QYMA
BERLIN
LISTENING SESSIONS, CURATED SOUND
ABOUT
Stefano Tripodi is a Berlin-based photographer, publisher and sound curator. As QYMA, he has developed listening sessions and radio programs built on vinyl, uncompressed digital archives and personal field recordings — designed for spaces where listening comes first: listening bars, galleries, and independent venues across Europe.
Ouroboros — monthly on Radio AlHara, last Tuesday of the month *
Ouroboros — monthly on Radio AlHara, last Tuesday of the month *
the practice
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listening sessions
2–4–6 hour sets, built from vinyl, digital archives and personal field recordings, adaptable to venue and time of night.
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Themed programs
Field recordings, ambient/drone, Mediterranean folk-adjacent, industrial, experimental and outernational selections.
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One-off curated nights
Built around an exhibition, launch or theme — developed with the venue from concept to running order.
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sound programming
Helping venues build a resident roster, shape a recurring program, or structure a long-term sound identity.
BACKGROUND
Twenty years of editorial work with The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Die Zeit inform how I build a listening session: attention to detail, pacing and context. From 2020 to 2023 I held a monthly residency at Triennale Milano's radio, and founded Noisecapes, a platform for experimental sound residencies in Southern Italy.
PLAYED AT
Migas · Unkompress — Berlin
XO Vinyl Shop & Bar — Tbilisi · Brilliant Corners — London
Radio Kapitał — Warsaw · Resonance Extra — London · Root Radio — Istanbul · Beirut Community Radio — Beirut · KLFM — Split
Ongoing / past residencies: Ouroboros, monthly on Radio AlHara · Subterranean Soundscape, Triennale Milano Radio (2020–2023)
Listen Up
A range across the sessions — Ouroboros, my monthly program on Radio AlHara, alongside Subterranean Soundscape, my former residency at Triennale Milano Radio. From ambient and drone to noise and industrial-adjacent selections.
LINKS
A platform for experimental sound and residencies. It brings international artists to unique sites in Southern Italy and Europe.
Monthly program on Radio AlHara, by QYMA — blending field recordings, drone and Mediterranean-adjacent sound.
Monthly residency at Triennale Milano (2020–2023), mixing records, field recordings and experimental sound.
A Mediterranean visual art magazine that gathers international visual artists around ecology, folklore and disaster.