New York Times • 27th December 2022

New York Times: Finding Community, and Freedom, on the Virtual Dance Floor

On any given weekend, there are dozens of parties happening on VRChat, a platform where users assume fantastical avatars of their own design.

Financial Times • 27th October 2022

Financial Times: The golden age of AI-generated art is here. It’s going to get weird

Tom Faber's deep dive on how software that can create almost any image from a few words will change human creativity.

New York Times • 20th October 2022

New York Times: A Cutting-Edge Music Festival in Uganda Keeps the Beat

Despite being called “immoral” by some politicians, this year’s Nyege Nyege festival celebrated diversity and innovation in contemporary African music.

The Guardian • 23rd August 2022

The Guardian: Rapper’s delight or weapons-grade nonsense? The app that uses AI to help MCs bust a rhyme

New tech is promising to take rap artists to new lyrical heights. But will its algorithm be able to handle our novice writer’s rubbish rhymes?

New York Times • 23rd June 2022

New York Times: For a Kyiv Techno Collective, ‘Now Everything Is About Politics’

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the team behind Cxema parties have shifted its focus, but political engagement is nothing new for the artists.

Kinfolk • 16th March 2022

Kinfolk: David Erritzoe on the mind-bending potential of psychedelics

"David Erritzoe arrives at our meeting on a fold-up bike, perfectly coiffed and turned out in navy, ready to talk about drugs."

New York Times • 4th August 2022

New York Times: What Should an L.G.B.T.Q. Museum Be? Approaches Vary.

An increasing number of institutions in Europe grapple with celebrating and institutionalizing marginalized cultures for the present, and the future.

The Guardian • 24th April 2021

Guardian: ‘In the game, I knew myself as Hannah’ — the trans gamers finding freedom on Roblox

37m people use the gaming platform every day in search of adventure – and for teenagers exploring their gender identity, it is also a place of liberation.

Pitchfork • 25th February 2021

Pitchfork: Decolonizing Electronic Music Starts With Its Software

With the release of two free programs that encourage experimentation with global tuning systems, the musician and researcher Khyam Allami is challenging the Western biases of music production software.

Resident Advisor • 6th December 2018

Resident Advisor: Hardcore sounds from Tehran

Tom Faber travels to Tehran to meet the artists behind SET, a festival championing electronic music in the capital of Iran.

Kinfolk • 16th November 2021

Kinfolk: Fatima Al Qadiri

The shape shifting star of contemporary electronica.

The Guardian • 31st March 2021

Guardian: Phil Elverum's songs of loss gave me a language for that shapeshifter, grief

After my first boyfriend died, Elverum’s Microphones and Mount Eerie helped me make sense of a bleak world.

17th December 2021

Financial Times: The transformative power of games

Why have humans kept games in their homes for millennia? Tom Faber dives into the new rise of board games and the surprising history of why we play.

The Guardian • 19th August 2019

The Guardian: 'If Israeli soldiers start shooting, we won't stop the interview': Palestinian hip-hop crew BLTNM

Palestine’s rich hip-hop heritage is born out of the tension in the region, but BLTNM don’t just want to make music inspired by conflict – they want to have fun too,

Financial Times • 21st January 2022

Financial Times: What Cameo knows about celebrity

Tom Faber explores the app which lets you pay celebrities to record personalised video messages, uncovering surprising truths about 21st-century fandom.

The Guardian • 28th February 2020

The Guardian: Umm Kulthum, Arab music's eternal star

With a voice adored by Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and millions across the Arab world, Umm Kulthum rejected gender norms with her powerful, political music.

The Face • 27th June 2019

The Face: Grindr has transformed gay life, but is it for the better?

Grindr has been championed as a cure for gay loneliness and a symbol of sexual liberation. In its 10th year, Tom Faber weighs in on the app that transformed the landscape of gay sex and dating.

Financial Times • 7th June 2019

Financial Times: The collectors battling to preserve Arab music

Tom Faber reports from Beirut and London on the passionate individuals saving a rich vein of culture threatened by war, politics and neglect.

Resident Advisor • 8th November 2018

Resident Advisor: Should DJs stand for Palestine?

One of the world's deepest conflicts became a major talking point in electronic music this year. In this article, seven people present their perspectives on the cultural boycott of Israel.

Financial Times • 18th January 2019

Financial Times: Does dancehall still have a homophobia problem?

Jamaica’s most popular genre of music was once infamous for its violent anti-gay lyrics, but things have changed for the better.