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The second episode coming from ©AWOA ? ON TOUR // JAMAICA, Arman meets with one of the most talented producers coming from Kingston, TEFLON ZINCFENCE.

Arman meets TEFLON ZINCFENCE at the legendary Kingston's Anchor Studios to talk TEFLON's musical career while going through his character defining musical choices. They talk about TEFLON's approach to choosing musical collaborators, being a producer to Koffee's Grammy winning EP 'The Rapture', how reggae and dancehall are evolving genres and what he thinks of its current output. To top it off, TEFLON talks Germany's unparalleled love for reggae and the importance of Lee 'Scratch' Perry's seminal sound signature for TEFLON's musical education.

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Under the sunny skies of LA, Arman meets PEREL to find what the fuss is all about the Saxony born and raised artist. 

While going over her character defining musical choices, PEREL chronicles how her upbringing has shaped her sonic signature. Arman and PEREL discuss playing eurotrash in DJ gigs, italo disco's effectiveness, electroclash having a renaissance, DJ Hell's Misch Masch seminal compilation and the over-reliance on live performances for an artists's livelihoods. 

To top it off, PEREL unveils some details about her upcoming album.

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Arman meets CARSTEN HÖLLER to talk about Congolese music, how the sounds that birds emit are shaped by their migration patterns and how Carstën's 'Upside Down Mushroom Room' and 'The Prada Double Club Miami' were shaped and thought out.

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Arman's Voice Notes is Are We On Air's latest audio supplement, taking you on an audio voyage through Arman's latest travels and cultural findings.

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Arman's Voice Notes is Are We On Air's latest audio supplement, taking you on an audio voyage through Arman's latest travels and cultural findings.

https://www.instagram.com/areweonair/

https://www.instagram.com/armannafeei/

Arman's Voice Notes is Are We On Air's latest audio supplement, taking you on an audio voyage through Arman's latest travels and cultural findings.

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FRANCESCA THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA unravels her life adventures, live from Jamaica.

Thyssen-Bornemisza talks being friendly neighbours with Freddie Mercury in London, recounting her father's lifelong endeavor of achieving peace through cultural diplomacy, the Artist’s sensibility when it comes to the issues we face in each era, and learning from Grace Jones why loyalty and friendship is something you never compromise.

It’s time we delve on the groundbreaking work she's doing in art and ocean preservation through the Alligator Head Foundation and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation.

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POWER is a language IAN ISIAH invented himself.

Thanks to GOSPEL for the the introduction to his musicianship, and later on the hot and heavy backbeat of R&B, ISIAH radiates fearless sexuality, free spirited expression, and deep humility for those he idolises that came before him. These artists are deeply ingrained into the fabric of his life - whether it’s the montage of Whitney Houston in his room, or the way he pauses in conversation to harmonise Mary J Blige’s “my life, my life, my life,” ISIAH’s joy is contagious.

BIG HEART ENERGY, a flow he’s been able to really step into since the start of the pandemic, pours through him as he describes the first time he fell in love with Beyonce, through “Gift From a Virgo.”

In his own words, ISIAH reminds us that LOVE IS A VERB. In that same spirit, it’s refreshing to hear that while ISIAH’s never stops learning from his idols (JAMES BROWN, LUTHER VANDROSS, TANK) he remains as open to the new generation of music as the old.

ISIAH reignites POWER in us, leaving us with a message - “love is actionable.”

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Under the lobby of the Regina Louvre Hotel in Paris, techno powerhouse NINA KRAVIZ revisits the most influential tracks that have defined her status as a selector today.

Unashamedly a free-spirit, NINA talks with ARMAN about everything from her childhood favs to the importance of silence and solitude.

You’re in for an utmost crucial two-hour conversation you don’t want to miss. Queue up and strap in.

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With a penchant for spontaneity, MERT ALAS brings us back to when he first felt the power of music while sneaking out into the concert halls at his classical conservatory boarding school in Ankara and looking for ghosts. Coming of age in the early nineties in London, fashion and self expression are a part of his hard wired DNA. After 29 years of Mert & Marcus taking over the world with their craft, Mert describes claiming the right of self expression as an act of respect and an uncompromisable quality in their vision. Drawn to Turkish psychedelic rock from the 60’s for its own MIND MANIFESTING self expression, Mert references the way his childhood experiences of being dragged into loud Turkish tavernas in the 80’s leaves a lasting impact on how he experiences music and art. With an energetic magnetism like Mert’s, it’s no surprise to hear him tell the story of how he first met Bjork, for example. Tune in, pop open some @seventyonegin to be reinvigorated with the hot pulse of deep 90’s house, and the romantically tragic vocals of George Michael that make up the soundtrack to Mert’s life.

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