Their collaboration began in a fairly inauspicious, on-the-hoof style. For the 1994 EP My Iron Lung, they came up with the idea of videoing an actual iron lung and using a still from the ensuing footage.
"We had a few windows in mid-winter and it really felt like there was an urgency to capture a moment in time with these songs, performances, people involved, and against the political backdrop," says Ben Whitely. "The record really feels like a capture instead of a meticulous construction. Part of Joan's concept was not only to go to a place but to draw on the community of musicians from that place."
"On A Low" sees Skepta bring a measured, emotive edge to Tiwa's vibrant vocals, as the two explore the complexities of keeping a relationship under wraps.
Dropping on October 10th via Polyvinyl Record Co., Belong is the follow-up to Melina Duterte's excellent 2019 album. Duterte wrote, composed, performed, produced, engineered, and mixed the record, which marks her first project to feature guest vocalists.
"Starlight reaches for a kind of euphoric melancholy-a guiding light in all of my music. It’s shaped by my love of the melancholic songwriting traditions of Europe from composers like Monteverdi and John Dowland, all the way to 90s Eurodance and the uplifting trance of the 2000s-artists like Gigi D'Agostino and Alice Deejay."
The moans of Russell glacier, arising from deep within its melting ice, illustrate the profound changes occurring in Greenland as climate change accelerates.
In the beginning, it was - a lot of it had to do with the fact that I was in LA. People just come to LA, you get in the studio... Since then, I’ve been touring about 200-plus shows a year, I take that as a way to experience different genres and meet different artists.
"I feel like at Yoshi's, I kind of stretch out a little bit." Goapele expresses her excitement for her upcoming solo show, emphasizing the freedom and creativity she finds in performing there.
Ben Pyne, a 39-year-old primary school teacher from Dublin, co-wrote Croatia's Eurovision entry 'Poison Cake', highlighting his unique contribution to the contest.
