Syncopation

I-dle member Minnie to attend Owndays pop-up in Singapore ahead of K-pop group's June concert

I-dle member Minnie to attend Owndays pop-up in Singapore ahead of K-pop group's June concert Minnie, whose full name is Nicha Yontararak, will be at Plaza Singapura on Jun 11 to attend Owndays' pop-up. K-pop girl group I-dle is set to stage the Singapore leg of their Syncopation concert on Saturday (Jun 13). However, Neverlands (the group's fans) in Singapore can catch I-dle member Minnie live in the flesh even earlier.

'I have an ultra-rare condition that makes my heart stop whenever I swallow'

'I have an ultra-rare condition that makes my heart stop whenever I swallow' Sarah Hall's heart once stopped 12 times in a single day A mum with an ultra-rare condition that caused her heart to stop beating properly whenever she swallowed says she feared every meal could be her last. Sarah Hall’s heart paused 12 times in a single day, with eating and drinking often triggering dizzy spells, blackouts and terrifying collapses. The mum-of-two became so frightened of fainting in public that she...

‘He May Be the Greatest Virtuoso That Jazz Has Ever Produced’

In August 1958, Esquire invited 58 jazz musicians to meet on a stoop in Harlem for a photo shoot. The resulting picture, now known as Harlem 1958, became legendary for collecting some of the genre’s greatest talents, stretching from the swing era (Count Basie, Gene Krupa) to the peaks of bebop (Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie). The assembled musicians may not have realized that rock and roll was on the verge of taking over pop music, thus sweeping jazz to the margins—but the fact that it was...

Matías Aguayo: Anenoa review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

Matías Aguayo: Anenoa review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(Platoon)The Chilean-German producer’s shapeshifting vocals stir Latin rhythms, ghetto house, trance and more into a playful partyOver the past two decades, Chilean-German vocalist and producer Matías Aguayo’s mutable, instinctive singing has been an instantly identifiable ingredient of leftfield electronic music. On Battles’ 2011 track Ice Cream, he squealed and tripped through syllables against a thunderous synth backing, while Japanese synth-pop group Crystal’s 2017 track Kimi Wa Monster...