Mira Lu Kovacs of 5K HD on why they'll happily disappoint listeners to keep things fresh
5K HD is a Vienna-based avant-garde electro pop band tired of sticking to musical conventions. We met up with lead singer Mira Lu Kovacs to find out about the band’s jazz influences and passion for ex...
23 Nov 20192min
Ishmael Ensemble frontman on his love for Berlin and experimenting with sound
Ishmael Ensemble is a Bristol-based ambient-jazz-electronica outfit that defies being pigeonholed into only one genre. We sat down with band leader Pete Cunningham and bassist Jake Spurgeon to talk ab...
26 Okt 20195min
That's what 'She Says': Gurr talks friendship, bilingual lyrics and anxiety
Berlin-based garage pop band Gurr write songs about anxiety, what it means to be a strong woman, and, of course, love.We caught up with the Laura Lee and Andreya Casablanca to talk about writing lyric...
7 Sep 20195min
The Chap talk concept albums, midlife crises and political rock
We spoke with Keith Duncan and Johannes von Weizsäcker, two members of The Chap, ahead of their performance at the Torstraßen Festival.The band, who has challenged themselves in recent years to releas...
17 Aug 20195min
Tara Nome Doyle sings us a Norwegian lullaby
We spoke with performer Tara Nome Doyle ahead of the Torstraßen Festival at the Volksbühne. The 21-year-old Berlin singer-songwriter walks us through her songwriting process and the first song she wro...
10 Aug 20195min
Delhia de France on her new EP 'Oceanides' and splitting her time between Berlin and LA
German musician Delhia de France likes drawing from Greek mythology to create her music. She’s particularly fascinated with goddesses.“I like the concept of taking something totally mundane and giving...
27 Jul 20195min
Sisters Leah and Chloe Smith from Rising Appalachia on their roots and the Slow Music Movement
Rising Appalachia is a band founded by two sisters, Leah and Chloe Smith. With links to social and environmental activism, the folk duo from Atlanta, Georgia, look for harmony in the music they create...
20 Jul 20199min
30 years after the first Loveparade, founder Dr. Motte shares how he started a ‘rave-olution’
On July 1, 1989, a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, a couple handfuls of people started a dance parade to acid house music along Kurfürstendamm in West Berlin. It was called Loveparade a...
1 Jul 20195min
