Illegal Disco Parties, Snake Soup, and Psychedelic Music: A Chat with Yufu Chen
June 10, 2021
Upon your first listen to Yufu & The Velvet Impressionism’s debut album Is It Vain To Be Awake?, you’ll feel like you just stepped back in time. Boasting a brash mix of psychedelia, rockabilly and an extra stylish flair, Is It Vain To Be Awake? sounds like a forgotten, dusty classic from an era long […]
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Humeysha – “Nusrat on the Beach”
July 6, 2019
Genre-transcending musician Humeysha (Zain Alam) draws on a diverse range of influences–quite possibly more than you can imagine. Perhaps social justice newspaper The Pacific Standard described him best: he’s an artist that draws influence from all over, including shoegaze masters My Bloody Valentine, the Bollywood film scene, and even Qawwali, a quite particular “genre of […]
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