Rashad Becker
Rashad Becker is a composer and musician residing in Berlin. His compositions are multilayered narratives, populated by an ensemble of sonic entities, some smug, some shy, some agitators, others ready to surrender. Often there is a tragic-comical touch to his work, like a cartoon version of what could be a requiem from a dream. He […]
Läuten der Seele
Läuten der Seele is Christian Schoppik, half of the acclaimed experimental dark folk duo Brannten Schnüre from Wurzburg, Germany. For this project, Shoppik uses a mix of sample collages and recorded instruments that are often used sparsely but as load-bearing elements. Delving into German Volksmusik, but jazzing things up with a vast selection of instruments […]
Jessica Ekomane
Jessica Ekomane is a French-born and Berlin-based electronic musician and sound artist. Her practice unfolds around live performances and installations. Her quadraphonic performances, characterized by their physical affect, seek a cathartic effect through the interplay of psychoacoustics, the perception of rhythmic structures and the interchange of noise and melody. https://jessicaekomane.com
Ensemble Nist-Nah
Charles Dubois, Paula Escobar, Amelie Grould, Will Guthrie, Sven Michel, Julien Ouvrard, Ellen Pelé, Lou Voisin Ensemble Nist-Nah was formed in 2019 as a hybrid Gamelan / percussion ensemble, led by Nantes-based Australian drummer and percussionist Will Guthrie. The music of Ensemble Nist-Nah is informed, influenced and inspired by various traditional musics from Indonesia and gong […]
Merope
With most members hailing from countries other than Lithuania, it is tricky to classify Merope as a Lithuanian band. However, as its music is largely centred around the singing and kanklės Lithuanian Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė, the collective is a prime example of Lithuanian folk influences finding a firm place in the worldwide ocean of experimental world […]
Rave At Your Fictional Borders
Rave At Your Fictional Borders emerges out of a wholehearted belief that the collective we are, is one bio-organism with planet earth and the universe, rendering the human-made concept of borders obsolete. With one foot in and one foot out of societal realities, the trio strives to push the boundaries of genre, infusing the rich […]
John T. Gast
Mysterious UK producer John T. Gast had an early affiliation to the enigmatic duo Hype Williams and a mounting stack of genre-confounding releases for labels including Blackest Ever Black, Planet Mu, Trilogy tapes, Apron Records, as well his own 5 Gate Temple. He has become a prevalent name in the peripheral club scene, with a […]
Lord Tusk
Lord Tusk is a London-based multidisciplinary artist with an inherently eclectic musical perspective. He is a music producer, sound curator and connoisseur of obscure, unknown audio gems. With over 50 releases covering multiple genres, he takes his audience on a journey to worlds unknown. Lord Tusk runs and releases many of his musical projects through […]
Myriam Van Imschoot & HYOID
For newpolyphonies, Myriam Van Imschoot was inspired by insects, climate marches and the recent manifestations against cutbacks in the arts and in society. Her guiding principle is not the loud chanting of the crowd, but the experience that each individual, like a link in a chain, can set a vortex of sounds in motion. In […]
Jules Reidy
Jules Reidy makes music for processed and acoustic instruments (mostly guitars). Their recent work can be described as a series of non-traditional song forms which combine unstable harmonic territories, rhythmic elasticity and abstract narrative over stretched and episodic forms. Reidy fuse their immense knowledge of American primitive folk music with microtonal experimentalism and abstract pop […]