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Otis Mensah oscilates between genres drawing on influences from rap, jazz and beyond. Since moving to Berlin, they have found their place in the local music scene and recently released their EP "small town otis". In conversation with Anna Grubauer, Otis chats about their musical approach and reflects on their experience of searching a home in Berlin.

For over a decade, Avalon Emerson has shaped dancefloors through carefully constructed, emotionally charged DJ sets. In recent years, she has expanded that language into songwriting with her band project Avalon Emerson & the Charm, trading immediacy for introspection. With a second band album on the way, Anna Grubauer spoke to the artist about navigating life between club culture and the stage.

Marcy Angeles is an author, musician, painter, and journalist from southern New Mexico whose work moves fluidly between sonic experimentation, literature, and political testimony. Ahead of the release of her new record "Data Mining", we asked the artist a few questions about her musical journey and what drives her to create.

The Detroit-based artist Tiffadelic moves at her own pace. From growing up on artists like Jimi Hendrix and Sade, she got into goth and alternative music, something that didn't always land with her peers. Her debut, "Retrosynthesis Vol I", is a document of survival and self-liberation. We spoke to Tiffadelic about what shaped her sound, the stories of survival that informed the record, and why we need songs as rituals of protest.

With her third album, the Australian singer-songwriter Hatchie took a profound look at the bittersweet highs and lows, and ecstatic ebbs and flows that love and intimacy can offer. OFFKEY editor Felicia Ete Aghaye shares her views on the record and its influences.

After Aysanabee's Berlin concert in October, OFFKEY editor Felicia Aghaye sat down with the Oji-Cree singer-songwriter to discuss his latest album “Edge of the Earth”, and the significance of story- and truth-telling in life and folk.

Mad Kate | The Tide is a three-musician neo punk band hailing from Berlin, exploring hard and soft melodies, ambient sounds and spoken word, costume and performance, sexuality and other societal matters, and now releasing their new album "Stage and Bedroom". Nadia Says asked the singer, Mad Kate, a few questions about the genesis of the album. 

FAYIM, born Sidney, is a German-Ghanaian singer-songwriter based in Berlin. His music blends R&B, pop, soul, gospel, and jazz, marked by ethereal melodies and effervescent vocals. He has performed with artists such as Noah Slee, K.ZIA, MAX&JOY, Lary and is a member of Berlin’s vocal ensemble 'A Song For You'. We sat down to discuss the release of his debut EP, "FOKUS".