Seen #2 - Spring 2025

Seen #2 - Spring 2025

Issue 2 of SEEN focusses on decolonising electronic music and features photography from Alina Akbar and writing from Iyunoluwanimi Yemi-Shodimu, Amelia Fearon, Dhruva Balram, Jessica Rogers, Jad Ghazali, Dr Zakiya Mckenzie, Sashwati Sengupta and Stephanie Ewurama (aka SCAPA).

The magazine includes a project linking Mancunian and Palestinian artists, an interview with AFRODEUTSCHE, the ethics of sampling, a reggae orchestra led by a visually impaired Jamaican, a look at a Ghanaian festival, a thinkpiece on solidarity and protest sounds in South Asia and the diaspora, the role of social media platforms such as TikTok in framing beauty standards in electronic music and a review of our panel at WOMEX in October 2024.

SEEN is a Manchester-based music magazine and platform created by global majority and marginalised people. Founded with a core anti-racist manifesto, SEEN is dedicated to championing unheard voices and providing space for communities overlooked by mainstream media to narrate their own stories.