ARE WE ON AIR ?

For most of us, ’DISTURBING’ is an adjective used to convey a sense of anxiety and upset; to RICK OWENS, ‘disturbing’ invokes an instinctive THRILL - the starting point of exploration. In the bottom of a Porterville K-MART bargain basement, OWENS dug up David Bowie’s DIAMOND DOGS. The ‘excitement, disturb, confusion and guilt’ that album cover evoked in him became a self defined SELF DEFINING moment. Though it wasn’t until years later that he heard the album, the MIXTURE OF GLAMOUR AND THE GROTESQUE stuck with him and became a part of his perspective forever. There’s something exciting about the way that Owens describes how he actively searches for music, ‘taking one pathway that leads me to another, that leads me to another, and another, I keep going and going.” It’s this insatiable curiosity that transfixes the material mundane with meticulous detail and travels beyond a limited “I” view. Through his RESPECT FOR THE RAW gesture in one’s career that catapults it to wider success, Owens RELINQUISHES CONTROL. Knowing that the response to what he puts into the world is not always as important as it’s made out to be is an act of faith that Owens reveres with a refreshing humility: “I DIDN’T SET OUT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR SNEAKERS AND DROP CROTCH SHORTS, BUT THAT’S WHO I’M GOING TO BE FOREVER.” https://areweonair.com/rick-owens 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. www.areweonair.com https://www.instagram.com/areweonair/ https://www.instagram.com/armannafeei/

BUSY P welcomes Arman into Ed Banger in Montmarte. Born to bring the headbangers, indie romantics, hip hop kids and techno heads together, PEDRO describes the DNA of Ed Banger Records; a place where the integrity and energy of music is felt and expressed in the freshest, sexiest way. There’s a certain magic in the air as Pedro shares his belief that “LONGEVITY is the best proof of success.” Alluding to DAFT PUNK for teaching him that “knowing what you want to do is as important as knowing what you don’t want to do,” Pedro shares ideas from their synergy working together. Hinting caution to the new youth, Pedro warns “music is not something you swipe, but something you FEEL.” As important as mixing genres and people is, so is understanding the boundaries that lend themselves to the contrast which make them beautiful. Referencing the Beastie Boys 'Check Your Head,' Kraftwerk, Metallica and MC Solaar, Pedro’s soundtrack reflects his appetite for questioning standards, pushing boundaries, and then bringing them all together. An old soul but perpetually cool kid, BUSY P waves au revoir to get busy again and Arman steps back out onto the cobbled streets of the 18th arrondissement. https://areweonair.com/busy-p https://www.instagram.com/areweonair/ https://www.instagram.com/armannafeei/

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. https://areweonair.com/teflon-zincfence https://www.instagram.com/areweonair/ https://www.instagram.com/armannafeei/

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

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. https://areweonair.com/carsten-holler 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. 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. 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. https://www.instagram.com/areweonair/ https://www.instagram.com/armannafeei/

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. https://areweonair.com/francesca-thyssen-bornemisza https://www.instagram.com/areweonair/ https://www.instagram.com/armannafeei/