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FROM DEFINING BERLIN'S MILLENNIUM TO BECOMING A POP INSTITUTION, 2RAUMWOHNUNG HAVE SPENT TWO DECADES FUSING ELECTRONIC PRECISION AND UNAPOLOGETIC MELODY. FORMED BY INGA HUMPE AND TOMMI ECKART IN THE EARLY 2000S​ AFTER YEARS IN THE PUNK AND UNDERGROUND SCENES, IN THIS CONVERSATION THEY DISCUSS BUILDING A LABEL TO PROTECT THEIR ARTISTIC FREEDOM, THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR LIVE SHOWS, AND WHY AFTER OVER A MILLION RECORDS SOLD, THEY STILL OPERATE PURELY ON INSTINCT. @2raumwohnungoffi

WE CAUGHT UP WITH GIRL SCOUT AT THE START OF THEIR EU/UK HEADLINE TOUR TO CHAT ABOUT WRITING SONGS LIKE DIARY ENTRIES AND THE EXISTENTIAL ENERGY RUNNING THROUGH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM. FROM FIRST REHEARSALS TO RECORDING DURING THE ISOLATION OF COVID, THE STOCKHOLM-BASED BAND BUILT THEIR SOUND THROUGH INSTINCT RATHER THAN STRATEGY. IN THIS CONVERSATION LEAD SINGER EMMA REFLECTS ON THEIR JAZZ SCHOOL ROOTS, THE EMOTIONAL SWINGS THAT SHAPE THEIR MUSIC, AND WHY MAKING EP’S FIRST HELPED

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CRATE-DIGGING PURISTS, EAST LONDON LOFTS, AND A QUIET REJECTION OF THE BILLBOARD 200, ETHIO-JAZZ HAS BECOME THE SOUNDTRACK OF A CERTAIN KIND OF TASTE. BUT THIS ISN’T JUST AN AESTHETIC TREND, IT’S THE ECHO OF A MUSICAL REVOLUTION ROOTED IN EXPERIMENTATION, RESISTANCE, AND IDENTITY. ONCE THRIVING IN THE NIGHTLIFE OF 1970S ADDIS ABABA, THEN FORCED UNDERGROUND, THIS MUSIC HAS SINCE BEEN REDISCOVERED, REISSUED, AND REVERED BY GLOBAL AUDIENCES FAR FROM ITS ORIGINS

WE CAUGHT UP WITH MIETZE CONTE TO TALK ABOUT INTUITION, EXPERIMENTATION, AND THE FREEDOM OF NOT KNOWING WHERE A SONG IS GOING NEXT. FROM THEIR LATEST PROJECT wufwufwuf TO SURREAL VISUALS AND HIGH-ENERGY LIVE SHOWS, THEIR PROCESS IS ROOTED IN SPONTANEITY: FAST DECISIONS, CONSTANT REINVENTION, AND TRUSTING INSTINCT OVER STRUCTURE. IN THIS CONVERSATION, THEY REFLECT ON MAKING MUSIC WITHOUT RULES, CONNECTING WITH AUDIENCES ACROSS THE WORLD, AND WHY THE MOST EXCITING IDEAS ARE OF