Cologne, on the outskirts of Tehran: Timcheh Music Festival this week
As an Iranian diaspora meets overlooked German scenes - as Cologne artists play alongside Iranian artists making unique appearances in...
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Deeply-felt house and brutal techno – now Akua Grant deserves support
Industry trends and power grabs ultimately suck all our souls dry. So let's return to the originators making the music,...
Female artists and AV blockbusters at Tehran Contemporary Sounds
A focus on female composers and electronic artists from Iran - alongside big AV productions like CDM favorites Temp-Illusion -...
CDM Mixes: Meet Moe Nagasi, must-hear Ukrainian composer-DJ-violinist
The best mixing doesn't just jam some bangers together - it creates an emotional topography to traverse. So it's a...
Tour Beirut’s music underground in a free PDF, from the inside out
Crises are a given; resilience is a given - to slightly bastardize the author's words on Beirut's Underground Scene, Hajar...
Premiere: In new kāve LP, pre-classical Persian verse meets the machine
Machine Learning Poetry, the new LP from Tehran's kāve, is not pastoral or pretty. It's 10th-12 century poetry made into...
Under-the-radar Bandcamp Friday picks, in a time of flood waters and self-discovery
Repeat after me: there's never too much music. So sure, while artist are not always hyped, a particular music project...
Independence Day: don’t-miss experimental releases by two Ukrainian women
There's a horrible myth that difficult times produce great music - the sort of thing said by people in privileged...
In “Piano,” John Object captures emotional realities of war in Ukraine
"Piano" is bookended by sketches on a partly-ruined piano in a war zone - messages over an army radio heard...
Ziúr’s hard-hitting percussion, epic collaborations speak volumes in “Eyeroll”
Don't miss this latest LP on Kampala, Uganda's Hakuna Kulala, as Berlin-based Ziúr takes on a dream roster of international...
