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.

Producer / Song writer / Vocalist / DJ - Scotland / Bristol 

Skies Up is my musical sanctuary - a place I return to after years of people-pleasing, to rediscover who I am. I’m a singer, self-taught producer and intuitive multi-instrumentalist, crafting introspective music that blends folk-tinged vocals and ambient shimmer with hazy, nostalgia-laced electronic and dance textures. My sound is rooted in emotional storytelling, where spoken word meets drum texture, where grief becomes rhythm, and softness holds its own in the noise.

The Point Of Everything is a podcast based out of Cork that tackles the biggest issues in the music world, near and far, every week. Expect chat, music, and interviews every week

10 weeks, 10 songs, 10 cities
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SISTIR, the moniker of Irish artist Aisling McCarthy, has firmly established herself as an accomplished musician and singer. With a career spanning several years, touring with White Chalk across Ireland, the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland (supporting artists such as Kodaline, James Bay, Walking on Cars and Rea Garvey) and solo supporting David Keenan, Keywest, Cronin and Mundy. 

For almost a decade, she has been writing and producing music alongside teaching in a secondary school full-time. However, it had become increasingly challenging to balance both jobs. As she puts it, "Teaching is an intense job that requires a lot of creative energy, and I couldn't keep up with releasing music." Feeling like it was time to fully commit to her music, SISTIR made a bold move and relocated to Chiang Mai, Thailand, where she could focus on her craft. "Since I've come here, I've had the time and energy to create and have been so inspired by this beautiful place." 

Her previous two singles, 'Bridge' and 'In the Eyes,' premiered on BBC Introducing and quickly gained popularity on Irish radio stations such as RTE 2fm, RTE Radio 1, FM 104, and iRadio, among many others. Her unique ear for melody and tumbling rhythms caught the attention of music critics, and her single was featured in Wonderland alongside The Weeknd, Hotpress, The Last Mixed Tape, Nialler9, Mystic Sons, Cloutcloutclout, and many more. As Hotpress noted, "Keep an eye out for her progress in 2023," and Wonderland described her music as "expansive and strong, with vocals that pierce and lyrics that tell an emotional story."

SISTIR's upcoming debut EP, set to drop on June 16th, alongside her next single, 'Touch Wood,' promises to deliver more of her signature sound. Drawing on her influences, SISTIR carves out elbow room at the table of celestial soundscapes with chilling 80's synth, haunting harmony, and wavy guitar riffs by former Keywest Guitarist James Lock. Singular and authentic, McCarthy's music deals heavily with femininity, mysticism, trauma and living in emotional urgency. Cultivating deep ruminations on the self as if pried from the ribcage of Kate Bush with Blood Orange sensibilities, SISTIR leads us by the hand into a continent of the soul, of melancholy and the immediate, the surface of which is peppered with subtle Motown reverence, Europop calls and traditional Sean nós response.
For fans of Caroline Polachek, Banks, HAIM, Lykke Li and Florence and the Machine, SISTIR's music invites the listener to shatter, to heal, and repeat. With her impressive track record and captivating sound, SISTIR is undoubtedly one to watch in 2023 and beyond.

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