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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

SOME FILMS STAY WITH YOU NOT BECAUSE OF SPECTACLE, BUT BECAUSE THEY FEEL PAINFULLY REAL. ACROSS DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND DECADES, MOVIES LIKE STAND BY ME, ALMOST FAMOUS, TRAINSPOTTING, AND ANGELA’S ASHES CAPTURE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT YOUTH. WHETHER THROUGH FRIENDSHIP, MUSIC, ADDICTION, OR POVERTY, EACH FILM EXPLORES YOUTH IN ITS RAWEST FORM, FLEETING, CHAOTIC, AND FORMATIVE IN WAYS THAT LINGER LONG AFTER THE CREDITS ROLL. Still from Trainspotting (1978) Stand by Me Few co

ANOMIE CAUGHT UP WITH DANI-LEE AND BEN, LEAD SINGER AND GUITARIST OF LIVERPOOL BAND KEYSIDE, TO TALK ABOUT TURNING CASUAL JAM SESSIONS INTO A FULL-FLEDGED BAND AND CAPTURING THE REALITIES OF MODERN LIVERPOOL THROUGH THEIR MUSIC. FROM RAW STORYTELLING AND CHEEKY INDIE HOOKS TO SONGS THAT TACKLE ADDICTION, LOSS, AND COMMUNITY, THEIR APPROACH BALANCES HEAVY SUBJECTS WITH MELODIES THAT KEEP PEOPLE MOVING. IN THIS CHAT, THEY REFLECT ON THE MOMENTS THAT SHAPED THEIR SOUND, VIRAL TI