicolás Jaar, pianistand composer Büsra Kayikçi, and novelist, poet, and sound performer Kaie Kellough.Over 13 months, they met online to share sounds, readings, writings, and drawings, resulting inConvergence—a project reflecting their collaborative process. Each member submitted differentworks, including paintings, poetry, field recordings, and musical experiments, taking turns respondingto each other's contributions.Member Stefan Christoff highlights the importance of listening in these sessions:"Sometimes we would listen all together, so there was also silence on the online call as we all listenedon headphones to the sounds from our respective places. I am underlining listening here, which theworld needs much more of."These submissions were organized into a sound library and finally mixed into record format by Jaar,capturing the essence of their exchanges across global soundscapes.
