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YVY MARAEY grew up in Berlin as the daughter of a German mother, but she never let her father’s Brazilian …

When Worldwiderythm – also known under the artist name Nais – started producing music at the age of 17, he …

There’s an undeniable warmth to Wayne Snow’s music, one that combines a contemporary take on his homeland Nigeria with neo-soul, …

Peppi and Mela find each other on Instagram during the Covid-19 pandemic, start rehearsing and come to the quick realisation …

Born in Cape Verde, Creole singer Vera Tavares captivates audiences with her powerful stage presence and poppy, jazzy, soulful voice. …

As a homosexual BPOC rapper, venturathagay subverts hip-hop culture with cheeky, humorous and explicit lyrics, offering the genre’s largely cis-male, …

Half-German. half-Malaysian vocalist and DJ Soraya grew up in between cultures, heavily inspired by the variety of genres encompassing soundsystem …

Güner Künier’s music is shaped by the sound of her voice and a minimalism that combines industrial beats, lo-fi guitars …

The first encounter of the members of Modha was rather unexpected, crossing paths as hired musicians playing in a live …

Pari Eskandari is an Iranian-German singer, composer and producer living in Berlin. In 1988 at the age of three, she …

Julian O’Swald aka O’Swald is a Berlin-based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and music producer. He draws on various genres such as jazz, …

Mona Yim is a Chinese-German artist, producer, DJ and vocalist currently based in Berlin. Her music can be described as …

Neo-soul artist MiDi KwaKwa grew up in two contrasting cultures: with her Ghanaian parents in a small West German town. …

The son of a soldier from New Orleans and a German mother with Austrian roots, Juju Rogers grew up in …

houaïda is a musician, composer, performer and graduate physicist. She is involved with inter- and transdisciplinary spaces and contributes to …