Föllakzoid's musical journey is one of sonic exploration and trance-inducing rhythms, with an emphasis on repetition. They've carved a unique niche for themselves in the global music scene, captivating audiences with their immersive soundscapes and evolving musical vision.
Keepsakes' is the duo’s second album released on Mute, and was recorded at one of Europe’s oldest recording spaces, the Neapolitan studio Auditorium Novecento. Inspired by the space, which was home to Caruso and Morricone, the new compositions feature tubular bells and a grand piano within their signature sound of symphonic drone. Where past albums speak of universal themes, this mesmerising new creation has a very personal touch, the duo calls it “an ode to friendship, presenting songs of gratitude”.
For hundreds of years the Master Musicians of Joujouka have performed in their local village of the same name in northern Morocco, handing down their unique sounds of drums and pipes from generation to generation. Also at this year's Glastonbury Festival in England they could convince all along the line. Here you can read the whole BBC article about their performance.
We met in June, in summery Milan, with our partner Café Concerto at Quiet, please! Studios and wrote songs for 3 days. Our writers K.ZIA, Niklas Keiser and Anton Krogmann teamed up with our Italian friends Massimiliano Pelan, Vincenza Casati and Giuseppe D'Albenzio. We are already looking forward to next camp in Berlin in late summer.
Sponsored by Initiative Musik.
Our french sub publishing partner Because is responsible for the highly acclaimed new album 'Paranoïa, Angels, True Love' by Christine and the Queens. The stunning 20-track record takes direct inspiration from Tony Kushner’s play, Angels in America and sees Chris embark on a voyage of self-discovery, paving the way for a captivating and introspective musical experience.
Live:
6/17-18 - London, UK @ Meltdown Festival
6/24 - Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
6/28 - Gdynia, Poland @ Open’er Festival
6/30 - Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
7/02 - Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter Festival
7/05 - Montreux, CH @ Montreux Jazz Festival
7/06 - Luxembourg @ Neumünster Abbey
7/08 - Montreal, CA @ Montreal Jazz Festival
7/09 - Montreal, CA @ Montreal Jazz Festival
7/11 - Québec, CA @ Festival d’Été de Québec
8/05 - Cornbury Park, UK @ Wilderness Festival
8/11 - Gothenburg, SWE @ Way Out West
8/13 - Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
8/18 - Charleville-Mézières, FR @ Cabaret Vert
8/25 - Paris, FR @ Rock en Seine
8/27 - Torino, IT @ Todays Festival
9/6 - Birmingham, UK @ Symphony Hall
9/7 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy
9/8 - Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
9/10 - Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre
9/12 - Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
9/13 - Zurich, CH @ Unique Moments Landesmuseum
9/14 - Berlin, DE @ Verti Music Hall
9/16 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
9/17 - Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
10/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
10/18 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
10/21 - New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
10/22 - Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
10/23 - Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
10/25 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/26 - Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
11/17 - Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli Vredenburg
11/18 – Seraing, BE @ OM
11/20 - Lyon, FR @ Le Radiant
11/21 - Toulouse, FR @ Le Bikini
11/23 - Marseille, FR @ Le Silo
11/25 - Lille, FR @ L'Aéronef
K.ZIA is a Brussels born, Berlin based, up and coming singer, songwriter and composer. Her sound fuses R&B, Soul, and Pop music in her own unique way. With sometimes groovy afro urban rifs other times melodic harmonic vocals she brings auditors on a journey into her universe right away.
Born of a Martinican father and a Belgo-Congolese mother (internationally acclaimed Zap Mama), K.ZIA was raised amongst many cultures and has travelled the world of Music and Circus, during her child and teenage life.
Black Light Smoke is the electronic music moniker of Jordan Lieb - producer, songwriter, and award winning film and TV composer. A Chicago native, Jordan transplanted to New York City in 2001, where his career as a multi-disciplined musician has taken flight in many forms.
The album title, 'Ghosts', tells two stories. One is personal - an artist embracing the shadows of his past in order to move forward and complete a body of work. The second story is a search for the original meaning of house music - not just the usual sample, appropriation or casual nod to the originators of house - but a meditation on the living story of Black America in which house music is an inseparable chapter. Both stories are a reflection on grief and the transformation of trauma into celebration.
Berlin born and bred, electronic music is in Karla Blum’s blood. Having grown up on all the riches that city has to offer, the committed clubber, Karla has developed into a producer of note and a celebrated DJ. With this release on Senso Sounds, she has found the perfect home for her raw, energetic sounds. 'Never Be The Same' is a driving, rolling techno cut that keeps on adding tension and atmosphere throughout - a peak time banger for sure. Maksim Dark adds a stripped down, hard hitting remix in his signature sound while the Kaspar remix delivers knocking drums and a mutating bassline that ratchets up the excitement at every turn.