Music

If you have been on the internet any time in the last few days, or checked your Release Radar on Spotify within the last weeks and months, you will have noticed the immense amount of great releases in the music industry. Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce & Rosalia are just a few of the names that dropped a fresh albums this year. And with new albums often come great covers. In the following article we have collected some of the most iconic cover artworks of this year and dug a bit deeper to shine a light on the creatives behind the art pieces that will be hanging on walls, standing on shelves and spinning on record players across the globe.

Live diaries, hot soup songs, waggish poems and home recordings. It all seems like just the slightest part of illustrator Jim Stoten, who likes to do things out of the ordinary.He draws all the time, thus no wonder that Jim’s illustrations have been commissioned for an impressive list of clients including MTV, Levi’s, Urban Outfitters and The Guardian. Let’s figure out through Jim’s work how he sees the world today and what’s on at the highlights of his unique visual language.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival, and many more. The 33rd edition is a very special one curated by the Forward-Team celebrating to be back to life.

What to do in times of a pandemic when all you need is a vacation and romance? Let the band Bilderbuch take you away to Argentina with a dreamy soundscape and magical imagery.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival, and many more. This special edition is created by the Forward-Team inspired by the bumpy ride this year has been for all of us.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. For the 27th edition we reached out to Drieke Leenknegt, Global Brand Innovator and Forward speaker. In full support of BLM (Black Lives Matters) she opted to pass the mic to Kenwyn Forgenie. Drieke Leenknegt : “I have known Kenwyn for many years and since my time in China. He is one of the most inspiring cultural translators I worked with. I am sure his selection will be a great source of inspiration for your audience”.

The DJ duo collaborated with visual artists Lichterloh to release their new video Aliénore D´Aquitaine - a track about one of the most powerful women during the Middle Ages. Minimalistic design colludes with Austrian Apparel´s signature sound.  

Every month, Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems handpicked by creatives, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. Find out what music Stefan Sagmeister, Erik Kessels, Annie Atkins and Snask amongst others listen to!

In times of travel restrictions, we get more used to the sound of birds singing than that of airplanes flying overhead. Forward Festival speakers Erik Kessels and Anthony Burrill collaborated with Malcolm Goldie to provide us with the ultimate, yet disturbing, mix of both.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. This special edition was curated by the team behind the Forward Festival to keep you productive at the home office.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. This special edition was curated by the team behind the Forward Festival to make the current (almost) worldwide lockdown more bearable.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 20th edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker Barnaby Steel of Marshmallow Laser Feast.  

Celebrating the release of the new Album by Austrian cloud rapper Yung Hurn, we are taking a closer look at the associated campaign for the upcoming tour.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 18th edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker Anthony Burrill.  

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 17th edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker Max Siedentopf.  

Max Siedentopf surprised us with an odd video: He's playing popstar Sigrid while running enthusiastically through a Sound Of Music scenery while lip-syncing "Hey, it's alright if we don't end up together 'cause you're mine right now".

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 16th edition is curated by the founder of Forward Othmar Handl  

There is one song that you can listen to in eternal loop and never get sick off. Even after nearly 40 years it remains a hit – and probably will be until the end of time. No matter the age of the audience, when this song comes up everyone will get ecstatic. You maybe guessed it and yes, it obviously is Toto’s 'Africa'.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 9th edition is curated by 3D designer, illustrator and design festival Us by Night founder Rizon Parein.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 8th edition is curated by the fashion and art studio Cool Shit member Danger Dave.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The seventh edition is curated by the Viennese up-and-coming band Culk.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand picked by friends, musicians, speakers at the Forward Festival and many more. The sixth edition is curated by the well-known designer Stefan Sagmeister.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand picked by friends, musicians, speakers at the Forward Festival and many more. The fourth edition is curated by the Austrian illustrator and designer duo Wald und Schwert.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand picked by friends, musicians, speakers at the Forward Festival and many more. This edition is curated by our favorite DJ and producer B.Visible!

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand picked by friends, musicians, speakers at the Forward Festival and many more. The second edition is curated by Volkmar Weiss and Gebhart de Koekkoek, the founder of Unpaper Magazine!

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand picked by friends, musicians, speakers at the Forward Festival and many more. For the first edition we couldn't resist to present you the favorite music of our lovely staff.