Youth Culture Now Part 1
ARIANA GRANDE AND “BLACKFISHING” – WHERE DOES RACISM BEGIN?
"The debate about cultural appropriation suffers from its premise: It is based on the assumption tha…
Youth Culture Now Part 1
Morrissey, gifted singer and songwriter, is down with the Pegida
Perrecy & Mexrrissey: When Love Turns into Revulsion
The pain many fans feel about Morrissey's political development is deep-seated. We are giving two pe…
Danielle De Picciotto & Friends in conversation – Raphaele Shirley
Raphaele Shirley: “Anyone’s own belief system drives the framework of their existence”
"It is a life-long quest to discover a satisfying way to represent the Universe..." – Raphaele S…
HTRK at Atonal Festival – Interview
HTRK: It’s not as sad anymore because we’re not as sad
"We’ve gone through a whole process of healing and accepting and that just comes out in what you c…
Felix Kubin & Matt Wand in conversations
Felix Kubin & Matt Wand: To create Mutations ¬– the third mind thing.
This conversation happened on 8th of May 2019 in Hamburg. The next night Matt Wand gave an impressiv…
MELANIE JAME WOLF / SAVAGE AMUSEMENT: “TONIGHT”
“Tonight” is a place of future. And apparently there isn’t one”
"I started my performance career, because I really, really didn't want to do a normal job. Performin…
Danielle De Picciotto & Friends in conversation – Sabin Aell
Sabin Aell: “For me it is more interesting what I am becoming than where I was born”
"I guess I am a surfer, riding “the wave”, always on the look out for the next magnificent one."…
on power and dominion, visibility and representation, and on intersectionality in pop music
Ain’t I a Human?
In the third text of the series curated by Aida Baghernejad, she herself thinks out loud about power…
Annett Scheffel on„When I Get Home“ by Solange Knowles
Solange “And Do You Feel Addressed? I Do.”
Annett Scheffel is immersing herself deeply into "When I Get Home", Solange Knowles' new album. She …
The cultural struggle around female bodies in pop music: Songs about abortions
PAPA, DON’T PREACH: ABORTIONS , (NOT) A TABOO IN POP MUSIC?!
The second text of the series curated by Aida Baghernejad, Julia Lorenz searches for traces: Songs a…
Merrill Nisker – Interview
Peaches: „To be quite honest, a lot of my ideas evolve around the vagina and my intersectional feminist perspective“
"Do not be fooled, there are many paths and many opinions and although I would love to believe we ar…
YPY – Interview with Koshiro Hino
YPY: “No comment. Everybody has one secret at least.”
"It’s often very hard mentally and physically for me during the production process, but once a pro…
Danielle De Picciotto & Friends in conversation – Andrea Wünsche (Magnet Musik)
Andrea Wünsche: “Nowadays it’s often about quick money (…) the market has become more commercial”
"As a booker, you have to create a strategy, a plan for your artist, have to travel a lot, get to kn…
Danielle De Picciotto & Friends in conversation – Sonja Krohn (La petite Sonja)
Sonja Krohn (La petite Sonja): “My boyfriend is my muse”
"I want to survive as long as I can to raise our daughter properly. That’s my main plan momentaril…
Akiko Yano - Interview
“When you are communicating through music there is no fear or intimidation”
"Young people want to know about our music and I am grateful for that. I think some of it somehow ca…
Holly Herndon – Interview
Holly Herndon: “I make music for active listening and I love that as an art form“
Holly Herndon in conversation about Artificial Intelligence, sleep rhythms, Church, nonhierarchica…
Carla Bley – Interview
Carla Bley: “I sometimes feel I should wear a sign on stage saying “She Wrote The Music.”
"I began learning music before I was able to walk, and I was surrounded by music at home from as ear…
Danielle De Picciotto & Friends in conversation - MAYa Hardinge
MAYa Hardinge & Fear of failing!
"I’ve been obsessed with music since I was very little and obsessed with visuals and style since t…
Danielle de Picciotto „Et Arripuerit“ – Videoclip-Premiere
Danielle de Picciotto: “It is very difficult for me to separate my art from my everyday life”
"I am an interdisciplinary artist and always move between sound, color or language. If I neglect one…
John Niven on the Michael Jackson documentary "Leaving Neverland"
John Niven: “Personally, I fear it will be a long time before any of Jackson’s music is played in our house.”
"Obviously, every individual has to decide these questions for themselves. You suspect that after th…
Danielle De Picciotto & Friends in conversation - Julia Kent
Julia Kent: “I find it endlessly interesting, and empowering, to learn about and to interact with technology”
"There's something about joining that stream of human energy that you find in a city and feeling the…
Cologne Sessions & Strange Sounds from Beyond – 23.3.2019
Lulu: “Working in the music industry has made me conscious of my (in-)capabilities”
"Strange Sounds From Beyond is a festival and music platform that seeks its inspiration in boundary-…
Jayda G – Interview
JAYDA G: “MORE THAN JUST AN IMAGE”
"We both smile because we are quite thankful that we don’t have to talk about the remaining being-…
Efdemins „New Atlantis“
Efdemin: The long dive to the self
"The album contains a lot of time, work and suffering. Many years in which I was traveling as a DJ a…
Cindy Li – Tour Diary Asia
Ciel “Hao! Feeling the year of the pig in a big way”
Within the last twelve months Toronto based dj and producer Cindy Li (which goes by the artist name …
Danielle De Picciotto & Friends in conversation - Jennifer Tull Westberg
Jennifer Tull Westberg: “Gemstones are magical to me – gifts from deep in the Earth”
"I never really lack ideas as I am constantly being inspired. My biggest problem is actually finding…
Terence Fixmer – Interview
Terence Fixmer: „I saw the start of Techno!“
"Personally I don’t understand djs who are playing ten times or more per month. I don’t see the …
Jessica Pratt – Interview
Jessica Pratt: “It came out of me with a bang”
"Quiet Signs" is, of course, not a loud, flashy album – rather a gentle revolution, a timeless, cr…
Melvin Oliphant III / Mutant Beat Dance – Interview
Making a mutant
"Nothing was never wasted or thrown out because I wouldn´t allow us to come together with no result…
Borderlands Trio – Interview with Stephan Crump
Borderlands Trio: “A lifetime of preparation for that moment”
Borderlands Trio is the formation of Stephan Crump (bass), Kris Davis (piano) and Eric Mc Pherson (d…
Tasho Nicolopulos - Kaput Talk
Its Own Infinite Flower: “I feel music should be an adventure to create & also to listen to”
"Following the deaths of friends, the dissolution of friendships and intense heartbreak, making musi…
Danielle De Picciotto & Friends in conversation - Ziska Riemann
Ziska Riemann: “Art has the ability to confuse one’s point of view”
"I still live the same bohemian life as twenty years ago. Since I have no permanent job, no family, …
Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation – Marie Čtveráčková
Marie Čtveráčková: “It still surprises me how women are treated”
For the latest installment of Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation DdP met up with Prague…
Loraine James – Interview
“female:pressure is awesome because it recognises us, and we do exist. There are a lot of us!”
"I think in the past year and a half I’ve become more confident in who I am as a person, and my id…
An interview with James Stinson by Andrew Duke (from 1999)
Drexciya: „Why not give it a try again and see what will happen?“
The music of James Stinson and Gerald Donald is equal parts electro, techno, and funk. Murky and mys…
Helena Hauff
Helena Hauff: “Why I am actually doing this?”
"The sun is slowly creeping up from behind floor and the people on the dance floor are now going com…
Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation – Linnea Hellström
Linnea Hellström: “The main reason to be strong is to protect those who are weaker”
"Veganism is more than what we eat, buy, wear, support or boycott. It´s a whole way of thinking, fe…
Lena Platonos – Interview – DICE conference and festival
Lena Platonos: “I listen to music 24 hours a day.”
"I advise them to fight for their rights and hope for a more optimistic future." – Lena Platonos …
Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation
Barbara Morgenstern: “Goose bumps are always great”
"Language is very important to me, I work a lot with meanings between the lines, ambiguity, puns and…
Andi Otto in conversation with Oki Kano, collaborator of the late Umeko Ando
The magic music of Umeko Ando
Interview by Andi Otto with Oki Kano, collaborator of the late Umeko Ando.…
Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation – Natasja Alers
Natasja Alers: “Art is a way for me to express frustration, sadness, passion or obsession and a certain urgency”
"I can't imagine my life without creating something, whatever it is. Art for me is the only answer a…
The Brooklyn-based booking agency Discwoman is working on a long overdue paradigm shift in the still male-dominated DJ business
Discwoman: “Questioning the circumstances”
"It is a bit too much. To be honest, we would be delighted if there were more agencies like ours. We…
Fenster - JJ Weihl in conversation
“What if life was just a joke?”
After the withdrawal of producing "The Room" comes return, so it’s time to say knock knock: Who’…
Peter Brötzmann & Oxbow
It’s not the twelve bar, it’s the person behind!
On Sunday the 20th of May Peter Brötzmann played together with Dan Adams, Greg Davis, Eugene Robins…
Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation
Amy Kaps: “Honest expression is the most potent”
"I would really like to get out of the no or low budget concept" – Amy Kaps in conversation with …
Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation
Jo Quail: If you’re a freelance musician and a parent you need to be incredibly well organized”
"Inspiration takes all forms for all people, whether it’s a gentle meditation as you do the shoppi…
Fischerspooner Interview with Casey Spooner
Casey Spooner: “Now I’m addicted to museum shows. I want one every year.”
"Now I'm addicted to museum shows. I want one every year." – NAK director Maurice Funken in conve…
Silvia Jiménez Alvarez aka Jasss in conversation
JASSS: “Those things exist in me and bother me.”
Spain born artist Silvia Jiménez Alvarez already set some significant marks in the world of dark el…
The Transcendence Orchestra
A journey into the unknown
Asked what to expect from their upcoming performance at Meakusma festival, both Anthony Child and Da…
Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation
Tessa Hughes Freeland: “Overload creates a confusion of meaning – I love that”
Tessa Hughes Freeland is a british born experimental filmmaker who moved to NYC in the late 70ies. S…
