Speakers Corner Quartet: “Sincerity reigns supreme”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. Finally, we meet Speakers Corner Quartet, the experimental south London band fusing spoken word, jazz and hip-hop to deliver a message of kinship and resilience
2C Perrea: “We wanted to throw a party for the girls”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. We meet 2C Perrea, the queer Latinx collective bringing the rapturous sounds of reggaeton to UK clubs
Slauson Malone 1: “I hope that we can be better listeners”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. Today, it’s the turn of Slauson Malone 1, the Warp affiliate creating complex, uneasy meditations on society’s pitfalls – and finding hope in the rubble
Marina Herlop: “It feels like my career is just starting to take off”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. Here, Katie Hawthorne chats to Marina Herlop, the classically trained Catalan pianist pushing the boundaries of her voice to gorgeous, uncanny effect
Nikki Nair: “A good pop edit done tastefully can be really exciting”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. Here, John Thorp connects with Nikki Nair, the Atlanta-based producer and DJ bringing pop to the rave underground – and leaving pretension at the door