US-Election 2024

Inflation, housing crises, multiple jobs …

Inflation, housing crises, multiple jobs … and unfortunately no Democrats who have managed to give people the feeling that they are getting this essential struggle under control.

Not that the Republicans know it, but in an absurd way, US voters have decided to vote against “the system” that keeps them down or, to put it mildly, does nothing to counter the downward trend that a large part of society has experienced in the last two decades and that many feel on their necks (that is obviously the perspective of large sections of the electorate).

How they come up with the idea that Trump and his buddies represent the way out of their individual and our collective crisis, God only knows (which I never write otherwise, but seems appropriate in the USA); yes, of course, you could say that they read it into their Trump I experiences, in which the US and global economy were in a better position, but of course the effects of the pandemic tsunami are completely ignored, which could certainly have been better cushioned with adequate policies (even during Trump I).

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EM GUIDE — 3/4.sk –  Kika Echeverría – Essay

The voices that wait – the archive of Chile al día

In this essay, Kika Echeverría explores her encounter with the archive of «Chile al día», a broadcast transmitted from Radio Berlin International in the GDR between 1973 and 1990, during the same period as Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile. …

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EM GUIDE — Easterndaze – Freddie Hudson – Gin&Platonic label feature

Gin&Platonic: “We try not to lock ourselves into just one sonic identity”

"Hand in hand with self-releasing and self-promoting becoming easier for the artists, the amount of …

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Record of the Week

Konrad Sprenger „Set“ (Black Truffle)

Konrad Sprenger „Set“ (Black Truffle) Konrad Sprenger’s „Set“ opens with a paradox. The ti…

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EM GUIDE — Interview with Ozan Tekin about "Mornings for Sale / Satılık Sabahlar: No.2"

“In Istanbul, the seamless cycle of night and day unfolds almost unnoticed”

"For me, the effect of the blue hour has always been more profound than that of a sunset. It’s a m…

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CTM Festival 2025

10 CTM shows not to be missed this week

In 2025, the CTM Festival will once again be one big awesome overload: an endless stream of panels, …

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EM GUIDE – Interview

Ellen Arkbro  “I love making sound in a room and having people there to experience it” 

The Swedish composer, musician and sound artist Ellen Arkbro is known for her very precise productio…

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Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation

Dorothy Carter “Why would you want to own all of this stuff? Doesn´t it burden you?”

  Thomas Venker, the publisher of Kaput Magazin, invited me to do a series of interviews with i…

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