Buried in shadows and driven by the tension of East and West, She Past Away crafts a world where repetition and restraint conjure both trance and unease. In this conversation, the Turkish darkwave duo traces their journey from the underground pulse of Istanbul to the danceable melancholy of Disko Anksiyete, revealing how language, ritual, and cultural fracture shape their music.

SPATIAL Festival by Monom Studios returns to Funkhaus Berlin from September 12 to 14, 2025, with its most expansive edition yet. Spanning the venue’s iconic halls, the program brings together more than 60 pioneering artists for three days of deep listening sessions, live performances, and immersive installations.

A former classical musician and dancer-turned-producer, she speaks of the urge to sabotage perfect form, to weave her voice into the fabric of sound, and to find, in the blur of genres, something more truthful.

Rock ’n’ roll is the “ancient technology” they wield to jolt the mind and ignite disruption. Escape-ism refuses the empty ritual of nostalgic masturbation, that self-indulgent stroking of the past to numb the present. Instead, through stripped-down sounds and sharp lyrics, it forces a radical reconfiguration of our collective life: a sonic ideology meant to wake you up from the disguised nightmare we’re in.