Playlist
13.02

My name is Laura Cocks – would you like to see my playlist?

»Music is to me the subcutaneous holy matter. Finding each other in ourselves and ourselves in each other. The murk. The dust. The stars keep expanding. What is personal anyways? We’re all just touching each others’ faces and slowly speaking love poems in every action.«

Laura is the executive director and flutist of TAK ensemble. They are also a member of Talea Ensemble, and a frequent collaborator of musicians such as DoYeon Kim, Timothy Anguglo, yuniya edi kwon, Wendy Eisenberg, Lester St. Louis, Ryan Sawyer, Brandon Lopez, the International Contemporary Ensemble, Wet Ink Ensemble, and many others. Their recent solo album, field anatomies (Carrier Records), noted as one of Stereogum’s top-ten experimental releases of the year, charted in the Billboard top ten Classical Crossover releases Their duo with Weston Olencki, Music for Two Flutes, was released on Hideous Replica, and their upcoming solo release, FATHM, will come out on Out Of Your Head and Relative Pitch at the end of February. Laura can be heard on labels such as ECM, Denovali Records, Catalytic Sound, Pi Recordings TAK editions, Tripticks Tapes, and many others.

Playlist
11.09.2023

My name is John Grant – would you like to see my playlist?

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»Music has been a healing balm for me.«

John William Grant is an American singer, musician, and songwriter holding both American and Icelandic citizenship. He first came to prominence as a co-founder, lead vocalist, pianist, and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band The Czars. After releasing six albums between 1994 and 2006, the band disbanded, and Grant withdrew from music for four years before embarking on a solo career.

He returned in April 2010 with a critically acclaimed debut album recorded in collaboration with Midlake. Queen of Denmark was named Album of the Year 2010 by Mojo magazine and was also selected as one of the ten best albums of 2010 by The Guardian’s music critics and writers.