Haïfa Melliti: “Everything becomes music…when you are listening deeply”
Haïfa Melliti: “Everything becomes music…when you are listening deeply”
Garbage Garden: “The songs I’ve released so far aren't products of sudden inspiration; they are "dormant content" I’ve kept buried in my heart for a very long time, finally finding their way out”
Garbage Garden: “The songs I’ve released so far aren't products of sudden inspiration; they are "dormant content" I’ve kept buried in my heart for a very long time, finally finding their way out”
Indolore: “Beyond being a passion, music has become a language that allows me to say what I dare not express otherwise”
Indolore: “Beyond being a passion, music has become a language that allows me to say what I dare not express otherwise”
Lilia Asha: “I think David Bowie’s Hunky Dory is the best album of all time”
Lilia Asha: “I think David Bowie’s Hunky Dory is the best album of all time”
Mahto Addison-Browder: “I don’t care about industry trends. I’m going to make stuff that I like. Chances are someone else will like it too”
Mahto Addison-Browder: “I don’t care about industry trends. I’m going to make stuff that I like. Chances are someone else will like it too”
Tom Minor: “You can’t really lie with music - or at least we tend to instantly recognise fake when we hear it, don’t we?”
Tom Minor: “You can’t really lie with music - or at least we tend to instantly recognise fake when we hear it, don’t we?”
Aria: “I've toyed around with many different meanings for ‘being successful in music’, and I've realized that the sole ability to make people feel something from my music is success to me”
Aria: “I've toyed around with many different meanings for ‘being successful in music’, and I've realized that the sole ability to make people feel something from my music is success to me”
DownTown Mystic: “You get used to hearing songs a certain way, then they get released, and people react to them differently. You start to see and hear them in a different light, which is very cool”
DownTown Mystic: “You get used to hearing songs a certain way, then they get released, and people react to them differently. You start to see and hear them in a different light, which is very cool”
Fringe Frontier: “We'd prefer to be underproduced than overproduced, lean into imperfections, and draw from several different genres”
Fringe Frontier: “We'd prefer to be underproduced than overproduced, lean into imperfections, and draw from several different genres”
Pablo Parada: “I don’t want my music to make people sad, but rather allow them to identify with their sadness, so that they feel less alone in it”
Pablo Parada: “I don’t want my music to make people sad, but rather allow them to identify with their sadness, so that they feel less alone in it”
Eternal Tone: “Artists like Dizzy Wright, Brother Ali, and Satsang truly changed the trajectory of my music from hip-hop to genre-bending, purpose-driven music meant to heal, guide, and assist”
Eternal Tone: “Artists like Dizzy Wright, Brother Ali, and Satsang truly changed the trajectory of my music from hip-hop to genre-bending, purpose-driven music meant to heal, guide, and assist”
Tom Radar of Hellkern Warriors: “Our priority is creating music that resonates with us first — everything else follows from that”
Tom Radar of Hellkern Warriors: “Our priority is creating music that resonates with us first — everything else follows from that”
Jessi Robertson: “I want to make music that is true to me and expresses how I feel about the world, so I don’t bother following trends. They always pass”
Jessi Robertson: “I want to make music that is true to me and expresses how I feel about the world, so I don’t bother following trends. They always pass”
Mercy Kelly: “The music is flowing more naturally than ever before”
Mercy Kelly: “The music is flowing more naturally than ever before”
Clare Easdown: “Our lives would be utterly devoid of meaning without music. It is our one outlet for expression, creativity, anger and every emotion in between”
Clare Easdown: “Our lives would be utterly devoid of meaning without music. It is our one outlet for expression, creativity, anger and every emotion in between”
Antoin Gibson: “Music should be dangerous, emotional, and unfiltered — not just another product on the conveyor belt”
Antoin Gibson: “Music should be dangerous, emotional, and unfiltered — not just another product on the conveyor belt”
Cupid Spell: “We have always enjoyed Angelo Daniel Badalamenti and Julee Cruise's work, especially in David Lynch's world”
Cupid Spell: “We have always enjoyed Angelo Daniel Badalamenti and Julee Cruise's work, especially in David Lynch's world”
Exzenya: “Society often pushes people into silence about the things they’re ashamed of or afraid to admit, but music breaks that barrier”
Exzenya: “Society often pushes people into silence about the things they’re ashamed of or afraid to admit, but music breaks that barrier”
Hey Look Listen: “I'm all over the map with what I listen to, but this year has been a lot of Courtney Barnett and Jesse Welles”
Hey Look Listen: “I'm all over the map with what I listen to, but this year has been a lot of Courtney Barnett and Jesse Welles”
Nom De Plume: “Success for us is people listening to our music and enjoying it. That’s it”
Nom De Plume: “Success for us is people listening to our music and enjoying it. That’s it”