Ólafur Arnalds Eoin French

“We Didn’t Know We Were Ready”: A Song of Unfinished Conversations and Quiet Resilience

Ólafur Arnalds

There’s a rare, ineffable quality to songs that take on new meaning over time. Melodies that shift as the world around them changes. Lyrics that deepen as life adds new layers of context. “We Didn’t Know We Were Ready”, the new single from Ólafur Arnalds and the late Talos (Eoin French), is one such song

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André Galluzzi Drops Exclusive Playlist for Berghain’s 20th Birthday

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Berlin’s most infamous techno institution, Berghain, is turning 20 and who better to mark the occasion than longtime resident DJ André Galluzzi? To celebrate two decades of the legendary club and almost 10 years of its collaboration with renowned classical music label Deutsche Grammophon, Galluzzi has put together an exclusive playlist

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Berlin Premieres 'Eno' – The Documentary that Changes Every Time

Brian Eno

Earlier this month, berlin audiences got a rare treat with the local premiere of Eno, Gary Hustwit’s generative documentary about iconic musician Brian Eno

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Max Richter

Let There Be (Dimmed) Light

Max Richter

When British-German composer and pianist Max Richter took to the stage of Berlin's elegantly renovated Admiralspalast in November 2024 while touring the world for his new album In a Landscape, the stage remained surprisingly dark – precisely as dark as we are more used to at pop concerts than at classical performances...

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“Hope Is Essential”—an interview with Icelandic composer and producer Snorri Hallgrímsson

Snorri Hallgrimsson

grains talks to Icelandic composer and producer Snorri Hallgrímsson about his debut Deutsche Grammophon release, Longer shadows, softer stones, his live performance for the Yellow Lounge concert series, and his creative process…

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Sound & Vision: An interview with Philipp Geist

A conversation with Berlin-based artist Philipp Geist, the chief visual collaborator with DG’s famous Yellow Lounge concert series. Geist talks about his blending of different art forms but especially his video-mapping installations, which have been shown all over the world and won many awards

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The grains History of Ambient Music

Part 1/3: The Roots of Ambient
by Stephan Kunze

Since the mid-2010s, ambient music has not just celebrated a resurgence but an impressive growth, driven by streaming platforms on the one hand and an exciting global experimental underground on the other hand. grains takes a deeper look into the omnipresent genre’s cultural roots, sonic characteristics and historical development.

Brian Eno
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Minimal Music: The Roots of Neoclassical

From Einaudi’s hypnotic arpeggios to Jóhannsson’s ominous drones – if you’re searching for the shared roots of neoclassical music, you inevitably land in 1960s America. grains explains the Minimal Music movement that originated as a rebellion against the European avant-garde.

Various Artists
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Peter Gregson announces his self-titled album—a collection of nine songs without words for cello, modular synthesizer, and string quartet— released on 11 April.

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