The immersive and transformational registers of recorded music serve as Andrew Ashong's guidance as a sound scientist, music archivist and singer-songwriter. The free-spirited Ashong, a Ghanaian-born Londoner, spent years making mixtapes, exploring albums and expanding his musical encyclopaedia. By the time he was in his early teens, he was DJing and developing his grasp of music. He finally built a large home... read full bio
Amahla's voice is distinctive in British soul. Amahla was raised in a Caribbean family in Hackney and her love of reading and activism is evident in her music. The legendary Nile Rodgers, who supported Amahla's nomination for the first-ever Ivor Novello Rising Star award and has since become her musical mentor, has acknowledged Amahla's ability to speak on sociopolitical topics in... read full bio
The powerful Parisian electronic music group ACID ARAB has been hypnotizing festival and clubgoers in Europe for the past few years with their seductive fusion of cutting-edge Western electronic music with Eastern sounds and voices. Acid Arab was founded by Parisian DJs Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho, who gradually developed their sound by interacting with several musicians from the Middle... read full bio
Emma Lovewell is a well-known fitness instructor, businesswoman, and social media influencer who is well-known for her work in the wellness and fitness industry. Emma, who was born on August 7th, has significantly influenced the field of digital fitness with her energetic and compelling teaching style. Emma is a native of Bedford, New Hampshire, and has always had an interest for... read full bio
Vahagni, a guitarist and composer, and Ryan Merchant (of Capital Cities), a songwriter and producer, joined together to create Paco Versailles.Their music, which they refer to as Dancemenco, combines flamenco guitar rhythms with electronic production that leans toward disco and seductive vocals. Imagining a collaboration between their three main influences—the renowned Spanish guitarist Paco De Lucia, the French electronic musicians... read full bio
As the musical duet Campbell/Jensen, Ashley Campbell and Thor Jensen create a singular fusion of musical styles. Together, Ashley and Thor have a unique sound because to their backgrounds in rock and gypsy jazz as well as country and Americana. The daughter of country music superstar Glen Campbell, Ashley Campbell, started her career playing in her father's band on multiple... read full bio
AJ Smith is a Denver native who moved to Nashville from New York City. His atypical road to become a pop singer is evident in all of his songs, which have the peculiar ability to provoke a longing for the dramatic pop of bygone decades while feeling contemporary, new and emotionally in-the-moment. His great great uncle was renowned Cuban pianist Ernesto... read full bio
Welcome to the glittering, constantly surprising world of COUCOU CHLOE, where slinky, supine beats sit side by side with wedding dresses and floral bouquets and forbidding, new sounds are thrown off-kilter by instances of shocking lyrical magnitude. Here, you will find dark elegance and twisted feelings, high fashion and emotional surveillance. A Sphinx-like game of sonic hide and seek that hides as... read full bio
According to Okay Africa, "the hardest hustling DJ," is experienced worldwide DJ, Coco Em, who has entertained crowds at events including Trans Musicales in Rennes, France and Nuits d'Afrique in Montreal. However, she used that energy to inspire her subsequent creative leap. The Santuri East Africa studios handled her record's final production. Through their mentoring, a Nairobi-based non-profit organization that supports East African musicians,... read full bio
You may have already come into contact with Branko without realizing it, either through the music he created with the adored group Buraka Som Sistema, through his record label Enchufada, or through his work creating, producing and presenting the travel program Club Atlas for Portuguese national television, his production work for MIA, or from listening to the monthly NTS radio show... read full bio
The finest music transports you. It renews and re-connects. It exudes an atmosphere rooted in the ancient tradition of instantaneous creativity, a heightened condition evoked by psychedelic forms and Jamaican dub echos, by electronic music's cyclical trance and jazz's alterations. By the hypnotic beat of North African tradition known as Moroccan Gnawa music, which has roots that go deeper into the... read full bio
There aren't many bands that can perform at full strength for 25 years in a row. The Dub Pistols, meanwhile, continue to roll like a freight train, stomping into their Silver Jubilee like there's no end. If The Dubs had been a cartoon band like Gorillaz, things could have gone more smoothly for them. For one, the several band members that... read full bio
The newest album from Oliver Johnson alias Dorian Concept, "What We Do For Others," is available on Brainfeeder Records. The Austrian producer and synthesizer master, known for his distinctive, exquisitely detailed sound tapestries and chaotic, immensely happy live keyboard jam films, has released his third studio album. Founded on deliciously open compositions, feedbacked soundscapes and gifted with snippets of his own... read full bio
Their debut record had achieved success. These two youngsters in the wind asked, "T'es qui" as they swung with smiles while listening to synthesizer music and rowing afro-style boats on which their French sun poetry was written. Already, the appropriately called DjeuhDjoah and Lieutenant Nicholson charmed listeners with their clever jokes, out-of-the-ordinary voices and contagious pleasure. The second opus strengthens their linguistic... read full bio
Karaba's entire existence has been characterized by music and movement (literally). Karaba was born in Grenoble, France and relocated to Montreal when he was seven years old. Karaba was engaged in dance as a youngster and it would later become both her first love and a crucial milestone in her creative development. Karaba, who has always identified as an immigrant, moved to... read full bio
American playwright, actress, and theater artist Heidi Schreck is renowned for her stirring and thought-provoking works. Schreck was born and reared in Washington, D.C., where he discovered early on his love of theater and storytelling. She participated in school plays while attending Catholic schools, where she also fell in love with acting. When Schreck started creating and acting in her own... read full bio
Similar to neighboring West Coast crew Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples revitalized the rap underground with a small number of (mainly underground) releases. Mid-'90s hip-hop shows brought together Evidence and Rakaa as a pair and after agreeing to start collaborating on tracks, they became Dilated Peoples. Dilated Peoples released the tracks "Third Degree" and "Work the Angles" for ABB Records after bringing in... read full bio
Demdike ventured into considerably harsher, more aggressive territory on the first in a continuing series of exploratory 12"s released under the 'Testpressing' name. For their "Wonderland" LP, which again changed both their aesthetic and aural approaches, these club experiments were perfected. On Passion, they took their love of dance floor evolutions a step further. A sideways move led to two lengthy... read full bio
Eydis Evensen is originally from the isolated village of Blönduós in northern Iceland, where she grew up listening to a wide range of music, including Tchaikovsky, Radiohead and Led Zeppelin, as storms raged outside. She released her debut album Bylur on XXIM Records (Sony), which Dustin O'Halloran called "a beautiful debut full of rich and nuanced arrangements" and was strongly... read full bio
Scottish-Thai musician Helen Ganya, based in Brighton, explores with existentially-driven lyrics and off-kilter sounds to create a complex musical environment. She previously released music under the name Dog In The Snow. She reaches out from the suburban horror in her most recent album, polish the machine (Bella Union), looking for a cathartic respite that sees beyond the mundane. Additionally, she... read full bio
