Artist Interviews

IN CONVERSATION W ITH SÃO PAULO DJ, PRODUCER, AND PERFORMER SLIM SOLEDAD, WE DISCUSS HER DEBUT ALBUM NOCHES CALIENTES DE LA SOLEDAD, A RECORD THAT MOVES BETWEEN THE BODY ON THE DANCEFLOOR AND SOMETHING FAR MORE PERSONAL. ROOTED IN BRAZIL’S UNDERGROUND, SLIM REFLECTS ON CHAOS, FUNK, AND THE SOUND OF THE CITY SHAPING HER MUSIC, ALONGSIDE COLLABORATIONS WITH SOME OF BRAZIL’S MOST VITAL CULTURAL VOICES. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY, TRANS-LED PARTIES THROUGH THE CHERNOBYL COLLECT

IN CONVERSATION WITH DJ, PRODUCER, AND LUMIÈRE NOIRE FOUNDER CHLOÉ, WE EXPLORE THE SPACES, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SONIC, THAT HAVE SHAPED HER EVOLUTION AS AN ARTIST. FROM THE INTIMACY OF PARISIAN CLUBS TO THE SHIFTING ENERGIES OF DANCEFLOORS ACROSS EUROPE, SHE REFLECTS ON CONNECTION, ADAPTABILITY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING TENSION AND RELEASE, REGARDLESS OF ROOM SIZE. HER FORTHCOMING DISTORTED DANCE EP DISTILLS THESE IDEAS INTO SOMETHING UNAPOLOGETICALLY PHYSICAL: ANAL

WE SIT DOWN WITH AMSTERDAM-BASED DJ AND PRODUCER STEF DE HAAN TO TALK ABOUT BUILDING A SOUND, STARTING A PARTY FROM SCRATCH, AND CREATING SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN FEEL FREE. FROM LOCKING HIMSELF IN A BUNGALOW DURING COVID TO LEARN TO DJ, TO THROWING ILLEGAL RAVES THAT EVOLVED INTO THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PARTY DE REÜNIE, HIS PATH INTO THE SCENE HAS BEEN LESS ABOUT STRATEGY AND MORE ABOUT INSTINCT. IN THIS CONVERSATION, HE TALKS ABOUT ENERGY ON THE DANCEFLOOR, THE IMPORTANCE OF SA

COUCOU! WE CAUGHT UP WITH ICONIC FRENCH 00’S BAND THE TEENAGERS TO DISCUSS PLAYING COACHELLA, HAVING THE KARDASHIANS AS FANS, AND PARTYING HARD IN THE MYSPACE ERA. THEIR DEBUT AND ONLY ALBUM REALITY CHECK BECAME AN INDIE SLEAZE CULT CLASSIC. NOW, THEY’RE REFLECTING ON THE PAST WHILE PREPARING TO RELEASE NEW MUSIC. A gig in 2009 ANOMIE : Hi Dorian! With the rise of social media like TikTok and Instagram, and a bit of hindsight, the era of indie sleaze is being romanticised as

WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE RIONS BACKSTAGE AR THE FINAL GIG OF THEIR EU/UK TOUR TO TALK ABOUT TURNING MESSY FEELINGS INTO MUSIC, SAYING THE UNSAID, AND HOW IT FEELS TO IMMORTALISE YOUR EARLY TWENTIES ON A DEBUT ALBUM. FROM SONGS THAT SKIRT THE EDGE OF OVER-SHARING AND THE COMEDOWN OF LIFE AFTER TOUR, TO TIKTOK AND PUB FOOD, WE DIVE INTO VULNERABILITY, GROWING UP TOGETHER, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FRIENDS FIRST WHILE THE WORLD AROUND THEM GETS BIGGER, LOUDER AND A LOT MORE REAL. Ash

WE SAT DOWN WITH AZYR, ONE OF THE MOST EXPLOSIVE NEW NAMES IN THE GLOBAL HARD TECHNO LANDSCAPE, TO TALK ABOUT BEDROOM BEGINNINGS DURING LOCKDOWN, THE RISE OF A SOUND BUILT FOR SWEAT-SOAKED DANCEFLOORS, AND HOW A BOILER ROOM SET IN MANCHESTER CHANGED EVERYTHING. FROM FREE BLACKPOOL PARTIES TO CLOSING STAGES AT GLASTONBURY AND AWAKENINGS, HIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN FAST, FULL-THROTTLE, AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY HIS OWN. IN THIS INTERVIEW FOR ANOMIE DURING ADE, WE GET INTO THE MOMENTS THA

CHARLIE SPARKS HAS SHAPED A TECHNO IDENTITY THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO BOX IN. FROM DISCOVERING RAVE CULTURE LATER THAN MOST TO CRAFTING HIS EARLY TRACKS ON A LAPTOP IN HIS BEDROOM, HIS SOUND BECAME A COLLISION OF TRIAL AND ERROR, PLAYFUL POP FLIPS, AND DRIVING, HEAVY TECHNO THAT DOESN'T CHASE TRENDS. WITH HIS DEBUT ALBUM ON THE HORIZON, CHARTING THE HIGHS, LOWS, AND WILD MOMENTUM OF THE LAST THREE YEARS, CHARLIE IS STEPPING INTO A NEW CHAPTER. IN THIS INTERVIEW FOR ANOMIE, HE OPEN

WE SAT DOWN WITH QUIN AND GUS OF THE GROGANS TO TALK WRITING SONGS SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER, WHY LYRICS DON’T ALWAYS NEED TO “MEAN” SOMETHING TO MATTER, AND HOW ‘STAGGER’ CAME TO LIFE WHILE THE BAND WAS CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE. FROM KINKS-LACED GUITAR LINES AND LESSONS LEARNED ON THE ROAD, TO LATE-NIGHT JAZZ BARS IN AMSTERDAM AND THE INTENSITY OF TOURING, WE DIG INTO THE NEW ALBUM, THE CHALLENGE OF STAYING CREATIVE ON THE MOVE, AND HOW BEING FRIENDS FIRST HAS KEPT THE BAND GROUNDE

WE SAT DOWN WITH RUSS BALLARD, THE LEGEND BEHIND SOME OF ROCK’S MOST ENDURING ANTHEMS, TO TALK LATE-NIGHT SUIT SHOPPING WITH THE BEATLES, WRITING FOR KISS, AND WHY HE’S STILL HITTING THE ROAD BALLARD IN 1974 ANOMIE : Hi Russ! You came up at such an interesting time for British music, during the 60s and 70s. We're curious to know what that atmosphere was actually like when coming up. Was there sort of a sense of community? RUSS : It certainly was with guitar bands. In the late

WE SAT DOWN TO CHAT TO FATBOY, LEAD SINGER OF ON-THE -COME-UP HIP HOP BAND BRICKNASTY WE TALK OPENING FOR KNEECAP, THE RISING IRISH MUSIC SCENE AND THEIR NEW EP 'BLACKS LAW' The boys of Bricknasty Anomie : We caught you at your show back in September with Kneecap. I'd love to know how you ended up opening for them, and how touring with the boys was. Fatboy : We got the chance to go with Kneecap and, obviously, they're doing a similar thing to us in terms of where they grew up

ALAN VEGA IS A PRODUCER, MIXER, AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST BASED IN LOS ANGELES, WHOSE WORK STRETCHES FROM HEAVY METAL BEGINNINGS TO CUMBIA EXPERIMENTS, SPANISH MUSIC SCENES, AND COLLABORATIONS WITH DAMON ALBARN’S AFRICA EXPRESS. IN THIS INTERVIEW FOR ANOMIE, WE TALK GROWING UP WITH MUSIC AT THE KITCHEN TABLE, CHASING SOUNDS THAT FEEL ALIVE, AND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN PASSION AND WORK BLUR INTO ONE. Vega in the studio Anomie : Do you remember a moment, maybe early on, when you rea