Hear·October 6, 2023“Mother Nature is a peng ting”Text: Samia DumbuyaImage: Karla Lizethe HunterLouis VI on how his latest album is a vision for living harmoniously with the planet
Hear·September 6, 2023From Raves to Resistance: Amsterdam’s nightlife is moving beyond hedonismText: Safiya BashirImage: Natasha Phang LeeHow music collectives are rebuilding communities
Hear·August 29, 2023“We just wanted to give ourselves a chance”: Berlin’s next-gen ravers talk partying and politicsText: Justin KendallImage: Natasha Phang LeeThe city’s complex relationship with its clubbers and why not everything has to be activism
Hear·August 23, 2023Anarchy in the capitalText: Erin CobbyImage: Natasha Phang LeeHow music collectives in London are creating alternative mutual aid networks
Hear·July 29, 2023From gentrification to reclamation: revitalising club culture through Indigeneity and communityText: Vivek RamachandranImage: Karla Lizethe HunterLady Shaka on her quest to Re-Indigenise Club Culture
Hear·June 5, 2023Finding music in liminalityText: Isabella Yasmin KajiwaraImage: Alia RomagnoliMaïa Barouh on her new album AÏDA and what it means to be “between”
Hear·May 31, 2023“You grow so much being around queer people”Text: Rudy HarriesImage: Salam ZaiedIt Man frontman Finn O’Brien on being a trans man in music
Hear·May 3, 2023What the music industry could learn from sex workers’ fight for decriminalisationText: Erin CobbyIn the words of Laika, “We’re people, not just performers”
Hear·February 24, 2023Looking back to see ahead: “and no one can trick me with Honey Mouth again”Text: Adebayo Quadry-AdekanbiImage: Tinuke FagborunBeautiful Nubia's use of music for storytelling, activism and recollecting cultural memory amidst Nigeria's 2023 elections
Hear·February 16, 2023Imagining a world beyond caste discrimination through desi-futuristic musicText: Akshata KapoorImage: Joe HabbenIn conversation with Kapil Seshasayee on caste discrimination, Indian nationalism and the power of music to disrupt mainstream narratives
ArticlesHear·November 30, 2022Meet Knife Girl, the Finnish musician defying gender and genre boundariesText: Isaac MukImage: Sali MudawiOn how her new album celebrates being trans, young and understanding yourself in a crazy world
ArticlesHear·September 6, 2022Ugandan percussionists are keeping 700 year old traditions aliveText: Erin CobbyThe Nakibembe Xylophone troupe on memory, ancestry and the transportive power of music