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Meet your 2018 Red Bull Music Academy participants
Discover which artists have been selected to attend RBMA's 20th anniversary edition in Berlin later this year.
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Meet your 2018 Red Bull Music Academy participants
These are the artists who'll be hitting Berlin for the 20th anniversary of RBMA.
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In September 2018, Red Bull Music Academy is returning to the city where it all began in celebration of their 20th anniversary – and a total of 61 music-makers from across the globe will be joining them for five weeks of lectures, studio sessions and one-of-a-kind music events.
Following thousands of applications, the three score and one were chosen by a very selective jury resulting in a class that reflects the diverse styles, methodologies and cultural backgrounds of the applicant pool.
These are your 2018 Red Bull Music Academy participants
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This year, artists representing 37 different nationalities, including Kenya, South Korea, Mexico, Canada, the Philippines, Russia, New Zealand, Spain, Turkey and Brazil, have been invited to attend the Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin, which takes place from September 8 to October 12.
Among the many sounds and styles championed by the incoming class of 2018 are evocative electronica from Japan, IDM from Iran’s underground club scene, new-school UK jazz, Afro-future dance music from South Africa, experimental hip-hop from Germany, Nigerian neo-soul, Georgian drone, industrial techno from Poland, post-punk from the US and much, much more.
Every Academy is a world of its own, offering new insights and perspectives on sound. During their time in Berlin, the participants will attend lectures and workshops with some of music’s brightest lights and work on music together in a custom-built, state-of-the-art recording environment. Concurrently, Red Bull Music will present a month-long festival of public concerts and club nights across the city. It all makes for a place where influential musicians meet a new generation, in a setting where both sides can learn from each other and celebrate music’s past, present and future.
Previous Academy alumni include the likes of LA soul singer Aloe Blacc; experimental electronic music producer and beat music innovator Flying Lotus; Hudson Mohawke, the Scottish producer behind the beats of Drake and Kanye West; and UK singer Katy B, who championed the sound of London’s dubstep, funky and garage.
To learn more about each of the 61 participants selected for this year’s Red Bull Music Academy, click here.