You can’t make it too perfect or mechanical, or else it’ll be too obvious that it’s fake. The art of tricking someone into thinking your replica food is real is so difficult, but when someone gives you that reaction, it’s incredibly rewarding.

Photo by Julia Barrantes via Pexels (licensed under the Pexels Licence) Erika Kohut, the piano teacher, stands in her ultralong skirt and perfectly modest blouse, clutching the chest from which blood now oozes – a self-inflicted stab wound. She does not cry. She exits the concert hall in which she is set to perform and disappears into the streets of Vienna. The credits roll. Congratulations, viewer, you may now mark ‘The Piano Teacher’ (Michael Haneke, 2001) as watched on Let

Photo by Dhruv Sabherwal Born and raised in Hounslow, Kizzi began to DJ at the young age of 15 – an experience that undoubtedly shaped her sound. Her speciality as a DJ lies in blending what she grew up with: the Dhol she picked up at a young age, the Bhangra she danced to with her mother, the Afrobeats she heard at school. Her distinct and vibrant sound moves from South Asian beats to old-school hip-hop classics, with SXSW asserting that she is “carving her own path in the

Photo by Aidan Cullen Few artists embody the cross-pollination of Los Angeles' independent music scene quite like Kiefer. A pianist, producer and composer whose work draws equally from jazz, R&B, hip-hop and electronic music, he has spent the last decade carving out a sound that feels impossible to place within a single genre. Instead, his music exists in the space where these traditions overlap, blending improvisation, groove and beat culture into something entirely his own.

Photo by Tatiana Pozuelo Formed from the remnants of Brighton’s thriving DIY music scene, alphabet are a London-based shoegaze and indie rock band built on friendship, collaboration and a shared desire to create something new. Comprised of Lena Pilshofer (vocals, bass), George Miles (drums), Tom Sullivan (guitar) and Milo Mcnulty (vocals, guitar), the four-piece first crossed paths while playing in separate bands in Brighton before eventually relocating to London, where alpha