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Interview by Parisa Eshrati  On her new full-length album, Love Is In The Shit, otay:onii creates an alchemic transformation of pain and despair into an act of love. Through a blend of experimental textures, folkloric performances, and deeply personal storytelling, the album embraces the sacred and profane as inseparable parts of the human experience. We caught up with otay:onii to discuss writing music between states of consciousness, fragmenting our ancestral stories into art, and the philosophy of finding hope in the even the shittiest places.
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Interview by Parisa Eshrati  Photograph courtesy of Fabienne Guilbert Burgoa & J.Mathias Chachay Producer, dancer and choreographer Faizal Mostrixx is creating a genre-defying Afrofuturistic manifesto from Uganda. By building upon the rich musical heritage of kadodi music with elements of footwork, electronica and amapiano, combined with experimental choreography, Mostrixx presents a multi-faceted view of the past, present and future of the East African music scene. We caught up with the artist to discuss his latest album, Mutations, and the wide array of cultural and sonic influences that fused the record together.
An Application in Absurdity: Interview with Justin Pearson on Deaf Club's Bad Songs Forever EP7/18/2022 Interview by Parisa Eshrati  Photo credit: Becky DiGiglio Having just released their debut LP, Productive Disruption, at the start of 2022, San Diego-based powerviolence band Deaf Club hightailed their way straight into their follow-up EP to hone in on their absurdist sound. In the Bad Songs Forever EP, the band finds a new balance of structured songwriting while still crafting a densely layered blend of hardcore, grind and d-beat. We spoke with frontman Justin Pearson (The Locust, Swing Kids, etc.) on the thematic elements of their latest release, balancing humor with politically-charged messages, and much more.
Interview by Parisa Eshrati  A Burkinabe urban griot (vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Kaito Winse) meets a Brussels noise punk duo (drummer Benjamin Chaval and guitarist Nico Gitto) - the result is a tour de force project called Avalanche Kaito. On their debut EP, Dabalomuni, the trio lives up to their name by creating a whirlwind of genre-defying sounds that deconstruct both traditional and futurist knowledge. We spoke with Avalanche Kaito to discuss their new release, weaving ancient history into their sound, and following the road of their ancestors.
The Beauty of Emptiness: Korean Experimental duo dal:um discuss debut LP 'Similar & Different'10/23/2021 Interview by Parisa Eshrati Translations by Kim Oru from yellowbomb  Photo credit: Kim Shin Joong dal:um is a Seoul-based musical duo who challenges the sonic possibilities of Korea’s most well-known traditional string instruments: the gayageum and geomungo. In their debut LP, Similar & Different, dal:um create a dialogue between traditional and experimental practices for an etheral and otherworldly release. We caught up with the duo to discuss abstraction, experimentation, and the beauty of silence.
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