Extant

Hello 🌍 ! After having worked together on multiple projects and occasions Maarten Buyl and Raphael Malfliet have decided to join forces and are very happy to introduce Extant to you! Extant is a non-profit artistic production platform with a focus on multidisciplinary practices in the open field of contemporary sonic arts. We are looking forward to support artists-in-residence in the creation of new compositions, installations and performances and in the development of their methodological and technical skills within a sustainable social and environmental framework. Inherently nomadic, Extant activates an ongoing creative and critical exchange among artists, researchers and listeners. To realize its projects and activities, Extant often establishes a prolonged and interdisciplinary dialogue with various local and international partners within the cultural landscape. #soundart #experimentalmusic #electronicmusic #music #soundscape #noise #ambientmusic #sounddesign #ambient #noisemusic #experimental #sound #dronemusic #soundartist #glitch #soundinstallation #soundscapes #electronica #visualart #fieldrecording #performance #belgium #flanders

Two new episodes of ‘De Aangelanden’ are now online on our Mixcloud! Episode 6 focuses on snow and ice sounds and compositions, while episode 7 features a live studio interview with sound artist @wannesdeneer Link in Bio! Playlist works by: @ramon.landolt @pablodiserens @camyyu @lands_where @room40shoots @hannahartman16 #fieldrecording #experimentalmusic #soundscape #electronicmusic #soundart

Tonight we will have sound artist @wannesdeneer as a guest on ‘De Aangelanden’! Tune in between 21h and 22h on @radiocentraal_antwerpen to hear Wannes talk about his work! #fieldrecording #sounddesign #experimentalmusic #soundart

‘De Aangelanden’ episode 4, which focuses on bells, and episode 5 focusing on the periphery, are online on Mixcloud! LINK IN BIO Works by: John Coutts Bill Fontana @soundsculpture1 Helen Ottoway Jonathan Harvey @jonas.gruska @sergeverstockt Iain Armstrong @anguscarlyle @charlemagnepalestine @jorrit.tamminga Marcus Vergette Cole Peters @tiltedspheres Katharina Klement @gruenrekorder Christina Kubisch Herbert Distel Kaija Saariaho @kaijasaariaho Eric La Casa Once a month on Sundays between 21h and 22h on @radiocentraal_antwerpen #fieldrecording #sounddesign #soundrecording #experimentalmusic #soundscape sound ambientmusic soundart gameaudio electronicmusic locationsound soundrecordist audio fieldrecordist filmsound fieldrecordings recording music experimental noise foley soundscapes

Many thanks to everyone attending Francisco López’s presentation last Sunday at Extant’s 9th Excursion! Very interesting talk followed by a lively Q&A! Great first time collaboration with Europalia, Klankverbond and Out Of Sight! Thanks for making it happen! @europalia @klankverbond_ @out___of___sight #soundart #experimentalmusic #electronicmusic #music #soundscape #noise #ambientmusic #sounddesign #ambient #noisemusic #experimental #sound #dronemusic #soundartist #glitch #soundinstallation #soundscapes #electronica #visualart #fieldrecording #performance

𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 #𝟵 - 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗟ó𝗽𝗲𝘇 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 - 𝟭𝟯𝗵𝟯𝟬 𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝟭𝟲𝗵 📍𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗮𝘁 𝟯𝟭 , 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗽 _____________________________________________ 
Reserve a seat via Google form -> Link In Bio Tickets are €12 at the door. If you’re having a financially challenging month, choose a price that feels right for you or you’re welcome to enter for free. _____________________________________________ We are excited for another Extant Excursion, this time featuring a presentation by critically acclaimed sound artist Francisco López! López is internationally recognized as one of the major figures of the sound art and experimental music scene. For almost forty years he has developed an astonishing sonic universe, absolutely personal and iconoclastic, based on a profound listening of the world. In this presentation Francisco will discuss how his sound creative practice has been shaped over the past 40+ years by two main environments of influence that divert from common music training: the independent home-music worldwide network (starting in the late 70s) and the influence of ‘real world’ sonic environments, particularly from nature. He will present these realms in a much wider social and historical context, recognizing and discussing the immense influence they have had on a gigantic community of sonic creators worldwide for several decades now. 📷 © Francisco Lopez We are very happy and thankful to make this excursion possible with the support of @europalia @klankverbond_ @out___of___sight #fieldrecording #sounddesign #soundrecording #experimentalmusic #soundscape #sound #ambientmusic #soundart #gameaudio #electronicmusic #locationsound #soundrecordist #audio #fieldrecordist #filmsound #fieldrecordings #recording #music #experimental #noise #foley #soundscapes

‘De Aangelanden’ episode 3 is now online on Mixcloud! @_extant_ 
Listen back to fantastic works of: @makhunsoundart Yasunao Tone @ears__in__space Els Viaene @lievedesadeleer Francisco López Alvin Lucier Michael Pisaro-Liu @poemproducer & Kaiku Sound Choir Mark Lipman @hanna_tuulikki @meliarog & @gregoirechauvot Laurence Bouckaert @room40shoots & Werner Dafeldecker (@hallowgroundlabel ) #fieldrecording #sounddesign #soundrecording #experimentalmusic #soundscape #sound #ambientmusic #soundart #gameaudio #electronicmusic #locationsound #soundrecordist #audio #fieldrecordist #filmsound #fieldrecordings #recording #music #experimental #noise #foley #soundscapes

📣📣📣𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 #𝟵 - 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘇 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 - 𝟭𝟯𝗵𝟯𝟬 𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝟭𝟲𝗵 📍𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗮𝘁 𝟯𝟭 , 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗽 _____________________________________________ 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 -> 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗜𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗼 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 €𝟭𝟮 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵, 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 – 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲. _____________________________________________ López is internationally recognized as one of the major figures of the sound art and experimental music scene. For almost forty years he has developed an astonishing sonic universe, absolutely personal and iconoclastic, based on a profound listening of the world. “𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼, 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴” In this presentation Francisco will discuss how his sound creative practice has been shaped over the past 40+ years by two main environments of influence that divert from common music training: the independent home-music worldwide network (starting in the late 70s) and the influence of ‘real world’ sonic environments, particularly from nature. He will present these realms in a much wider social and historical context, recognizing and discussing the immense influence they have had on a gigantic community of sonic creators worldwide for several decades now. 📷 © Francisco Lopez We are very happy and thankful to make this excursion possible with the support of @europalia @klankverbond_ @out___of___sight #fieldrecording #sounddesign #soundrecording #experimentalmusic #soundscape #sound #ambientmusic #soundart #gameaudio #electronicmusic #locationsound #soundrecordist #audio #fieldrecordist #filmsound #fieldrecordings #recording #music #experimental #noise #foley #soundscapes

The second episode of our radio show ‘De Aangelanden’ on Radio Centraal is now on Mixcloud! Link in BIO! With works by: @pablodiserens @ludwig__berger Ingram Marshall @lottenijsten & @gillisvdw Cheryl E Leonard @allwaysnorth Maarten Buyl Ross McGregor @musicbymcgregor Annea Lockwood Chris Watson @jana.winderen #fieldrecording #sounddesign #soundrecording #experimentalmusic #soundscape #sound #ambientmusic #soundart #gameaudio #electronicmusic #locationsound #soundrecordist #audio #fieldrecordist #filmsound #fieldrecordings #recording #music #experimental #noise #foley #soundscapes

GETEMDE NATUUR | KUNSTINTERVENTIES (2/6) De curatoren van Getemde Natuur vroegen zes hedendaagse kunstenaars om te reflecteren over de relaties tussen stad en natuur. Zes nummers, zes locaties in de stad en zes luisterervaringen. Componisten en geluidskunstenaars Maarten Buyl en @raphaelmalfliet zien de tentoonstelling Getemde Natuur als een kans om het zogenaamde niemandsland te verkennen: de ongedefinieerde ruimtes die niemand kan claimen. Veldopnames vormen de basis van de sonische landschapsportretten waarmee Buyl en Malfliet reflecteren op de gelaagde geschiedenis van stedelijk groen. Haastige ontmoetingen tussen wandelaars, joggers en fietsers, op Linkeroever zoekend naar een ritme in de natuur die buiten de stadsgrenzen bestaat, terwijl hun geluidsportret van het stadscentrum een tot nu toe onbekend Antwerpen onthult. Hun doorsnede van het Operaplein, waar groen opvallend afwezig is, klinkt heel anders. Luister naar het album via de link in bio. Bezoek de expo tot 01.02.2026. ——— TAMED NATURE | ART INTERVENTIONS (2/6) The curators of Tamed Nature included six contemporary artists reflecting on the relationships between the city and nature. Six tracks, six locations in the city, and six listening practices. Composers and sound artists Maarten Buyl and @raphaelmalfliet see the exhibition Tamed Nature as an opportunity to explore the so-called no man’s land: the undefined spaces that no one can claim. Field recordings form the basis of the sonic landscape portraits with which Buyl and Malfliet reflect on the layered history of urban greenery. Hurried encounters between walkers, runners and cyclists, On Linkeroever they are looking for a rhythm in the nature that exists beyond the city limits, while their sound portrait of the city centre reveals a hitherto unheard Antwerp. Their cross-section of Operaplein, where greenery is conspicuously absent, sounds completely different. Listen to the album via the link in bio. Visit the expo until 01.02.2026. Photo by @dieter.daniels

The Sound of Tamed Nature  October 9th at 20h 📍De Singel, Antwerp. Free tickets -> link in bio! As part of the Flanders Architecture Institute’s exhibition Tamed Nature—which explores the layered history of Antwerp’s urban green spaces, from the creation of 19th-century city parks to the rise of climate activism—Maarten Buyl and I will present our collaborative album Niemandsland in a live performance. Using field recordings, we create sonic landscape portraits that reflect on how urban greenery has been shaped, transformed, and reimagined over time. The performance will be accompanied by Antwerp’s city poet @esoheweyden who wrote a series of new poems specifically for this event! @vlaams_architectuurinstituut @desingelartscentre With the support of @sabamofficial #fieldrecording #sounddesign #soundrecording #experimentalmusic #soundscape #sound #ambientmusic #soundart #gameaudio #electronicmusic #locationsound #soundrecordist #audio #fieldrecordist #filmsound #fieldrecordings #recording #music #experimental #noise #foley #soundscapes

‘De Aangelanden’ — a brand new monthly radio show by Maarten Buyl & Raphael Malfliet — is now online! Their very first episode is up on Mixcloud: dive into unique soundscapes and field recording compositions from last Wednesday’s broadcast on @radiocentraal_antwerpen ! LINK IN BIO! With works from: Yoichi Kamimura @camyyu Maarten Buyl & @raphaelmalfliet Annea Lockwood Diane Barbé @diane.isadora Sage Martens @edicoescn R. Murray Schafer @ellenjacobsx Manja Ristic & Murmur @artar.veltemar @murmerings @mark.vernon.sounds @fletinamusic Izabela Dłużyk Labels to check and follow! @forms.of.minutiae @unfathomless @futura_resistenza @lom.label #fieldrecording #sounddesign #soundrecording #experimentalmusic #soundscape #sound #ambientmusic #soundart #gameaudio #electronicmusic #locationsound #soundrecordist #audio #fieldrecordist #filmsound #fieldrecordings #recording #music #experimental #noise #foley #soundscapes