Dr. Thomas Burkhalter is an ethnomusicologist, music journalist and cultural producer from Bern (Switzerland). He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Norient.com. He is working as a research associate and project leader at the Academy of Arts Berne and the University of Basel (Seminary of Cultural Studies and European Ethnology).

At Rewire festival Thomas Burkhalter from Norient – Network for Local and Global Sounds and Media Culture – discusses various remix strategies with artists Mikael Seifu, Ash Koosha and Yannis Kyriakides. The audio-visual panel offers insights into these artists’ work, and it presents and discusses media material from past and present.