TBZ
TBZ is Tobias Jansen from Cologne, Germany. As a collaborator, he has taken on various roles including being the guiding force behind the (con)fusion music trio Montel Palmer, as well as shredding mobile phones with GRRRR and formerly serving as a scratch-sidekick in Devon Rexi, with work released on labels such as Planet Rescue, South […]
Tommi Grönlund
Tommi Grönlund founded the legendary Sähkö Recordings label, releasing music by Mika Vainio, Panasonic Mike Ink, Kirlian, Jimi Tenor, among others. Since 1993, he has been working with Petteri Nisunen as Grönlund/Nisunen on artistic and curatorial projects. The duo primarily develops kinetic and spatial installations that deal with the fundamental qualities of space. Their work […]
NikNak
NikNak is a multi-disciplinary artist and music creative with an impressive repertoire of experimental albums, EPs, and remixes. Her enthralling self-released debut album Bashi earned rave reviews. She made history as the first Black turntablist to win the prestigious Oram Award in 2020. A truly dynamic performer, composer, sound designer and sound artist, her immersive […]
ICNISP
Institute for Certified Nomadic Illicit Sonic Practices (ICNISP) is the Berlin-based duo of Brazilian musicians Marina Cyrino (flute) and Matthias Koole (electric guitar), formed in 2018. With a mixture of electronic and acoustic sound sources, objects and preparations, internal amplification and no-input mixing, the duo produces a lively and highly imaginative approach to their instruments. […]
Marruska Ensemble
The Spanish Marruska Ensemble arose in the wake of the F(r)icciones release by A. Maiah, Arruska member Asier Pérez Basterra, fulfilling a need to materialize a series of live compositions in which canonical musical genres are contrasted with sonic elements that exert a subtle friction, aiming to generate a certain feeling of discomfort in the […]
Margaux Gazur
Margaux Gazur is a composer, musician, producer and DJ. Her music is influenced by musique concrète, experimental jazz, world music and electronic music. She is constantly on the lookout for deep, organic sounds to create intimate atmospheres. Over the years, she has cultivated her own unique approach to music, her projects including DJing, live performances […]
Steph Kretowicz & Ben Babbitt
Steph Kretowicz are a writer, editor and journalist specializing in music, contemporary art and online culture. Their writing appears in Flash Art, Dazed & Confused, Resident Advisor, The Fader and The Wire, as well as The Guardian, Somesuch Stories, and Oxford Artistic and Practice Based Research Platform, among others. Ben Babbitt is a Los Angeles-based […]
Ravenna
Ravenna is from Porto, but now lives in Lisbon, after having spent time in Brazil, Spain and Italy in a process of self-discovery. After her idiosyncratic and direct experiments with electronics under the RVN alias, which left a legacy of performances and digital releases that would go from raw noise to almost ambient textures, Ravenna […]
Mankiyan
Mankiyan’s spatial sets are full of depth and intuition, spanning across heady dub, rave, UK bass and grime. She toys with complex rhythm sequences and easily switches genres, with healthy splashes of bright twists – but always with an impeccable sense of pace and flow. Mankiyan is injecting community-driven, unpretentious and unadulterated love for rave […]
Inês Malheiro
Inês Malheiro creates sound narratives using the human voice as raw material, whether improvised or premeditated – recycling broken voices and dismembered songs. In 2022, Malheiro released her debut album Deusa Náusea on Lovers and Lollypops, and between 2018 and 2020, she created The Endless Chaos Has An End, a music series based on moments […]