Black Techno Matters Liber8: open call, new music, mixes, and events
Black Techno Matters is making its calls for liberation louder than ever. Their multi-city Juneteenth event now also includes an...
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Boiler Room Syria in heavy, “overtly disobedient” sounds of diaspora
Shot back in 2022, Boiler Room Syria and Sadaa Sound Syndicate captured a moment in the diasporic Syrian music scene....
In the 90s, this astrophysicist made trippy pop from star sounds
“Who is Dr. Fiorella Terenzi? I’ll take 90s LaserDiscs for $600, Alex. Wait – back up, here’s more of Dr....
Andrius Mamontovas’ haunting “Bottled Wind” records war, week by week
Lithuanian composer and musician Andrius Mamontovas has a chillingly beautiful LP on the Ukrainian-run label I Shall Sing Until My...
Sarah Sommers’ debut is a deep journey through live sets, all in custom pink
Behind all the meticulous electric-pink customization, the debut full-length from self-identified "bimbo princess" Sarah Sommers is a return to deep,...
Listen: Falyakon, between Berlin and Ramallah, with an urgent music mix
Palestinian multi-instrumentalist and experimental DJ Falyakon has long been an inspiration to anyone who's met her - for her energy,...
Premiere: “Lips Seeking the Forbidden” video as Tehran’s Sote joins SVBCVLT
With insistent phasing tones ringing in your ears in phasing, tense microtonal tunings, sawing timbres in the background, Sote's Ministry...
Hainbach on scoring Qinyuan Lei’s film, machines through a child’s eyes
The One Who Runs Away Is The Ghost sees an electronics market in Shenzen through two young sisters' eyes -...
Premiere: aya has a blazing footwork-ish remix of Zoë Mc Pherson’s “Wait”
Some tracks have a magic ability to smash the gas pedal. "Wait" by Zöe Mc Pherson gets a deeply satisfying...
An hour of poignant experimental music from Palestinian producers and friends
As so many friends and colleagues face ongoing warfare and violence, I hope we resist reducing them to victims -...
