Chicago Now! Scenius October Mixtape
A sonic journey through the contemporary Chicago scene — from spiritual jazz to experimental fusion. Featuring Makaya McCraven, Joshua Abrams, Bitchin Bajas and more.
Tortoise on the changing face of Chicago, Steve Albini and their new-gen fans
Informed by everything from jungle to Krautrock and musique concrète, Tortoise broke new ground 30 years ago. Returning after nine years away, ‘it’s a different world’, they say.
The Green Ball: Inside Gilles Peterson’s Three-Level Listening House
At the back of his North London garden stands a new structure – three levels of wood, glass and shelves of vinyl. This is Gilles Peterson’s Emerald Ballroom also known as The Green Ball.
Gilles Peterson Presents International Anthem Compilation
The twenty-nine tracks on this compilation chronicle Peterson’s long-standing affinity for and connection to International Anthem’s expansive creative music community.
Yussef Dayes in Japan film
“Yussef Dayes In Japan” in collaboration with Audio-Technica, documents his trip to Japan and features a live performance with the majestic Mount Fuji in the background.
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog in Athens | Scenius 13.11.2024
Ceramic Dog, debut in Greece at Gazarte Ground Stage on November 13, 2024.
Known for their unique sound that blends rock, jazz, blues and experimental music, Ceramic Dog has been welcomed and celebrated by fans.
Colin Stetson in Athens | Scenius 19.10.2024
Colin Stetson one of the most visible and celebrated saxophonists across a wide range of streams in the musical universe for the first time in Greece, on October 19, 2024 at Gazarte Ground.
Indie Culture Is Great – But What’s Coming Next is Better
We already have some tools at hand. Many of us are already using them. We need to support them, and build more.
Tortoise Return With First New Song in Nearly a Decade
Tortoise is widely considered one of the most influential music groups of the last 40 years, with a wide-reaching impact on the contemporary music scene.
Tracing The Lines: “In These Times” Sessions
Tracing The Lines is a creative exploration of International Anthem Recording Co. and the community that surrounds it.
Chicago Label International Anthem Is Rewriting the Rules of Jazz
Ever since Scottie McNiece and David Allen co-founded International Anthem in 2014, they’ve pushed back against easy categorization and joined a proud hometown tradition in the process.
Generative documentary about Brian Eno
The groundbreaking generative documentary about visionary musician and artist Brian Eno, a film that’s different every time it’s shown.
All Bad Music Will Eventually Disappear
Or how I learned to stop worrying about those godawful playlists
Scenius, or Communal Genius
Individuals immersed in a productive scenius will blossom and produce their best work.
When buoyed by scenius, you act like genius.
Scenius December 24 Mix
December sonic storytelling concludes a year of action, joy and pain.
Music to keep us united.
#Jazznotjazz
Colin Stetson on Adult Swim Festival
Colin Stetson makes you forget everything you knew about the saxophone.
Taken from Adult Swim’s 2020 online festival.
How Shahzad Ismaily Became Musicians’ Favourite Musician
Born with a rare genetic disorder, the multi-instrumentalist felt like a permanent outsider as a child. He now wields those lessons as one of music’s most coveted collaborators.
Brian Eno on the “SCENIUS” concept
SCENIUS AND HARD ART
As individuals our powers are limited.
In groups we become stronger.
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Strata-East Records
This label founded in 1971 gave Afrocentric and psychedelic jazz a home, and found a breakout hit with Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson. Take a guided tour through its deep catalog.
Art Yard On The Wire / Cashmere Radio Berlin
Mr Art Yard Records himself on the Cashmere Radio Berlin Airwaves sharing his spiritual vibrations
A Gateway to Jazz Kissa
The roots of Jazz Kissa culture, unique to Japan, can be traced back about 90 years
Scenius February Mix at Stegi radio
February’s Scenius mix is a journey connecting genres, aesthetics. Some storytelling between past, present and future.
Bex Burch -There is only love and fear
On rare occasions, all the stars align. This is how it was when composer-musician and instrument-maker Bex Burch jumped into her car and drove eight hours across Europe to Utrecht in November 2021.
Bex Burch on Cashmere Radio’s Astral Travelling
Bex Burch on Cashmere’s Radio Astral Travelling radio show a few days before the release of her album ‘There is only love and fear” on International Anthem
How John Coltrane’s ‘My Favorite Things’ Changed American Music
It’s a timeless song and quite possibly the most American recording in history. The recording is not in or of the melting pot. It is the melting pot.
Rick Rubin: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist.
Featuring photographer Traianos Pakioufakis LP cover works
Along various collaborations across art, music and fashion, Traianos Pakioufakis has created a series of LP sleeves for an array of artists including The Necks, Keiji Haino, Jim o Rourke, Oren Ambarchi, Andrew Pekler, Bill Kouligas and Merzbow.
The Necks – OPEN (2013)
Following on from their two track LP release, Mindset (2011), Open sees legendary artists-in-resonance The Necks return to the territory they are best known for, a single piece running for over an hour.
True to its title, Open possesses a stillness, drawing the listener into a spacious soundworld.
New Music Jazz Magazine for Creative Music in Athens
The Jazz Fanzine NEW MUSIC is a new entry in the Athenian scene that supports creative and contemporary music.
NewMusic magazine spoke to Antony Braxton on November 13, 2022 when he performed at Barbican with his New Acoustic Quartet, featuring American bassist Carl Testa, Cologne based Brazilian drummer, Mariá Portugal and Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva.
CIRCA 20:23 manifesto, ‘Hope: The Art of Reading What Is Not Yet Written
The CIRCA PRIZE 2023 invited a global community of artists, performers, poets, activists, architects, gamers and filmmakers to respond to the CIRCA 20:23 manifesto, ‘Hope: The Art of Reading What Is Not Yet Written
Improvisations in Parallel Mode
Improvisations (aka Meditations) in Parallel Mode. A journey in the greek countryside meeting local performers. A visual soundtrack directed by Petros Kolotouros
My Obsession With the Necks, the Greatest Trio on Earth
It all begins, as things tend to, with sex. More exactly, with “Sex,” their first album, released in 1989 after they had been playing together in Sydney for a couple of years.
Meikyoku Kissa Lion – Tokyo’s Baroque cinema of sound
Translated as ‘classical masterpiece café’, Meikyoku Kissa’s aesthetic is reflected in the interior, with 3-metre-high custom-made speakers embedded into the back wall, like a church pipe organ. They were hand-crafted by local carpenters in 1950, to the then owner’s personal specifications.