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As the lights dimmed inside Berlin’s Velodrom, a familiar silhouette stepped out: wine glass in hand, shades on, cool as ever. Kaytranada didn’t need a hype man, his set spoke entirely through rhythm. Within minutes, the crowd was moving as one. From start to finish, the energy never dipped.
Sometimes, the hardest breakups aren’t the romantic ones—they’re the ones that leave your group chats empty and your memories bittersweet. Friendships aren’t supposed to have expiration dates. But when they do, the silence can be deafening. Here’s to the ones we’ve loved and let go, and to learning that some endings don’t need closure to have meaning.
Language is power. In the month of International Women’s Day, we celebrate the voices that speak for intersectional feminism and sacred rebellion. Céline Semaan’s “A Woman is a School”, published by The Slow Factory, reclaims language and the body as sacred vessels for eco-liberation and justice. Her words call us to action: it's time to stand together in solidarity for justice and collective healing. A reminder of the power of language to emancipate us in times of struggle. None of us is free, until all of us are free.
Tasneem Elnayal’s artistic practice is rooted in our shared histories and the visceral nature of personal experience. In this conversation, the London-based Sudanese artist and art director explores the influence of Sudan's political landscape, her journey through grief and hope, and the power of memory in creating space for new experiences.
There are many ideas and concepts historically associated with springtime. Here is how filmmakers have explored these themes and harnessed the aesthetic of Spring to build stories about youth, change, rebirth, and cyclicality.
I’m not sure if you can always feel so much and so intensely that you could constantly make music about it. Whether the emotion is amplified or toned down in a song, what matters to me in the end is being able to say, "This is me." APSILON for TITLE Dec24 Cover
Known by her experimental, slightly grungy style inspired by subcultures and her iconic acting roles in movies like ‘Kids’ (1995) and ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ (1999), Chloë Sevigny’s remarkable appealing to a countercultural sensibility has layer to that’s rarely discussed—her work as a film director.
Seasonal reading is the practice of attuning one's reading practice to the changing of seasons, but also an underrated way to integrate seasonal living into everyday life. As Autumn is the perfect season to start reading seasonally here is a selection autumnal books.
London-based DJ ICYKOF drops "SHE KNOWS," blending Detroit techno and Chicago house. The track marks his new sound, exploring love and loneliness, while merging his music and streetwear influence.
But since summer is always over before you know it, you don’t wanna waste those precious days of sun on a disappointing book. You need the perfect summer read. So; what makes a book a perfect summer read? The most obvious trait might be a summery setting, perhaps by the ocean or a romantic Mediterranean village. Surely, romance works best in the summer, so you might find yourself enjoying a steamy love story to add to your own summer adventures. But for me, the biggest and most crucial part of the perfect summer read, is transformation. Whether it’s a coming-of-age story or a character study, the best novels confront their characters with situations and obstacles that require them to change, adapt and learn. These books can help us reflect on our own lives and the transformations we are going through.
