Night Lovell

Bringing together cloud rap and ambient elements with stark trap, Canadian rapper Night's introspective but energetic flows talk of loneliness and anxiety. With over 4 million monthly listeners on Spotify and tens of millions on his soundcloud, his moody, dark emo rap has clearly made an impact. 

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Dark introspection and moody themes pervade Night Lovell's music, a brooding mix of drill, trap and cloud rap.

August 19, 2014. Nicki Minaj releases the music video for Anaconda. The message is clear: down with the dictatorship of skinny pop stars and make way for XXL shapes and XXX speech. Provocative? Maybe. Feminist? Definitely.

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Nicki Minaj says down with the dictatorship of skinny pop stars, and make way for XXL shapes and XXX speech

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With his sombre style detailing life at the margins in the Sunshine State, Denzel Curry's trap embodies the modern Florida hip-hop scene. His lyrics hone in on his gang-controlled hometown of Carol City, where he says he only saw one way out of the cycles of violence: Forging a successful career in music. His enormous success shows the hard graft has paid off.

Blending autobiographical verses with fiction, Denzel Curry brings his unique trap style to splash! Festival.

Denzel Curry

Meechy Darko first made waves back in 2012 as one of the Flatbush Zombies, a Brooklyn trio from the new school but lyrically focussed on the ghetto. His first solo album Gothic Luxury uses gothic themes to broach new themes in his music like institutional racism and the scourges of capitalism. 

Meechy Darko from Flatbush Zombies steps out as a solo artist for the first time.

Meechy Darko

They might have chosen their name after the ultimate mythical egomaniac, but Narciss approaches techno without a shred of conceit. Their generous, bonkers sets draw from influences as far flung as 1950s samurai films, white-label techno records, old-skool hip hop and 90s anime.

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A predictably unpredictable set from Narciss at Stone Techno Festival filled with an eclectic range of bangers.

Narciss

Ben Sims is one of the most talented DJs and producers on the techno scene with a 25-year career. Steeped in funk, groove and electro, he is always keen to evolve. The British artist has collaborated on remixes with Jeff Mills, Robert Hood and Kevin Saunderson. He is also famous for his electro sets where he mixes simultaneously with three or even five decks.
Oscar Mulero is a prolific Spanish DJ. In the early 90s, his influence on dance music in Spain was decisive. Since the 2000s, his productions have inspired the scene at home and abroad.

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British DJ ad producer Ben Sims goes shares the decks with Spanish star Oscar Mulero.

Ben Sims B2B Oscar Mulero

From the late 1990s, Rødhåd laid the foundations for his DJ career. His perfectionist mixes of dub techno and percussive grooves earned him widespread recognition and since 2010, he has been a resident of Berlin's Berghain.
At the same time, Vril took the techno scene by storm, almost out of nowhere. As a producer, he pursues a timeless sound aesthetic that serves no trend in the genre. With his energetic live sets, he has impressed audiences across the world.
The techno giants perform from the post-industrial space of the Ruhr Museum. 

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Techno giants Rødhåd and Vril perform from the post-industrial space of the Ruhr Museum.

Vril & Rødhåd: "Out Of Place Artefacts"

Polish DJ and producer Klaudia Gawlas started making her own beats at the age of 13. In 2008, she got her break after winning a Raveline mixtape competition and played at Ruhr-in-Love. International success swiftly followed from there. In 2013, she brought the techno scene to its knees with her track 'Papillon' and is now one of the best-known DJs in the world. For Klaudia Gawlas, techno is quite simply a way of life.

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Polish DJ and producer Klaudia Gawlas started composing her own beats at the age of 13.

Klaudia Gawlas

Berlin-based DJ and producer Freddy K has been putting ravers into trance with his dynamic, fluid sets since the early 90s. His style of techno is fully immersive: A master of building from soft ecstatic sounds to hard pounding bacchanals tailor-made for the dancefloor. 

A powerful set from this Berlin-based DJ at Stone Techno Festival, drawing on his decades of experience to whip up a frenzy.

Freddy K

Better known by his stage name Kyteman, Dutchman Colin Benders has had an impressive career on the hip-hop scene. More recently, his talent has also been noted on the techno scene.

Colin Benders

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From his gilded youth in Europe to the bloody repression of the Arab Spring, this is the engrossing story of Muammar Gaddafi's second son who, despite arrest warrants for crimes against humanity, is running for election in Libya.

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Ten years after Gaddafi's fall, what state is Libya in? There's the official government based in Tripoli that is recognised by the international community, and rival forces controlled by General Khalifa Haftar.

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Ten years after Gaddafi's fall, what state is Libya in?

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In September 2022 the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody set off nationwide protests in Iran. One year on from this civil unrest, Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

Iranian Women Resist

Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

Tracks East

At first glance, nothing connects Lil Wayne to Donald Trump: one is an African-American rapper from the poor neighborhoods of New Orleans, the other a rich white heir turned President of the United States. And yet without Donald Trump, Lil Wayne could have gone to prison for up to a decade. TAPE tells you all about this surprising relationship.

Lil Wayne

Without Donald Trump, Lil Wayne could have gone to prison for over a decade

Puerto Rico is an "unincorporated territory" of the US, its residents live between two cultures, and not all Boricuas, as the islanders call themselves, necessarily identify as Americans. They enjoy life in their own way and do their best to confront life's challenges.

A look at life and art on the smallest island in the Greater Antilles.

Puerto Rico: The Rhythm of the Caribbean

Helen Mirren, the most versatile of British actresses, has played diverse roles in her long and distinguished career, from sexually charged Shakespearian roles to secret agents to Queen Elizabeth II. This documentary paints a portrait of a strong woman, guided by her feminist convictions as a performer and in her private life

The most versatile of British actresses has played diverse roles in her long and distinguished career including royalty.

Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses

Spain’s historic win in the Women’s World Cup was overshadowed by scandal after Luis Rubiales’ non-consensual kiss of striker Jenni Hermoso. It’s had a ripple effect across sport in Europe, shining a light on deep-rooted inequality, from pay gaps to poor work conditions and cases of sexual assault.

Football’s #MeToo moment highlights sexism in European sport

Luis Rubiales’ forced kiss on Spain player Jenni Hermoso has sparked a reckoning over sexism in sport.

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It is banned in the European Union and yet Burmese teak is still imported. How is that possible? Data Sources goes on the trail of the illegal trade in teak from Myanmar.

Traffic in Burmese Teak

It is banned in the European Union and yet Burmese teak is still imported. How is that possible? 

Data Sources

How is it possible for one of the world’s poorest countries to develop nuclear weapons? 

North Korea: Kim's Men

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Metallica's 35-year career is still going strong: they are timeless. To celebrate their latest album, 
Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, TAPE revisits the history of a music group that became a global movement. 

Metallica's 35-year career is still going strong: they are timeless

TAPE: Metallica

Since the 1990s, total insect biomass has declined by 75 percent. The rapid decline affects all food chains: fish and birds can no longer find enough to eat and are becoming fewer and fewer. Studies show that neonicotinoids used in pesticides aren't just destroying the insect popualtion, but also affect human health.

Since the 1990s, total insect biomass has declined by 75 percent

How Chemical Giants Destroyed our Ecosystem

In October 2022, residents of the pretty French mountain town of Rumilly were shocked to discover that their drinking water was contaminated with forever chemicals. The supply lines for the town's 16,000 residents were closed. Mayor Christian Heison had never heard of these toxic PFAS before, but for months - maybe years - he and his community had been unwittingly drinking them.

The pretty French mountain town of Rumilly is a forever chemical hotspot.

Re: Forever Chemicals in French Drinking Water

In the 1990s Marilyn Manson got a kick out of upsetting American society. His videos and stage shows were designed to provoke and force the USA to face its cultural contradictions.

In the 1990s Marilyn Manson got a kick out of upsetting American society.

TAPE: Marilyn Manson

About 500,000 to 800,000 people in Germany are addicted to porn and many are no longer in control of their lives due to their sexual disorder. The problem is a taboo subject. But sex sells, especially on the internet: In Germany alone, online porn providers turn over an estimated 4.5 billion euros a year.

When Pleasure turns into Pain

About 500,000 to 800,000 people in Germany are addicted to porn with severe consequences for their lives and relationships.

Re: Porn Addiction

Two years after the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh? We report on the disputed territory, a militarised zone that is now under Azerbaijan's control, and on the displaced people of Karabakh in Baku.

Back to Karabakh

Two years after the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh? 

On the largest lake in Southeast Asia, the enormous Tonle Sap, thousands of people live in harmony with the seasons, adapted to the cycle of the lake's nature. They permanently reside in houseboats on the water. Entire villages have adjusted their lives to the highly fluctuating water levels of Tonle Sap. The rhythm of the seasons requires them to move repeatedly - everything and everyone must go.

Cambodia's Floating Villages

Entire villages have adjusted their lives to the highly fluctuating water levels of Tonle Sap.

Geo Reportage

Performing under a dome with exceptional acoustics, inexhaustible showman Jamie Cullum gives a spellbinding solo concert, mixing up genres from jazz to rock and pop.

Piano solo in Versailles

Jamie Cullum gives a spellbinding concert alone at the piano, mixing up jazz, rock and pop sounds.

Jamie Cullum

Apple launched its streaming service in 2015, and to celebrate, the company made their customers an offer they couldn't refuse: three months free subscription. The problem: during these three months, the artists streamed will not receive a penny. But that was without reckoning for Taylor Swift, who published an open letter to the firm on her Tumblr detailing why refusing to pay artists for their work was unacceptable. Apple backtracked. 

Taylor Swift

Celebrated violinist David Garrett gives an unforgettable concert at the ancient theatre in Taormina, Sicily with a selection of rearranged works by Dvorak, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Vivaldi and Fritz Kreisler.

Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro Antico

Renowned violinist David Garrett gives an unforgettable concert at the ancient theatre of Taormina in Sicily.

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