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Martyn Pepperell
Martyn Pepperell is a freelance jornalist, broadcaster and DJ from Wellington, New Zealand. He writes about music and the cultures that surround it. Martyn’s work has been published and broadcast by Boiler Room TV, Dash Radio (US), Dublab (US), Dummy (UK), i-D, Junkee (AU), Newtown Radio (US), Noisey, The 405 (UK), The State (AE), Radio New Zealand, Red Bulletin, Red Bull Studios and Resident Advisor. This year he has shared showbills with Le1f, The Internet, Nai Palm, Swooping Duck, Cut Off Your Hands, FIS, Sui Zhen, Julianna Barwick, UV Boi, Aldous Harding and Leonard Charles.
By Martyn Pepperell on December 23, 2018
By Martyn Pepperell on 23 December 2018 in
STORIES
UK Funky DJ Bamz’ music is informed by a sense of history and a glimpse into the future of bass driven club music. At the core of this is the «riddim» as the aesthetic backbone.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 9. Norient Musikfilm Festival, dance, Sampling |
By Martyn Pepperell on January 11, 2017
By Martyn Pepperell on 11 January 2017 in
STORIES
On his new album «Ecologies II: Ecosystems of Excess», J.G. Biberkopf explores the way global politics shape ecosystems. Norient talked to him about looking for a political stance in a troubled world and the exploitation mechanisms of art institutions.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 8. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Architecture, bootleg culture, CTM Festival, Deforrest Brown Jr., Deutschlandradio Kultur Radiolab, Eastern Europe, Ecologies II: Ecosystems of Excess, EDM, exploitation, Extrastatecraft, Holly Herndon, infrastructure, J.G. Biberkopf, John Waters, Keller Easterling, Kuedo, Lithuania, Malaysia, Marija Bozinkovska Jones, Mat Dryhurst, Musique Concrète, piracy culture, R.W. Fassbinder |
By Martyn Pepperell on December 6, 2016
By Martyn Pepperell on 6 December 2016 in
STORIES
The electronic musician FIS combines broken rhythms derived from somnambulant drum & bass and cinematic melodies with notions of a futurist naturalism. Martyn Pepperell talked to him about noise, permaculture and perfect harmony.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Berlin, clubmusic, Drum & Bass, FIS, Futurism, nature, New Zealand, permaculture, Technology |
