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

Bristol London

FF Mixtape #178: Marla Kether

Jamming out on Guitar Hero kickstarted Marla Kether’s musicianship. The logical next step for her was to pick up an...

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...

Los Angeles Music

Sick and tired of not being able to grasp anything real these days? American musician Weyes Blood is here to help.

Los Angeles-based Natalie Mering is recording under the name Weyes Blood, and her last two releases, Front Row Seat to...

Berlin Music

Musician MIKEY on the spirited voyage to define their personal voice

Musician MIKEY on the spirited voyage to define their personal voice A conversation on the ambivalence of relocation In 2018,...

London Music

Nabihah Iqbal shakes off expectations of what it means to be an Asian-British musician

One hand resting on the handle of her indestructible-looking record case, the local characters that make Gillett Square one of...

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...

Washington D.C. Music

On a high note in the studio of musician-turned-furniture-designer Jonah Takagi

Moments later, the free-form stories start flowing. He recalls, for instance, the exact moment he first thought about attending the...

Los Angeles

Speaking with producer Simon Green aka Bonobo about his latest album, Migration

We spoke with Simon on the cusp of releasing his latest album, Migration and embarking on yet another world tour....

London Music

Chris Sharp and the Barbican’s antidote to sonic snobbery

When asked for a favorite example of disparate threads being pulled together to create something magical, Chris cites the 2014...

Berlin

FvF Concert: Rooftop Takeover

A who’s-who of more than 200 artists – including Florence and the Machine, Aloe Blacc and Incubus – have taken part since the concept was...

Clément Froissart

He’s adapted, however gradually, to the calm pace of coastal living. He’s rediscovered an interest in surfing, a passion put...

Berlin

Luca Mortellaro

Returning from a gig in London, Lucy touches down in Berlin, his adopted home. His brother picks us up and...

Jodhpur Music

Nawab Khan

Today, though, Jodhpur has swelled (it’s now a highly-trafficked tourist attraction, as well as Rajasthan’s second-largest metropolis), but it remains...

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...

Vienna

Anja Plaschg

Within the quiet Viennese district of Penzing, half way between the subway station and Wienerwald, a typical Gründerzeit-building reveals itself....

Berlin

Dennis "Kaos" Kaun

Polished off-road vehicles, charity dinners, groomed golden retrievers, stiff businessman and their wives – these are the commonly made assumptions...