Other People is a record label started in New York City in 2013 by Nicolás Jaar. In its 10 years of existence, it has featured the sonic work of over 70 music releases, highlights include Terepa (2015), a "telepathic" collaboration helmed by Kohei Matsunaga (aka NHK’Koyxen) featuring Rashad Becker, Charlotte Collin, Lucrecia Dalt, Laurel Halo, Julia Holter, Grégoire Simon and Kohei himself, Caves (2021), a compilation of silences featuring Laraaji, Aho Ssan, Ana Quiroga and more, Weavings (2022), a collaborative live piece with Juliana Huxtable, Ellen Fullman, Wukir Suryadi and Rully Shabara of Senyawa, Angel Bat Dawid and others. The label has also put out the 1990 spoken word piece "Conspiracy of Women" (2015) by Lydia Lunch, as well as Tomaga & Pierre Bastien's collaborative album entitled Bandiera di Carta (2019) and Lucrecia Dalt's Esotro / Veta release (2014) with remixes by William Basinski and John Wall. It has also featured the likes of Magdalena Dàugosz, Barbara Zawadzka, Bernadetta Matuszczak, Krzysztof Knittel, Bogusław Shaeffer, Saint Abdullah, Eomac, Dienne, Charbel Haber, Okokon, Against All Logic, FKA Twigs, Darkside, Nicolás Jaar and others.  It has featured the visual work of Maziyar Pahlevan, Africanus Okokon, Zofia Kulik, Jena Myung, Charbel Haber, Abeera Kamran and Somnath Bhatt among others. The label’s current contract states that an artist on the label owns all their rights and decides the full percentage of the revenue they wish to make from their releases on the label, after recoupment. Any of the label’s profit gets given out to artists in forms of grants, workshop and educational initiatives. The label has collaborated in this form with more than three dozen exceptional organizations and individuals in the past three years. Although the label works not-for-profit, it is not a registered non-profit.

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That shit is hot. The new bomb dropped by English-speaking Swiss hip hop band Counteract brings the renewal of a culturally mixed influence a blast that reaches beyond the boundaries of rap and is gifted with experiences from around the globe. That shit is sweet. Counteract’s second album is tainted by a flavoured blend of pop & groovy melodies and oldschool rap flows that define Counteract as a promising band at the peak of their creativity.
Counteract,is acting against blandness to reveal the taste of boundless hip hop. The band features three musicians, the beatmaker/producer (Grand Papa Tra) and two MCs (BFG & The Squid). These fellows have been performing for 10 years on Swiss and European stages leaving behind them intense rythms & shows. Counteract’s first album «Broca’s Area» -released in 2011- was the cornerstone of an unforgettable tour in Switzerland featuring shows at Caprices Festival, Usine de Genève, Fri-Son, Dachstock in Bern or at the Docks & Romandie in Lausanne. The album has been «freshly» acclaimed by the media (20 minutes, Eventlive) and the band has repeatedly been on air or on TV shows (Radio Paradiso, Downtown Boogie, La Télé) in Switzerland.
«That shit» is born of foreign collaborations, travels and encounters that lead the band to write, compose and record a handful of songs in Queens, New York (Goblin Studios), featuring rappers like Punchline (EMC), Spent Dinero but also other worldwide connections such as Wagëblë from Senegal.
The arrival of “That shit” on the market clearly outlines the band’s drive to offer blasting sounds to all types of audiences beyond rap -a story that is only about to get more intense with Counteract’s warm and intense live shows. That shit is real... and about to hit the fan.


That shit is hot. Le nouvel opus du groupe suisse de hip hop anglophone Counteract marque le renouveau d’un genre métissé; une explosion sonore qui dépasse les frontières du rap et s’enrichit d’influences du monde entier. That shit is sweet. Ce deuxième album se caractérise par un mélange savoureux de mélodies pop et groovy accompagnées de flows rap oldschool qui font de Counteract un groupe incontournable et au sommet de sa création.
Counteract, c’est agir à l’encontre du fade afin de relever le goût d’un hip hop sans frontières. Le groupe comprend trois musiciens dont un beatmaker/producteur (Grand Papa Tra) et deux chanteurs (BFG & The Squid). Voilà maintenant 10 ans que ces compères sillonnent la scène suisse et européenne aux rythmes de lives intenses et festifs. En 2011, Counteract produit son premier album, Broca’s Area, et enchaîne une tournée en Suisse avec notamment des concerts mémorables au Caprices Festival, à l’Usine de Genève, au Fri-Son, au Dachstock de Berne, aux Docks et au Romandie à Lausanne. Le travail du groupe est fraîchement acclamé par la critique (20 minutes, Eventlive) et le groupe se produit à de maintes reprises lors d’émissions radios (Radio Paradiso, Downtown Boogie) et à la télévision (La Télé) en Suisse.
“That shit” est le fruit de collaborations extérieures de renom, de voyages et de rencontres qui ont mené Counteract à composer et enregistrer quelques chansons au Queens à New York (Goblin Studios), avec notamment les rappeurs Punchline (EMC), Spent Dinero, mais aussi d’autres collaborations avec le groupe sénégalais Wagëblë entre autres. L’arrivée de “That shit” dans les bacs marque clairement la volonté du groupe d’offrir aux auditeurs de toutes influences musicales des sonorités éclatantes qui seront taillées pour des live shows percutants dépassant les frontières et les clichés du rap. That shit is real.
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