MagazineInterviews(Page 12)

Q+A: Five Minutes with Da Capo

On his latest EP Bakone, prolific South African producer Da Capo pushes his artistry in a new, exciting direction. A pioneer in the Afrohouse movement, the Limpopo born artist has achieved global recognition for his unique and enthralling rhythms, captivating harmonies, and skill in revitalising songs with his remarkable remixes.

Q+A: Five minutes with PLS&TY

For Florida producer Tommy Leas, AKA PLS&TY, the past is an opportunity to imagine the future. His beginnings in bombastic, ecstatic future bass are rooted in the sounds of classic R&B and hip-hop, grounding his forward thinking sound in a distinct tradition of taste. This approach has seen undeniable success.

Q+A: Five minutes with Shimza ahead of Brunch Electronik

With sounds from across Africa’s electronic music scene taking over Europe’s dancefloors, it only makes sense that one of the continent’s biggest exports should take the stage at Barcelona promoter Brunch Electronik’s inaugural three day festival. Celebrating a decade of the brand, South African DJ and producer Shimza joins a

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Q+A: 5 minutes with Koala Voice

Breaking into the international music market can be a challenge for non-native English-speaking musicians. It is for this reason that it doesn’t seem to happen often, but this is not true for today’s Q+A guests. Koala Voice is a Slovene band that has seen the world so to speak, having

Q+A: Five minutes with Hypaton

With a career spanning over 12 years, producer Hypaton’s journey as an artist has been marked by evolution and growth. Inspired by EDM titans like David Guetta, Avicii, and Calvin Harris, he cut his teeth with big room tracks before transitioning toward trance. His latest sound, clever revamps of ’90s

Black Light White Light

Q+A: 5 minutes with Black Light White Light

Black Light White Light is a band of the moments, a band who follows their collective intuitions instead of formulas or predetermined plans. Where other bands attempt, albeit unsuccessfully, to squeeze their music into a mould one size too small, Black Light White Light does the exact opposite.  Stream /

Q+A: 5 Minutes with Fourth Daughter

Having a first foray into artistry at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, classically trained pianist, and producer Emily Atkinson aka Fourth Daughter immediately caught the attention of the likes of The Scotsman, The Skinny, The Weekender Mag, and BBC Radio Scotland’s Vic Galloway who named her as one

Q+A: 5 Minutes With The Winter Sounds

With five albums under their belt, The Winter Sounds have released their much awaited EP, Grand Gestures, teasing their upcoming full-length album, Jupiter which is set for early 2024 release and which will be produced by Tailor Swift producer, Derek Garten. The 3 piece’s first single and video, ‘Windy City

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Q+A: 5 minutes with Ed is Dead

Producer Ed is Dead strides forward into the unknown, boldly exploring the landscape that is the rapidly changing music industry, a place now inhabited by AI enthusiasts and critics alike. Having embraced this relatively new technology, however, he has tinkered with a prompt-based search engine WolframAlpha to compose his latest

Q+A: 5 minutes with Lilith Merlot

A musician since youth, Dutch singer Lilith Merlot has taken what she has learned over the years, her Jazz vocal studies at the Rotterdam Conservatory, her musical upbringing, and her personal experience with breakup grief, and combined it all to create a gentle and open-hearted EP titled Shades Of Blue.

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