Music Stories
POST playlist: a mix of new music for sleepless nights
For my semi-regular program POST for Refuge Worldwide this week, I focused on new releases. This highlighted Lebanon in particular and still didn’t cover the flurry of releases there, but it covered other places, too. It’s all recommended, so here’s the full playback and track listing with links.
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Kudos to living artists series challenges mixing just one artist – hear the results
From the mind of Behrang Najafi – known as half of Temp Illusion, among other things – “Kudos to Living Artists” asks the question, how would you make a mix of just one artist? Invited artists have crafted tributes to Boards of Canada, Brigitte Fontaine, Peder Mannerfelt, Grischa Licthenberger, Tania León, and more.
Peter Kirn - May 23, 2025
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Female artists and AV blockbusters at Tehran Contemporary Sounds
A focus on female composers and electronic artists from Iran – alongside big AV productions like CDM favorites Temp-Illusion – is front and center at Tehran Contemporary Sounds in Berlin this weekend. If you can’t be there, we’ve got a big lineup of music to queue up.
Under-the-radar Bandcamp picks, in a time of flood waters and self-discovery
Peter Kirn - September 1, 2023
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