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Nazanin Noori's new exhibition asks us to reflect on an alternative political reality

3 weeks ago | crackmagazine.net | Zoya Raza-Sheikh

In her first UK exhibition, THE ECHO OF PROTEST IS DISTANT TO THE PROTEST, multidisciplinary artist, DJ and ambient hardcore producer Nazanin Noori uses a cacophony of sound and visuals to shock us into imagining a vastly different alternative political present.
sweet93 is making make distorted dream-pop to zone out to

1 month ago | crackmagazine.net | Gemma Samways |Molly Johnson

29.04.25 Words by: Gemma Samways Photography: Halle Jean March, Molly Johnson Blending honeyed melodies with walls of guitar fuzz and waves of fuzzy distortion, New York-based artist sweet93 is crafting a new dream-pop sound. Chloe Kohanski loves the physical sensation of being cramped. “I will literally sleep in the corner, up against the wall, to feel that pressure,” the New York-based artist chuckles, gleefully aware of how curious the admission sounds.
Wax Works Berlin celebrated the physicality and craft of analogue recording

2 months ago | crackmagazine.net | Thomas Frost

At Wax Works Berlin, the Vinyl Alliance teamed up with Audio-Technica and optimal media to shine a light on the human craft of analogue recording and the superior sound quality it captures. Spending two days at Analogue Foundation Berlin with some of the city’s most skilled musicians, producers and mixers, we witnessed this process fast-tracked from studio session to playback. The excitement was palpable.
Bespoke sound system creators Friendly Pressure and Stone Island are teaming up for Milan Design Week

2 months ago | crackmagazine.net | Alice Nicolov

07.04.25 Words by: Alice Nicolov Photography: Frederick Paxton As he gears up for a Milan Design Week collaboration with Stone Island, Friendly Pressure founder Shivas Howard Brown talks formative sound system experiences and being part of a lineage of Black British music. In a sun-flooded East London studio, Friendly Pressure founder Shivas Howard Brown pads across a thick cocoa-coloured rug to the record player flanked by two chest-high speakers.
Cover story: Purelink – Expanding Universe

2 months ago | crackmagazine.net | Nina Posner

03.04.25 Words by: Nina Posner Photography: Raphaël Gaultier Photography Assistant: George Goldberg After the surprise success of their debut, Signs, Purelink found themselves at the forefront of a tidal shift in electronic music.
Nabeel (نبيل) is seeking harmony between Iraqi culture and Virginia’s indie music scene

2 months ago | crackmagazine.net | Zoya Raza-Sheikh

25.03.25 Words by: Zoya Raza-Sheikh Photography: Chez Goodspeed Merging college-rock influences with allusions to Iraqi heritage and musical traditions, Nabeel(نبيل)’s music is driven by both the preservation of culture and creating a new sound. “I’ve always been obsessed with pop music.” Yasir Razak, founder of Iraqi-American indie band Nabeel (نبيل) is recalling the antics of his younger self over Zoom.
Maria Somerville’s 'Luster' is a love letter to people and place

2 months ago | crackmagazine.net | Dean Van Nguyen

01.04.25 Words by: Dean Van Nguyen Photography: Louis O’Sullivan Makeup: Maggie O’Shea Photography Assistant: Cameron Crossen Inspired by her return to Connemara, a region rich in Irish history and myth, Maria Somerville’s second album is shaped its spirit, spacious landscape and seasonal pace. The weather in Dublin this late January is mild, nothing like the images of Storm Éowyn being beamed from the rest of Ireland.
Future Shock: AI versus the Dancefloor

2 months ago | crackmagazine.net | Declan McGlynn

AI’s champions promise democratisation, while its denouncers fear a devaluation of art as we know it. With electronic music scenes braced for impact, what exactly will the future sound like? For the past three years, generative AI’s existential threat has dominated discourse in the creative industries.
Circuit des Yeux

2 months ago | crackmagazine.net | Emma Madden

17.03.25 Finding freedom in the perverse once again, Haley Fohr, a.k.a. Circuit des Yeux, revels in primal, animalistic abandon to create a record that will stalk your nightmares. Most musicians simply make albums, Haley Fohr, a.k.a. Circuit des Yeux, makes emergencies. Since releasing her debut, Symphone, in 2008, Fohr has made music that works on a molecular level, her howling, bleating, four-octave voice shaking the listener out of complacent passivity and into a state of alarm.
Conducting chaos: Rewire 2025 in 7 sounds

Mar 6, 2025 | crackmagazine.net | Duncan Harrison

The mind-expanding festival returned for its 14th edition with performances from Laurie Anderson, YHWN Nailgun, Kali Malone and more. Trying to find a throughline at a festival like Rewire isn’t easy. When a programme is put together by fans as passionate and knowledgeable as the minds behind this festival, you can find yourself a little without focus.