The Empire Line “Rave” (Northern Electronics) – Anmeldelse af Sandra S. Borch For lyttere med hang til den industrielle rytmik og introverte droner var nyheden om Mika Vainios dødsfald et stort tab. Det kommer nok ikke som nogen overraskelse, at de tre bagmænd i The Empire Line også var Mika Vainio-fans. Blandt tracklisten på deres første fuldlængde-album findes nummeret ‘Ø’, der er dedikeret til et ...

Billeder af Astrid Sonne og Xenia Xamanek Lopez – introduktion af Sandra S. Borch Astrid Sonne og Xenia Xamanek Lopez (Equis) har længe lavet støj med diverse maskiner i Københavns undergrund, i januar tog de sammen langt mod øst for at udforske den japanske kultur. Passive/Aggressive spurgte, om de havde lyst til at dokumenterer deres tur. Begge havde en fascination af Japan og lyst til at udforske ...

Reportage from CTM 2018 – Turmoil 26.1. – 4.2 in Berlin by Sandra S. Borch, Photos: Ralph Larmann, Udo Siegfriedt, Camille Blake og Isla Kriss “The world is in turmoil” declares the CTM Festival for Adventurous Music and Art in the programme. The festival has long been notorious for its critical voice in music culture finding grounds within the turbulent political climate we are ...

By Sandra S. Borch To even begin to describe her place in music, it must be noted that Berlin-based DJ Lakuti aka Lerato Khathi from the Johannesburg-township Soweto has been around long enough to have experienced the first wave of house records. She cried on the dance floor, when she heard Fingers Inc’s house anthem “Can You Feel It” for the first time. She ...

By Sandra S. Borch Based in Cairo ZULI navigates the ancient city in-between numerous amount of different genres with sampling and love for synthesizers, besides producing music, he has been one of the true mainstays working for a healthy scene for electronic and experimental music in the Egyptian capital.

By Sandra S. Borch It is not many people who can say that they aired a dj-set at the age of 10. However, it is exactly the case with the Chicago-based artist Jana Rush who started broadcasting on the local WKKC radio. “I just went straight to turntables and radio,” she cheerfully explains to Passive/Aggressive in this transatlantic interview before going to Europe to ...