We’re almost ready for the Sónar Festival but we keep discovering things about his line-up. He’s Roman Hiele (Belgium, 1991) but now living in London, and he’s composer and performer of electronic music. Roman is closely guarded against any kind of conscious or subconscious plagiarism. He seems completely focused on making sure that his creations are his and his alone, reflecting that early Belgian spirit of creative independence as he establishes himself as one of the most resolutely original voices in the electronic underground.
Hiele’s music surfaces in the form of hard to pin point electronica, build on a long time obsession for synthetic sound creation and jazz studies. On stage Hiele plays with expectation, going past what is considered conventional, blending improvisational and classical elements into a no-nonsense personal idiom.
After first bubbling up onto the scene in 2013 with his eponymous debut, Hiele has seen his off-kilter electronics released on the likes of Belgium’s influential Ekster label and the forward leaning aesthetics of YYAA Recordings. There is a restlessness to Hiele’s creations, a distinct avoidance of the tropes that provide the utilitarian bread and butter that keeps the electronic world ticking. In 2016 YYAA Recordings released Hiele’s performance in the Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin 2014. Recently (May 2016) Hiele has released “Ritmische Bezinning”, his third album on Ekster.
Oliver Sim teams up again with Bullion (Nathan Jenkins), who was behind the previous single “Obsession,” to deliver an electro-pop track that feels both playful and deeply personal.
What connects the craft of Puglia to the design language of Copenhagen? The answer, much like a good meal, lies in the ingredients and the care put into it.
Before his installation drops at Design Miami.Paris on October 22, we sent Rohan off to Paris Men’s Fashion Week with a disposable camera and no rules.
trônes 2 picks up where the 2023 edition left off, an exciting collaboration with Romain Bitton and continues our exploration of what a “throne” can mean today.
Imagine a scene of classic elegance: a garden party, silk gowns, a golden afternoon. Then, the sun becomes too bright. This is where MELLER introduces its new sunglasses, called BADU.
At 080 Barcelona Fashion, Andalusian label Lemāchet unveils an intimate, refined collection that turns nostalgia into a statement of style while it celebrates emotion as the new form of masculinity.
From October 15, 2025, to January 25, 2026, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris will host Tyler Mitchell’s first solo exhibition in France, titled Wish This Was Real.
Turn the page. Breathe deep. Your pupils are already dilating. The high is coming.
Issue 26 brings together two electrifying covers that take the dopamine dive from Sadiq Desh captured by Cris Cerdeira to multidisciplinary visual artist and photographer Tomás Pintos’ cover story, Besos hasta agotar stock (Kisses Until Sold Out), developed from the live performance creating a space where glamour
meets exhaustion.
