RIFF COHEN - WELL KNOWN FOR HER MUSICAL FUSION, BLENDING TOGETHER MODERN AND TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS TO MAKE UNIQUE AND FASCINATING SOUNDS

With familial roots in France and North Africa, she sings in French, Hebrew, and Arabic, putting her mother’s poetry to her music.

This mashing together of modernity and tradition, of different cultures and languages, is something Riff believes people in the region can’t help but understand. It’s something the various peoples in the region have in common. But she didn’t fully realize that until she performed in Turkey in 2015.

“When I went to Turkey the first time, it helped me understand Israel much better. There are so many common things. It’s nothing about Judaism…just the fact that we are in the Middle East.”

"I’m quite open-minded and it’s a good thing that Tel Aviv is very open when it comes to culture and music." - Riff Cohen

Demonstrating the great ability of music to transcend borders and politics, there were even fans from Iran who traveled to Turkey to attend Riff’s show.
And yet, nobody said a word about politics, she said. “Even the interviews were really respectful and very artistic. Nothing about politics.”

WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THE JAPANESE FUNK POP VOICE AND A SPLENDID MIDDLE-EAST SOUND [SABABA 5 & YURIKA, 2020]

The record is a dazzling encounter of cultures, inspired by the funky and exotic melodies of Sababa 5 and the resplendent Japanese words of Yurika Hanashima.

IRA COHEN - TE SHOHESH PERMES KRAHEVE TE FLUTURES [FOTOGRAF]

 

'LOVE IS ALL' (2017) PERBEN MANIFESTON STILISTIK TE KRISTIAN MATSSON, NE ART - THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH

"Well I walk upon the river like it's easier than land
Evil's in my pocket and your will is in my hand
Oh, your will is in my hand
And I'll throw it in the current that I stand upon so still
Love is all, from what I've heard, but my heart's learned to kill
Oh, mine has learned to kill
..."

TUXEDOMOON - 'TOREADOR DEL AMOR' [PINK NARCISSUS, 2014]. TREASURE TROVE OF MUSIC WHICH WELCOMES DEEP LISTENING AND IS FASCINATING

"Tuxedomoon have never quite been recognised as a post-punk leading light, but that lack of commercial pressure left them free to grow and experiment as they please, to produce a treasure trove of music which welcomes deep listening and is fascinating even in its failures, unconstrained by any sensibility other than their own."

ANOTHER ROUND - 'DRUK' [KINEMATOGRAF, 2020]. WHEN IT COMES TO HOW HUMANS BEHAVE IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES...

Mads Mikkelsen stars as Martin, a one-time live-wire who's become a bored and boring teacher, and a detached father and husband. One night he joins his pals Peter and Tommy for their friend Nikolaj's 40th birthday dinner. 

Over many bottles, Nikolaj tells them about a Norwegian psychiatrist who argues that human bodies are designed to run best with .05 percent alcohol in their bloodstream...