dispari
A label and platform for all kinds of auditory publications, performances and collaborations at various places.
Initiated and run by Nguyen Phuong-Dan
dispari X oBJeCTS x Unmute
January 23rd, 2026, oBJECTS & Unmute, Hanoi
dispari hosts an extensive day and night program in Hanoi – with both, local and international music enthusiasts. Starting at oBJECTs with listening dj-sets of young local talents such as Lưu Dạ Hưng and MP3 Priestess followed by a club night with artists Itek (SG), Lam Dao (VN), Mark Knekelhuis (NL), Phuong-Dan (DE), Ph00000ng (VN) and Yadin Moha (HK).
dispari label night
November 30th, 2025, Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg
dispari pairs label artist Gavsborg of Jamaican collective Equiknoxx Music with the freewheeling crew Cloud Management – both of whom previously joined forces on dispari003, a double-sided 7-inch that dives deep into dub’s endless possibilities. Expect wonky DJ sets from multimedia artist and musician Hye-Eun Kim, record collector Christopher Zielske as well as label founder Phuong-Dan.
dispari label night
January 11th, 2025, Recyclart, Brussels
dispari invites loose group Cloud Management and Brussels Bear Bones, Lay Low for solo concerts and a possible spontaneous joint jam session; accompanied by DJ-Sets of Loma Doom, the moniker of Amsterdam-based DJ, educator and broadcaster Femke Dekker as well as Phuong-Dan himself.
dispari X Meakusma Festival 2024
August 30 & 31 2024, Galerie Vorn Und Oben, Eupen
dispari X MoT+++
October 26th, 2023, MoT+++, Ho-Chi-Minh-City
Supported by Goethe-Institut Ho-Chi-Minh-City
dispari invites to celebrate the labels current cassette release by Hanoi-based artist Trần Uy Đức under the frame of the 21st edition of the series MoTsound taking place at MoT+++ in Ho-Chi-Minh-City. Besides performances by Trần Uy Đức and artists Hồ Tường Danh and Mr. Bambii there will be accompanying listening dj-sets from Nhạc Gãy collective members Abi Wasabi and Ph00000ng, Hamburg-based record collector Christopher Zielske as well as label owner Phương-Đan.
dispari X Manzi
October 6th, 2023, Manzi Exhibition Space, Hanoi
Supported by Goethe-Institut Hanoi
dispari invites to celebrate the labels current cassette release by Hanoi-based artist Trần Uy Đức at Manzi Exhibition Space in Hanoi. Besides a performance by Trần Uy Đức and The Hanoi Fine Arts University Guitar Club, there will be concerts of Hanoian artist Hà Thuý Hằng, who improvises with traditional Vietnamese musical material and intertwines it with elements of contemporary electronic music as well as Sholto Dobie, a sound artist and performer who is based in Vilnius. In addition Hamburg-based record collector Christopher Zielske and label owner Phương-Đan will dj music in a listening setting.
ton not. not ton
March 1st, 2023 through May 25th, 2023, Kunsthalle Münster
Concert, performance, exhibition: ton not. not ton is devoted to the sound of things and to what sound evokes, allowing it to appear in acoustic interventions and objects in space, and come to life in one’s own imagination—vibrating and haptic, visual and immaterial, embodied and disembodied. The focus of the third edition of ton not. not ton lies on resonance. How is sound produced, how is it absorbed by the body, how does it resonate within us and how do we resonate within our surroundings? What traces do we leave behind—sometimes consciously, sometimes unconsciously? What role does our body play in all this? How do we, simply through our physical presence, inscribe ourselves into the space and change it?
By exploring the theme of resonance, ton not. not ton responds to an increasing alienation. The associated loss of the ability to resonate is countered in the exhibition by offering meaningful experiences. Immediate physical experiences, the visualization of time and space, encounters with textures and sounds, listening as a distinct sensory experience and perceptual ability all contribute to a sense of situatedness. It is about a collectively shared space, an ability to resonate—in the sense of “response-ability”—and challenges us to think more broadly about what it means to hear, to be heard and to listen in today’s complex environment.
In addition to featuring works by Isaac Chong Wai, Steffani Jemison, Annika Larsson and Alvin Lucier, there will be performances and concerts by Bear Bones Lay Low, Satch Hoyt, Annika Larsson + E.I. the Blob during the opening (28 February 2025) and by Gajek, Keta Gavasheli + Gregor Darman at the end of the exhibition (24 May 2025).
ton not. not ton
May 6, 2023 through June 4, 2023, Kunsthalle Münster
Concert, performance, exhibition: ton not. not ton is devoted to the sound of things—sound emerging in the form of acoustic interventions, in objects arranged within the space and in one’s own imagination. It is all about the infusion of visual art with music. This second edition focuses on textures, frequencies, structures, colours, patterns and movement. Likewise, the score or choreography is considered as a formative and visual instrument. ton not. not ton examines the way in which sound articulates motion, spaces, dynamics and, above all, time. As in the musical contributions, rhythm is also inherent in the works of visual art, giving them a performativity of their own.
With Lisa Alvarado, Samuel Beckett, Gavsborg, Channa Horwitz, Anja Kreysing and Musica Mosaica, the second edition of ton not. not ton also compiles contributions by both visual artists and musicians, bringing together those who operate at the boundaries of their respective fields.
A joint project by Kunsthalle Münster and dispari – a label and platform for auditory publications and performances at changing locations, initiated and run by Nguyen Phuong-Dan.
Curators: Nguyen Phuong-Dan + Merle Radtke
ton not. not ton
October 3, 2021 through October 17, 2021 , Kunsthalle Münster
Concert, performance, exhibition: ton not. not ton is devoted to the sound of things—sound emerging in the form of acoustic interventions, in the objects arranged within the space and in one’s own imagination. The project plays with the immediacy of the performance and transience of the spectacle, with the recollection of an event and its lingering sound—an exploration of the before, the during and the after.
This intersection of object and sound offers both the immediate experience of perceiving the sounds and a sensual encounter with the physical material. While some of the artists and musicians elicit the sound from the objects directly at the moment of the performance, others merely refer to it via their works, directing attention to the performative quality of the object. The space resonates – in a musical, artistical and imaginary way. Objects are made to sound, echoing memories: the moment when the keys of the piano were played or the fireworks were set off.
With contributions by Florian Bräunlich, Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann, Sven-Åke Johansson, Museum of No Art, Tomoko Sauvage, Saskia Senge, Gesa Troch and Hannah Weinberger.
A collaboration between Kunsthalle Münster and dispari – a label and platform for auditory publications and performances at various locations, initiated and run by Nguyen Phuong-Dan.
Curators: Nguyen Phuong-Dan + Merle Radtke
Between I: dispari
August 28, 2021, 6pm through August 29, 2021, 6pm, Kunstverein München
Between is a new series departing from music based practices that temporarily rededicates the Kunstverein’s exhibition spaces to a stage for international musicians, performers, and artists. It takes place in the empty spaces between two exhibitions for the duration of 24 hours and seeks to produce non-linear temporalities.
Initiated and run by Nguyen Phuong-Dan, dispari is a label and platform for all kinds of auditory publications and performances in various places. Phuong-Dan is joined by Florian Bräunlich, Jessica Ekomane, Fleurop, Sven-Åke Johansson, Annika Larsson, TinTin Patrone, and Laila Sakini.