Najib Ben* Belgacem: „Különböző kultúrák terméke vagyok”
Interjú Najib Ben* Belgacem alias Baba Ben, dj, promóter és olívaolaj-termelővel.
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The Muscut and Shukai sounds of lost futures
With hauntology as a leitmotif, Dmytro Nikolaienko from Muscut and co-founder of Shukai unveils the relationship between art, politics, nostalgia and a future steeped in echoes of the past.
AudioTag: Challanging Shazam’s fingerprinting
Interview with Alex Radzishevsky, the creator of AudioTag.info for automated track ID detection. The Ukraine-born, Haifa-based Israeli sound engineer is the author of patented audio algorithms for music “fingerprinting”–the underlying approach behind services like Shazam–and other applications.
The Final Transcript: Manos Saklas (OTOLITHS IN FLUX)
The Final Transcript is an interview series delving into the non-musical work of individuals and institutions within the experimental electronic music scene. Key contributors who are infrequently featured in interviews.
On the art of web radio making: Software, music, and more
MMN Mag talked to Charles Carey, co-founder of Radio Cult, a streaming platform designed for online community radios.
“Concepts of care, conviviality, and embodiment” – An interview with ssolve
The release of ssolve’s recent debut marks his transition from up-and-comer in the cookie cutter mill of the German rap industry, to a genre-less experimental producer pouring everything, from gqom riddims to guttural black metal screams, into his unpredictable and expansive music.
“It Is To Demonstrate Whom My Loyalty Is To – I Work With The Artists”
Friendly Fire Licensing is a sync licensing company based in Los Angeles. they represent a wide catalogue of music for inclusion in tv shows, movies, commercials, and video games, including labels like Chemical Underground, Cherry Red, Kompakt, Kranky, Rune Grammofon and Sinnbus, but also a worldwide roster of acts. Thomas...
AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE
In noise music, extreme volume is an effective means of involving listeners with their entire bodies. Pedro A. Ramírez examines how musicians use volume artistically and what role the sound carrier plays in this process. Ramírez uses personal experiences, interviews and theoretical approaches.
It feels almost profound to play live for people: Interview with Colin Stetson and Stian Westerhus
Ahead of their Bratislava show in December 2023, Peter Dolník interviewed saxophonist Colin Stetson and guitarist/singer Stian Westerhus.
EM GUIDE – A new network of independent music magazines
We talk about independent music journalism, challenges and solutions, and a new project to tackle them.
Heavy Calmness – An interview with KMRU
Sound artist KMRU aka Joseph Kamaru took the time to talk about his relationship with installations, following his participation in “Oceanic Refractions” at CTM Festival 2024, and how his praxis of field recording has been shifting through emancipatory notions of calmness.
Container interview
Ahead of Container's December 9 show in AQB (along with Alley Catss, Sárgany, Primteori, Telesport and Splatter), we had a chat with him about aesthetics, music making, and just stuff in general.
Nuits Sonores Brussels 2023
“Noisy nights” – answered the guy as we crossed the parking lot of Charleroi Airport, when I asked him about the name of the ‘Nuits Sonores’ festival I was about to visit. “Sounds good to me” – I thought and we entered the highway to Brussels in the October rain. Exported from...
