What’s this about?
zensounds is a newsletter about experimental music and culture.
The music covered here spans a wide range of genres, with a focus on ambient and electronic music, vaporwave, avant-garde jazz and rock, neoclassical, art pop, indie rap and other non-mainstream music.
Who are you?
I’m Stephan Kunze, a writer and culture journalist, and editor at Everything Jazz.
For 25 years, I’ve covered music and culture for media from Germany, the UK and the United States. I’m the former editor-in-chief of Juice magazine (Germany) and a former Senior Music Editor and Global Editorial Lead at Spotify.
I’ve also worked as a copywriter and editorial consultant for labels, brands, media and tech companies. I've been teaching music and culture journalism at universities.
My non-fiction book Zen Style was published in 2021 by Arkana/Penguin Random House.
I am based in Berlin, but spend many months of the year with my family in a tiny village in rural northeast Germany, living off the grid.
Want to know more? This is my story.
Why should I subscribe?
As a free subscriber, a new issue will arrive in your inbox every 3-4 days.
As a paid subscriber, you will receive
all free posts
additional paywalled articles
exclusive access to the full archive of posts.
If you value my work, please consider taking out a paid subscription.
It’s only €5/month or €50/year.
Can I pitch music to you?
Sure, but I can’t reply or give feedback due to sheer volume.
Make sure to include with your music pitch:
relevant infos on artist/project including release date
download link for press image(s)
HQ music download (Bandcamp codes preferred)
How do I reach you?
zensounds [at] posteo [dot] de
