Culture / Music
Korean Music Industry
Monocle reports on how Korea's pop music industry is the country's most potent weapon in the global soft power stakes.
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Culture / Music
Monocolumn
Wednesday 8 May
How to get old in the music industry
What's the secret to a band's longevity these days? You could start with maintaining an air of mystery, writes Tom Hall
Edits / Music
Monocolumn
Tuesday 8 November
Posthumous albums do a roaring trade
Lioness: Hidden Treasures will be the last Amy Winehouse album.
Culture / Music
Motor mouths
As the music industry is forced to evolve in the face of digitalisation and online sales, one radio station stands out. Monocle meets Germany’s pioneering Motor FM, providing an output for underground music in a precarious…
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Saturday 4 December
Digital art comes of age
New technology may have changed the film and music industries beyond recognition in recent years, but the gatekeepers of visual art have remained more resistant.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 79
Music industry special: we discuss the branding of bands with three industry veterans, head to Greece to meet one of the last handmade-piano makers, see why one company wants to hold music performances in your living room…
The Curator, episode 69
Robert Bound's highlights of the week, including the Midem music industry shindig in Cannes, gentrification in Jaffa and India's rural Olympics.
The Globalist, episode 75
We talk to our man in Lisbon, discuss the usefulness of economic sanctions, visit a classical music bar and look at the smoked food industry.
The Review, episode 38
Chat with bookstore owners from Lyon, Vancouver and Caracas, music industry expert Anthony Demby picks songs, and Jeremy Leslie of MagCulture.com on the week’s media.
The Monocle Daily, episode 326
After Silvio Berlusconi’s praise for Mussolini we look at the dictator’s shadow across Italy, hear from the Midem music industry event in Cannes and from the NATPE TV production conference in Miami. Plus, why a Finnish…
Midori House, episode 346
We discuss Turkey’s relationship with Kurdish rebels with our man in Istanbul, ask how you move a house – brick-by-brick – from New Jersey to Italy, and learn why the music industry has seen its first growth in sales since…
Business / Technology
Monocolumn
Wednesday 24 August
The future for Apple without Jobs at the helm
Just weeks after Apple leapfrogged Exxon Mobil to become the world’s most valuable company – for a few moments, anyhow – the man who orchestrated its stratospheric ascent is stepping down.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 12 December
Canada copyright laws reach the 21st century
When Canada last revised its copyright laws in 1997, peer-to-peer file sharing was in its infancy, the first iPod was four years away, YouTube eight years, and people still used fax machines.
Culture / Media
Aerial assault
Galgalatz is a popular radio station with an eclectic music mix. What’s unusual is that the DJs wear uniforms, short haircuts and very shiny shoes. Monocle listens in to the Israeli Army on the airwaves.
Culture / Music
Monocolumn
Friday 19 April
Smart moves
South Korean soft-power savant – Psy – is back. But repeating the success of his global dance craze "Gangnam Style" will require some forward-thinking.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 26 October
Weekend agenda, 26/27 October
This weekend shop at Incu’s newly opened menswear shop in Melbourne, get a drink at The Library in New York or check out photographer’s Jørn Tomter: I Love Chatsworth Road exhibit in London.
Culture / Travel
Monocolumn
Friday 26 April
Mining a rich seam
Golden Week is holiday season in Japan, making this a precious time for the tourism market at home and abroad.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 13 May
Weekend Agenda 14/15 May
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection, including exhibitions from one of China’s most outspoken artists and one of Japan’s most minimal of architects, as well as a documentary of the life of one of France’s…
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Sunday 22 April
Weekend agenda 23/24 April
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global pick of exhibitions to lose your Saturday in, CDs to soundtrack a sunny walk in the park, and a book to tuck yourself up in bed with come Sunday night.
Culture / Music
Floating on air
Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, aka French ambient electro band Air, talk to Monocle about their working life, from a reluctance to dance on stage and their inner maths geeks to finding studio voodoo power.