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A sign of the times, ghastly and hallucinatory – Helen Island creates alternative pop music that echoes late capitalism and the saccharine gaze of the digital world. The Paris-based cross-disciplinary artist – exploring painting, poetry, and other forms of conceptual art next to music – has a characteristic bedroom style of production, featuring filtered high notes, ripped samples, cut-up genres, and processed vocals.

The British- Czech-Ghanian musician, dancer, and singular young soul draws on themes of spirituality, abuse of power, and social constructs. Her sound is defined by its shapeshifting and intoxicating fusion that encompasses brooding trip-hop, swaggering dub, and poised experimentalism.

A Cairo-based project exploring experimental, ambient, and dub soundscapes. Blending digital production with tape manipulation, the work draws from the textures of Cairo and personal moments to create introspective soundtracks shaped through rhythm and space, producing multiple independent releases and hosting “Fak Agza2” bi-monthly on NTS Radio.