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Tango With Lions is the stage name of Berlin-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kat Papachristou. She has released three albums via Inner Ear Records. Her debut album ‘Verba Time’ (2010) received enthusiastic reviews, while the song ‘In A Bar’ has broken a record of views on YouTube. Her second album ‘A Long […]
Ólafur Arnalds is one of the most influential musicians of modern times: a world-colliding, multi-faceted talent, who has paved the way across the electronic and classical worlds. Arnalds’ endless thirst for the challenge has also seen him compose dance scores for Wayne MacGregor at Sadler’s Wells, win a BAFTA for […]
Oxford Drama is a Polish experimental-pop band from Wrocław, formed in 2014. Big-time fans of Kevin Parker, Graham Coxon, and Brian Wilson, Gosia Dryjanska & Marcin Mrowka have crafted a sound that is a mix of indie-pop guitar, soft electro, and thoughtful lyrics. CVLT: Hello! Can you offer some insights […]
Australian/Russian post-hardcore quartet GALLEONS offers a new single ‘Playing With Fire Is Such A Cliché’, taken from their upcoming self-titled full-length album available worldwide on May 14th via Famined Records. Modern post-hardcore infused with jazz, trap, pop, hip hop, and low-fi is what makes up the sound of the four-piece powerhouse. This new glance at […]
Composer and pianist JooWan Kim began his formal training in composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.M. in composition in 2003. He continued his education in composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, from which he received a M.M. […]
Violinist, composer, and a long-time member of Arcade Fire, and founding member of Bell Orchestre, Sarah Neufeld, confronts anguish with beauty, turmoil with grace, gliding through the present as a dancer mid-motion, reaching through space ’til she’s caught. CVLTartes: First of all, how did you start making music? Tell us […]
Swedish guitarist and producer Ola Englund, renowned for his work with Six Feet Under, The Haunted, and Feared, finally release his second solo album titled “Starzinger” on CD, vinyl, and digital download. Mixed and mastered by Clawfinger’s Jocke Skog, “Starzinger” follows up Englund’s debut solo album “Master of the Universe” released in early 2018 and features Delta Empire on drums along with a number […]
Simon Goff is a violinist, composer, and Grammy award-winning sound engineer. His work seeks to find space between genres, exploring how the violin can be manipulated and processed to create a unique sound that defies traditional definitions. From his appreciation of process, acoustics, and technology he conjures dynamic sonic landscapes where […]
“Emptiness is an old man, isolated for too long, bitter, he’s changing again.” Belgian project EMPTINESS has teamed up with Le Botanique for a very special digital Livestream. The stream will take place on April 29th, 2021 @19:00 UTC. The event is completely free for all to watch on Facebook HERE. For donations to […]
Led by composer/pianist, JooWan Kim, Hip Hop Orchestra Ensemble Mik Nawooj (EMN) creates Metamusic by sampling principles of Hip-Hop and Classical. Executed with MC/lyricist Sandman, a lyric soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, drums, and bass, the music is rigorous, nuanced, accessible, and free from the dogmas of Western European concert […]