#Mabe Fratti’s tension-release game

#Mabe Fratti’s tension-release game

The Guatemalan cellist talks about paranoia, elastic thoughts, FOMO, and the rockstar moves of her new album, Sentir que no sabes. Mabe Fratti. Photo by Melissa Lunar.   Mabe Fratti’s fourth album begins with conviction. Over slow, determined drums, she fingers her cello like a furious bassist, its C string rattling with the aftershock of…

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#What Eiko Ishibashi gains in translation

#What Eiko Ishibashi gains in translation

The Japanese composer discusses the circuitous path to her score for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist. Eiko Ishibashi. Photo by Jim O’Rourke.   We open on a long, steady tracking shot through the woods, the camera peering upward through a thin tree canopy into a bright winter sky. Gently swung cymbal triplets trickle up…

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#New Music Friday: Listen to new projects from Been Stellar, Daniel Davies, Kronos Quartet, and more

#New Music Friday: Listen to new projects from Been Stellar, Daniel Davies, Kronos Quartet, and more

Stream every standout album released this Friday with The FADER’s weekly roundup. Been Stellar. Photo by Gabe Long.   Every Friday, The FADER’s writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Been Stellar’s Scream from New York, NY, Daniel Davies Ghost of the Heart, Kronos Quartet’s Outer…

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#New Music Friday: Listen to new projects from skaiwater, Zsela, Martha Skye Murphy, and more

#New Music Friday: Listen to new projects from skaiwater, Zsela, Martha Skye Murphy, and more

Stream every standout album released this Friday with The FADER’s weekly roundup. (L) skaiwater. Photo via publicist. (M) Zsela. Photo by Rob Kulisek. (R) Martha Skye Murphy. Photo via publicist.   Every Friday, The FADER’s writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on skaiwater’s #gigi, Zsela’s Big…

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#Anastasia Coope’s warped folk curios

#Anastasia Coope’s warped folk curios

The 21-year-old painter-singer-songwriter discusses her unconventional path to the strange songs that populate her debut album, Darning Woman. Anastasia Coope. Photo by Grace Conrad.   Anastasia Coope’s apartment is hard to find. In a city where most every building is sequentially numbered, street-facing, and explorable from one’s personal device, the Brooklyn collective/co-op where the 21-year-old…

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#Arooj Aftab’s constellations

#Arooj Aftab’s constellations

Arooj Aftab’s constellations The Pakistani singer discusses the far-flung foundations of her new album, Night Reign. By Raphael Helfand Arooj Aftab. Photo by Shreya Dev Dube.   Arooj Aftab is a nocturnal creature by preference. It’s a sunny Sunday afternoon — Aftab is dressed in black and wears dark sunglasses — and we’re sitting outside…

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