Premiere: Thomas Fehlmann, in a playful garden of sound and drawings
Thomas Fehlmann, the Swiss-born, Berlin-based legend teams up with director/animator Sveta Rybkina (modellogias) for an alluring audiovisual journey, a garden...
Music
With a music center in Gaza destroyed, artists’ shelter is now the priority
Delia Arts Center in Gaza was a core of the musical community there - until it was destroyed and looted...
Op-ed: Generative AI should be stopped for the good of autistic people
Could the exploitation of generative AI disproportionally impact neurodivergent people? Paulee Alex Bow joins for a guest editorial from the...
With Gaza on the precipice, musicians unite for Palestinian cause and aid
Two compilations from Berlin reveal artistic communities consistent and united in their advocacy. In any small way, they're working to...
Put headphones on your heart and enter Leeni’s magical chip music world
From an ultra-meta cover of Lana del Rey's "Video Games" on video game consoles to poignant chip ballads and Underworld...
Class is in session: DeForrest Brown on Black innovation in music
If you want a take on exactly how Black innovators have influenced music, look to this full-length lecture (and performance)...
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....
Sudan, with millions at risk: music and listening after one year of war
After an unimaginable year of violence and chaos, with tens of thousands killed and millions displaced and in danger of...
Unsettling experimental sounds as Ukrainian artists go full hacklab
Young, restless, unruly hearts from deep in Ukraine arrive with two recent releases. The results are unsettling in the best...
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....
