Category: Interview
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“Mannequin is me”: Paris WYA on her New EP, High Fashion, and the Flip Side of Growing Up
Paris WYA is an artist who erased all cultural boundaries even before recording her first track. Born in Shanghai and raised between Paris and New York, she has become the perfect embodiment of a cosmopolitan pop artist of Generation Z. By day, she studies the harsh laws of economics at the business faculty of the…
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Stephen Wicks: “Having Finally Come out of the Closet” as a Starting Point
Who said that sharp turns are the privilege of twenty-year-olds? Our guest today proves otherwise: you can swap a strict business suit for a leather jacket and make the world listen to your voice at any age. Stephen Wicks. In the past – a successful corporate executive and real estate entrepreneur, and today – a…
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“One Gave Me Roots, and the Other Gave Me Wings”: Laura Mazon Franqui on Her Most Personal Album, “Rojo”
A classical guitar can tell stories just as well as a good book. And the easiest way to see that is to listen to “Rojo,” the new album by Cuban guitarist Laura Mazon Franqui. It’s red like passion, like memory, like everything you can never forget. We sat down with Laura to talk about her…
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“I Call our Music ‘Music from the Dark Side’”: Beyond Radio Airplay with Pete Cater
Having picked up drumsticks as a child, Pete Cater seems never to have put them down. Though, to be precise, there were no sticks yet: at sixteen months – a trash can lid and an innate sense of rhythm. Since then, much has changed. Staffordshire was left behind, London was conquered at 29 from scratch…
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“I Wanted to Make Music that I Liked Listening to”: the Story of the Rodeo Terrorists Project
Rodeo Terrorists are “imaginary musical friends,” a group for late-night post-party jams, torn between a teenage dream of global fame and the harsh understanding that they will remain in obscurity forever. Behind this image stands Richard – an independent DIY artist, a person accustomed to looking at the industry from behind the scenes and only…
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Music Through Different Lenses. Tennin: “I’m Someone who Loves to Observe Different Perspectives”
Tennin is an independent French artist whose music exists at the intersection of fragility and absolute strength. You may have heard her tracks on the iconic label Kitsuné Music or on releases with Tricky (yes, that Tricky from Massive Attack), and felt her live energy during a tour with the bold Dope Saint Jude. Tennin…
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Back From Tour and Already Changing Sound – Riven by Ravens Take a Sharp Left Turn
They build studios in their own homes, invite alt-metal legends over as guests, and somehow manage to do all of this without a label behind them and without much respect for algorithms. Riven by Ravens are back — a hard rock band from the heart of California’s Central Valley, barely off the road and already…
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“VHS isn’t a Perfect Format, but it’s the Imperfections that Make us Human”: Robert dos Santos – on Cinema and Everything in Between
Forty awards. One former lawyer. And a film on VHS – the first in twenty years. Robert dos Santos isn’t trying to be a provocateur. He simply knows what he wants – and what he doesn’t. He doesn’t want to press a button and get a screenplay from AI. He doesn’t want his work dissolving…
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“Freely Maneuvering Without Obstacles is Ecstasy for me.”: Harun Rune Himself Becomes Generous, and Affluent
Honestly, you could be a little jealous of this artist. Harun Rune from North London managed to write a track – and the fashion house Moschino came to say “thank you” itself. 380 thousand streams, an entire archive of the brand’s pieces at home and a song they want to play at shows. Seems like…
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“The Song Should be Strong and Stand on its Own in its Simplest Form”: Revelations from Groovy Shirt Club
Collaborative work in a musical group often begins with coincidences – sometimes accidental, but ultimately decisive. For Groovy Shirt Club, the story started around one song, someone else’s performance, and a barbecue party, and over time grew into a full-fledged band with its own sound. We decided to talk with them without unnecessary formality –…