5.6 Featuring Athena Koumis

On today's episode we welcome Athena Koumis to the table. Athena is the current Head of Music Culture and Curation at XITE and former editor at Spotify. We go deep on a range of sounds like London’s 10 piece avant-Jazz collective SEED Ensemble, to New York’s own genre defying band IGBO. We discuss a mesmerizing delivery from the Long Island band Mr Twin Sister, and a cutting, deeply personal demo from an artist named Chris Miles. We bop with Claud’s “If I Were You,” ride with Slowya.Roll’s “Broken,” and drift out of heartbreak with Baby Rose’s “Sold out,” amongst more. 01 "First Impressions" by IGBO 02 "Afronaut (feat. XANA)" by SEED Ensemble, XANA 03 "Alien FM" by Mr. Twin Sister 04 "Crashed My Bike" by Chris Miles 05 "If I Were You" by Claud 06 "Broken" by Slowya.roll 07 "Sold Out" by Baby Rose 08 "Zero%" by Jean Dawson Amuse Pick: "Bes'Mam" by Siimba Selassiie Art: Eric Ramirez   Follow Not 97:  ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_NOT97  ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_not97 *Not 97 is powered by the innovative music company Amuse.io, making distribution effortless for independent artists everywhere. © NOT 97. All music ℗ & © their rights holders, used by NOT 97 with explicit permission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices