Jazz - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

FF Mixtape #183: Multi-instrumentalist cktrl curates a meditative tracklist

When words fail, music allows us to communicate the unspeakable. This potential to convey emotions is expressed in cktrl’s “sensual...

Hamburg Architecture

Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie makes the case for an expanded notion of classical music

It’s an uncharacteristically warm afternoon in February and the observation deck at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie is teeming with visitors. Free to...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #119: Lucia Cadotsch

The Swiss-born, Berlin-based singer’s first album Speak Low pays homage to some of her favorite songs, and brings them into...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #110: SassyBlack

The Seattle-based producer, singer, DJ and actress is comfortable in states of flux, moving effortlessly between genres and mediums. Classically...

Berlin Art

Dazed and Composed: The East Berlin atelier of electronic musician and painter Markus Manowski

Amidst the towering Soviet apartment complexes and only a block away from the notorious Hohenschönhausen prison, the industrial face of...

Mixtapes Music

Mixtape #107: Mop Mop

Working under the stage name Mop Mop since 2005, his music strikes somewhere between jazz, funk and dance music, with...

Food

FvF Cooks: Putting Polish culture on the table with Julia Bosski

Cue the “Polish Thursday Dinners”, held each fortnight at a different cultural venue in Berlin. Julia provides the food —...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #101 - Kyson

Born in sleepy Adelaide, Australia, Kyson developed his intimate sound, almost ironically, against the beat-heavy backdrop of Berlin. “The city...

Berlin Music

Aron Ottignon

The expat scene: supposedly gentrifying Berlin one curly moustache and heavily-accented “Sprechen Sie Englisch?” at a time, inciting journalists everywhere...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #86

Jazz pianist and composer Aron Ottignon established himself as one of the Antipodes’ finest musicians by the tender age of...

Tokyo Art

Sayori & Toyotsugu Wada

Growing up as a third generation of Edokko and born to a father wedded to surf, it’s no surprise that...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #83

While a student at university, Miguel started testing the waters of playing and collecting records. Music is what sparked Miguel’s...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #68

Best friends, red wine and heavenly smells emanating from the oven. What else is missing for the perfect winter’s evening?...

Südtirol Workplaces

Benno Simma

Benno Simma has not only established his professional reputation within his hometown and restored residence of Bolzano, but also throughout...