Tracks

In Ireland a new generation of musicians and artists are reinventing folk traditions. 

 Artists Satch Hoyt and Juan Covelli challenge colonial narratives and spark debate about the restitution of cultural artefacts.

Afour-day festival out in the desert next to the dried-up Aral Sea, attracts locals and foreigners alike to this party in the desert.

Unreal, hypersexualised, mutant bodies... In VRChat, desire is embodied in 3D, sex becomes a performance and fantasy a (virtual) reality. 

As a child of the early internet, Matt Stephenson created Machine Girl as a mirror of another era: 90s video games, B-movies, obscure YouTube videos and absurd humour. 

Drag, pain and glitter meet political activism in the wrestling shows of the American Choke Hole crew. 

Tracks visits the DIY scene in Berlin and Leipzig and meets people who are building spaces, labels and workshops with no money but a lot of passion.

Geolier, Italy’s most streamed rapper, doesn’t perform in Italian but in Neapolitan. And he’s not alone.

Tracks meets the pioneers of upcycling in London and Paris who create unique items and wearable works of art.

The story of a wealthy man saving a ‘fallen’ woman has become a cliché (Pretty Woman, Anora), far from the reality of prostitution. But what if sex workers told their own stories through art?

Absurd images have invaded our social media apps. But is this ‘brain rot’ an interesting aesthetic? Or just mindless content?

Greek rappers give trap an Hellenic spin and a political message

Tracks met the Yes Men who infiltrate oil and gas conferences to protest the sector’s greenwashing.

A new wave of erotic magazines is breaking the traditional heterosexist mould and encouraging a new engagement with desire, body image and sexuality.

Flamenco singer Ángeles Toledano delves into the Tracks record box and plays some of her favourite records.

Video gaming is hugely popular all over the world. But what would games be without their soundtrack?

Tracks meets young Tamil artists in Europe who are walking in M.I.A’s footsteps and re-imagining Tamil culture.

The flamenco scene in Andalusia is reinventing the genre by fusing with electronic music. Tracks meets artists who are mixing tradition with modernity.

Be they mermaids or octopuses, artists are pushing the boundaries of species and challenging the place of human beings at the top. 

What if porn reflected our true desires? Post-porn aims to be more ethical, more honest and more revolutionary.