Music or weapon: artists inside and outside Ukraine reflect on creativity in times of war

As our Ukrainian friends and family have endured a year of full-scale war, here are some of their voices. For them and to all those resisting violence and occupation, here’s some space for them to be musicians and artists, even in the face of terror.

Healing, history, and a future reclaimed: Nina Pixel deep dive from Signals Festival

Ancestral Archaeology is more than the title of Nina Pixel’s new double-album. It’s an urgent practice at a moment of crisis for Slovakia and the world, taking a critical and scientific approach to folklore’s legacy, rather than a fetishistic one.

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2022

Go watch techno’s Lisa Smith talk about the power of being Noncompliant

“You have more power than you did then – and you can keep finding your power.” Producer, DJ, writer Noncompliant is featured in a film out this week talking about refusing to comply.

Peter Kirn - August 26, 2021

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