Recently I visited two very different concerts in terms of style and genre: the first was Marisa Monte, an MPB (musica popular brasileira) singer, and the second one was Sepultura, a groove metal band. Everything about these concerts seemed entirely unrelated except for one thing: the artists are both of Brazilian ancestry. Continuing on that […]
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3 for the price of 1! This time, we’re looking at Anything Could Be Here, a north-eastern US (Brooklyn – Philadelphia) band / collaborative project consisting of Ryan Leahan, patchymate and abbot. All alumni of the hyperpop scene, you could describe their style as a rough-around-the-edges approach to pop music – although that description doesn’t
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The best solidarity in a crowd is built when you collectively, accidentally, queue at the wrong spot. Saturday evening, the 25th of May, the electronic-indie-hiphop-house-hyperpop band Food House performed in the Bovenzaal at Paradiso, Amsterdam. An amazing show with the best vibe. What else would you expect when 80 percent of the audience is queer?
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Another month has passed us this year and it is already May, which is a beautiful month because I was born in it. Nevertheless this time of year might also bring us warmer weather, less seasonal depression and more drinks outside on a ‘’terrasje’’. I say might because these things are unfortunately never promised in
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I’ve recently been in the process of finishing up some composition projects I’ve had for a while. That means adding the finishing touches, checking every part over and over and over again, and sending it to the client. With this process coming up multiple times recently, it made me reflect on the process and the
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The creative process, and the creative ability, is weird. At one point there’s nothing, then there is a thing – arguably a thing that holds intellectual value. (And They saw that it was good, etcetera etcetera.) The creative process, and with that the creative ability, is sure a chaotic one. No coherent thoughts, almost no
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Last Friday, while walking in front of Utrecht Centraal, I was approached by a representative of Doctors without Borders. Campaigning for donations, for a second mobile hospital in Ukraine (essentially a glorified sleeper train). In a very, very slow conversation he asked me if I still followed the news. He seemed surprised when I answered
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Major Hyperpop label PC Music has announced they would stop releasing new music at the end of the year. Is hyperpop officially dead?
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Lots of first-timers these weeks: my first ever article in English for all of you, and also my first ever time in life I went to the pioneers of Electronic Dance Music (EDM): the Prodigy. Honestly, I have never been a fan or whatsoever, let alone that I knew their music well. After listening to
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If you have ever had the pleasure of speaking to me for more than five minutes, I most likely started talking your ear off about some artist I discovered or rediscovered. Listening to music and thinking about why exactly I enjoy it so much generally takes up a significant portion of my month and November
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