Oktober is a female singer and songwriter living in Berlin. Singing jazz and in choirs as a teenager, it took her until her 20s to release her quiet, quirkily melancholic songs. We chatted to her last month after she'd released her latest music. indieRepublik: Tell us...
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“THIS IS YOUR LIFE. DO WHAT YOU LOVE, AND DO IT OFTEN. IF YOU DON’T LIKE YOUR JOB, QUIT. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, STOP WATCHING TV. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE, STOP; THEY WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU WHEN YOU START DOING THINGS YOU LOVE. STOP OVER ANALYZING, LIFE IS SIMPLE. ALL EMOTIONS ARE BEAUTIFUL. WHEN YOU EAT, APPRECIATE EVERY LAST BITE. OPEN YOUR MIND, ARMS, AND HEART TO NEW THINGS AND PEOPLE, WE ARE UNITED IN OUR DIFFERENCES. ASK THE NEXT PERSON YOU SEE WHAT THEIR PASSION IS, AND SHARE YOUR INSPIRING DREAM WITH THEM. TRAVEL OFTEN; GETTING LOST WILL HELP YOU FIND YOURSELF. SOME OPPORTUNITIES ONLY COME ONCE, SEIZE THEM. LIFE IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU MEET, AND THE THINGS YOU CREATE WITH THEM SO GO OUT AND START CREATING. LIFE IS SHORT. LIVE YOUR DREAM AND SHARE YOUR PASSION.”
-THE HOLSTEE MANIFESTO – WHICH WE EMBRACE
Im Rückblick: KEIN Auslöser
Im Jahr 2022 veröffentlichten No Trigger ihr drittes Studioalbum, Dr. Album, ein Jahrzehnt nach ihrem zweiten Album. Mit ihren melodischen Hardcore-Hymnen sind sie auf der ganzen Welt unterwegs, um sie auf die Live-Bühne zu bringen und beehrten uns mit einem Auftritt...
In Review: NO trigger
In 2022, No Trigger released their third studio album, Dr. Album, a decade after their sophomore record. Filled to the brim with melodic hardcore anthems, they’ve been playing around the world to bring it to the live stage, gracing us with a gig at Badehaus. “We don’t...
eine neue Art von sozialen Medien: Erste Schritte mit Mastodon
Soziale Medien: Man liebt sie, man hasst sie. In schwachen Momenten ertappt man sich dabei, wie man wie betäubt nach unten scrollt, klickt und wischt, das Gehirn ist wie benebelt. Sie klicken auf einen Link, den Sie nicht beabsichtigt haben, und landen in einem...
a new kind of social media: Getting started with Mastodon
Social media: You love it, you hate it. You find yourself in weak moments scrolling numbly down, clicking and swiping, brain in a fog. You click on a link you didn't mean to and end up in a rabbit hole of strange content, wondering how you got there...and where the...
Wie man tiktok als unabhängiger Musiker nutzt, um sein Publikum zu vergrößern
Während es Facebook, Instagram und Twitter schon seit Jahren gibt, gibt es eine Plattform, die in den letzten Jahren massiv an Popularität gewonnen hat, die aber noch nicht jeder Musiker nutzt, um seine Musik zu promoten: TikTok. Mit seinem einzigartigen Format und...
How to use tiktok as an independent musician to grow your audience
While Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have been around for donkeys years now, there's one platform that has gained massive popularity in recent years but that not every musician is yet using to promote their music: TikTok. With its unique format and massive user base,...
No Trigger kommt diesen Juni ins Badehaus!
"Wir brauchen keine Biografie", sagen No Trigger über sich selbst. Sie lassen ihr neues Album, Dr. Album, für sich sprechen. Das erste Album seit zehn Jahren ist vollgepackt mit anarchischen Hymnen, Antifaschismus, Antitheismus und krawalligen Hooks. No Trigger wurde...
No Trigger coming to Badehaus This June!
“We don’t need a bio”, No Trigger say about themselves. They allow their new album, Dr. Album, to speak for them. The first full-length in ten years is jam-packed with anarchic anthems, anti-fascism, anti-theism, and riotous hooks. No Trigger formed in...
Phileas in interview: “Almost Flawless”
The artist known only as Phileas – French-born, Berliner by choice – has been impressing people wide and far with his sonorous, rather sombre music over the last few years. His 2022 debut album was described by Rolling Stone as "almost flawless" and was "Album of the...