THE ARTISTS ARE REVOLTING

11 musicians turning their activism up to 11

From rappers challenging gender roles to bands kicking back against a music industry devalued by on-demand, musicians are making a racket to stamp on the status quo

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Martin Guttridge-Hewitt

The list includes: Lucy Spraggan, The Scaramanga Six, Purdy, Pussy Riot, Ms Nina, IDLES, Love Ssega, Denise Chaila, Dope Saint Jude, Daytimers, and Beatie Wolfe

BEATIE WOLFE

Space sister with sonic visions 

Award-winning, pioneering artist Beatie Wolfe reinvents how we listen to music, creating innovative concepts for the digital age. The world’s first 360-degree AR stream, used for her album Raw Space, was conceived in Bell Labs’ anechoic chamber – the quietest room on the planet. COP26 saw her artwork projected onto the conference’s Armadillo building, a protest piece showing 800,000 years of rising CO2 levels, built using historic climate data from NASA. She also advocates for music’s use in dementia treatment. Find out how she beamed music into space, and about her upcoming eco documentary in TOPIA’s interview with the artist.