Gina Alexander

The Resilience & Reign of SUNMI (Interview)

“I wanted to show people that I can overcome anything, even if it takes some time.” SUNMI debuted as a member of the Wonder Girls in 2007, a girl group that – aside from amassing a string of hits over…


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Shinichi Atobe

Sustaining creativity over the decades isn’t always a question of figuring out who you are. Sometimes, the operative question is how: How much of yourself should surround your work? How do you balance a unique point of view with the…


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Soichi Terada

The past is sometimes said to be a foreign country, and for the mature musician, the chances of going there tend to be especially remote. If nations typically enjoy the assumption of stability, a music scene’s own monuments—genres, labels, magazines,…


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Jasss

Silvia Jiménez Alvarez, better known as the Spanish-born, Berlin-based electronic musician Jasss, has hidden languages within her music. In a recent interview, Alvarez said of her debut on Ostgut Ton, “Every track, in some way, has to do with having…


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