Magi Merlin
Concert
Friday, May 12th
10pm
EUR 10 on the door
Karlstorbahnhof
Magi Merlin grew up in Saint-Lazare, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, a regular suburb founded by white people for white people. Replace white with black and straight with queer, however, and you turn this regular town on its head. Merlin handles both this duality and topics such as the interaction of capitalism and art on her current EP, ‚Gone Girl‘. The EP takes its influences from 90s house, drum & bass, Motown and acid-drenched hip hop, producing the feel of a smoke-filled after-hours club when combined with Merlin’s unique voice. To characterize Merlin as merely a singer of songwriter, however, does not do her justice, since, despite being the center of her world, music is just the beginning. Her artistic statements are both visual and auditory and produced in cooperation with fashion designers, photographers and video directors.