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Brazilian Girls

Getting a look into Sabina Sciubbas eyes, lead singer of Brazilian Girls, is as difficult as finding a broken glowstick in the dark. She never shows her eyes to the audience, they’re always hidden behind exotic accessories. The band consists of Sabina, Didi Gutman, Aaron Johnston and Jesse Murp...

About the Boys - Lo-Fi-Fnk

With the recent international success of artists such as The Knife, Sweden is at last stepping out of ABBA’s shadow and proving they have far more aces up their sleeve. And now here come Leo Drougge and August Hellsing, otherwise known as Lo-Fi-Fnk, the latest forward offensive, rather Nu Rave...

MIA. - Interview by Semir Chouaibi

Mia. were probably one of the most highly anticipated artists on this year’s ‘electronic beats’ live music event in Vienna. Needless to say we jumped at the chance to ask them a couple of questions. Read on to learn about their new album and tour as well as their approach to music and life. &nb...

EARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION - Interview with Deetron by Peyman Farahani

Swiss Sam Geiser aka Deetron appears very decent and pleasantly unpretentious. As a rising star in the Techno scene, not least for his reputation as a dynamic three-deck DJ that’s propelled him across the globe, but also for his popularity as a producer for a growing roster of record labels, yo...

Andreas Herzau - Interviewed by Semir Chouaibi

You recently launched your second website www.HerzauOnScreen.com which connects your photos with sound. What inspired you to do this and what is the intention of the website? It is not really a second homepage but a new tool related to the original site www.andreasherzau.de. I have howev...

MUSIC? AS YOU PLEASE! - Magda interviewed By Peyman Farahani

Let’s see. She has become one of the most wanted female DJs on the planet. Not long ago she released her first DJ mix on M_nus and started up a new label Items&Things together with Troy Pierce and Marc Houle, with the first release coming soon. She says that she was not always this hardcore...

X Press2 - The Comeback Kids

Rocky, Diesel and Ashley Beedle, aka funky Balearic house music legends X Press2, are back with Makeshift Feelgood, their second album in four years. It’s all killer, no filler, and will be the cause of many a dancefloor stampede in the forthcoming months to come. Oh, and if you repeat the albu...

THE GOSSIP - HAVE YOU HEARD?

Beth Ditto, the lead singer and songwriter of The Gossip, is a revelation. Since touring their hit album Standing In The way Of Control around Europe, it‘s very apparent in the rapt faces of the crowds who see her amazing live show, that there is no other woman in the punk, indie or electro sce...

ONES TO WATCH- Jesse rose - The Most Hardworking Man in the House

Jesse Rose is a name you should make yourself acquainted with because he’s one busy young man. Imagine a gardener that finds himself in the position where he has planted a little bit of everything, not thinking all of the plants would take root, and he comes out one morning and his garden is ab...

ONES TO WATCH - MY ROBOT FRIEND - a seriously unserious Musician

We are all down with the idea of machines making music, but not so used to the idea of them taking over entirely. Spearheading his own robo-revolution is the mysterious Howard Robot, better known as "My Robot Friend", whose theatrical stage shows, hilarious lyrics and technical wizar...

Fat Freddy’s Drop - DROP THE BEAT

Fat Freddy’s Drop have just finished a trail-blazing tour around the world, promoting their slow-burning hit album ‘Based On A True Story’. They have left critics gasping for more, DJs singing their praises and the fans in a very sweaty, jubilant and euphoric state. Seeing FFD live is such a re...

BAROMETER 03/2006

SNAX - A Funky Love Letter

Paul Bonomo has come a long way. Before he moved to Berlin, he had been on the road in the USA in search of the right place for living and making music. In Snax’s world of music almost nothing has been left out. In a beach-bar in the heart of Berlin on a hot summers day he explained why Berlin...

MAXI JAZZ - INTERVIEW AT CAFÉ MOSKAU (BERLIN)

MAXI JAZZ IS NOT ONLY THE VOCALIST OF WORLD-RENOWNED DANCE COLLECTIVE FAITHLESS BUT ALSO A MOST LIKEABLE CHARACTER AND A SUPPORTER OF UNITED FOR AFRICA – A PROJECT THAT COORDINATES COUNTLESS CHARITABLE ACTIONS ALL OVER THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. WE MET HIM IN A BERLIN TRAMWAY WHERE HE APPEARED AS A...