Behind the lens: Soner Arslan on directing, mockumentaries and music
Director Soner Arslan brings innovation to mockumentaries with his sharp satire and deep insight into human dynamics. In our interview, Soner shares his creative process, thoughts on credibility versus fiction, and the significance of music and interdisciplinary collaborations.
A sugary sweet musical candy with a dirty and confusing aftertaste
At showcase festival Popronde 2023 she is one of the most booked acts. Yaro Mila, emerging avant garde pop sensation, takes the last couple decades of pop music’s children and making her own hyperactive sonic Frankenstein-baby.
Meta-nostalgia from Bl00dwave
In a way it’s the release of some musical moments from the past created from musical times from an older past. “Distance” from Bl00dwave is meta-nostalgia.
Alois: life-affirming energies infused with deep melancholy
Welcome to Alois! The Swiss band have created their own world of dance-oriented art pop. Alois came from jazz and relish playing out. Last month the band gave an energetic performance at ESNS to prove that.
A joyful work with deep roots: “Sons of Ethiopia”
“Sons of Ethiopia” from Admas is a fascinating piece of the Ethiopian musical puzzle. Emerging from the community of Ethiopian exiles who had been scattered to the winds by the brutality of the Derg dictatorship, the album was in 1984 the sound of a new generation.
Twinkling percussion, smooth instrumentation, and a late-night aesthetic: Floral Couches
Floral Couches is the sexy solo moniker of Chicago musician and songwriter Cody Gray. After creating lofi fever dream sounds with synthesizers on his last album, Electric Fever, Cody returns more than a year later with the R&B and Jazz influenced pop EP, ‘glitter’.
Classic music for the modern world: Kettleflower
Nashville’s Kettleflower is the virtual collaboration between producer-engineer Mike Purcell and singer-songwriter Patrick Rickelton. Their debut EP, “Warning Bells,” and forthcoming EP “You can run.” reflect both members’ growing concerns about America at large – income inequality, climate change, and social disconnect, among others. About the new track “Dreaming”: “A heavenly blend of tranquil, hazy […]
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Alternative, indie, rock