Artist, busker, GIF, meme: Musician Stephen Paul Taylor on his unusual rise to notoriety
Note: This recording contains strong language that may not be suitable for young listeners.A few years ago, Stephen Paul Taylor became an internet sensation when a tourist filmed him busking on the st...
3 Feb 20184min
Andres Barlesi brings introspective, improvisational guitar sound to solo project 'Atalaya'
Andres Barlesi first picked up a guitar when he was just five years old, was in his first band by the age of 12, and went on to play and tour internationally with the Argentinian indie band Los Alamos...
27 Jan 20183min
Fiedel, longtime resident Berghain DJ, to release new mix on Ostgut Ton
Picturing the early beginnings of a veteran DJ conjures the classic image of turntables and crates full of vinyl. But Michael Fiedler – better known as Fiedel, Berghain’s longtime resident DJ – began ...
20 Jan 20184min
Raven Chacon, American Academy composition fellow, to look at role of sound in 2016 protests at Standing Rock
The earliest memory Raven Chacon recalls of music-making is hearing his grandfather sing Navajo songs while working, watching television, or reading. Later as Chacon began taking piano lessons and lea...
13 Jan 20183min
DJ couple SpatzHabibi balance Berlin's nightlife with parenthood
DJ duo SpatzHabibi have been part of the underground club scene in Berlin for years. These days, when not looking after their son, Sophie Funke and Pete Littlewood can be found performing at venues a...
6 Jan 20184min
Radio personality Rik de Lisle on being the “last man standing” and how he got into radio
“I was an only child,” said Rik de Lisle, an American radio presenter who has been in broadcast since 1976. “My brothers and sisters were the radio.”De Lisle enlisted in the Army when he was 17 and be...
16 Des 20173min
State of the art spatial sound studio opens in former GDR broadcasting center
We’re used to hearing music and digital sound from simple speakers. Monom, a new, state-of-the-art spatial sound studio and performance space, aims to recreate the natural perception of sound in a spa...
2 Des 20173min
Singer, songwriter and producer Sasha Perera on her latest album and the Berlin music scene
“The inspiration was definitely how one has to deal with what’s happening right now,” says London-born and Berlin-based Sasha Perera, also known as Perera Elsewhere, about her new album.Perera talks w...
18 Nov 20174min
