#Yetsuby chooses her own adventure

#Yetsuby chooses her own adventure

The Seoul producer’s June EP B_B is a textural feast where anything feels possible. Yetsuby. Photo via publicist.   Discover Blogly is The FADER’s curated roundup of our favorite new music discoveries. Yejin Jang’s latest project is surprising in every sense. With Uman Therma as Salamanda, the Seoul producer makes synths that flow like silvery…

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#Reflections on Blue Note Jazz Fest 2024

#Reflections on Blue Note Jazz Fest 2024

Reflections on Blue Note Jazz Fest 2024 Looking back at the New York institution’s month-long music marathon. By Raphael Helfand Sun Ra Arkestra perform at Sony Hall. Photo by Dervon Dixon.   Every June, the Blue Note Jazz Club’s flagship location in Greenwich Village becomes the nexus of a month-long celebration of the United States’…

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#Chrystabell is the dreamer

#Chrystabell is the dreamer

Chrystabell is the dreamer The singer, actor, and longtime David Lynch collaborator discusses the astral mind meld that inspired the duo’s new album, Cellophane Memories. By Raphael Helfand Chrystabell. Photo by Candice Ghai.   By the time 19-year-old singer Chrysta Bell Zucht met director David Lynch at the turn of the millennium, she’d already experienced…

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#Fire-Toolz has a universe in her kitchen sink

#Fire-Toolz has a universe in her kitchen sink

Fire-Toolz has a universe in her kitchen sink The Chicago artist discusses musical meta-narratives, past and present pets, and how her chaotic new album Breeze relates to her peaceful new life in the ’burbs. By Raphael Helfand Angel Marcloid (Fire-Toolz). Photo by Bethany Puterbaugh.   Angel Marcloid has built a studio in her own image….

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#The rise of meditation music

#The rise of meditation music

Soothing meditation music, apps, and playlists are being used to combat the chaos of everyday life. Illustration by Cady Siregar In 1970, master yogi Swami Rama reportedly stopped his heart for 17 seconds during a demonstration at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. He was participating in a study on voluntary control over the autonomic…

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