Athena Koumis's guest appearances

Athena Koumis

NOT 97

Mark Kelley

Nick Hakim

Kirk Douglas

Andrew Barber

Jordan Page

Katherine Friedland

Jackie Carrasco

Mike Herard

Cady Drell

C.S. Armstrong

Emilee Morgan

Madison McFerrin

Alexa Shouneyia

Corey Cambridge

Nigil Mack

OwlTail

On today's episode we welcome Athena Koumis to the table. Athena is the current Head of Music Culture and Curation at XITE and former editor at Spotify.We go deep on a range of sounds like London’s 10 piece avant-Jazz collective SEED Ensemble, to New York’s own genre defying band IGBO.We discuss a mesmerizing delivery from the Long Island band Mr Twin Sister, and a cutting, deeply personal demo from an artist named Chris Miles.We bop with Claud’s “If I Were You,” ride with Slowya.Roll’s “Broken,” and drift out of heartbreak with Baby Rose’s “Sold out,” amongst more.01 "First Impressions" by IGBO 02 "Afronaut (feat. XANA)" by SEED Ensemble, XANA03 "Alien FM" by Mr. Twin Sister04 "Crashed My Bike" by Chris Miles 05 "If I Were You" by Claud06 "Broken" by Slowya.roll07 "Sold Out" by Baby Rose08 "Zero%" by Jean Dawson--Amuse Pick: "Bes'Mam" by Siimba Selassiie Art: Eric RamirezFollow Not 97: ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_NOT97 ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_not97 *Not 97 is powered by the innovative music company Amuse.io, making distribution effortless for independent artists everywhere. © NOT 97. All music ℗ &amp; © their rights holders, used by NOT 97 with explicit permission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode we welcome Athena Koumis to the table. Athena is the current Head of Music Culture and Curation at <a href="https://xite.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">XITE</a> and former editor at Spotify. We go deep on a range of sounds like London’s 10 piece avant-Jazz collective SEED Ensemble, to New York’s own genre defying band IGBO. We discuss a mesmerizing delivery from the Long Island band Mr Twin Sister, and a cutting, deeply personal demo from an artist named Chris Miles. We bop with Claud’s “If I Were You,” ride with Slowya.Roll’s “Broken,” and drift out of heartbreak with Baby Rose’s “Sold out,” amongst more.01 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/igbotheband/first-impressions-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"First Impressions" by IGBO </a> 02 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/seedensemble/afronaut-feat-xana" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Afronaut (feat. XANA)" by SEED Ensemble, XANA</a> 03 "<a href="https://soundcloud.com/mrtwinsister/alien-fm-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alien FM</a>" by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/mrtwinsister/alien-fm-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mr. Twin Sister</a> 04 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihatethatilove/crashed-my-bike" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Crashed My Bike" by Chris Miles </a> 05 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/claudmp3/if-i-were-you" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"If I Were You" by Claud</a> 06 "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/75KRgeJoHC1BeXuSgarn2o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Broken" by Slowya.roll</a> 07 "<a href="https://soundcloud.com/babyrosemusic/sold-out-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sold Out</a>" by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/babyrosemusic/sold-out-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baby Rose</a> 08 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jeandawson/zero" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Zero%" by Jean Dawson</a> -- Amuse Pick: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_v2-Kwa50g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Bes'Mam" by Siimba Selassiie </a> Art: <a href="http://www.ramirezdesignco.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Ramirez</a>Follow Not 97:  ▶ Twitter: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=dfHAvYcbrAA&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F_NOT97&amp;redir_token=zO-vBlwYzjpXwZF_4EMaAxm1r598MTU1OTA0NTU0NkAxNTU4OTU5MTQ2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/_NOT97</a>  ▶ Instagram: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=dfHAvYcbrAA&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2F_not97&amp;redir_token=zO-vBlwYzjpXwZF_4EMaAxm1r598MTU1OTA0NTU0NkAxNTU4OTU5MTQ2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/_not97</a> *Not 97 is powered by the innovative music company <a href="https://amuse.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amuse.io</a>, making distribution effortless for independent artists everywhere. © NOT 97. All music ℗ &amp; © their rights holders, used by NOT 97 with explicit permission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Season Five — Episode Six (Feat. Athena Koumis)