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UNFOLDED, our new live music format inviting guests into a personal dialogue between artist and audience, is out now. Our...

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FF Mixtape #170: Arman Naféei

“From your local baker to the pope, if you like music or not—you have a soundtrack.” “We go into unnatural...

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FF Mixtape #169: Arletis Garcia

“I can’t remember a time when I didn’t feel a deep emotional connection to music and the notion of creating...

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FF Mixtape #168: Filipp Jenikäe

Berlin and Münster-based visual artist Filipp Jenikae curates the latest FF Mixtape, and talks to us about painting album covers,...

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FvF Mixtape #164: Martin Kohlstedt

“To me, music is about discourse, transformation, and reflection. In this sense my pieces are in constant flux.” Martin Kohlstedt...

Oslo Music

Discovering a new era of Norwegian Country-Folk with Miranda Solberg

It’s not exactly southern comfort that greets one here. Icy wind, as strong as the ocean that it’s coming from,...

Skopje Music

Macedonia’s turbulent transition from Socialism to democracy has influenced Skopje’s rising techno scene—and it’s thriving

“We were both on time, and we’re from the Balkans!” says Aleksandar Grozdanovski jokingly. The Macedonian artist better known by...

Los Angeles Music

Musician Sudan Archives pushes past personal, creative, and sexual limits

It’s half-past eleven in the morning and Brittney Parks asks me for a glass of wine to get her into...

Berlin Music

Noah Slee has found his voice. And it’s far from formulaic

Noah Slee has bleached his dark curls. “I needed a Beyoncé moment,” he exclaims, laughing. It’s the launch day of...

Berlin Music

Molecular Music: Combining techno and physics with Dasha Rush

“Do you smoke?” asks the Berlin-based techno artist Dasha Rush as she lights up a cigarette. Sat on the window...

London Music

Five of the best lo-fi music videos as chosen by director and animator Jack Barraclough

Five of the best lo-fi music videos as chosen by director and animator Jack Barraclough Like the majority of kids...

Berlin Music

The women making noise in Berlin’s music scene

The music scene is a domain in which women have traditionally been on the passive side of things: as muses,...

London Music

Five female musicians to get excited about with foundation.fm co-founder Becky Richardson

Five female musicians to get excited about with foundation.fm co-founder Becky Richardson When it comes to sexism in the music...

Nashville Music

The Black Keys don’t care about being rock stars, they just want to play good music

Nashville’s Broadway is a country music Disneyland for grown-ups. Bars named Honky Tonk Central and Tequila Cowboy invite you in...

London Fashion

Nicholas Daley: A beat all of its own

Music permeates the space of Nicholas Daley’s studio based in the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in North London: From Shabaka...

Berlin Music

Perera Elsewhere appropriates technology and makes room for creative freedom

Cables and cigarette butts lie all over the floor, a drum set off to one side, while speakers blare out...

New York City Music

Laurie Anderson: Climate change, misogyny & saying "no"

“Is it going to be fun?” That’s Laurie Anderson’s criteria for accepting new projects and invitations. Improvising with Brian Eno;...

Berlin Music

Building a counterculture brand with musician and theater director Schorsch Kamerun

In the Volksbühne canteen, Schorsch Kamerun is enjoying a lunch of braised cucumbers, minced meat, and potatoes. Wearing flip-flops, a...

Berlin Music

The Art of Listening with Berlin-based DJ Alexandra Dröner

Rays of sunshine pour in, framing her sharp, innate movements with a cross of light. Her raw, unadulterated motions contrast...

Copenhagen Music

For Holger Schulze, immersive listening is his soundtrack to everyday life

“To be in the present as a listener is a revolutionary act. We absolutely need it, to be grounded in...