This is our Sound Room
From the Berlin club scene to contemporary classical, from electronic experimentalism to the songwriter who makes a room go quiet. We talk to the world’s most inspiring musicians.
Hundreds of conversations with the people shaping today's sound. We also share events, concerts, and other music news. Use our search below to explore the archive by genre or name. You can also visit our interviews page to go through the entire archive.
Tame Impala's Deadbeat Tour in Munich, 2026. On synesthesia, Kevin Parker, the guitar riff that started it all, and a concert designed to show you what music is supposed to look like — not just sound like.
Berlin composer and producer Alejandro Mosso returns for a follow-up conversation — on art as biological necessity, the tension between control and surrender in the studio, two decades of sound, and why live electronic music matters more than ever.
Portland-based producer FENRA has released his sophomore EP, CHICAGO, alongside its mesmerizing focus track "CHICAGO PM," via Base Layer Records.
In 2010, I sat down with Luis Cerveró, one of the founding partners of CANADA—a creative production company born during turbulent times. Founded in 2008 amid the global financial crisis, CANADA began as a small collective of directors united by a singular mission: to connect with audiences through meaningful, meticulously crafted films.
London's most storied jazz club transforms its hidden upstairs space into "the greatest small live music venue in the world".
There's a particular kind of silence that falls when someone who spent their life filling rooms with sound suddenly leaves. Matt Tolfrey, the English DJ, producer, and founder of Leftroom Records, has passed over the weekend and the news is shattering.
A former punk musician turned sonic architect. Three performances in a church — one with a double bassist, one with the full Detect Ensemble, one bridging into AFAR's live set. Acid Pauli at Detect Classic Festival 2025 was something rare: music born in the moment and cherished just as fleetingly.
At a time when live music can feel increasingly polished and predictable, Berlin’s Detect Classic Festival has carved out a reputation as a sanctuary for the experimental and the authentic.
Anika is an artist who defies easy categorization—a sonic alchemist weaving together dub, post-punk, and psychedelia with flashes of drum & bass, all anchored by her striking voice and confrontational lyricism
Damon Albarn, frontman of Blur and co-creator of Gorillaz has long used music as a force for unity and taking a stand.
"Vessel of Love" — pulses with emotion, tackling intimacy, repression, and liberation through a hypnotic, transcendent lens.
There’s something magnetic about the way Philipp Priebe crafts sound. His music isn’t just meant to move bodies—it stirs something deeper.
Shcaa, a Paris based composer and guitarist, whose work is a vibrant tapestry of blues, electronic minimalism, and cinematic storytelling, invites us on an immersive journey through sound
At the intersection of political philosophy, ancient poetics and experimental soundscapes, you’ll find Count G. Stathis Gourgouris—a polymath whose creative compass defies category.
The role of the composer has radically evolved.
They are no longer confined to concert halls or traditional orchestras. They are multidisciplinary creators who move fluidly between classical composition, electronic production, film scoring, sound design, and digital technology. A modern composer may spend the morning writing for strings, the afternoon producing ambient textures and the evening scoring a film or video game. The boundaries between composer, producer, and technologist have largely disappeared.
What makes this new generation particularly exciting is their ability to merge emotion with experimentation. Artists such as Max Richter, Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, Ludovico Einaudi, and Nico Muhly have helped redefine what contemporary composition sounds like by blending piano, orchestral arrangements, analog synths, ambient electronics, and minimalist structures into deeply cinematic and emotional works. Their music exists equally in streaming playlists, galleries, films and live performance spaces, reflecting a generation of composers creating for a world that is digital, and emotionally immersive.
He scored Bridgerton, recomposed Bach, collaborated with Ed Sheeran and Rag'n'Bone Man. Now Peter Gregson wants to bring you right up close to the bow on the string. A conversation about Patina, tactility, and why he only works in the mornings.
