The Attic Magazine is an online music magazine. The magazine has branches in Bucharest, Romania, and Oslo, Norway, and additional mobile offices in various European countries. The magazine focuses on a wide variety of music genres, and also features editorial investigation concerning different world cultures.[1][2] The magazine has also been involved in organizing significant musical events including the Outernational Days festival[3][4] and other events in the capital.[5] The magazine has been referenced in several Romanian magazines including Dilema veche[6] and România liberă,[7] British pop culture magazine The Quietus,[8] and the British avant-garde music magazine The Wire.[4]

The Attic
Type of site
Online magazine
HeadquartersBucharest, Romania
Oslo, Norway
Founder(s)Dragoș Rusu
URLwww.the-attic.net
LaunchedDecember 19, 2014

Background edit

Dragoș Rusu is the magazine's editor in chief.[9][6][10] The magazine had its launch party at clubul Control din București (Control club in Bucharest) on December 19, 2014.[11] The magazine features music from various genres and times.[1]

Activities edit

The magazine has organized music concerts with world music acts, includeding Senyawa (from Indonesia), Praed (from Lebanon), and the Thai music group, Paradise Bangkok International Molam Band.[9][12] In 2015 it contributed an article to Kaput Magazine in an editorial exchange.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nedelcu, Cristi (2014-12-17). "Travka, Temple Invisible si lansare The Attic saptamana asta la Control". Metalhead (.ro).
  2. ^ "About The Attic". The Attic.
  3. ^ "3000 de participanti au fost la festivalul Outernational Days". Best Music (.ro). 2016-07-08.
  4. ^ a b "Romanian festival Outernational Days takes place this weekend". The Wire. 2016-06-27.
  5. ^ Gheorghiu, Andra (2016-05-10). "Macaz - Bar Teatru Coop. Un bar cinstit, activist care te invita la reflective". Metropotam (.ro).
  6. ^ a b Breazu, Paul (2016-06-30). "Un festival de world music pentru elitişti şi diletanţi - interviu cu Dragoş RUSU". Dilema veche.
  7. ^ Breazu, Paul (2015-02-06). "Muzica românească, anchetată". România liberă.
  8. ^ Eede, Christian (2016-06-21). "News, LISTEN: Hisham Mayet Club Mix". The Quietus.
  9. ^ a b Augood, Richard (2016-07-20). "Outernational Days: A Window Onto Manele". The Quietus.
  10. ^ Nikolayi, Andra (2016-09-01). "Almost a Holiday". Revista ARTA.
  11. ^ Vasile, Cristian ("igu") (2014-12-19). "The Attic Magazine Launch Party @ Control". Feeder.ro.
  12. ^ Denselow, Robin (2014-12-05). "The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band: 21st Century Molam review – a rousing debut". The Guardian.
  13. ^ Venker, Thomas (2015-06-07). "Are we really here? Or are we just going through some strange sort of hallucination?". Kaput Magazine.

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