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This time she's not singing, she's deciding: Jerry Heil will judge Reeperbahn's top prize — and a Ukrainian is nominated
Four judges, six nominees and one evening in Hamburg. The winner is picked not for the records already released, but for the set they play at the festival itself.
Events
A stadium, the main conference hall and two Amsterdam churches: where Ukrainian names stand in the anniversary ADE programme
The bill for the biggest venue of the week runs to eight names. How many of them are Ukrainian — and why one of them arrives not as a guest but as the host of her own night.
Artists
A great-grandmother’s carol, a line from Skovoroda and a voice from Polissia: a song from Lutsk is now in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
The singer was the last to find out — the developers never approached her at all. And the song itself is built from three layers, not one of which was written for a game.
Events
A green octopus in a window, a bus full of DJs and a float never seen here before: Łódź gave up its street for three days
A stadium, the main conference hall and two Amsterdam churches: where Ukrainian names stand in the anniversary ADE programme
A recording studio moved into Kyiv’s Sports Palace: the concert twenty-five thousand people saw is going nationwide
It was played at the Warehouse and now it sits in the Library of Congress: Chicago spends four days celebrating itself as the birthplace of house
Artists
“You’re basically writing eight songs into one”: how a track from a Kyiv studio became a K-pop idol’s solo debut
A great-grandmother’s carol, a line from Skovoroda and a voice from Polissia: a song from Lutsk is now in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
A Boiler Room set usually means one DJ behind the decks: Basement Jaxx brought three singers, a trumpet and a ballerina
It began as a monthly mix on a single internet station: the Ralf GUM show now has a four-digit episode number
Cinema
Iryna Bilyk, Ponomariov and Mohylevska play themselves: "The Chervona Ruta Train" is out for 35 years of Independence
A promoter finds out he has a ten-year-old son: A24 has released the trailer for its film about nocturnal New York
Neil Tennant returns to his home town: a Pet Shop Boys double feature in Newcastle with a live Q&A
Releases
Nine months ago he posted exactly two minutes from that night: now Four Tet has released all four and a half hours
A coming out, a honeymoon cut short by a diagnosis and a song for two friends: the new Hercules & Love Affair release
World premieres that had never been put on record: a Ukrainian violinist releases her third album on Naxos
Lifestyle
The full soundtrack isn't named yet, but you can already hear part of it: house, disco and Depeche Mode in the GTA VI clip
Three floors, six residents and its own radio: Rio de Janeiro is opening the listening bar ESCUTA
A premiere about the 99 days of 1991: Berlin holds a Ukrainian week for the 35th anniversary of Independence
Technology
Spaces between the letters slip past the filter, and the machine sings in a familiar voice: four musicians are suing Suno
First they cleared their own chart, then they turned to radio: Australia is the first to tell the machine its place
