Baby Esther | The Harlem singer who made Betty Boop famous
Cinematic icon and first animated sex symbol in history, Betty Boop is one of the dearest cartoon characters to pre-millennials and baby boomers. How to forget Betty in Who Frame..
‘Music is inside us’ | Watch DJ Katapila’s documentary
“I’m a DJ, I have to educate people, I have to entertain them” says Ishmael Abbey, aka DJ Katapila, in the opening scenes of this short documentary we came across a while ago abo..
Desire | Desire Marea channels the divine inside us in self-titled debut album
The multi-disciplinary artist Desire Marea, best known as one half of the South African queer performance art duo FAKA, has just released his solo self-titled debut album, Desire..
‘Assurance’ | Why is it still uncommon to see women behind the decks?
Gender inequality in the music scene has been a hot topic for quite some time. With some progress being made in recent years in the Eurocentric narratives, the need to find new p..
‘Every Void’ | April + VISTA get dark in their brand new visual
The label ‘alternative indie’ does not do any justice to the captivating sound of incredible duo that has been slowly getting out of their cocoon to take their magical musical al..
Vagabon leaps into the electronic realm in her second self-titled LP
From her safe magic bubble, Laetitia Tamko, aka Vagabon, invites us all to find ourselves in this world by taking us on a stroll in her mesmerising sonic universe in the new self..
‘Music is what I am’ | Tshegue’s genre-bending sound is addictive
Bustling with artistic talent and musical genius, new incredible artists keep flourishing from Kinshasa’s vibrant scene. In the lively Congolese capital city “everyone is a music..
‘Ghost’ | Barokthegreat’s analytical journey through Chicago footwork
Incorporating the sonic legacy of disco, techno and house, footwork is a musical genre and dance style born in Chicago in the 1990s. Created and promoted by pioneers such as RP B..
French ‘prince of voguing’ Kiddy Smile | “I don’t think about myself as an advocate”
Pierre Hanffou, aka Kiddy Smile, is one of a kind. Gifted and talented to the core, his unparalleled talent has made him an icon across the French ballroom scene and has gained h..
Sama’ | The palestinian DJ who uses techno as a means of resistance
The 2010s will be remembered as the decade of the victory of the female universe, as the years when women finally found the right lever to destroy the crystal ceiling which, bein..